With a background in finance and business development, and a longstanding love of watches and cars, Gerry lives and breathes the Chasing Chrono mission. As a luxury watch buyer himself, the COVID Lockdown provided time for him to reflect on the challenges facing watch buyers and sellers, particularly in a post-Brexit world in the UK. Building a central national marketplace for the British watch industry felt like a great opportunity to overcome some of those challenges, whilst also ‘flying the flag’ for UK watch experts by providing a single ‘go to’ hub for the British watch market.

With an entrepreneurial spirit and a record of building successful businesses through digital innovation, James is a huge watch enthusiast. His love of all-things creative and mechanical extends to an equally strong passion for art and cars. James has his sights firmly set on making Chasing Chrono the favoured destination for watch buyers in Britain, through the growth of the UK’s first national marketplace for watch dealers and makers, offering transparent value and homegrown expertise.

A watch lover and collector for most of his adult life, Simon also became a dealer of vintage watches in 2016, setting up The Chrono Duo with his partner David Coleman, originally at the suggestion of their wives as a means for managing their own extensive collections. As such, Simon brings a lifetime of knowledge to his role as editor in chief, and is responsible for building content that offers watch expertise and industry insight for our growing network of dealers and watch enthusiasts.