I have just sent the below out by email.  I will comment further here in the next few days.  It is an exciting transition for me and I look forward to sharing everything here on TickTocking. Dear Friends, After 3 great years, I am resigning from my position at MB&F. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have been able to […]

A lot of people have asked me how I got into the industry. Generally I take it that they would like to get in themselves and are looking for some advice or replicable successful actions. My response is usually, “Oh I’ll write a blog post about it so I don’t have to write the same story a hundred times.” And […]

I sat down with John Biggs from TechCrunch to discuss LM1

I’m currently on a plane.  I have a bunch of watch related posts to write, but technology is the first thing on my mind right now. I showed up to my local Apple Store at 5am on the day the first iPhone launched, proudly jettisoned my Blackberry, and marveled at the groundbreaking device.  However, after a while I grew frustrated […]

Today, Google announced business pages for Google+.  For those of you who haven’t played around with it, G+ is Google’s attempt to socially connect the web.  It has a lot of cool features, but has not fully gained traction yet. I believe Google is going to succeed with Google+.  They have so many resources and they are completely dedicated to […]

If you missed my post Thursday, Jack Forster is doing a series on why NOT to buy a mechanical watch.  I’m commenting here.  Today is part 2: Watch designers have painted themselves into a corner and run out of things to say. Well isn’t this a meaty topic.  I will direct the conversation by first modifying the premise: *SOME* watch […]

For those of you who do not know Jack, he is truly one of the most eloquent and deep thinking watch writers in the world.  He has just posted a new series on Revolution Online to play devil’s advocate.  Five Days, Five Reasons to NOT Buy A Mechanical Watch. I like this idea a lot.  I’m going to follow his […]

Ok it’s not as cool as a usual Steve Jobs “one more thing…” but I do have one more feature for you.  I have set up a classifieds section.  I think my readership is pretty high end, so you may have some luck there.  I’m going to post a few pieces soon. As always, if you have any other suggestions […]

In case you missed my post this morning, please look here to find out about all the changes to the site and visit the new forums! For those of you who are not familiar, Beat Haldimann is one of the most incredible watchmakers in the world.  He is one of these guys who crafts nearly everything by hand.  His first […]

If you are reading this post on the site, you’ll see that I’ve made some major changes.  It is still a work in progress.  I am doing this all myself and learning as I go, so please forgive me for using you as my beta testers. So what’s new?  Well, aside from aesthetics, the biggest change is that I have […]