A Gap In The Market Already Being Plugged? | Dragons' Den

Votch is a cruelty-free watch and accessories company owned by Laura Way. She's seeking a £100,000 investment in exchange for 10% of the business. After experiencing a chronic skin condition, Laura created the watch company inspired by documentaries about animal welfare.
Season 19, Episode 8.
An international sensation, Dragon's Den features entrepreneurs pitching for investment in the Den from our Dragons, five venture capitalists willing to invest their own money in exchange for equity.
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[@Windows-kz4ke]

“Here’s a giant sympathy photo of me that’s completely unrelated to my product, give me your money pls or you look like a bad person”

[@deepfiix]

Touker: "I can open all the doors for you, and you have a great story. So on that basis I'm not going to invest and I'm out".

[@hakanevin8545]

"However your product for your age bracket does not excite me" So he found the product not suitable for the target customer group.

[@Zenocius]

Plenty of doors in the offices he own

[@christophersmith49]

He can open her door to walk out lol her response is fun y thanking him so much when he says he is out. Why you thankful? Lol

[@scottyh8494]

He said a lot more than that.

[@jackabean3080]

@@scottyh8494 hem the only way to get some.

[@nickpellatt]

It's a better strap than my watch says Peter - Allowing the camera to focus in on his £70k Patek Philippe that you can't buy unless you are an A-lister. I am not quite sure that Votch strap was really better than the Patek - But it did give him a chance to flex.

[@alexpegler465]

I thought exactly the same

[@SaydeeEnward4500]

Hahaha 70k!!! At least double that

[@nickpellatt]

@joshreynolds4521 I didn't quite see the model so just pulled the 70k out of thin air really. Just to illustrate a high value rather than an exact one. The average non-watch person probably doesn't realise people wear these watches, and equally doesn't realise that if you walked into a boutique with a wad of money and try to buy a Patek, or a Rolex, you won't be allowed too

[@jackabean3080]

@@nickpellatt what is the criteria required to be able to buy one of these so called elite watches ?

[@GorillaKingDingDong]

@@jackabean3080if you have a long history of spending with the brand or boutique they can offer you watches that are not available to people without that history

[@ryang9973]

She's literally just buying watches from aliexpress and launched a logo on it

[@onespeedlite]

You mean she didn't produce each one by hand in her workshop in the basement?

[@ryang9973]

@@onespeedlite I mean she took no part in the design or production of at least the watch faces.

[@MindSetReset]

😂

[@onespeedlite]

@@ryang9973 Most sellers just slapped their names on a pre-made product. There are many identical products being sold on Amazon under different names. I would argue that she did make design choices in the production in terms of colors, watch band materials, modern or classic design of the watch face, etc., and any customizations she asked for. There are several watch factories in China who will create watches according to your request.

[@beavis4763]

There's plenty of factories in Shenzhen China making generic items for cheap who'll put your brand and logo on.

[@pipedown7969]

I feel like Deborah’s wrist has been broken for two years

[@MindSetReset]

😂

[@keyquestions]

😂😂😅

[@BobbyManford]

That made me laugh, I was thinking the same 🤣🤣

[@Vikanuck]

It’s a carpel tunnel syndrome brace, not a cast.

[@christophersmith49]

Yeah her arm is broken forever. Am watching this for over 10 years so really seems her arm still broken. If they make a south Park cartoon with dragons character, she definitely be the one with a crutch on her arm lol

[@davidmcloughlin6547]

It genuinely annoys me when Touker does his "I can do this, this and this for you, but I'm not gonna and I'm out." Totally unnecessary

[@Mike_5]

Votch straps wouldn't have got even 30 secs of old school Duncan Bannatyne's time 'I'm oot'

[@moogleking]

She's a nice person she smiles a lot

[@KarlFarbman]

Lol, sorry Patek - Peter says the pineapple strap has got you beat!

[@KneeDeepInTheDead81]

I've got a vegan ethical wrist watch. It's a classic casio calculator watch. Doesn't go out of style and tells the time

[@Zenocius]

Do you eat that?

[@cowgirl.4363]

Yes, not many of them have leather straps. Might have been better just selling the straps to fit smart watches.

[@chickentooth]

Who cares man

[@HistoryonYouTube]

I was on Dragon's Den with my device for stopping water flowing out of the sink but I was told that that gap in the market had been plugged!

[@MindSetReset]

😁😄

[@DficienC]

I do not feel like she knows anything about the watch industry. If she did, she would know vegan strapped quartz watches will never do well. Casio has been doing it with resin for decades. She isn't doing anything better or special than any watch brand including cheap ones like casio or citizen. And if she did start taking any market share. Watch companies would just start using the same material.

[@jay-dubdubb2292]

Timex and Armitron also have nice and stylish watches with vegan (plastic) watch bands!! They range from around $40 up to $80. 😉

[@KillerKishi]

Laura's Dentist must be a happy person because you can see all her teeth with a smile.

[@BenjaminGoose]

Are you jealous of her good looks? She is exceptionally beautiful.

