Ace Jewelers Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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 bringing back the most legendary watch models. They relaunched designs that have become true treasures among vintage watch collectors and offer something remarkable for anyone who has yet to discover the Sherpa heritage. Sherpa Watches pays tribute to the achievements of the original Enicar S.A. brand that conquered the watch world during the golden age of tool watches.
And at the same time, they honour the humble Sherpa people that inspired the Swiss pioneers in naming their most ambitious model line from 1956 on.

After the seven The Ace List questions, the gentlemen discussed what makes Sherpa so special. And, the viewers got a master class why Sherpa watches are real compressor dive watches! As usual the last part was reserved for the live viewers to ask questions.

Ace Jewelers is the exclusive dealer for Sherpa Watches in the Netherlands.

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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 journey, but also discussed the 2024 ZENITH novelties launched during Watches & Wonders earlier this year. And, where he wants to take the 159 year old beauty. Obviously we will try to find out what special watches they are going to create to celebrate the brand’s 160th anniversary next year.
Benoit’s predecessor, Mr. Julien Tornare, joined Alon Ben Joseph of Ace Jewelers twice before:
September 8, 2020 during season one. You can watch the episode here: S01E05.
January 27, 2021 during season two. You can watch the episode here: S02E01.
Ace Jewelers is authorized dealer for Zenith Watches.
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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 Noy’s 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 Jewelers’ 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 Noy’s 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.

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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 Jewelers’ founder and father of current CEO, Alon Ben Joseph, used to do business with Alexandre’s 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 ‘Gifts of Nature’.

All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.

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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 “Mannen van de Tijd” – 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.

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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. 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.

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 Piero’s responsibility.

Ace Jewelers is a family owned and run business, like NANIS Jewels. Ace Jewelers’ founder and father of current CEO used to do business with Laura’s 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 – view here.
• Season Two, Episode 10 – 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 Jewelers’ Alon Ben Joseph and they took a deep dive into what makes NANIS so special.

Ace Jewelers is authorized dealer for NANIS.

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 Jewelers’ 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.

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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 “Mannen van de Tijd” – 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.

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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 🙂

This turned out to be a fun talk about watches in general, the watch industry, the differences between Asia & Europa, the independent watchmakers and SJX’ journey as collector.

All episodes are available on http://www.TheAceList.com to watch back.

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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 Jewelers’ 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.

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