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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 1960âs, the products and aesthetics of that era serve as the main source of inspiration for his newly formed brand â 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 Eduard Kiek in 1913, ELKA being an abbreviation for Edouard Louis Kiek Amsterdam. The family-owned company operated several Kiek boutiques in Amsterdam where prestigious brands such as Rolex, Ulysse Nardin, Vulcain, Breitling, Universal, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Blancpain watches were sold -often proudly co-branded with the ELKA signature, as well as wrist and pocket watches of their own ELKA brand. They were also particularly famous for their stopwatches, timers, and chess clocks. Somewhere in the 1970s, the ELKA brand quietly disappeared. The Kiek boutiques would continue to operate until the year 2000, after which the company was dissolved.
During this session Ace Jewelersâ Alon Ben Joseph sat down with his long-time friend Hakim and did a deep dove into how he designed the watches for his Elka Watch Company, one of the collections â the X-Series- and how he got inspired by an aviation instrument created by Heuer for ELKA, which featured oversized Arabic numerals from 00 to 55.
Ace Jewelers is the exclusive authorized dealer for ELKA watches in the Netherlands.You can watch all The Ace List Live episodes on http://www.TheAceList.com. -
An original Ace Jewelers Podcast Series: "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches"
Season Two, Episode 7: David VaucherDavid Vaucher (Vo-SHAY) is a Paris-based energy consultant who has had an interest in watches dating back to when he was eight years old, and a true passion for watches that took hold well over a decade ago in Saskatchewan, Canada while he was waiting for a field operation to begin.
This passion has taken the form not only of much buying and selling (of course), but also several larger projects in the watch space, such as attempting to start a micro-brand, and to raise funds for a bankrupt French watch company.
Presently, David shares his thoughts about watches, men's wear and Everyday Carry at his website www.davidvaucher.com
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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 Jewelersâ CEO Alon Ben Joseph sat down with his Dutch friend Guido Benedini and discuss his evolution in the watch industry and why he has decided to found Watch Angels. Plus they discussed the upcoming collab between Cedric Bellon Watches & Ace Jewelers, a watch produced and sold by Watch Angels.
All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.
#AceJewelers #TheAceList #WatchAngels #TheAceListLive #GuidoBenedini #CedricBellon #Sustainability #ACExCBlimited
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An original Ace Jewelers Podcast Series: "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches"
Season Two, Episode 6: Wouter van Wijk a.k.a. @wristicons
Wouter van Wijk finds the name professional collector quite suitable. He started buying and selling iconic vintage watches when he turned 40. But he bought his first mechanical watch when he was 16 with the money he earned driving around pizzas. Besides vintage watches he also has a big preference for independent watches. But above all like many of us a 24/7 watch geek who sees watches as a piece of art and also a vessel to tell stories.
You can follow Wouter on Instagram via his handle: @wristicons or read more about him on his website: www.wristicons.com/about
#AceJewelers #AcePodcast #TheArtOfCollecting #WristWatch #Watches #WristIcons #WouterVanWijk
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The Ace List - Live with Cedric Bellon of Cedric Bellon watches - S03E11
Cedric Bellon is one of the most talented and most modest watch designers of our modern day. And, he is a grand advocate of sustainability. That is the reason why Ace Jewelersâ CEO Alon Ben Joseph is a big fan of the person Cedric Bellon and all the watches his partners and him designed in the studio called Bellon & Partners.
Last year Cedric Bellon (finally) ventured out and made his own watch. Not only was it the first wristwatch ever made of recycled steel, but also created with watch start-up Watch Angels â a crowd funding platform for watchmakers. Obviously Alon Ben Joseph became a âWatch Angelâ as he supported the round and received a watch from the first batch bearing the Cedric Bellon brand name. He still wears it today.
From a young age Cedric Bellon was fascinated by sciences, nature and crafts. He first studied geology and then laureated in product design at LâEcole de Design Nantes Atlantique. At the age of 26 he discovered watch design and sent some concepts to Swiss watch brands. Bell & Ross, TAG Heuer and Longines gave him a chance and became his first clients. From then on, he was hooked by horology and made watch design his full-time career in 2005. Cedric is an advocate for sustainability in the watch industry.
This year Cedric launched a second watch it is actually on sale right now with Watch Angels. In this episode the gentlemen discussed Cedricâs evolution as a designer and how he wants to improve sustainability in the watchmaking sector. Plus they had a great news, actually breaking news, as they announced the Ace x CB collab watch that will be presented soon.
All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.
