Martha DeFlorio comes from a family of small business owners and grew up watching her parents and grandparents run their own stores. Today she channels everything — plus that genetic entrepreneurial spirit — into her company Made Floral, one of metro Detroit’s go-to floral design studios. Whether it’s a fresh bouquet to liven up an office or […]
Tag: Watches
Meet the Designer Behind The Canfield
Meet Greg Verras, a watch designer whose idea led the watch team to build our newest watch, The Canfield. Greg has been with us for three years now and sits facing the watch factory where he’s inspired by the people who assemble the products he and the watch team design every day. Read his story, […]
Inside The Canfield: How This Watch is Built
The Canfield is a watch unlike any other we’ve built before. With a stunning open viewing area that showcases more of the dial area than any of our previous watches, this look represents a new era of imagination and industry in Detroit. For this collection, our teams were trained in a top loading process entirely new to […]
A Conversation with Stylist Lauren Goodman
As a fashion stylist and journalist with experience working for well-known brands like Vogue, Elle, and Nowness, to name a few, we’re excited to introduce Lauren Goodman to you all. She’ll be joining us at our new San Francisco store for a special event this month, and we sat down with her to hear her […]
Overcoming Dictatorship and following his dream: Meet Stefan Mihoc, Shinola’s Senior watchmaker
The country was gripped by a dictatorship at the time and military service was compulsory. Following his service, he tried repeatedly to flee the country, to no avail. Then the revolutions that swept through Europe in the late ‘80’s changed the government, enabling him to eventually move with his family to the U.S. Unfortunately, there […]
How do we fix our watches? Meet Titus Hayes, Watch Repair Technician
How old are you and what did you do before this? I’m 25 years old. I was working on dashboards for Chrysler on an assembly line and had been doing it for about 10 months, but still hadn’t been hired on full-time and that’s what I wanted, so I began looking for something else. This is […]
Walking to a Different Beat — Te’Nesha “T.T.” Martin, One of Our First Employees
Video courtesy of Vice. As a mother of two children, what do you think is the best piece of advice you’ve given to them? You have to have a lot of positive people in your corner because the small things can build up into a lot of negativity and the next thing you know you’re […]
Making Moves — Shinola Watch Assembler Craig Steele talks about changing industries
What changes have you noticed in Detroit compared to when you were a kid? There are definite memories of growing up and hearing how great Detroit used to be because my parents and grandparents had seen and experienced the really good days, and then they also saw the fall. Growing up I saw the worst, […]
RUNNING THE MOVEMENT LINE: LAKISHKA MCCOY TALKS ABOUT HER ROLE AS TEAM LEADER
How long have you lived in Detroit and what changes have you noticed in the city over the past few years? I’ve lived here since 2009. Employment-wise it has changed a lot because there wasn’t a lot of good jobs available in the city back in the day. The mayor has been doing a lot […]
CAROLYN MURPHY ON THE ESSENTIALS OF EFFORTLESS STYLE
Carolyn Murphy came on board as our women’s design director in 2014, and has been instrumental in the process of developing our new women’s products. The Coveteur got an insider’s look into Murphy’s closet — a window into her effortless style. Check out some of our favorite parts of the The Coveteur interview below or […]