Welcome to episode 9 #humanfriday, where we today meet scientist, writer and Chronoswiss Open Gear Ocean owner Gareth Worthington.
Your daytime job involves educating doctors on new cancer therapies. At night you write prized novels, play the guitar, collect watches and practice martial arts. How do you find the time for everything?
“It’s a matter of prioritising what you want to achieve, and you have to sacrifice some things. For instance, I seldom go to restaurants or bars. Of course it also helps that I get frustrated if I haven’t done anything in two hours.” (Laughs)
Where are you from originally?
“The UK. But, I have not lived there in a good ten years-I’ve lived in the USA, Portugal, Switzerland, Singapore … and then I came back to Switzerland.”
The perfect place to be for a watch collector. How did your watch interest start?
“I grew up with no money in a poor part of the UK. But, I was always interested in watches-it feels so good to put on a watch! So, I saved up for my...