Jonathan Hickman Makes Watches

I've been catching up on older episodes of Off Panel with David Harper, and today, I came across this amazing quote from Jonathan Hickman when describing his entry into the comics industry and developing his own writing style:

It was very obvious that there was a giant hole in the "this is a guy who makes watches" versus "this is a guy who does internal monologue and self-examination and character-centric stories.”

I love the idea of a "guy who makes watches." Like many things with Hickman, I totally get what he means but have never heard it described like that.