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The Business of Watches [012] Manuel Emch, The Head Of Louis Erard And 'The Numbers Guy' At Kollokium, On How To Build A Successful Swiss Watch Brand
Plus Malaika Crawford talks Louis Vuitton's guilloché skills and how Rolex is keeping the mystery with its Hollywood testimonees.
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Show Notes
On this week's episode of The Business of Watches, we wrangled some time with someone who was born into the world of the Swiss watch industry but who has taken an outsider's path to business success. Manuel Emch is the managing director of Louis Erard and also one-third of the radical upstart micro-brand Kollokium. We sat down last year, and Emch outlined his circuitous route and unique approach to building and selling watch brands.
But first, Hodinkee Magazine's editorial director Malaika Crawford drops in to give her take on Louis Vuitton's latest novelties and La Fabrique du Temps with a behind-the-scenes look at the atelier and its skilled artisans and craftspersons. Plus–what is Rolex telling us with its latest group of Hollywood testimonees?
Show Notes
1:35 LVMH Watch Week 2026
2:15 La Fabrique du Temps
8:30 New Rolex Testimonees in 2025
11:00 Louis Erard
11:20 Kollokium
12:00 Grenchen, Switzerland
13:26 HEC Lausanne
16:00 Nick Hayek Sr.
18:19 Jaquet Droz (Hodinkee)
22:50 Jaquet Droz website
27:30 Romain Jerome
36:20 Louis Erard (Hodinkee)
45:20 Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein
54:00 MB&F
58:10 Swatch AI Dada
59:45 Kollokium (Hodinkee)
1:02:00 Kollokium short film
1:07:10 Tupperware
1:13:07 Louis Erard Regulator