[@meanjean3023]

@@BenjaminGooseI think she was being positive not negative - I’ve been I the orthodontist with my daughter and they are trying to achieve seeing all the teeth 😁

[@honestg]

When my missus smiles, her teeth are on view. Right enough, they looks like the Lone Rangers horse 'Trigger'.

[@mrfister1899]

If I'm going to buy a watch in going to buy it from a watchmaker, not someone who just makes a strap.

[@MauiTaha]

When I was a boy I remember walking home from school one day and a German Shepherd barked at me from behind a fence. It really did give me quite a fright. Anyway that's why I'm here today selling milkshakes, with investment I expect 4 billion worth of sales in about six months.

[@The_Oracle_of_time]

They look like £10 TK Max watches.

[@lowend5566]

I can’t think of a time when I have been the least bit interested in a products founders “story”. Others may differ but for me it’s about the product.

[@00Kuja00]

This one is really awful too, seen it before and it's so cringe and bordering on pathetic.

[@otea5967]

Literally had no relevance to the product

[@MacDeece]

@@otea5967yeah it was a reach in my opinion.

[@shereadsmysteries]

She did say she felt like being in pain in her own skin made her not want to wear anyone else’s skin. I think that is relevant. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@elibell19]

I'm confused. Was last night's episode new? I thought the series starts in January and shows on Thursday night?

[@thecornedbeefcouncil9792]

Peter Jones flexing his Patek Phillipe

[@jamnoise72]

If you're going to 'flex' that you know, at least spell it correctly..

[@thecornedbeefcouncil9792]

@@jamnoise72 if you’re going to criticise people’s spelling you might want to check the titles of your own videos. Watermelon is not spelled ‘watermellon’ and it should be ‘Take OFF’ not ‘Take Of’ 🤣🤣 Dear oh dear 🤦‍♂️

[@waynelewis5656]

Who knew Holly Willoughby sells watches? 🤷‍♂️

[@hamzaraza52]

Why does Touker always give hope before he's out

[@mrshah5725]

lol i was thinking this to 😂

[@BenjaminGoose]

You were thinking it to what?@@mrshah5725

[@jord5131]

They’re ego driven first and foremost. Not criticising just is what it is

[@businessman7336]

Seems more like a very contrived ‘Why’ than a genuine one. There is no brand ‘story’ here, not one that feels authentic at all.

[@00Kuja00]

It's all a bunch of BS.^^

[@bytemecommunications]

Touker is such a wowser..."I could open all these doors for you, however"!

[@WTU208]

The horology market is well covered already. If you want a cheap watch - buy a Casio.

[@Majormoose1]

If you want to buy a good reliable watch you buy a Casio

[@bswezea]

Captain Jack Sparrow has started listening.

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

The moment when Sara shed her 'kind' skin from the previous season.

[@NGMonocrom]

In fairness, Swatch made crappy watches in vibrant colors that were trendy with teens in the 1980s.

[@billyjesus5442]

toukar can open all the doors, but he wont lol.

[@Partyanimal1066]

How does Debra keep her plaster so clean?

[@Zenocius]

She's a lizard

[@richaahuja-kant3749]

She doesn’t do housework

[@BenjaminGoose]

Who is Debra? I only know of Deborah.

[@jackabean3080]

@@BenjaminGoose No one cares.

[@user-rw8rc3yp9d]

@@BenjaminGoose your dead grandmother

[@christophersmith49]

She is not a watch person clearly. I am. She should just focus on selling high quality niche market animal cruelty free straps for watches. Forget selling watched cause they just crap and not her expertise. Sell only straps, but high quality animal friendly straps.

[@Nonegiven14582]

Touker could go to China himself and buy thousands of these watches at 3 quid each.

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

Peter being nice recently really unnerves me.

[@saileshatmakuri2926]

Really? I feel he's always been nice. Yes he brutalises pitchers if he finds something wrong, but always in that very polite and nice British way😂

[@simonjohnson9055]

Dragon: I'm out. Laura: *breaks into an even bigger smile* Thank-you, thank-you!!!

[@Wulfydbll]

So I'm out ... "Thank you, thank you so much" 😂

[@walkaroundwatches]

But what is the spec of the watch? 🤔

[@maipalmer8629]

this channel has a trend of making the narrator a bit too quiet, can barely hear him over the music sometimes!

[@marcelmoreau2733]

I want to be a horologist! Its been a lifelong dream of mine to get paid to study whores. Deep, intense, up close and personal study. 10-12hours a day. 7 days a week.

[@bswezea]

Might I suggest Singapore or Tortuga.

[@beeble2003]

Problem is, you need a lot of money to do it properly. Horoscopes don't come cheap.

[@Neil2022]

Check companies house. The company is shrinking.

[@Billoushukla]

I love animals and birds nature lover

[@Windows-kz4ke]

Where does she think those cheap quartz watches are made? And in what conditions? Chinese factories with workers getting less than $1 a day lol and she calls herself ethical 😂

[@BenjaminGoose]

The gap in the market isn't the only thing Deborah wants plugged.

[@davicool4284]

Wow! I can completely empathize with you. I really could have used the music editors services on my honeymoon.

