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After a long & distinguished career designing watches for leading Swiss watch brands, Hakim El Kadiri decided to pursue his long-time dream of creating his own brand. Nicknamed ElKa (short for El Kadiri, of course) since his early childhood, a name was quickly found. As a child of the 1960’s, the products and aesthetics of that era serve as the main source of inspiration for his newly formed brand – the Elka Watch Company.Whilst researching the name, Hakim discovered that a watch brand named Elka had previously existed. The historical brand of Elka watches was created by Dutchman Louis Eduard Kiek in 1913, ELKA being an abbreviation for Edouard Louis Kiek Amsterdam. The family-owned company operated several Kiek boutiques in Amsterdam where prestigious brands such as Rolex, Ulysse Nardin, Vulcain, Breitling, Universal, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Blancpain watches were sold -often proudly co-branded with the ELKA signature, as well as wrist and pocket watches of their own ELKA brand. They were also particularly famous for their stopwatches, timers, and chess clocks. Somewhere in the 1970s, the ELKA brand quietly disappeared. The Kiek boutiques would continue to operate until the year 2000, after which the company was dissolved.During this session Ace Jewelers’ Alon Ben Joseph sat down with his long-time friend Hakim and did a deep dove into how he designed the watches for his Elka Watch Company, one of the collections – the X-Series- and how he got inspired by an aviation instrument created by Heuer for ELKA, which featured oversized Arabic numerals from 00 to 55.Ace Jewelers is the exclusive authorized dealer for ELKA watches in the Netherlands.

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An original Ace Jewelers Podcast Series: "The Art of Collecting Wristwatches"
Season Two, Episode 7: David Vaucher

David Vaucher (Vo-SHAY) is a Paris-based energy consultant who has had an interest in watches dating back to when he was eight years old, and a true passion for watches that took hold well over a decade ago in Saskatchewan, Canada while he was waiting for a field operation to begin.

This passion has taken the form not only of much buying and selling (of course), but also several larger projects in the watch space, such as attempting to start a micro-brand, and to raise funds for a bankrupt French watch company.

Presently, David shares his thoughts about watches, men's wear and Everyday Carry at his website www.davidvaucher.com

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The Ace List - Live with Guido Benedini of Watch Angels - S03E12

A true watch fanatic and watch industry veteran, Guido Benedini, started a complete new concept in this tradition industry: Watch Angels. In the middle of the COVID pandemic, in 2020, Guido Benedini founded Watch Angels, creating the first manufacturer-to-consumer crowdfunding model for meaningful high-quality watches at factory direct prices.

In the previous episode of The Ace List live we sat down with Cedric Bellon, the first watchmaker featured on Watch Angels. In this episode Ace Jewelers’ CEO Alon Ben Joseph sat down with his Dutch friend Guido Benedini and discuss his evolution in the watch industry and why he has decided to found Watch Angels. Plus they discussed the upcoming collab between Cedric Bellon Watches & Ace Jewelers, a watch produced and sold by Watch Angels.

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 6: Wouter van Wijk a.k.a. @wristicons

Wouter van Wijk finds the name professional collector quite suitable. He started buying and selling iconic vintage watches when he turned 40. But he bought his first mechanical watch when he was 16 with the money he earned driving around pizzas. Besides vintage watches he also has a big preference for independent watches. But above all like many of us a 24/7 watch geek who sees watches as a piece of art and also a vessel to tell stories.

You can follow Wouter on Instagram via his handle: @wristicons or read more about him on his website: www.wristicons.com/about

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The Ace List - Live with Cedric Bellon of Cedric Bellon watches - S03E11

Cedric Bellon is one of the most talented and most modest watch designers of our modern day. And, he is a grand advocate of sustainability. That is the reason why Ace Jewelers’ CEO Alon Ben Joseph is a big fan of the person Cedric Bellon and all the watches his partners and him designed in the studio called Bellon & Partners.

Last year Cedric Bellon (finally) ventured out and made his own watch. Not only was it the first wristwatch ever made of recycled steel, but also created with watch start-up Watch Angels – a crowd funding platform for watchmakers. Obviously Alon Ben Joseph became a ‘Watch Angel’ as he supported the round and received a watch from the first batch bearing the Cedric Bellon brand name. He still wears it today.

From a young age Cedric Bellon was fascinated by sciences, nature and crafts. He first studied geology and then laureated in product design at L’Ecole de Design Nantes Atlantique. At the age of 26 he discovered watch design and sent some concepts to Swiss watch brands. Bell & Ross, TAG Heuer and Longines gave him a chance and became his first clients. From then on, he was hooked by horology and made watch design his full-time career in 2005. Cedric is an advocate for sustainability in the watch industry.

This year Cedric launched a second watch it is actually on sale right now with Watch Angels. In this episode the gentlemen discussed Cedric’s evolution as a designer and how he wants to improve sustainability in the watchmaking sector. Plus they had a great news, actually breaking news, as they announced the Ace x CB collab watch that will be presented soon.

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The Ace List - Live with Niels Eggerding of Frederique Constant watches - S03E10

The CEO of Frederique Constant, Mr. Niels Eggerding and Ace Jewelers’ CEO Alon Ben Joseph go way back and are friends for quite some time. Both Dutch men started in the watch industry in the Netherlands a while ago.

During this live interview Alon will ask Niels to share his journey in the watch industry, his evolution from the Dutch market to the mothership in Switzerland and obviously both gentlemen will discuss what’s new at Frederique Constant.

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

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