Credits: Article and images by Ian Skellern @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2023/12/22/10-things-you-dont-know-about-tim-mosso/
I first saw Tim Mosso in action at the SIHH many years ago. He had just come out of a series of brand presentations and was sitting in a public media booth talking seemingly to himself about all the watches he had seen over the last few hours. I then realized that he’d set up a small camera on a tripod and was recording a video podcast.
I was mesmerized by the incredible detail, including reference numbers, case metals, case dimensions, complications, outstanding features, things he didn’t like, and much more, that he had memorized – I didn’t see him referring to notes.
I would have been impressed if he was talking in so much detail about just one watch, but as I listened he covered 10 watches, then 20, and I’ve no idea how many he ended up finishing with as I had to go, but he looked as though he could have continued for hours (if not days).
Since then, I’ve seen Tim talking at many horological seminars (he is a very popular panelist at Dubai Watch Week), and have never failed to come away both impressed and having learned much: you cannot help but learn by absorption as he is a fire hose of information.
And as Tim’s YouTube channel has over 100 million views (that’s not a typo), it looks like he has educated and informed a lot more people than just me.
And it was at Dubai Watch Week 2023 while waiting for a panel hosted by Barbara Palumbo in which Tim and James Dowling ‘debated’ watch collecting, I was talking to Watchbox’s marketing director Caroline Kallman Joffe, about Tim’s seemingly superhuman memory, and she casually mentioned that he would be a perfect subject for some type of roast or humorous study.
That made me think of a segment on Real Time with Bill Maher called “24 Things You Don’t Know About . . .” so I thought I’d have a go (but limited to 10 things).
I should note that more than one of the points below is true. Let us know in the comments below which ones you think they are.
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Credits: Article and images by Ian Skellern @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2023/12/22/10-things-you-dont-know-about-tim-mosso/