[@businessman7336]

Copy and pasted comment on every video. Shame on you for unoriginality

[@SilverMist0121]

Copied and pasted for 19 likes 😂😂😂

[@pipedown7969]

I’m so thankful to the robots. Without them, this comment wouldn’t get copy and pasted on every single dragons den video.

[@keyquestions]

😂

[@ibziahmed9750]

Wheres jenny when u need her to say im out

[@BuckRolly1]

Those watches are meh

[@jessbarnes8521]

She looks like samantha janus

[@DefffYT]

Your watch is a POS. *smiles* Thank you, thank you!

[@techtitanuk5609]

15 to buy and sells for over 100 so yes definitely being ripped off by company

[@shadaba.qureshi4367]

Deborah the over smart for ever injured dragon.... 9:10 " I "SHOULD" be natural investor (hint in the word should)... unnecessary overacting of Deborah, showing her fake smart one liners...BUT LAURA STOOD THEIR SMILING LIKE A REAL STAR ✌

[@FayeClegg]

I see the watch lovers laughing at peters statement about the strap veing better than the bracelet he has on his Nautilus

[@jjclowe]

The strap is but one part of a watch. The mining required for the metallic and electronic components in the watch itself are not "animal friendly" by any means, especially if you're farming pineapples to make the strap 😂🙄 She should have said "cow friendly".

[@JohnnyTurnerMusic]

Wow they look exactly like MVMT, NORDGREEN, DANIEL WELLINGTON... Which all look suspiciously like Aliexpress

[@johnchapmonkey8933]

Yep fake Nordic minimalism

[@HellhoundX90]

Yep. And they’re all crap fashion brands

[@waynelewis5656]

Deborah reminds me of the caretaker on the Brittas empire

[@mattward5010]

Why got this guy stephen bartlett never ever invest in everything

[@LazyStory]

Gold is vegan, just buy that.

[@jarednil69]

What skin condition did she say she had? 🤔🤔

[@moogdome2562]

Anyone else think lovely Laura looks like, Holly Hillbury?.

[@DigitallyRemasteredMusic]

Whos Holly Hillbury? You mean Willoughby?

[@aaronrowles6596]

Jenny: has anyone got a toaster that they aren't using? If so, could you put some bread in the toaster so I definitely know it will work?

[@jimmylittle9393]

Worth 15...pay 130...lol

[@joerussell9574]

Sweet lady but it is a niche already fulfilled...still a nice lady :).

[@morganbartfield5457]

If only you were making millions already, then we'd lend you the money and take half of your business.

[@mikevarga2058]

I’m here solely for the cynical derogatory comment section.

[@00Kuja00]

Yes, I remember this BS presentation.

[@dilwich]

I liked her more when she was in steps.

[@johnhewett9483]

No chance,,,,,, 200k to nearly two million in two years she is dreaming. Its an overpriced very average watch but with a nice strap that's all.

[@2PillsA]

😳A vegan what? Strap?🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

[@Dan-78]

So i can open all the doors for you, i can makes you millions, oh i'm the dragon for you, BUT i'm sorry, i'm not going to invest,

[@whatk8edo153]

Is anyone else perturbed by people using other people's emotions to flog a product? Such a grift in this day and age. Didn't get enough emotional response? Just mention it again and stifle some non-existent tears. Ugh.

[@whatk8edo153]

Then, the people who fall for it prove the point with their emotionally manipulated responses down below😂.

[@jamesflames6987]

Why was she using so much topical steroids over her entire body?

[@AmirRas]

What on earth is Sarah doing on this show, I honestly don't get it, she sits there and finds all the reasons not to invest jus like Jenny, and when another dragon gets a deal she's like it's a great deal.... if it's a great deal why don't you invest lol, not saying for this episode but just saying in general lol

[@SilverMist0121]

She's got to take in what areas and strengths she has to take the buisness further if she hasn't got them then it's a waste of investment

[@elmodiddly]

and there's the issue . . . YOU don't know why she's there. She does. We do. Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

[@AmirRas]

@@SilverMist0121 it's near enough the same answer even if she's got strength in that field if you look at some of the episodes she says her self she likes the product she has experise in that field, she would then encourage entrepreneurs to continue doing what they doing with their product and then says she's out lol

[@MindSetReset]

​@@SilverMist0121💯

[@AmirRas]

@@elmodiddly nobody asked for your opinion so keep your trap shut!

[@BoilsonA]

Complete crap 😂😂😂😂

[@psyick9543]

Leather is largely a by product of the meat industry so those animals have been killed anyway. it's more cruel not to use the leather IMO

[@NamelessSmile]

Bollocks

[@user-mp8ol2xq5n]

Harm animals? Cows are going to get slaughtered no matter what.. thyere hide is used for leather. If you dont use that hide its a complete waste.

[@alexpegler465]

This woman is great. But her Chinese watches are crap

[@soihollywood850]

10 bob apiece in China.

[@appleratpipe]

So instead of making leather products, it's more humane to throw it away, once the animal is butched for meat? Woman moment

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

I think vegans would prefer the animal wasn’t butchered to start with.