
Mike France
CEO of the Christopher Ward
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Oct 28, 2026
The Business of Watches [46] What New York Watch Week's Unbridled Enthusiasm Says About The Market With Griffin Bartsch And TanTan Wang
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48:09Andy HoffmanHOST
Basically, almost all the brands are offering there.
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48:11Andy HoffmanHOST
I mean, Mike France, the CEO of Christopher Ward, was there, as was Jonathan from Brew.
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48:18Andy HoffmanHOST
I mean, yeah, you know, the real principles behind the brands are all there.
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48:23TanTan WangGUEST
Yeah.
Ep #81: Mr WatchPro Talks The Business Of Watches with Rob Corder of WatchPro Magazine
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29:11Rob CorderGUEST
And that was probably in about 2012, 2013, something like that.
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29:16Rob CorderGUEST
I did a similar interview, but I had Mike France from Christopher Ward and I had Giles English from Bremont.
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29:26Rob CorderGUEST
And they were talking about their different approaches to the business.
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29:29Rob CorderGUEST
And it was, I mean, there's a myriad other similarities and differences between the two companies.
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29:35Rob CorderGUEST
Mike France simply did not believe that you could produce watches on an industrial scale in the UK.
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29:44Rob CorderGUEST
He just didn't think that there was the...
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29:47Rob CorderGUEST
You know what you have in Switzerland is multiple, multiple small suppliers who will make different components that are then assembled by expert people in factories over there.
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35:42Rob CorderGUEST
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