Aside from watches, one of my other passions is contemporary art. There is a distinct form of art that offends me, however: art that makes fun of art collectors. Regrettably, this is not very uncommon. The main message communicated is usually some form of, “By the nature of you paying exorbitant sums for this, you prove that you are yuppy […]

On Tuesday night, I broke the news of the Patek Philippe price reductions. If you haven’t read that post, you should do so. It got me thinking that I’m not sure if most people understand the basic business of the watch business. For those of you who were TickTocking readers, you know that while I love watches, I can be fairly critical […]

I haven’t written in a while, but had to chime in here. Last month, the decision of the Swiss National Bank to unpeg the CHF from the EUR sent the CHF skyrocketing and left the watch industry in confusion. For an industry that almost hugely relies on exports from Switzerland, a sudden 20% increase in CHF is potentially devastating. It happened […]

Not a bad way to ring in the new year…

So obviously I have not been updating the blog much in the last couple years. To have a great blog I really believe that it needs to be updated at least a couple times per week. I couldn’t keep up with it and don’t want to write junk posts. However, I have been working on the youtube channel. I’m trying […]

Not long ago, I noticed that a silly, unedited, 5 minute watch video I recorded had gotten over 110,000 views on youtube. After rewatching it, I realized that a candid video is one of the best ways to really get a sense of what a watch is like “in the metal”. Since I have access to a lot of cool […]

I found this cool old video the other day. It’s the best I’ve ever seen for explaining how a differential works.

Last summer I wrote a post on the dangers that smart watches could pose to the Swiss watch industry. It generated a ton of discussion on social media and within the industry, and ultimately even led to my consulting with a high end watch brand on a smart watch product line. At the time, the uses and capabilities of wearables […]

There’s a great interview on Forbes today with Marc Andreeson, venture capitalist and internet pioneer. You should read the whole thing. I found the section below particularly relevant to the watch industry — friction that has been created and eventually the direction things will need to go in. No one yet has really used the internet to “charge consumers less” […]

Recently I have been thinking a lot about the watch industry again. Do I want to get back in? If so, in what sort of position? Part of this exercise has been to analyze the industry in its parts and as a whole. I’ll write further about my thoughts and I have touched on them in the past, but perhaps […]