Companies have been trying to build tablet computers for years.  I remember playing with an Apple Newton nearly 20 years ago and thinking it was the future.  Finally, with the tremendous success of the iPad, it looks like tablets are here to stay. Yesterday, RIM unveiled their Playbook.  Luckily for RIM, it looks like a worthy alternative.  In addition, multiple […]

This week I am in Mexico City for the SIAR.  This is one of my favorite cities in the world, but unfortunately I will not get to see much more than the inside of the Four Seasons this trip. The show officially runs from Tue-Thurs, and the lineup this year is fantastic.  Some of the brands showing include: Audemars Piguet […]

I got the call yesterday that I have been chosen as a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Yes, I’m serious.  The taping is in mid-October.  I guess I should explain how I got here: I was working in New York.  Actually I was there with our last Performance Art piece, the Only Watch we did with Sage Vaughn. […]

“You can’t please all of the people all of the time” On Tuesday, we released a teaser image of our newest “Performance Art” piece, The JWLRYMACHINE, made in collaboration with Boucheron. The official release date is Oct 5.  The teaser is a fun way for us to let the most interested MB&F fans have some fun and guess what may […]

My taste in watches is pretty clear: MB&F, URWERK, DeBethune – this high end, creative approach to watchmaking is what really gets me going.  However, there are plenty of nice watches that aren’t shaped like spaceships with six figure price tags.  Recently I posted about a Seiko that I like.  Eventually I’ll post about the vintage Rolex (yes, Rolex) that […]

The ability for internet content to “go viral” is one of the most powerful marketing tools ever.  Indeed it is like a marketing atomic bomb. While it is difficult to achieve a truly viral effect with a watch that appeals to such a small percentage of people, we do see network effects with our releases.  For example, we create our […]

“Are you still doing the watch thing?” After a week of traveling, countless meetings, and presentations at two shows for hundreds of people, my brain was starting to get overloaded with watches.  On Friday I took the train from Philadelphia to Baltimore to visit my family.  The question above was the one I fielded the most often from my family […]

The WatchTime events in NY and Philadelphia this week were great.  Again, to be able to give collectors an opportunity to hold and try on the pieces is something really special for us. Surprises: – The amount of people who knew of MB&F and have seen our pieces in magazines or on the internet.  I know our visibility has increased, […]

Today I have some free time in Philadelphia and am going to use it wisely.  There are only a few things in the US that I desperately want to see and still have not – Philly happens to have one of them.  Actually, I should say Merion, PA as what I’m referring to is not actually in Philadelphia. In the […]

The finance world has a concept called “the elevator pitch”.  The idea is that if you want to raise money for your company, you should be able to clearly explain it in the span of an elevator ride. I get put to roughly the same task at these public events.  To properly tell the story of MB&F and sufficient background […]