Ace Jewelers Podcast

Last week we have announced that Ace Jewelers has become the exclusive retail partner of high-end French watch brand Sartory Billard in the Netherlands.   For The Ace List Live episode 65 we sat down with the founder of Sartory Billard: Mr. Armand Billard. He sat down with Alon for an hour long live interview for The Ace List Live. After the seven The Ace List questions, the gentlemen discussed wh...

Last week we have announced that the Ace Jewelers boutique is moving 400 meters from the current location in the Museum Quarter Amsterdam. We have been invited by Royal Coster Diamonds to establish our boutique in their three monumental buildings next to the legendary Rijksmuseum.   For The Ace List Live episode 64 we sat down with the CEO of the Royal Coster Diamonds: Mr. Kees Noomen. He sat down...

For The Ace List Live episode 63 we sit down with the designer of the NOMOS Glashuette Metro wristwatch: Mr. Mark Braun of Studio Mark Braun. Our own Ace Jewelers’ CEO Mr. Alon Ben Joseph has been in love with design every since his childhood and been a huge fan of NOMOS Glashuette. This week Ace Jewelers launched their 8th and 9th collab watch:   As the Metro was originally designed byMark Braun...

For The Ace List Live episode 62 we sit down with the Managing Director of high-end watch brand Eberhard & Co: Mr. Mario Peserico. Our own Ace Jewelers’ CEO Mr. Alon Ben Joseph has been in love with the vintage Eberhard & Co chronographs and the iconic Chrono4 watches and in his journey to learn more about the brand he has persuaded his friend Mario, theface of the heritage Swiss brand to...

For The Ace List Live episode 61 we sit down with the founder of AWAKE: Mr. Lilian Thibault. Our own Ace Jewelers’ CEO Mr. Alon Ben Joseph has started collected AWAKE watches a few years ago and persuaded the French brand to appoint Ace Jewelers the exclusive retailers for the design brand in the Netherlands. After the seven The Ace List questions, the gentlemen discuss what it took to start a new...

Last year we have had the honor to launchour first collab ever with a prestigious watch brand that is not a limitededition. Together with Airain we have created a special edition that is now anintegral part of their core collection.   For The Ace List Live episode 60 we sit down with the founder of CDMLEC, the parent company of historic watch brands Airain and Lebois & Co: Mr. Tom van Wijlick....

This week we have officially announced thatAce Jewelers has become Horologer MING’s first European retail partner!   For The Ace List Live episode 58 the CEO ofthe watch brand, Mr. Praneeth Rajsingh of Horologer MING sits down with AceJewelers’ CEO Mr. Alon Ben Joseph. After the seven The Ace List questions, thegentlemen discussed what makes the MING timepieces so unique and in-demand withthe watc...

This week we at Ace Jewelers launched ourfirst collab in our 50th Anniversary Year, our 25 watch reference. We had the honor to team up with the wonderful team behind Italian brand echo/neutra. For The Ace List episode 58 the Sales Director of the brand, Mr. Marco Dragoni of echo/neutra sits down with Ace Jewelers’ CEO Mr. Alon Ben Joseph. After the seven The Ace List questions, thegentlemen discu...

At Ace Jewelers we love independent watch brands, watchmakers and entrepreneurs. Even if we do not retail the brands, we want to give them a podium here on The Ace List Live.   For The Ace List episode 57 the owner and CEO of the brand CIRCULA, Mr. Cornelius Huber sits down with Ace Jewelers' CEO Mr. Alon Ben Joseph.   After the seven The Ace List questions, the gentlemen discuss how CIRCULA w...

As of today Ace Jewelers has become the exclusive retailers of British brand FEARS Watch Company in the Netherlands.   For The Ace List episode 56 the owner and CEO of the brand, Mr. Nicholas Bowman-Scargill of FEARS Watch Company, visits Amsterdam in person and sits down with Ace Jewelers' CEO Mr. Alon Ben Joseph.   After the seven The Ace List questions, the gentlemen discussed what makes FE...

Last year our own Alon Ben Joseph became friends with Sherpa Watches’ owner Martin Klocke after he was interviewed for the podcast series The Real Time Show. Out of that friendship a collaborative watch project was born: the  TRTS x Sherpa OPS . Obviously Ace Jewelers because of that also became the exclusive retailers of the Sherpa watch brand in the Netherlands. Sherpa Watches is dedicated to br...

Earlier this year Mr. Benoit De Clerck was appointed CEO of ZENITH Watches. We are honored to have sat down with him and discuss his long journey of over 25 years all over the world in the luxury watch industry, starting at TAG Heuer to making it as COO of Panerai and now the taking the helm at the manufacture in Le Locle, Switzerland. During this episode we didi not only discuss his personal jour...

Last year Ace Jewelers become the exclusive retailer partner for Australian watch brand BAUSELE. We had the honor to have the founder of the brand to sit down with our CEO Alon Ben Joseph for an hour. In 2011, Christophe Hoppe established Bausele in Sydney, driven by his passion for Australia, aiming to embody the nation’s spirit in a watch brand. The name Bausele, short for Beyond Australian Elem...

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 1960’s, the products and aesthetics of that era serve as the main source of inspiration for his newly formed b...

An original Ace Jewelers Podcast Series: "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches" Season Two, Episode 7: David Vaucher David 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. T...

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 dire...

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 wa...

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 Jewelers’ 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 & Partn...

The Ace List - Live with Niels Eggerding of Frederique Constant watches - S03E10 The CEO of Frederique Constant, Mr. Niels Eggerding and Ace Jewelers’ 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 evolutio...

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 “Christiaan van der Klaauw”. Pim’s journey after graduating at the Dutch watchmaking sch...

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 Noy’s timepieces combine true craftsmanship with out-of-the-box designs, meant to induce philosophical pe...

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 sto...

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...

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. Laura’s 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. Wh...

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 conversa...