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Old 17 June 2019, 02:14 AM   #1
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Interesting insight from interview with Jean-Claude Biver

Never saw an interview with him until his recent one with Teddy B and I have to say it was great to see his passion for watches and insight into some of the topics, ie smart watches and grey dealers. I thought in particular his comments about how the Swiss industry needs to change the model from selling watches, monitoring the sale to avoid the Grey Dealers was pretty interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4s_pI511ok
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Old 2 October 2019, 11:58 PM   #2
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Just watched this video. JCB is such an interesting guy - always fun to watch him. I loved the hodinkee interview with him. This one was great too. Teddy has been landing a lot of solid interviews lately
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Old 3 October 2019, 03:22 AM   #3
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Always enjoy listening to Jean Claude. Thanks for sharing
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Old 3 October 2019, 03:38 AM   #4
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Love this guys passion and zest for life. His turnaround of Blancpain I use constantly as an example to people that work under me on how to face adversity.
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Old 3 October 2019, 05:04 AM   #5
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You should watch his Talking Watches episode. It's easily one of the best ones.
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Old 3 October 2019, 05:24 AM   #6
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Love this guys passion and zest for life. His turnaround of Blancpain I use constantly as an example to people that work under me on how to face adversity.


"Since 1735 there has never been a quartz Blancpain watch. And there never will be."
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Old 3 October 2019, 05:35 AM   #7
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Interesting insight from interview with Jean-Claude Biver

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"Since 1735 there has never been a quartz Blancpain watch. And there never will be."


Exactly! An example of why running against the crowd, instead of with it, can yield the best results.


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Old 3 October 2019, 08:35 AM   #8
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He's had numerous good interviews, but the one richest in entrepreneurship and horology might have to be this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKZtNdKkrC8
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It’s been out for a while but is still a great listen. Somewhere at the half point he talks about a very familiar marketing theory that is very relevant. Many forum members will benefit from listening to this interview but I fear they would rather squabble over their ego or dwell on despondency about not getting immediate gratification.
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Old 3 October 2019, 12:56 PM   #10
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Never saw an interview with him until his recent one with Teddy B and I have to say it was great to see his passion for watches and insight into some of the topics, ie smart watches and grey dealers. I thought in particular his comments about how the Swiss industry needs to change the model from selling watches, monitoring the sale to avoid the Grey Dealers was pretty interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4s_pI511ok
Very interesting guy with great experience and insight, thanks for sharing!
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