A look a what Rolex, Tudor, Patek Philippe, Chanel, and Chopard leaving the industry's oldest show might mean for the watch world at large. Show Notes (2:00) Rolex, Tudor, Patek Philippe, Chanel, And Chopard Leave Baselworld (6:30) Inside All Four Rolex Manufacturing Facilities...
Apr 14, 2020•29 min
A few favorite moments, a couple of new watches, and some inspiration for adventure. Show Notes (3:30) My First Watch (8:00) The 'Titanium And Ruby' Patek Philippe Collection (9:15) Talking Watches With Matt Jacobson (10:00) Sotheby's Titanium Collection (12:50) Watch Madness (14:50) Talking Watches With John Mayer (15:30) Talking Watches With Alton Brown (21:00) Talking Watches With Gary Shteyngart (22:00) The Rolex Oyster Perpetual (24:30) Talking Watches With John Mayer, Pt 2 (29:30) IWC Pilo...
Apr 13, 2020•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 86
From a World Series victory to a world-class watch collection, this guy has got it all figured out. Show Notes (3:00) The 2020 HODINKEE Talking Watches Tournament (10:00) The Tudor Black Bay GMT (10:41) First Take: Black Bay GMT (21:50) Doxa Sub 750T GMT (30:00) Howie Kendrick 2019 MLB Postseason Highlights (33:00) How ‘Baby Shark’ Became The Washington Nationals’ Unofficial Anthem (43:20) Talking Watches With Howie Kendrick (43:45) Patek Philippe 5726 (50:00) Nomos Tangomat GMT (51:20) Howie's ...
Apr 06, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 85
No sports? No matter. It's Talking Watches Tournament time. The Matchups (15:40) Aziz Ansari Vs Wei Koh (18:20) José Bautista Vs Daniel Dae Kim (23:10) Reza Ali Rashidian Vs Brad Farmerie (25:47) Dan White Vs Jeff Stein (27:50) Spike Feresten Vs Greg Norman (32:06) Mario Andretti Vs Jack Nicklaus (36:00) Tony Fadell Vs John Mayer 2 (38:40) Shuhei Nishiguchi Vs Jason Singer (40:30) Moki Martin Vs Roni Madhvani (43:04) Ahmed Rahman Vs René Beyer (46:23) Don McLean Vs Morgan King (49:40) Howie Kend...
Mar 30, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 84
This week we've got a trio of interesting tales to tell. Show Notes (3:45) Exploring The Hidden History Of World War II Watches At The Horological Society Of New York (4:00) Budget Watch Collection Fantasy Draft 2020 (5:30) 99% Invisible (13:45) WWII Weekend (15:47) Bringing World War II Watches Back Home (34:30) HSNY Website (36:30) HABRING² (38:45) JosephThaddeus Winnerl (40:45) Habring Time Only (2004) (46:25) Jumping Second Pilot (2005) (48:30) Jumping Second (2007) (56:55) Foudroyante Felix...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 83
Can I get a drum roll, please? Show Notes (3:30) Budget Watch Collection Fantasy Draft 2020 (15:10) Rolex Explorer 14270 (16:45) Omega Seamaster Professional Ref. 2234 (17:30) IWC Caliber 89 (19:20) Universal Geneve Polerouter Date (19:45) Omega Seamaster Deville (23:00) Tudor Black Bay GMT (24:00) Omega Seamaster Chronograph with Caliber 321 Movement (30:30) Rolex Thunderbird (33:30) H Moser Collection (1:02:00) H. Moser Swiss Mad Watch (1:02:10) H. Moser Swiss Alp Watch (1:02:15) H. Moser Swis...
Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 82
We talk vintage Datejusts, fashion magazines, and why musicians are the coolest. Show Notes (8:00) Rachel Tashjian (11:50) Larry David's GQ Cover Feature (12:00) Tyler, The Creator GQ Cover Feature (19:30) GQ Says Goodbye to the Suit (21:45) The Fader (27:00) Adam Rapoport (30:23) Frank Ocean GQ Cover Feature (36:45) GQ’s New Masculinity Issue (37:00) Brad Pitt GQ Cover Feature (40:30) Stephen's GQ Watch Coverage (41:00) GQ's Watch Vertical (42:00) Wes Lang On GQ (43:40) Aurel Bacs GQ Feature (4...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 81
From funky quartz Pateks to egocentric video art, we cover it all. Show Notes (1:30) Talking Watches With Phil Toledano (2:40) Baselworld Postponed Until January 2021 (3:15) HODINKEE Radio Episode 78 (13:00) Watches & Wonders Geneva Officially Canceled Due To Coronavirus Threat (35:00) MrToledano.com (49:26) Beta-21 Watches (52:53) Talking Watches With Matt Jacobson (54:20) Wrist Check (57:16) Talking Watches With Ahmed Rahman (1:00:30) Make Phil Great Again (1:06:00) Fighter Pilot Helmet Series...
Mar 02, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 80
Four editors go head-to-head to assemble the best group of watches for under $10,000. Show Notes (2:50) Watch Collection Fantasy Draft 2019 (8:00) The Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight (10:00) Rolex Explorer 14270 (13:30) Watch Shopping In Miami (Redux) (16:45) The Tudor Heritage Black Bay 36 (17:50) Universal Geneve Polerouter Date (21:00) The Omega Flightmaster (25:00) Grand Seiko 56GS (27:00) Omega Seamaster Deville (29:30) IWC Caliber 89 (31:00) Minerva Cal. 1320 Chronograph (33:00) Omega Seamaste...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 79
The product guru talks about stocking up, paring back, and the importance of helping people find their passions. Show Notes (9:00) Bulgari Leaves Baselworld 2020 (22:00) Gear Patrol (34:40) Gear Patrol Magazine (44:45) Wrist Check (46:50) Tadao Ando Octo Finissimo (49:30) Ophion Watches (1:05:00) Ochs Und Junior Date...
