![]() ![]() I love photography, in particular, the creativity that comes with it and social media platforms like Instagram that allow us to showcase our work. ![]() I bring a decent eye to the photography DCVW uses to sell its watches. I grew up, as did my family, in the DMV area (that’s DC, Maryland, and Virginia for the uninitiated) but when the chance – via my wife – came to expand DCVW to Los Angeles and its extraordinary watch scene, I jumped on it. This alone sets us apart from most other vintage watch dealers, and few occupy our place in the business strata – ie: not selling Rolex and with a great reputation for transparency in the watch community (and not some sketchy seller on eBay).Īny shoutouts? Who else deserves credit in this story – who has played a meaningful role?įirst and foremost, I have to thank my wife for her steadfast support during this entire journey – and her unending patience when I prattle on non-stop about various small inane watch details. We bring the same customer service and dedication to all of our customers, regardless of the vintage watch in question – unlike some others businesses, we don’t look down on “lower end” Swiss and non-Swiss watches, or beginners to vintage watch collecting. I myself am present in LA, along with my wife (a television producer, because, well, LA). We are a family-run business, with several decades of experience, and we have a presence on both the east (Washington, DC) and west (Los Angeles) coasts. We specialize in vintage watches, usually between the 1950s and 1980s, and usually vintage Seiko, Heuer, and Omega. Tell us about DC Vintage Watches – what should we know? Secondly, appearances on several YouTube podcasts like Matt Farah’s “Watch & Listen” on vintage Seiko and Heuer has been amazing for our social media presence.įinally, we’ve been able to bolster our business, following the move to LA, by providing a unique service – namely, a customer comes to us with a specific request for a certain vintage watch, and we use our expertise and network to find it, make sure its authentic, and also in great working order.Īlright – so let’s talk business. We’ve taken a “slow and steady” approach to expanding our business, by building inventory and marketing share over the last seven years – instrumental in our growth has been moving to the SoCal area, which not only has an enormous watch community, but far more potential for “watch sourcing” aka finding specific watches for customers, within the greater Los Angeles area. Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way? Fast forward to 2012, and I realized I should start my own business, and possibly turn a profit from something I love and remain highly passionate about – and here we are today, with business better than ever! These collectors don’t collect for the passing status a brand name brings, but from an understanding of history and the unique beauty, a work of art like a complex mechanical watch represents. I have met amazing people the world over – but in particular within SoCal – all through a shared love of horology. Few other watch manufacturers have the catalog of Seiko, nor the history for that matter, from the fantastic 6139 automatic movements of the Seiko Pogue fame to Seiko being instrumental to the start of the notorious quartz crisis in the 1970s with the Seiko Astron.Īccompanying all of the above is the phenomenal vintage watch collector community. I got hooked in high school and college on Seiko – hard. Vintage Seiko was my (and many, many others) gateway drug. For me, my father got me started in watch collecting. From my grandfather’s watch to my father’s burgeoning watch collection when I was in high school and after all my family have either been involved in or interested in, horology. Watches have been in my family for as long as I can remember. Nicholas, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today. Today we’d like to introduce you to Nicholas Ferrell.
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