TGN Chats - Merlin Schwertner (Nomos Watches) And Jason Gallop (Roldorf & Co)
The Grey Nato
James Stacey and Jason Heaton
4.9 • 973 Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2016
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to TGM Chats. I'm James Stacy. Allow me to set the scene. I have two guests on this episode which was recorded in the lobby of a business tower in downtown Vancouver. |
| 0:17.0 | I've been in Vancouver for a few years and while people in this city love watches, |
| 0:21.0 | their only opportunity to see really cool and less common brands is when they're on vacation or visiting other large cities. |
| 0:28.0 | The main reason for this chat is to sit down with two guys who are responsible for bringing a great watch brand right into downtown Vancouver. |
| 0:35.4 | I have Jason Gallup, a watchmaker and the owner of Roldorf and Co, the retailer in question, |
| 0:40.6 | and we're thrilled to have Merlin Zvertner VP of USA for No Most |
| 0:44.5 | watches so let's get to it. |
| 0:47.2 | Guys, thanks so much for being on the show. |
| 0:48.8 | Hey James. Hey, thank you very much. |
| 0:52.0 | So I think I think it's probably probably an interesting place to start with |
| 0:58.6 | Jason and Jason you've been running Roldorg for how long now? |
| 1:03.0 | It's just about a year and a half. |
| 1:06.0 | The business itself is about 23 years old |
| 1:10.0 | and used to belong to my father and I decided to take it over. |
| 1:16.0 | Very cool. |
| 1:17.0 | And Merlin, how long have you been working with Nomeos? |
| 1:20.0 | It depends how you look at it. |
| 1:22.0 | I kind of went into it since I'm a little kid and at the same time it I had always the freedom of choice and so it was only until I was about 20 that I participated in the first fair in Basel world, |
| 1:36.6 | which was a great chance for me to like participate in this world without right stepping into it. And it was also while I was in university. So I |
| 1:44.8 | always jumped into those fairs and there I got an option to work at a retailer in |
| 1:51.5 | Switzerland. So I got to see the other end kind of because we consider like we are manufactured, |
| 1:58.0 | but then I could see and meet like final customers and see how they're taken and work with a lot of different |
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