The Hollywood Reporter: Why Stars Aly & AJ, Randall Park and Daniel Dae Kim Get Vintage Watches From This Dealer
Journalist Jon Alain Guzik recently wrote about why several high-profile stars have sought out for Eric Wind’s assistance in curating vintage watch collections within The Hollywood Reporter’s article ‘Why Stars Aly & AJ, Randall Park and Daniel Dae Kim Get Vintage Watches From This Dealer’.
“Wind’s focus on vintage watches and the deep research behind the watches is often what inspires collectors — including in Hollywood — to reach out. “Generally vintage means, for me, watches before 1990, [when] there was more hand work for the case, dial and parts. This was before computer-aided design and before robots got more involved in the production of the watches. I like those older watches, they have more of a handmade feel. I definitely try to promote scholarship about these watches,” says Wind…When asked how he built his business, Wind replies, “A lot of it is word of mouth or people reaching out. The best referral is a personal one, friend to friend.” The inventory of watches on his website can range in price from around $1,000 to nearly $200,000.”
Guzik spoke with several of Wind’s clients including Stephen Ringer, Aly Michalka, and, AJ Michalka about their relationship with Wind.
“I met Eric from a cold email,” says writer/director Stephen Ringer (Weepah Way for Now), who introduced his wife, Aly Michalka, and his sister-in-law, AJ Michalka, to Wind. His irrepressible nature and deep knowledge base has driven the trio’s love of vintage watches. “I always liked that he was more of a scholar than a dealer and it would bother him on a professorial level if he ever lied to you. He’s honest to a fault,” says Ringer, who has a Wind-sourced 1922 Patek Philip that was once owned by noted philanthropist Henry Phipps Jr.
The sisters — both of whom are actresses and musicians and perform as Aly & AJ — look at their watch collections as reminders of big moments in their lives, from getting married to recording albums and booking TV shows. The singers (on tour this fall with Ben Platt after recently wrapping a summer world tour) also see the watches becoming family heirlooms.”
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