American watch journalist and founder of Hodinkee, the digital publication that transformed watch collecting from a niche hobby into a culturally mainstream luxury interest.
Built Hodinkee as the internet's authoritative voice on mechanical watches — combining editorial credibility with e-commerce and an insurance product — creating the modern media playbook for translating enthusiast content into a commerce business.
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