TVH - Brexit with James Kibble

Enter The Vintage Hen-House, pick a perch, and listen to Benoît (@Petitesecondes) and his co-hosts chat to vintage watch collectors from all over the world about their collection, the vintage watch world, and many other things. Let's talk about the good, the bad and the ugly stories that we can all share about collecting vintage watches! Host: Benoît @Petitesecondes Co-Host: Phil @Pippy Guest:James @kibblewatches  In this episode, Benoît welcomes Phil (@Pippy) and James Kibble (@kibblewatches) in The Vintage HenHouse. James explains how he transitionned from collecting to dealing a very wide variety of watches. Brexit and Covid have been some of the challenges he has had to face just as he started his business full time. We also talk about his collection, his love of various vintage and modern watches, and also British independent watchmaking. James was asked to give us a focus on 3 watches of interest to him at the moment: one vintage, one modern and one indie. Theme music by Jotunn @picodon_conan Enjoy the show! Don't forget to grab an egg on your way home! SHOW NOTES: 00:00 - Intro: Brexit explained to hens 02:00 - Introducing Phil 03:45 - Introducing James 07:00 - Drink and wrist checks 13:10 - Vintage Seiko and affordability 19:10 - From collecting to dealing 22:00 - Making mystakes 27:10 - Covid and Brexit 32:00 - The European and British markets 38:25 - The personal collection 41:10 - Early century design and vintage tank watches 45:10 - Vary the watches or specialize? 51:00 - Fears watches and British watchmaking 58:50 - Watch focus: Mido powerwind 1:00:55 - Watch focus: Ulysse Nardin 1:03:05 - Modern watches with vintage design 1:06:05 - Fears Brunswick salmon dial and Indies 1:09:20 - The future of Kibble Watches 1:12:45 - Aesthetics over movements? 1:14:00 - Fucking Brexit! Snow replaces James 1:15:00 - Instagram recommendations 1:20:50 - Closing question Instagram recommendations: Benoît: @lange.on.a.nato Phil: @neilfrancis1  James: @watchmog Shoutouts to: @antiquewatchuk and @bertnet69 Follow James on Instagram: @kibblewatches  Follow us on Instagram: @Fifthwrist Follow us on facebook: facebook.com/fifthwrist Subscribe to our youtube channel To join our group chat on Slack then please email us at [email protected] Please take the time to leave us a review wherever you listen to our podcast. Thank you for all the positive reviews and comments on our episodes. We read and appreciate each one! Fifth Wrist and Fifth Wrist Radio are both community run projects. Designed to serve the watch enthusiast community. We reject all forms of outside watch brand intervention and take no money, watches or goods from watch companies. The future direction of the website and podcasts are driven by the people who take part in this project. To join the action and get involved why not get started by reviewing one of your own watches at fifthwrist.com/write-review We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Thanks to everyone in the Fifth Wrist community who give their time to make this project possible. The hosts, co-hosts, writers and editors, plus everyone who takes the timeto share and promote this project daily. Cheers from Benoît @petitesecondes Wherever you are, stay on time!