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Hodinkee
Hodinkee, stylized as HODINKEE, is a New York City–based watch website, known as an influential editorial and e-commerce site for new and vintage wristwatches. Founded in 2008, the name comes from the Czech and Slovak word for wristwatch, hodinky. In 2024, global watch retailer Watches of Switzerland purchased Hodinkee for an undisclosed sum.
Benjamin Clymer started the watch website Hodinkee in 2008. He credited his lifelong passion for watches to his grandfather's Omega Speedmaster that he loved and his grandfather let him wear. Clymer used Google Translate to find the most whimsical translation of 'wristwatch' to deal with perceived pretension in the watch industry, and settled on a variation of the Czech and Slovak word for watch, hodinky.
In July 2015, a news aggregation app focused on wristwatches called Watchville merged with Hodinkee, and its internet entrepreneur founder Kevin Rose became the chief executive of Hodinkee. In April 2017, Rose stepped down from his role as the CEO of Hodinkee to become a partner in a start-up venture firm, True Ventures.
In January 2018, the company launched Hodinkee Shop, an ecommerce site selling watches. That year, the company also expanded to include pop-up stores, with a total staff of 25.
In 2019, technology business magazine Fast Company named Hodinkee as one of its most innovative companies in the media sector.
In November 2019, Hodinkee Japan was launched in partnership with Hearst Fujin Gahō, as a Japanese language version of the website.
In December 2020, Toby Bateman, the former managing director of fashion company Mr Porter, joined the company as its new CEO, and Clymer became Executive Chairman. The company also raised $40M in a series B round, with American investment advisory firm TCG as lead investor, and other investors including French luxury giant LVMH's LVMH Luxury Ventures subsidiary, True Ventures, Grammy Award–winning musician John Mayer and six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady.
In February 2021, Hodinkee announced it had acquired pre-owned luxury watch specialists Crown & Caliber. The watch market faced a downturn starting in early 2022, caused in part by the war in Ukraine and collapse of the crypto industry. By April 2024, there had been multiple rounds of layoffs, including a cut of almost 20 percent of its staff around September 2023. In December 2021, Bateman stepped down as CEO.
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Hodinkee
Hodinkee, stylized as HODINKEE, is a New York City–based watch website, known as an influential editorial and e-commerce site for new and vintage wristwatches. Founded in 2008, the name comes from the Czech and Slovak word for wristwatch, hodinky. In 2024, global watch retailer Watches of Switzerland purchased Hodinkee for an undisclosed sum.
Benjamin Clymer started the watch website Hodinkee in 2008. He credited his lifelong passion for watches to his grandfather's Omega Speedmaster that he loved and his grandfather let him wear. Clymer used Google Translate to find the most whimsical translation of 'wristwatch' to deal with perceived pretension in the watch industry, and settled on a variation of the Czech and Slovak word for watch, hodinky.
In July 2015, a news aggregation app focused on wristwatches called Watchville merged with Hodinkee, and its internet entrepreneur founder Kevin Rose became the chief executive of Hodinkee. In April 2017, Rose stepped down from his role as the CEO of Hodinkee to become a partner in a start-up venture firm, True Ventures.
In January 2018, the company launched Hodinkee Shop, an ecommerce site selling watches. That year, the company also expanded to include pop-up stores, with a total staff of 25.
In 2019, technology business magazine Fast Company named Hodinkee as one of its most innovative companies in the media sector.
In November 2019, Hodinkee Japan was launched in partnership with Hearst Fujin Gahō, as a Japanese language version of the website.
In December 2020, Toby Bateman, the former managing director of fashion company Mr Porter, joined the company as its new CEO, and Clymer became Executive Chairman. The company also raised $40M in a series B round, with American investment advisory firm TCG as lead investor, and other investors including French luxury giant LVMH's LVMH Luxury Ventures subsidiary, True Ventures, Grammy Award–winning musician John Mayer and six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady.
In February 2021, Hodinkee announced it had acquired pre-owned luxury watch specialists Crown & Caliber. The watch market faced a downturn starting in early 2022, caused in part by the war in Ukraine and collapse of the crypto industry. By April 2024, there had been multiple rounds of layoffs, including a cut of almost 20 percent of its staff around September 2023. In December 2021, Bateman stepped down as CEO.