#AceJewelers #TheAceList #CedricBellon #TheAceListLive #Designer #WatchDesigner #Sustainability
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The Ace List - Live with Niels Eggerding of Frederique Constant watches - S03E10
The CEO of Frederique Constant, Mr. Niels Eggerding and Ace Jewelersâ CEO Alon Ben Joseph go way back and are friends for quite some time. Both Dutch men started in the watch industry in the Netherlands a while ago.
During this live interview Alon will ask Niels to share his journey in the watch industry, his evolution from the Dutch market to the mothership in Switzerland and obviously both gentlemen will discuss whatâs new at Frederique Constant.
All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.
#AceJewelers #TheAceList #FrederiqueConstant #TheAceListLive #NielsEggerding #CEO
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The Ace List - Live with Pim Koeslag of Christiaan van der Klaauw Watches - S03E09
Pim Koeslag is a Dutch Master Watchmaker after spending more than two decades in Switzerland came full circle and returned to the Netherlands to become both co-owner and Master Watchmaker at the epic haute horlogerie watch brand âChristiaan van der Klaauwâ.
Pimâs journey after graduating at the Dutch watchmaking school started in Switzerland with the Frederique Constant Group where he has not developed many in-house calibres for the watch brand Frederique Constant, but also co-founded the haute horlogerie brand âAteliers de Monacoâ.
In this episode Pim will sat down with Ace Jewelersâ co-owner Alon Ben Joseph and they discussed Pimâs journey as watchmaker and obviously they also discussed the future of the master of planetarium watches: âCvdK Watchesâ. Guests that joined us live and asked their questions got them answered by Pim in real-time during the show.
Ace Jewelers is the exclusive authorized dealer for Christiaan van der Klaauw watches in Amsterdam.
All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.
#AceJewelers #TheAceList #ChristiaanVanDerKlaauw #TheAceListLive #PimKoeslag #Watchmaker
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The Ace List - Live with Itay Noy of Itay Noy Watches - S03E08
The only independent high-end watchmaker in Israel is a true artist. Itay Noy is an Israeli watchmaker, designer and artist who creates limited-edition timepieces in his independent studio in the Old Jaffa.
Since the year 2000 Itay Noyâs timepieces combine true craftsmanship with out-of-the-box designs, meant to induce philosophical perspectives on the concept of time.
Itay make about 120 pieces a year, all his own original designs, using components & movements of the highest quality integrated with in-house dynamic dials, modules and complications.
Ace Jewelersâ CEO Alon Ben Joseph and mastermind Itay Noy are long-time personal friends. They have many mutual interests, besides watchmaking. There are also many ties running back-and-forth between their home countries.
Mr. Noy graduated with a BFA from the Jewelry department in the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, followed by a M.Des. from the Design Academy in Eindhoven. His work has been exhibited in museums around the world and acquired by important collections such as those of the Israel Museum, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Charles Bronfman Collection in New York and the Droog Collection in Amsterdam. He is the recipient of nine prizes, including the Andy Prize for the Arts, the Israeli Ministry of Culture Prize and the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Prize. Since 2005 he lectures on timepiece making and design at the Bezalel Academy Of Art and Design in Jerusalem.
Ace Jewelers has been a proud authorized dealer of Itay Noy watches. Since the demand for Noyâs watches are so high and his production capacity so limited, he reverted back to a model of Direct-To-Consumer. But, we at Ace Jewelers are very much ambassadors of Mr. Itay Noy and his artisan timepieces of art. In this interview they discussed creativity, art and timekeeping with the very modest and creative Itay Noy.
All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.
#AceJewelers #TheAceList #ItayNoy#TheAceListLive #Watchmaker #Design #Artist
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The Ace List - Live with Alexandre Hahn of Gerhard Hahn Rare Gems - S03E07
The Hahn Family is very know in the jewelry industry. Since 1901, gemstones and pearls have held captive the imagination of the Hahn family for over 120 years and spanning four generations. The 20th century saw their deep involvement further impact the coloured stone, diamond, and cultured pearl sector, providing unique stones to industry legends like Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron, and many others.
In 1997 the 4th generation of Hahns, Alexandre, Lawrence and Philip, collectively hold credentials in gemmology (DGemG, GG), goldsmith artisanship, BFA and BA in photography and business management, plus other accomplishments join the Hahn company.
Like Gerhard Han, Ace Jewelers is also a family owned and run business. Ace Jewelersâ founder and father of current CEO, Alon Ben Joseph, used to do business with Alexandreâs father. So, the relationship between the firms Gerhard Hahn and Ace is warm and runs deep.
And, the passion for gemstones, diamonds and pearls runs deep in both families and during this episode Alexandre Hahn shared the current trends of these âGifts of Natureâ.
All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.
