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Filippo Loreti Venice Automatic Watch Review
Filippo Loreti is a newer watchmaker who started out as a successful Kickstarter campaign. They then went on to do a few more successful Kickstarter campaigns – most or all of which have yielded over a million dollars each. The resulting products were decidedly not for timepiece enthusiasts but certainly inspired by the passion that feeds collectors. The fact remains that no company has made more money to produce watches via crowdfunding than Filippo Loreti.That, however, isn’t the story I am going to discuss, nor does it relate to the Venice Automatic watch collection that I’m?reviewing today. This product is in fact decidedly a passion project from the brand and not a result of crowdfunding “backer bait.” The story I want to tell is about brands who start out with a lot of work getting the attention of youthful social media-present consumers, and their journey to become real watch brands.
Interview: Bulgari CEO Jean-Christophe Babin On Successful Fine Watchmaking & Managing
I’ve known Mr. Jean-Christophe Babin since he was the iconic leader of TAG Heuer watches. What I recall most about his time during the dynamic days of TAG Heuer in the 2000s was how well he represented the brand by wearing the brand’s then-popular line of glasses with the red-colored arms splashing warm color across the side of his face. Mr. Babin was responsible for the most advanced and interesting high-end TAG Heuer watches of modern times.Mr. Babin’s successful tenure at TAG Heuer was transformed into an opportunity to run Italian luxury house Bulgari when LVMH acquired the company around 2011. After this time, LVMH’s watch product division was split between “the two JCBs,” as Jean-Christophe Babin led Bulgari and Jean-Claude Biver headed TAG Heuer, while operationally overseeing Hublot and Zenith, as well. With Mr. Biver’s recent retirement, now Jean-Christophe Babin is the most experienced and successful watch product manager at the group