After experiencing a life-threatening road accident, Arron Honzik was hospitalized and placed in an induced coma. Upon waking up a week later, his girlfriend Chloe shared some unexpected news: he was about to become a dad.
The news was thrilling and yet also unsettling, unleashing a torrent of worries. He was partially paralyzed and didn’t know if he would fully recover. How could he offer support when he might be laid up in the hospital for many months? How was he going to take care of a growing family if he couldn’t walk?
In fact, Honzik’s physical condition required that he convalesce in the hospital for nearly ten months. At first, the hours and days spent in bed felt like a prison sentence, and yet it was this time of adversity that turned out to be one of the most productive periods of his life.
It was during his hospitalization that Honzik picked up a random copy of “The Rolex Report” and read it. He began to think that a watch was a special kind of asset, one that was closely aligned to the identity of the man who chose to wear it. Intrigued, he bought a Rolex from a friend and then flipped it on the ward. The success of that sale demonstrated there could be some viability in the business model he was considering.
Within two years of determined effort and rehabilitation, Arron was finally able to walk again. At the same time, he was starting to recognize the long-term appreciation that accrued to a watch as an asset. There was no doubt in his mind that there was an inherent value in trading watches.
He decided that investing in such a business would be a judicious decision and decided that the route to take the business was digitally….and with that came the launch of the Time Trader brand.
In only five years, Honzik has scaled Time Trader to over $10 million in revenue. Better yet, his recovery from paralysis is fully complete. He currently leads a fully dynamic life guiding the Time Trader empire as it spreads across Europe and the United States.
