About Us: the team behind Horbiter® Digital Media

About Us

How it all started

My passion for watches started when I was 15 and my father gave me a Bulova Accutron that his father had originally given to him as a gift. From that moment on, I started reading and gathering information about watches on an occasional basis until the moment I eventually discovered the beautiful IWC collection by Porsche Design, which used to feature on every issue of the Architectural Digest magazine and ideally linked together my two biggest passions: watches and cars. From then on, it has been a continuous crescendo, which has culminated with me officially launching a magazine in two languages called Horbiter® in September 2013. The name Horbiter® is a clear reference to everything, which revolves around the world of watches and, in a few years’ time, the magazine has become an important web­based magazine fully acclaimed by competent aficionados, professionals in the field of horology and important watch brands.

The mission of Horbiter®

Horbiter® is a specialized publication featuring original pictures and videos and an editorial style based on assertive and real opinions, something that is still not widespread enough in Italy. It is a multi-channel media dedicated to watch enthusiasts where I can contribute by bringing my professional experience as a former manager in the Durable Consumer goods.

Editorial team and head office

Gaetano Cimmino – Founder

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Horbiter® was founded in 2013. Since 2019, the media includes Horbiter|Cafè®, a community-based website. My job in the business of Digital Media also increased my knowledge of all things digital, with specific regard to luxury-oriented communication and professional SEO. Horbiter® Digital Media is headquartered in Milan, in Via Ceresio. For further information, please do not hesitate to send me an email to horbiter@horbiter.com.

Francesco Falcone – Contributor

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Francesco has joined Horbiter® Digital Media at the beginning of 2020. Like the undersigned, he has a long experience in the Durable Consumer Goods industry, where he held several Executive roles in Product Marketing and Communication. A great admirer of mechanical watches, with a soft spot for Omega, Rolex, and IWC, Francesco is equally a passionate Contributor (he has covered Watches and Wonders with plenty of articles) and in charge of Business Development, by supporting me in the deployment of the roadmap. It is an active contributor to Horbiter | Cafè® Radio, our Podcast, too.

Fausto Dassenno – Technical Development Horbiter|Cafè®

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Fausto is an external consultant and has developed Horbiter|Cafè®. We chose an innovative business model whose layout outperforms all the standard platforms adopted by current forums in terms of effectiveness, user-oriented approach, and development capability.

Marco Antinori – Photographer

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Top-notch photography is core to Horbiter® Digital Media’s premium creative process and offering. Marco Antinori is a professional photographer based in Milan, boasting a long experience and unique photo-shooting watches skills. His work is complemented by Peter Tung’s, our American based photographer, who’s usually in charge of producing content for all but Italy.

Peter Tung – Photographer

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Peter is an IT manager with an uncommon passion for photography and watchmaking. He lives and works in Austin, Texas, covering various local and national festivals. A talented photographer, Peter usually oversees all but Europe photo shootings, Watches and Wonders excluded. Please follow his projects on the following Facebook page: Peter Tung Photography.

Daniel Yong – Contributor

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He published our first article on a Credor watch, which is also the first professional hands-on review of the Seiko Group’s premium luxury brand ever released by an Italian magazine.Better known as Mr. Grand Seiko on Instagram, Daniel Yong is an Australian collector with extensive Japanese Haute Horlogerie experience, especially, as his nickname suggests.

Francesco Paolo Esposito – SEO Manager

Francesco is the founder of the agency Erreciweb and has a long experience in defining and executing effective SEO projects, especially in the luxury and e-commerce businesses. Its integration within the team is in line with our strategy of improving and maximizing our organic reach, which is among our media’s priorities. Francesco supervised the full site architecture’s overhaul, completed in July 2020. Since then, Horbiter® has already grown and improved its organic reach in one-month time. The one-off activity is complemented by recurring activities to continually improve the site’s contents and update the site’s layout according to the latest Google algorithm.

Matteo Bulla – Community Manager Club “Space Omega” – Horbiter|Cafè®

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Engineer, with a solid background in the luxury automotive sector, as a test engineer, Matteo now holds the role of R&D and Operations Manager in high-end lighting. He compensates his rational part with the more whimsical and creative one, until he graduates from the Brescia Conservatory at a young age. He has an innate propensity for sport, which he practices at a competitive level as a triathlete, and a strong passion for watches. Lover of the Omega world, he counts the publication of several articles on Horbiter®. Head of Space Omega, the Club dedicated to fans of the brand, on Horbiter|Cafè®, he takes care of the roadmap, the editorial plan and the acquisition process.

Lorenzo Rigamonti – Community Manager Club “Seikology” – Horbiter|Cafè®

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Lorenzo has a degree in graphics and communication and continued his studies by attending a post-diploma art direction course. He has been approaching the world of watchmaking for about six years and has continued to enrich his wealth of knowledge ever since by studying and learning from industry experts. He is the Community Manager of Seikology, the first Club officially supported by a brand, which has sanctioned the launch of Horbiter|Cafè®. He takes care of the editorial plan, moderation and engagement activities with Club members.

Mirella Codeghini – Women’s Watches column

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Thirty years in the world of luxury (Richemont Group and Kering Group) in the commercial, marketing, high jewelery, advertising, public relations, press office and events sectors have allowed Mirella to gain extensive experience in one of the most fascinating worlds that we have. are.

Since 2018 she is a freelance journalist, Foodblogger of Cucina & Svago and her passion for high-class objects, especially those for women, has never ended; in fact she follows the women’s section for Horbiter®.

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