“Hello there, I’m Ed. I’ve been collecting watches since I was 20 years old. Before then I had Swatches and what not, but I never really knew the extent of watch collecting. I remember meeting a DJ at a festival when I was 19 – he had a vintage something or other on, and when he told me the price, I thought, “That will never be me. Why on earth would you spend that amount on a watch?”
I’ve always been a bit hesitant to do anything public about my collecting, just because it’s quite personal and private to me. But through John Mayer, I’ve gotten to know Ben at HODINKEE over the last few years, chatting back and forth over email, and this seemed like the first logical step into a relationship with the website.”
