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A Retford watchmaker has given the sales pitch of his life
when he went before the fiery lair of the Dragons' Den
judges recently.

Spencer Phillips, who owns Time in Hand in Market Place, Retford, has been filmed for the popular BBC Dragons' Den, where he hoped to persuade Peter Jones and the rest of the judges to invest in his unique watch designs.

Spencer says his Driver 8 watches are specially designed
to sit on the side of the wrist to allow the wearer to check
the time at a glance - particularly useful when riding a motorcycle or driving a car.

But, although knowing the watches are a good idea himself, it was up to Spencer to impress notorious Dragons and persuade them into parting with their cash.

"I've watched the programme as everyone else has and decided to apply to be on it, but didn't expect anything to come of it," said Spencer.

"Then out of the blue a researcher rang me up and I went to Manchester for an audition where I did a sales pitch."

He was then asked to do another sales pitch in front of the show's producer before going down to the Dragons' Den studios in London to be filmed for the programme.

"On the day of filming, I was picked up from the hotel at 6.45am and taken to the studios," said Spencer.

"The actual pitch only lasted about two to three minutes, but I was in front of the Dragons for about an hour. It was pretty nerve wracking, as it's meant to be, and it was a long day, but I'm glad I've done it. It's not an experience I would have missed."

He said he doesn't want to give too much away as to whether he is successful or not in getting funding from
the Dragons, but he said had both positive and negative comments from them.

Spencer won't know whether he will actually make the final edit and appear on the show until a few weeks before the programme is aired.

Footnote

The above article was originally published in The Retford Times on Thursday 2nd July 2009, and is reproduced with kind permission.

Spencer was featured on the second episode of series seven of the BBC's Dragons' Den, broadcast on BBC2 at 9.00pm on Wednesday 22nd July 2009. Click here to watch the episode featuring Spencer.

MND Associates are proud to have worked with Spencer developing and hosting his website.