Interesting insight from interview with Jean-Claude Biver

[watchmework]

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

[Kliminator]

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

[AJMarcus]

Always enjoy listening to Jean Claude. Thanks for sharing

[BT1985]

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.

[sillo]

You should watch his Talking Watches episode. It's easily one of the best ones.

[Kliminator]

Originally Posted by BT1985

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."

[BT1985]

Originally Posted by Kliminator

"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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[daOnlyBG]

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

[kieselguhr]

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.

[Brian Page]

Originally Posted by watchmework

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!