#AceJewelers #TheAceList #GerhardHahn #TheAceListLive #Gemstones #Diamonds #Pearls
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An original Ace Jewelers Podcast Series: "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches"
Season Two, Episode 5: Frederik Middelhoff a.k.a. @mannenvandetijd
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.
Frederik is part of the podcast trio called âMannen van de Tijdâ â the leading podcast channel about watches in Holland. Together with Sjors & Twan watch collector Frederik joined forces for producing their podcast 3 years ago. Frederik owns a multimedia company specialised in high end podcast productions and post productional audio works for TV and Radio broadcasting. He began collecting Casio's and Seiko's and as his hobby went out of hand, his journey got him into Oris, Grand Seiko and Rolex. And his journey still continues...
You can follow Sjors, Twan & Frederik on Instagram via their handle: @mannenvandetijd and listen to all their podcast episodes via MannenVanDeTijd.nl.
#AceJewelers #AcePodcast #TheArtOfCollecting #WristWatch #Watches #MannenVanDeTijd #WatchPodcast
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Everyone that knows the contemporary Italian fine jewelry brand NANIS, knows the driving & creative force behind the brand: ravishing Laura Bicego. We also know that behind every strong woman, there is a strong man. Lauraâs strong man is Piero Marangon, the CEO of NANIS Jewels. The magic duo behind this luxurious and colorful brand are life partners and co-founded NANIS Jewels back in 1995.
Where Laura is responsible for the designs and the creativity of the company, she also is unmistakably the face of the company too. As they are in such a symbiotic partnership, Piero takes care of everything else within NANIS Jewels. Where creativity is very important, craftsmanship & quality are equally important when manufacturing high-end handmade jewels. And, this is Pieroâs responsibility.
Ace Jewelers is a family owned and run business, like NANIS Jewels. Ace Jewelersâ founder and father of current CEO used to do business with Lauraâs father. So, the relationship between NANIS and Ace is warm and runs deep. We are very humbled that Laura has come on the show twice already:
Season One, Episode 16 â view here. Season Two, Episode 10 â view here.And, although both our viewers and we would love to have her back on the show. We wanted to show the magic behind the designs: the craftmanship of NANIS. Piero is very humble and does not like to take the limelight, but it took us a few seasons of arm twisting to get him on the show. He sat down with Ace Jewelersâ Alon Ben Joseph and they took a deep dive into what makes NANIS so special.
Ace Jewelers is authorized dealer for NANIS.
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The Ace List - Live with Davide Cerrato of HYT Watches - S03E05
One of the most influential watch designers in the industry, Davide Cerrato, has started a new chapter in his impressive career. Today he is the CEO & Creative Director of HYT Watches. An excellent reason to have invited Davide back on the show. Last season he was our guest for the first time and it turned out to be a fun conversation with Ace Jewelersâ Alon Ben Joseph. You can watch episode S02E07 HERE.
In the previous episode we extensively discussed his evolution as watch designer. And, his successes at Panerai, Tudor and Montblanc. In this episode he shares his vision and strategy for the ultra innovative and contemporary HYT Watches. Their DNA is made up of a new fluidic module encapsulating 10 years of learnings and improvements, an evolution of the manufacture mechanical caliber developed with Eric Coudray delivering a perfect synchronization of fluidic and mechanical time.
All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.
#AceJewelers #TheAceList #DavideCerrato #TheAceListLive #HYTwatches #TalkingWatches
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An original Ace Jewelers Podcast Series: "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches"
Season Two, Episode 4: Twan a.k.a. @mannenvandetijd
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.
Twan is part of the trio called âMannen van de Tijdâ â the leading podcast channel about watches in Dutch. Together with Sjors & Fredrik watch collector Twan has recorded almost 70 episodes about watches during the last three years. They have invited many Dutch watch collectors, including our own Team Ace member Ruben (episode 67). They have a lot of fun during each recording. We are honored Twan took the time during his regular day job to sit down with us and share his journey as watch collector. And, obviously we are very curious how he does as guest during a podcast episode about watches instead of asking the questions.
You can follow Sjors, Twan & Frederik on Instagram via their handle: @mannenvandetijd and listen to all their podcost episodes via MannenVanDeTijd.nl.
#AceJewelers #AcePodcast #TheArtOfCollecting #WristWatch #Watches #MannenVanDeTijd #WatchPodcast
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The Ace List - Live with Jiaxian Su of SJX Watches - S03E04
The founder of leading online watch magazine SJXwatches.com, Mr. Jiaxian SU, sat down with Ace Jewelers own Mr. Alon BEN JOSEPH in this third season of The Ace List Live.
