Early last week I started listening to the latest episode of Openwork, a podcast by the good people at Collective Horology. A photo from Windup Watch Fair 2024 in which Collective recorded a podcast live. Collective co-founder Asher Rapkin is on the right (a co-founder of Urwerk is on the left). Note that AI created the blur effect on the lower part of this photo. Collective was founded by two former Facebookers as a retailer of high-end independent watch brands from different parts of the world (there's more to Collective's history and you can read about it here ). I've visited Collective's booth at a couple Windup events and I enjoy the podcast. It is business-oriented, primarily, which I find very informative. At the beginning of the podcast, Collective shared a statement mentioning that the retailer joined a lawsuit filed in opposition to the most recent round of tariffs by the Trump administration. I found this very interesting so I went ahead and downloaded ...
Economic complications in watchmaking