At Work with a Luxury Watch Expert

It wasn't until she was interning at Christie's in London, collecting old watch catalogs on the side, that she realized that she could turn her love of timepieces into a career Naturally, we wanted to know all of the juicy tidbits of her career, like what it's like working in a fairly male-dominated industry, the details of the craziest watch sales she's ever had a hand in, and the most expensive and rare collections she's ever seen "My first memory is my dad's watch.

It's a Patek Philippe 3919 [and] it was the first nice watch that he ever bought himself He used to wear it all the time, so I have a very vivid memory of it, and now he's let me borrow it He bought it in 1992.

The first watch that I saw and was like, 'oh my god,' was the Cartier Tank Marquis when I was 16 I remember obsessing over it and I was fortunate enough to get it." "I got my masters at the Sotheby's Institute in London in fine and decorative art [and] then I moved to New York [in 2012] and started working at Sotheby's as a floater in the marketing department A job opened up in the watch department and I jumped at it.

I was able to get the associate cataloger position Then I started working my way up and became the junior specialist That's really where I learned everything about watches because you are handling and writing up, describing, and photographing about 600 watches per year" "I met the founder of Hodinkee through the industry.

He would come to our auctions and our expeditions, and he mentioned that they were expanding I joined the company in May 2015 When I started, I didn't have a title, I was the fourth person [hired].

I was the only female editor-I still am the only female editor I started writing about anything and everything from 1980's Quartz watches to Rolex 36mm Perpetuals and really cut my teeth into that world Through the years I helped launch the vintage watch shop on our e-commerce platform and now I oversee all of our limited editions-I manage all of our special projects.

I have a very multifaceted job." "I've been in watches now for six years and started off with a Cartier Then I went on to get this white gold [Rolex] Day-Date from 1968 that's really beautiful Last year, I got this Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 37mm, which is the ultimate luxury sports watch.

I have a Rolex Daytona; I have a Rolex Rainbow Daytona, which is a jewel-set watch that came out last year I fell in love with that watch and I'm obsessed with it, so I feel very fortunate to have it in my collection It's robust for most people but I like what I like and I don't really feel bad about it-that's the fun of it.

I think you should always buy what you like." "One of the best parts of my job is collaborating with watch brands and creating limited edition watches We have worked with the likes of Hermès, Vacheron Constantin, Omega where we sold 500 watches in 19 minutes all online Yesterday, we launched a super cool IWC Pilot's watch.

It's so fun seeing these projects come to life and have a tangible reminder of our work." . Source