Insights E1 - Academic Perspectives on Watches

Host Allen Farmelo discusses various conceptual frameworks that we can use in attempting to understand watches. These include a mechanical perspective, cultural, social, historical, design, phenomenological, and (out on a limb here) New Age. This overview provides a set of possible frameworks that the ensuing episodes will use interchangeably. Think of this as the Metasode.

SHOW NOTES

The Mechanical Perspective
Jens Koch's Article in Watch Time about the Rolex DEEPSEA

The Social & Cultural Perspectives
Allen's Article at Worn & Wound about the Bell & Ross Areonavale 41mm

The Historical Perspective
Jack Forester's Article on the Omega Moon Watch 50th Anniversary Edition at Hodinkee

The DesignPerspective
Zach Weiss Video Essay on the Christopher Ward C-60 Trident Pro V3 at Worn & Wound