During COVID, I fell down the vintage Rolex rabbit hole. At first, it looked like fascination with objects. It was really fascination with character.
Years later, with a PhD in hand and enough life behind me to know what lasts, I understand what drew me in:
THE BEST VINTAGE ROLEX WATCHES FEEL HONEST. BUILT TO ENDURE. MADE TO LIVE WITH.
For the last five years, my Sea-Dweller 16600 has been with me through through it all: long days imaging cortical neurons, push-up contests in the Sahara, romance in Naples, riding a motorcycle through northern Vietnam, quiet afternoons in Davis, grief in the Himalayas, and a fight in a Barcelona club that left a scratch on the bottom right lug. That is what I love about these watches.
ALL PROOF THAT REAL LIFE LEAVES MARKS. AND IT STILL LOOKS DAMN GOOD.
LET'S FIND YOUR EXAMPLE
I don’t just sell reference numbers. I curate specific examples I’d be proud to wear myself. Watches with integrity, balance, and the kind of character that reveals itself over time.
If you want help finding the right piece, I’m happy to talk it through.
Before building Sierra Time Co., I completed a PhD in neuroscience at UC Davis, where my research focused on psychedelics, neuroplasticity, and receptor signaling.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Psychedelics promote neuroplasticity through the activation of intracellular 5-HT2A receptors
Psychedelics and Other Psychoplastogens for Treating Mental Illness
Psychedelic-inspired drug discovery using an engineered biosensor
A non-hallucinogenic psychedelic analogue with therapeutic potential
R-MDDMA is a Safer Analogue of MDMA with Therapeutic Potential
