Benjamin Clymer drives his 1968 Ferrari 330 GTC into the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, New York.
Photographer: Pablo Perez-Castroman for Bloomberg Pursuits
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Benjamin Clymer has come a long way since 2008, when the financial crisis prompted him to take a severance package from UBS and start a blog that fueled his obsession with watches.
Today that former side project, Hodinkee, is the leading resource for watch aficionados worldwide, with a cap table that includes Tom Brady, Tony Fadell, John Mayer and LVMH. With handsome articles, intimate deep dives and insider knowledge of the industry, Hodinkee brought modern watch collecting culture mainstream. It was the first authorized watch dealer on the internet and last year generated more than $100 million in revenue; its first brick-and-mortar store will open later this year in downtown Manhattan. (Bloomberg Pursuits participates in content sharing with its editorial side.)