Join the CP7 Boys as we step into the resurgent world of British horology with none other than Katya and Alistair Audsley, the PR & Memberships Manager and the CEO, respectively, of The British Watch & Clock Makers Alliance. Get the behind-the-scenes scoop as we share an insider's account on the phenomenal British Watchmakers' Day, which was in its second year, from the two people who made it all possible. Meet Katya and Alistair as they share with us the passion, purpose, and responsibi...
Aug 05, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Join the CP7 boys on our landmark 60th episode as we delve into the world of collecting Patek Philippe watches, and what better way to celebrate 60 episodes than to invite John and Tania from the incredible Collectability Podcast onto our show. The Collectability Podcast is a treasure trove for watch enthusiasts, especially those captivated by the legacy and craftsmanship of Patek Philippe. Hosted by John Reardon and Tania Edwards, the show features engaging conversations with collectors, histor...
Jul 11, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 60
What is a geezer watch? The watch a garish, flashy and smooth-talking cockney “Jack The Lad” from Old London Town would wear? Or the watch for a well-heeled silver fox man of a certain age with style, wisdom and a hankering for watches from the precious-metal and slightly outlandish design obsessed decades, the 1970s and 1980s? Join us as we talk about our favourite “Geezer” watches from Rolex, Omega, Piaget, Patek Philippe and many more. Find out if our choices are more suited to disco dancing,...
Jun 22, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Welcome back to your favourite watch-related podcast! We’ve had an unplanned break but we are back and raring to go, and what a show to come back with. It’s summertime and we have the perfect guest and watch drop for you in this very special episode. The CP7 Boys are delighted to be joined by Toby Küffer, the über cool and engaging Vice President of the industry challenging, independent Swiss watch brand Norqain, who have taken the watch world by storm with their Wild One range of watches. We al...
Jun 04, 2025•43 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Join us in our latest episode as we talk to creative watch visionary, formerly of Audemars Piguet, Thibaut GUITTARD, the founder of ALTO Watches. Hear about how this young French, risk-taking entrepreneur has taken the watch world by storm with his uniquely designed ALTO ART 01. We find out why his inspirations were wedge shaped sports cars from the 1970s such as the Aston Martin Bulldog and Maserati Boomerang, art, Christopher Nolan movies and electronic music sensations Daft Punk. We also get ...
Apr 28, 2025•46 min•Season 1Ep. 57
We’re back from Watches & Wonders 2025 and the boys have lots to tell on their second visit to the greatest watch show on earth. Rather than go through all the usual releases we thought we’d tell the tale of our trip and the story of our experiences, likes, dislikes and of course the best of the novelties we saw at Palexpo in Geneva and beyond. So get our take on this year’s event, and opinions on Tudor, Vacheron Constantin, Hermés, Cartier, Hublot, A. Lange & Söhne, Laurent Ferrier and ...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Welcome back to your favourite watch-related Podcast! It’s that time of the year again… Watches & Wonders is upon us and the boys are going back to Geneva to cover the greatest (watch) show on earth. This episode also sees the return of the unofficial third host of the CP7 Podcast, Editor-at-Large for WatchTime magazine, Martin Green. With it being a bit of a reunion, the boys celebrate with a dram (or two) of whisky, with some hilarious results! Join us as we talk about our reflections on l...
Mar 30, 2025•56 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Welcome back to your favourite watch-related podcast! To mark 260 years of one of the most important brands in British watchmaking and horological history, Arnold & Son, we speak to their engaging CEO and consummate gentleman, Pascal Béchu. Sit back and learn about some of the most mind-blowing historical stories about the brand, created by John Arnold and his son John Roger Arnold in 1764. Discover how he went from a humble watchmaker to making watches for a British king, a world famous nau...
Mar 24, 2025•49 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Welcome back to your favourite watch-related podcast! Our latest guest has recently quite literally taken watch-social media by storm. In the space of just a few months, Emily Marsden and her Secret Diary of a Watch Girl Instagram account has not only led to meteoric rise in popularity in an unbelievable way, but her collaboration shows with YouTube's Just Hast have catapulted her to heights even she cannot believe. We find out how this young lady from Bolton, a town in the north of England, wen...
Mar 16, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Welcome back to your favourite watch-related podcast! Sit back and chill out as we talk to the man with the most soothing voice in watch-related podcasting, Mike Stockton from Fratello On Air. A good friend of ours and a man who definitely knows his watches (and a thing or two about collecting sneakers!). Find out how persistence got him, an American living in Europe, his big break in the industry and why you should never give up chasing your passion. He has a strong family background in collect...
