The WatchTime family continues to grow: We are very happy to announce that, after Sabine Zwettler and Martin Green, LA-based Bilal Khan has also decided to join our team of editors. And what better way to introduce him to our audience, than to ask him a couple of questions about the things that make him tick, both editorially and horologically"

“If my stories can entertain and educate, I?ll consider that a resounding success.”

What made you pursue a career in the watch industry"
Being in watch media certainly wasn?t a deliberately charted course for me, that?s for sure. What began as an obsessive hobby became a job in 2015 and I?ve got to give a shout out to Ariel Adams of aBlogtoWatch for that first break. Fast forward seven years and I?ve gone places, seen things, and met people that I couldn?t have imagined. It?s a lot of hard work and not without challenges but there?s nothing like it. 
What was your first real watch"
My first ?real? watch was an Omega Speedmaster Day-Date Ref. 3523.80.00 with a pretty beautiful blue dial. I remember these went for about a thousand dollars back in the day but, like everything else, have gone up in value though not prohibitively so. It?s funny how our tastes develop; I don?t think a chronograph with month, day, and date complications would be my first pick these days. Still, I doubt I?ll ever get rid of it for sentimentality reasons alone.

What was your last purchase, and what are you curr...