The art of watch collection is a booming passion that blends craftsmanship and heritage, and provides the ability to express personal style. These complicated machines embody art, engineering marvels, and become heirlooms; yet, despite the rise of collectors, a bigger nagging question remains: where can they be kept? Too often, watches could end up in dresser drawers or in an exposed winder on the wardrobe, leaving them open for theft by anyone ranging from household staff to a burglar. The traditional storage alternative would be a hulking free-standing safe located in an out-of-the-way location in one's home, like the basement, solving for security but killing the joy of easy accessibility when dressing for the day, and the ability to readily admire one's collection.
It's in this gap between protection and practicality that BlumSafe, founded by Robert Blum, found its purpose. Blum spent his career in law and then finance, and began BlumSafe as a hobby. After losing a watch to theft by a housekeeper in his own home ten years ago, Blum set out to reinvent the idea of a safe. Based in North Carolina, BlumSafe designs and manufactures in the U.S. a range of built-in safes, drawer winders, and related concealment furniture, seamlessly blending them into everyday life, turning security into something convenient, customizable, and even beautiful. Several of BlumSafe's products are patented or patent-pending.
