Our team

Publishers

Marco Gabella
Co-Founder - Executive Publisher
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Alexander Friedman
Co-Founder - Business Development
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Launched in 2009, Watchonista.com is driven and led by the deep interest and curiosity about watches and watchmaking. Watchonista is led by founders Marco Gabella and Alexander Friedman, and a team of journalists, experts, aficionados, and collectors.

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Editors

Josh Shanks
Managing Editor US
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Benjamin Teisseire
Editor & Business Development
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Vincent Daveau
Managing Editor France
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Joël A. Grandjean
Managing Editor Switzerland
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Viviana Shanks
Social Media Manager and Junior Editor
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Contributors

Simon de Burton
Journalist and author
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Rhonda Riche
Journalist
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Hyla Bauer
Contributor & Special Projects
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Frédéric Brun
Editor-in-chief of Montres Magazine
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Thomas Hendricks
Contributor
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Pierre-Yves Donzé
Historian
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Rémy Solnon
Specialised journalist
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Audrey Humbert
Contributor
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Liam O'Donnell
Senior Photographer
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Anders Modig
Journalist
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Guests & Experts

Eric Othenin-Girard
Specialised journalist
Ross Povey
Expert Tudor Collector
Marton Radkai
Journalist
Louis Nardin
Journalist
Michel Jeannot
Contributor
Marco Cattaneo
Journalist
Amr Sindi
Expert aka the Horophile
Pierre Maillard
Editor in chief Europastar
Constantin Stikas
Photographer and journalist
Khalil Ghorbani
Special Guest Contributor
Eric Wind
Special Guest Contributor