SJX has been writing about watches since 1997 for all major Singaporean daily newspapers, and started his own online publication in 2011 which grew to a global authority. For the last eleven years all of us at Ace Jewelers are great fans of SJXwatches.com as all the editors have a similar style to ours: minimalistic, very technically driven and even bit geeky đ
This turned out to be a fun talk about watches in general, the watch industry, the differences between Asia & Europa, the independent watchmakers and SJXâ journey as collector.
All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.
#AceJewelers #TheAceList #SJXwatches #TheAceListLive #JiaxianSu #TalkingWatches
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The Ace List - Live with Roy Davidoff of Roy & Sacha Davidoff SA - S03E03
The Davidoff name is famous all around the world. Although we love Davidoff cigars here at Ace, this episode our esteemed guest is Roy Davidoff, also a jeweller that loves watches. Ace Jewelersâ Alon Ben Joseph childhood friends Roy & Sacha Davidoff have a long family history as jewellers as well. The brothers love watches. A few years ago they branched out of the family business and set up their own vintage watch boutique in Geneva: Roy & Sacha Davidoff SA.
In this episode Roy Davidoff shares his journey as diamantaire, jeweller and watch expert. Obviously the passion for vintage and modern watches has been discussed. The two very passionate gentlemen philosophized why pre-owned watches are so hot.
All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.
#AceJewelers #TheAceList #DavidoffBrothers #TheAceListLive #RoyDavidoff #VintageWatches #CertifiedPreOwned
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The Ace List - Live with Gerard Nijenbrinks of Fratello Watches - S03E02
Gerard Nijenbrinks is a veteran in the watch industry and he currently is an editor and a photographer at Fratello Watches. Ace Jewelersâ Alon Ben Joseph knows Gerard already for three decades. This episode of the third season of The Ace List Live promises to be a fun walk down memory lane.
Gerard has been collecting watches for a very long time. Gerard has had a wonderful watch boutique in The Hague, the Netherlands, where Alon used to shop as well, like their mutual friend Robert-Jan Broer â our guest sixth guest of Season One. And, has been a long time editor and photographer for FratelloWatches.com.
All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.
#AceJewelers #TheAceList #FratelloWatches #TheAceListLive #GerardNijenbrinks #TalkingWatches #Interview
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The Ace List â Live with Vincent Perriard of ORIGYN Foundation â S03E01
For the first episode of the third season of The Ace List Live we are very honoured that watch industry veteran and web3 innovator Mr. Vincent Perriard, co-founder of Swiss ORIGYN Foundation, sits down with Ace Jewelersâ own Alon Ben Joseph.
Vincent Perriard earned his stripes in the watch industry at TechnoMarine, Concord and HYT Watches. A few years ago he had the vision to co-found a DAO that developed a technology that can authenticate luxury objects by using the âmicro structure traceabilityâ of the actual object. The certificate is then minted as a NFT and stored on the blockchain.
Ace Jewelers will be the first retailer to start issuing these ORIGYN certificates of authenticity for wristwatches. Read the full press release HERE.
All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.
#AceJewelers #TheAceList #Origyn #TheAceListLive #OrigynFoundation #OrigynLuxury #Interview #VincentPerriard
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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 the name of his Instagram handle - @nomoschino - you would guess he works from the brand NOMOS Glashutte, but he does not work there. Listen to this podcast episode to learn why Moritz became a watchmaker, in which 'Manufaktur' he makes watches and why he bought the sixth Ace x Nomos collab for his private collection.
You can follow his watch collecting adventures on Instagram via his handle: @nomoschino.
#AceJewelers #AcePodcast #TheArtOfCollecting #WristWatch #Watches #WatchAddict #WatchCollector
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An original Ace Jewelers Podcast Series: "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches"
Season Two, Episode 2: Ruben a.k.a. @scrubsaurusrex
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 second episode of our second season we welcome Ruben. He is a young watch collector from the Netherlands. His first real watch was given to him by his parents for his 16th birthday and after doing some research on the watch, he started collecting. Ruben is currently exploring the world of independent watchmakers, after spending the last few years experiencing every icon he got his hands on. Initially the aim was to keep every watch in his collection, but he quickly ended up adopting a different strategy. Listen to the podcast episode to learn how Ruben, over the past few years, ended up trying more than 80 watches.
You can follow his watch collecting adventures on Instagram via his handle: @scrubsaurusrex.
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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 and it was supposed to be the 'one watch collection' going forward. But, like any other watch collector already knows, nobody can live with just one watch, so in this episode we'll take you through the journey Daan went on since that first Oris. Sit back and hold tight, because he went fast!
#AceJewelers #AcePodcast #TheArtOfCollecting #WristWatch #Watches #WatchAddict #WatchCollector
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