Although he is not in the public domain entrepreneur and creative designer Patrick Amofah also known as Nana Amofah is doing something great for himself.
He is behind Hourhand Watch Company, a watch company based in Ghana but has provided watch solutions to a substantial number of Individuals, Institutions and Organizations in different parts of Africa and other European Countries.
Speaking in an interview how his interest of watch-making started, Patrick Amofah said “The idea of starting a watch company came after I lost my father in 2017. He was a lover of watches and left a significant number behind. There was one in particular that I wanted to wear but it was broken and I had a hard time finding a good watchmaker to restore it in Ghana”
When I finally got someone, they ruined the dial trying to fix the fallen markers on it with glue. I was really disappointed because it was one of my father’s favourite watches. Due to the sentiments attached, I wanted to have his timepieces with me all the time. That’s when I became interested in watches and took some time to understand basic concepts of watch movements,” he said.
According to him, after countless interactions with different people, he noticed that there are people with defect collectible watches and even normal ones who are looking for the right watchmakers to entrust them with.
“Therefore, I decided to explore the business opportunity and the market demand. In 2020, I started this as a full-time business but because of COVID-19 and subsequent restrictions, I was operating it as e-commerce; restoring watches and selling well-known branded watches. Early in 2021, we noticed that clients wanted to meet physically in order to confidently leave their valuables. Sadly, I didn’t have enough capital so I looked for alternatives.
“I would sometimes meet some clients in person, thank God I’d a car so that made it a bit manageable – I still needed the office. Therefore, I had a discussion with one of my friends who lived at a prime location in Spintex to use his space for meeting clients since I was at Tema; quite far from the type of clients, I was serving at the time.
We saw a boost in the number of clients that walked in to get some sort of service and couldn’t host them in the house anymore. We finally moved into our current facility at Greda Estate in August the same year and have invested considerably in procuring Swiss-standard tools and devices for watchmaking,” he said.
Talking about the success of Hourhand Watch Company, Patrick said his team is made up of professionals who have been well-trained in watchmaking supplies their services to different parts of Africa and other European Countries.
About the quality, he stated that “We ensure that the defective timepiece is carefully inspected, then followed by series of tests using the available state-of-art devices to evaluate the condition.
This allows us to recommend appropriate solutions that would restore the timepiece to its aesthetic perfection. We allow flexibility for our clients to decide on the type of services needed to be based on our test results.
Patrick Amofah is an innovative, highly driven, and dynamic man who transformed his passion for watchmaking, Leatherworks, and design management into entrepreneurship with his business acumen.
The 28 years old young man had his early education from Kalvary School Limited then his secondary education from Swedru Senior High and undergraduate in Business Information Systems from Zenith University.
He is a staunch believer in promoting made-in-Ghana products and plays a significant role as CEO/ Founder of Ghanaian-owned Hourhand Watch Company.
With in-depth knowledge of the competitiveness of the business environment, he thinks creatively in approaching
The goal is to leverage on available resources and opportunities to transform the Ghanaian economy through creative and strategic partnerships.
Hourhand Watch is located at Greda Estate, Accra and its website is www.hourhand.com.gh.
