If you missed my post yesterday, I am leaving my position with MB&F.  First of all, I got so many amazingly nice emails and phone calls.  Thank you very much.  It is great to know that people appreciated the job I did.  Another common comment was that of surprise or shock that I would leave, and curiosity as to what […]

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

Last time I wrote in, the US Dollar (USD) was crashing with respect to the Swiss Franc (CHF), or perhaps more accurately: the CHF was surging against the USD.  Most major world currencies right now have a severe risk of inflation, as central banks are printing money to try to get out of their debt.  At some point, this money […]

We, American watch collectors and professionals, are in for some rough times.  As of this writing, 1 US Dollar = .86 Swiss Francs (CHF).  Here’s the one year chart: Unfortunately there are no good solutions here.  Earlier this year, MB&F had to raise the USD price over the CHF for the first time ever.  Now we are going to have […]

Tomorrow I leave for Basel.  This is MB&F’s third year in a row exhibiting there and the second in The Dream Factory.  The Dream Factory comprises MB&F, URWERK, Speake-Marin, and Christophe Claret – certainly one of the most exciting areas of the fair! The Dream Factory is in The Palace Hall.  If you will be in Basel, please do stop […]

Sorry I have not been writing much.  My head is a bit out of it all with the new baby.  If there are any topics you would be interested to hear my take on, feel free to suggest in the comments – a jumping off point might help me. That is exactly what I got when Fred Wilson blogged yesterday […]

As I mentioned in my pre-Geneva report, the first line of meetings during these shows is with retailers.  Right now I have four in North America. These meetings are a great chance to sit down, look at the full collection, discuss any issues we or they might be having, and plan for the coming year.  This year everyone was in […]

Apologies again for the long absence.  I’m back now and looking forward to continuing the blog. Each year, the shows in Basel and Geneva are some of the most closely followed happenings in the watch industry.  Blog and forum traffic sky-rockets as everyone checks in to see what novelties are presented. There are plenty of places to find novelties, so […]