Mar 02, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Welcome back to your favourite watch-related podcast! A very special guest today, not only is he the co-host of the huge Scottish Watches podcast, he's also COO of Horage, Head of RedBar London and a GPHG Academy member to boot. Having already had Rikki Damman on The CP7 Podcast in a previous show we now complete the Scottish Watches set and have Dave Sharp making this a show you simply cannot miss. In this episode, get to hear all about Dave and how he juggles podcasting, being an industry insi...
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Yes your favourite watch-related podcast is back after a short break! This is a big one, it's our fiftieth show, half a century, the big 5-0, and we are celebrating with a good old CP7 challenge just like in the old days. As it's the 50th episode the challenge is to build a 5-watch collection with £50,000. Are we up to it? Can we stay within our budget or will we fail miserably? The categories are Daily, Dress, Complication, Stealth Wealth and Bling. So listen in for some real watch fun with som...
Feb 16, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Welcome back to your favourite watch-related podcast. Have you ever considered giving up on the generic world of mainstream watches? Well, hold that thought! In this latest episode, our guest is a collector deeply immersed in the mysterious world of independent watches but still retains a love for the watches from where it all began. Join us with Ollie Al-Falah, YouTube's "The Watch Collector", who loves a mainstream brand, but became so engrossed in the independent watch world that he ended up ...
Jan 26, 2025•56 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Recorded at the tail end of 2024, the boys speak to none other than Sam Kessler, the editor of world-renowned watch magazine and online platform Oracle Time. Coming from a family involved in watch journalism and vintage watches Sam has a fascinating take on the current state of the watch world both vintage and modern. We talk car and watch collaborations, why are vintage watches better looking than modern ones (or are they?), and some serious chronograph talk. Don’t miss Sam’s favourite dress, d...
Jan 16, 2025•55 min•Season 1Ep. 48
It's the end of the year so join us in our Christmas and New Year's special. What were our year's highlights? What were our favourite watches of 2024 and most importantly what were our favourite shows? In a light-hearted show (with a nice festive glass of something) we cover all of these including our favourite stories from the industry this year and also our personal watch-related achievements. Hear about what we think are the biggest trends this year, and most importantly what are our 2025 wat...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 47
The infamous Quartz Crisis in the 1970s forced a lot of great historical watch brands to close their doors, with Angelus probably being one with the most heritage. However, today, Angelus has been reinvented in a more modern incarnation, and at the helm is its engaging and driven Managing Director, Pascal Béchu, who we shoot the breeze with in our latest episode. Find out how Pascal deals with retaining the DNA of vintage Angelus in the new watch company whist keeping it relevant and up to date ...
Dec 11, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 46
What makes a watch contrarian? Going against the grain? Rejecting popular belief? Or just an appreciation of watches which might not hit everyone’s radar but certainly captures the attention of a contrarian few? Find out the answer to this most posing of questions as we welcome journalist, enthusiast and all round engaging top guy, Thor Svaboe onto the CP7 Podcast. Thor enlightens us with the answers to all of these questions and more. He's seen more than his fair share of weird and wonderful wa...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 45
Nobody Does It Better or so Carly Simon’s song went, but when it comes to putting on the premier watch show in London, nobody does it better than that Rob Corder’s WatchPro. Andy flew in specially for this event so take this opportunity to follow the boys’ two day experience at the Londoner Hotel in the UK capital’s Leicester Square. Nicknamed the unofficial CP7 Christmas Party it was an experience from beginning to end. We meet new and old friends, and brands that the boys have been itching the...
Nov 19, 2024•40 min•Season 1Ep. 44
We're back for another episode of the CP7 Podcast Unplugged, with minimal editing, and the boys just shooting the breeze with what's been happening with them recently. Catch up with what they have been up to over the last couple of weeks and also hear their take on the most controversial Patek Philippe watch ever released, and definitely the most controversial watch released this year, the Cubitus. Is this really the new 5711? Is is ugly or an evolution of sports watches and the shape of things ...
Nov 10, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Join us as we talk to Huiy Tang, Co-Founder and the marketing maestro behind RZE Watches. Assembled for adventure since 2020, RZE has been building timepieces for the everyday adventurer, pushing boundaries in quality and value again and again. Greatly inspired by the use of titanium in the aerospace industry for its strength, weight and look, and being a brand so competitively priced in its target market we find out how such stylish, durable and functional watches can be created at these highly...
