Wempe Watches on Bloomberg News with Tom Keene

In the last couple months I’ve started watching a lot of Bloomberg News.  I usually watch during the middle of the day because the channel gives a lot of general information about investing (the current situation in Europe, currency issues, hedge fund news, venture capital info).  The channel streams live off their website, so I can watch it on my computer.  Also, I live near NYC and the show films in NYC so a lot of the guests are based around NYC, which makes me feel like I could use the information more.

Today one of the guests on Surrvelince Midday with Tom Keene was a rep from Wempe Watches.  Their store is on 5th Ave at 55th st.

Summary of their conversation was:

• physical movement watches are making a comeback
• Wempe is trying to get more of the market with a watch in the range of around $3,000 while other watch companies are trying to increase prices higher
• The watch design trends are no longer having an increase in face size but going for a more elegant refined and timeless look

TikTok watch kit allows the user to snap their Ipod nano into the wrist band to make a watch.   Pretty cool.

I found this watch kit off of a website, www.kickstarter.com, that I’ve been using on and off for the last few months.  Kickstarter is a website for crowd funding.  People put up an idea they want to get funded.  Basically people pre-order the product and when enough people pre-order the product the product will be made.  The website is designed to get funding for people just starting out.  The idea can be an art project, a video, performance, a product…   I’ve been mostly interested in looking at the products.

I found kickstarter through a product I saw on website that was kind of an online version of one of those gadget magazines you would get on an airplane.  The product was a cool all stainless steel pen made by the designers at CW&T out of Brooklyn, NY.