Holden’s Watch Desk
Weekly email

For brands and press

I’m Holden Richardson. I buy watches, wear them, and tell you straight if they’re worth it, on YouTube, Instagram and this site. If you make watches, sell them or write about them, this page is for you.

Email me holden@holdenswatchdesk.com

Email is best. You can also message me on Instagram or find me on YouTube.

Holden as he appears in his videos: a pixel-art portrait with glasses, a red beard and a plaid shirtHolden Richardson in person, smiling, seated, with a watch on his wrist
In the videos, and in person.

What I make

  • Keep or Boot. One watch, two videos: a Hands-On when it arrives and a Verdict after about a week on my wrist, plus Shorts and a box-to-wrist unboxing. See every watch so far.
  • New Watch Releases: Buy, Wait or Pass. A weekly video on the week’s new watches.
  • Head-to-heads. The week’s most talked-about watch against its closest competitor. It’s a test for now.
  • Release write-ups and Bezel Clicks. A page for each new model with the specs, the US price when there is one, the sources and my score out of 120. Browse the database.
  • Shorts. At least one a day on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
  • The weekly email. One short email a week.

The watches I wear for Keep or Boot mostly cost between $100 and $1,000. The release write-ups and the head-to-heads cover watches at any price.

The channel so far

The first video went up on .

YouTube subscribers
271
YouTube views
73,603
Videos, Shorts included
83
Instagram followers
351
Counted

Working together

I’d like to build a relationship that lasts past one video. I’m open to:

  • Review watches, on loan or to keep
  • Features when you have a new release
  • Cross-promotion
  • Paid work

If you send a watch, I wear it before I give a verdict, and I say in one plain line how I got it. Email me for the shipping address.

Brands I’ve worked with

  • Nodus

Press

Send releases, images, the US price and any embargo date to holden@holdenswatchdesk.com. I write up new models here, with the sources linked and the photos credited. If you want a credit changed or an image taken down, email me and I’ll fix it.

Other watch people

Channels, writers, podcasters, watchmakers and collectors: I’m up for working on something together. Email me what you have in mind.

About me

I’m a watch collector in Michigan. I run the channel myself and built Watch Desk, the research app, for my own collection. More about me.