Oct 28, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Immerse yourself in La Dolce Vita as the CP7 Boys talk to Mo Coppoletta, an avid De Bethune collector, tattoo artist and designer, as well as the man and mind behind Italy’s newly launched and stylish independent watch brand, Gagà Laboratorio. Joining us from Verona in Italy, London-based Mo’s passion for style and flair in his debut watch, the Labormatic, is there for all to hear, but it’s his quest for the finest quality that only a good watch can have, that will win you over in this show. Lik...
Oct 18, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 41
To mark the 1st birthday of the CP7 Podcast, which also happens to be our landmark 40th episode, we have an extremely special guest on to talk watches and a few other unexpected topics too! The CP7 Boys chat to none other than Robert Jan Broer, affectionately known as RJ, the Founder of Europe's leading watch enthusiast online platform Fratello. Not only is he the main man at Fratello, he is also the creator of Speedy Tuesday on social media and a huge Omega Speedmaster collector. No show with R...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Hot off the press! The UK's Bristol-based Fears Watch Company has just this week released a jumping hour watch into their regular collection, the Fears Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour, and the CP7 Boys got hands-on before this show to review it. Just to give you that extra special CP7 experience, who better to invite onto the show to talk about the new watch than, none other than the dapper and charismatic CEO of Fears, and our first-ever returning guest, Nicholas Bowman-Scargill. Discover this new Fea...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 39
It is finally here, Part 2 of our Geneva Watch Days Review show, and we wrap up our experience in this special show. Having reported on so many cool watch brands in Part 1 the boys look at the talk of the event the H Moser X Studio Underdog two-watch collaboration called The Passion Fruit (Obviously named after us!). They also lift the lid on their LVMH Fabrique Du Temps Manufacture visit, and why it was the highlight of their trip to Geneva? Listen in to hear what else the boys got up to as the...
Sep 23, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Yes he’s back, back again! The resident gentleman of The CP7 Podcast, Mr Martin Green. Interrupting his busy schedule in the Netherlands, Martin finally prioritised between being Editor At Large for Watch Time USA magazine, and the GPHG Academy’s voting panel to take his place as the unofficial third member of Chrono Passion 7! This episode was supposed to be the CP7 Geneva Watch Days Review Part 2 but the opportunity of having Martin on was too good to pass up. So as Martin missed Geneva Watch ...
Sep 13, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 37
They're back from where it all began for the podcast! The CP7 boys have been to the amazing Geneva Watch Days 2024 and returned to tell the tale, in part 1 of 2, of this special CP7 Podcast. From a slightly worrying start to a marathon of brand appointments, networking, journalistic highlights, and hospitality... lots of hospitality! Being the premier event for independent watch brands in the industry, discover how Geneva Watch Days 2024 showcased so many superb and creative brands, from an affo...
Sep 08, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 36
A very special topic on this show, the CP7 boys return to the scene of the crime, the birthplace of this Podcast, Geneva Watch Days. You've heard the rumours, but now hear the genuine origin story of the CP7 Podcast, and how big guests and big brands were there from its inception. To kick off the boys talk about their recent summer breaks and watch meet ups. Andy held a RedBar Barcelona event and Parm paid his first visit to a Time 4A Pint watch meet in London. Discover what happened during both...
Aug 25, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 35
In this very special episode, the CP7 Boys are joined by Rikki Daman from the stellar Scottish Watches Podcast. It was a great day to record the show, as not only did Scottish Watches just release their latest collaboration with cool Swiss brand Formex , the Essence Skye that very day, but the banter is off the chart from the get go! Scottish Watches is the most popular watch podcast right now (apart from CP7 of course!) and was started by Rikki in 2019 whilst a complete newbie in the watch worl...
Aug 09, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 34
Want to learn about one of the most creative British watch brands in the watch world? Listen in as the boys talk to José Miranda of Isotope Watches and uncover the creative genius he and his brand humbly emanate. Hear about how Gerald Genta inspired Isotope's first ever watch, the Jumping Hour Rider , and the pitfalls and challenges José faced in producing it. Starting his watch business in 2016 it hasn't taken long to get recognised by the big players in the industry, as Isotope made their init...
Aug 04, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Join us in another Unplugged show! No editing, no deletes, just pure unadulterated watch talk. Oh, and for the first time, the CP7 boys are enjoying a beer (or two!) live on air. With all the uncertainty in the watch world right now, the hype looks to have well and truly died down; is it finally safe for us enthusiasts to have some fun, and not have to worry about the investment-inspired "hype-class" polluting the hobby? That question has inspired this show... don't judge a watch by its cover, c...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 32
