An original Ace Jewelers Podcast Series: "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches" Season Two, Episode 3: Mortiz a.k.a. Moritz a.k.a. @nomoschino   This is an exclusive audio online episode of the podcast series "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches" by Ace Jewelers. In this series we interview wristwatch collectors all over the world. We want to find out what makes them tick.   We are very honored that Moritz from Glashutte - the Watchmaking Heart of Germany - took the time to sit down with us. Besides being an avid watch collector, he is actually a watchmaker. In Glashutte. Guessing by th ..read more

An original Ace Jewelers Podcast Series: "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches" Season Two, Episode 1: Daan a.k.a. @fliptheparrot This is an exclusive audio online episode of the podcast series "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches" by Ace Jewelers. In this series we interview wristwatch collectors all over the world. We want to find out what makes them tick. In this episode Amsterdam based novice watch collector Daan shares how he became a watch collector during the last two years. He bought his first 'real' watch, an Oris Art Blakey, just before the pandemic started. That watch was a big step ..read more

The Ace List - Live with Andrew McUtchen of Time+Tide Watches - S02E16   The Dutch and Australians always got along well. Both fun loving and laid back, the two cultures have many similarities. So, when Aussie Andrew McUtchen, founder of leading watch publication Time+Tide Watches, met with Ace Jewelers’ Alon Ben Joseph, they immediately hit it off. Obviously their passion for watches made them connect and chat for hours in Geneva where they hung out. In this episode Andrew will share his journey a publicist working in the fashion industry, why he loves watches so much and he will discus ..read more

TheThe Ace List - Live with Martina Etti & Thomas Hoehnel of NOMOS Glashütte - S02E14   Last year we had the honor to sit down with Martina Etti, Head of International Sales of NOMOS Glashütte, for episode 22 of the first season. This season Martina will will sit down again with Ace Jewelers’ Alon Ben Joseph and for this episode she has invited her colleague Thomas Hoehnel. Thomas is the product designer for NOMOS Glashütte since 2011. He is the designer of the “Ahoi” and “Tangente Sport” timepieces, plus he is the specialist for straps, bracelets and clasps for this design German br ..read more

The Ace List - Live with Frank Geelen of Monochrome Watches - S02E13   Frank Geelen, the founder of the prominent Dutch online watch magazine Monochrome Watches and our own Alon Ben Joseph of Ace Jewelers go way back and have been friends since the foundation of Monochrome.  Frank & Alon share a passion for the independent watchmakers and watch brands and therefore it  became a fun talk about anything and everything watches.  Obviously they shared their passion for the Indies and answered any question the viewers asked live during this session.  All episodes are ..read more

An original Ace Jewelers Podcast Series: "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches" Season One, Episode 17: Mohamed Muraj This is an exclusive audio online episode of the podcast series "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches" by Ace Jewelers. In this series we interview wristwatch collectors all over the world. We want to find out what makes them tick. It was the audio app Clubhouse that connected Ace Jewelers’ own Alon Ben Joseph with Mohamed Muraj - who is a Clubhouse pioneer and the first to setup a wristwatch dedicated club on Clubhouse. The love for watchmaking connected them and since the beginni ..read more

The Ace List - Live with Caroline Gaspard of AKILLIS Jewelry - S02E11 Caroline Gaspard, the creative director and founder of French fine jewelry brand AKILLIS, joined Alon Ben Joseph of Ace Jewelers on December 3rd, 2020 during season one. You can watch episode S01E20 via TheAceList.com During our second season Rock Lady Caroline Gaspard sits down again with us to continue where we left of in the first season. In the previous episode we had the honor to witness her amazing energy and passion, we can’t wait to ask what she has been up to ever since. And, obviously to discuss the new designs T ..read more

After a long & distinguished career designing watches for leading Swiss watch brands, Hakim El Kadiri decided to pursue his long-time dream of creating his own brand. Nicknamed ElKa (short for El Kadiri, of course) since his early childhood, a name was quickly found. As a child of the 1960’s, the products and aesthetics of that era serve as the main source of inspiration for his newly formed brand – the Elka Watch Company. Whilst researching the name, Hakim discovered that a watch brand named Elka had previously existed. The historical brand of Elka watches was created by Dutchman Louis Ed ..read more

An original Ace Jewelers Podcast Series: "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches" Season One, Episode 15: Miles Armstrong Barkley   This is an exclusive audio online episode of the podcast series "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches" by Ace Jewelers. In this series we interview wristwatch collectors all over the world. We want to find out what makes them tick.   In the 15th episode Amsterdam based watch collector Miles Armstrong Barkley shares why he is obsessed with wristwatches. Next to his day job, he pours his passion for timepieces in to his newly founded platform: The Watch Foundry ..read more

The Ace List - Live with Guido Benedini of Watch Angels - S03E12 A true watch fanatic and watch industry veteran, Guido Benedini, started a complete new concept in this tradition industry: Watch Angels. In the middle of the COVID pandemic, in 2020, Guido Benedini founded Watch Angels, creating the first manufacturer-to-consumer crowdfunding model for meaningful high-quality watches at factory direct prices. In the previous episode of The Ace List live we sat down with Cedric Bellon, the first watchmaker featured on Watch Angels. In this episode Ace Jewelers’ CEO Alon Ben Joseph sat down with h ..read more