Feb 17, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 78
His number one goal? Don't be bored. Show Notes (10:35) James's First Watch Post (12:30) James's NUVO Articles (17:30) The Clipperton Expedition With Oris (18:00) ABTW Baselworld 2017 Vlog #1 (20:30) A Week On The Wrist: The Tudor Black Bay GMT (22:30) A Week On The Wrist: The Rolex Explorer Reference 214270 (35:30) James's Polar Dial Explorer II (38:30) James's DOXA SUB 300 Professional (46:30) The Grey NATO (54:33) My Leica: James Stacey (1:03:40) Helplessness Blues (1:05:30) Blue Meridian (1:...
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 77
Wine and design, baby. Show Notes (2:50) Aldo Sohm, Sommelier and Winemaker (4:00) IWC GST Perpetual Calendar Chronograph In Titanium (5:45) Aldo's Titanium Quai de L'Ile (20:29) Wine Simple (44:00) Lange Saxonia (44:10) Lange Datograph (51:21) History Of The 44GS Case Design...
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 76
Let's get nerdy, everyone. Show Notes (3:30) In-Depth Consider The Mainspring (14:00) Talking Watches With Roger Smith (17:00) In-Depth Fauxtina, The History And The Pros And Cons (19:15) Jaeger LeCoultre Memovox Tribute to Polaris (28:40) The Breguet Type 20 Only Watch 2019 (29:30) The Omega Speedmaster Caliber 321 'Ed White' In Stainless Steel (39:46) The Ethiopian Caterpillar (43:30) The Drake's For HODINKEE Limited Edition Tie Collection (53:00) Talking Watches With Roni Madhvani (53:10) Tal...
Jan 27, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 75
Ten years, ten watches, and a ton of opinions. Show Notes (7:00) The Rolex Daytona Reference 116500LN (8:40) The 50th Anniversary Rolex Cosmograph Daytona In Platinum (12:30) The Omega Trilogy Set (13:50) The Omega Speedmaster Dark Side Of The Moon (18:51) Richard Mille RM27-01 Rafa Nadal (22:30) Tudor Heritage Black Bay (30:00) Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatique (36:00) Apple Watch Series 3 Edition (37:35) The Apple Watch Series 5 Edition (41:20) MB&F LM1 (42:13) Chronomètre Contemporain (44:45...
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 74
At the end of the day, it's all about passion, people. Show Notes (3:51) The Curious Case Of The Patek Philippe Reference 3448 'Senza Luna' (7:30) The Omega Speedmaster Caliber 321 'Ed White' In Stainless Steel (17:30) Talking Watches With Bethenny Frankel (33:15) LVMH Watch Week In Dubai (35:30) HODINKEE Radio Episode 21: Matt Jacobson (38:15) #latteart (49:00) Nick Jones (49:15) Electric House (54:00) Soho House Toronto (1:02:30) Hublot "Not For Sale" Atelier Watch (1:16:00) Kurt Cobain's Jour...
Jan 13, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 73
It's been a big one. (7:30) James And The 720S Spider (8:16) SJP At The Louvre (9:30) Jon’s Honeymoon (10:00) Cole’s 1985 Targa (11:45) The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT Automatic (12:45) The Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers 'La Musique Du Temps' Collection (And Other New Pieces From Les Cabinotiers) (13:22) The Zodiac Aerospace GMT Limited Edition (13:42) The Solid Gold Doxa Sub 200 T. Graph Limited Edition (17:00) The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak ‘Jumbo’ Extra-Thin With Salmon Dial (2...
Dec 30, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 72
Some people are just collectors through and through. Show Notes (2:00) NOMOS Tangente Sport Limited Edition For HODINKEE (2:05) Leica M10-P "Ghost Edition" For Hodinkee (4:30) NOMOS Glashütte Metro Chronometer Limited Edition for HODINKEE (8:30) Swatch Sistem 51 HODINKEE Generation 1986 (18:30) Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes de Vache 1955 Limited Edition For HODINKEE (19:00) Laurent Ferrier Traveller Limited Edition For HODINKEE (19:05) Oris Divers Sixty-Five Limited Edition For HODINKEE...
Dec 23, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 71
Still got gifts to buy? We've got you covered. Show Notes (4:22) The 2019 TGN Holiday Gift Guide (6:57) Cameo (8:40) The Human Fund (11:09) Ad Patina (11:50) Big Bob Gibson Championship Red Sauce (12:30) Dinner for Everyone (15:00) Sur La Table Cooking Classes (15:10) Okonomi Classes (16:30) 10 Best Things to Do in Beacon, NY (18:25) Crap Taxidermy (20:19) Watches: A Guide By HODINKEE (20:43) Shadow Divers (22:50) Medallion Status (25:00) The 'Gold' Casio A500WGA-9DF World Timer (26:10) Seiko 5 ...
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 70
Talking 007, double-sealed Pateks, and how things actually get made. Show Notes (3:30) 'Watches: A Guide By HODINKEE' (5:30) The Watch, Thoroughly Revised (9:00) The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition (Live Pics & Pricing) (13:00) Jeff Stein's Hunt For John Glenn's Watches (13:30) On The Dash (17:30) The Watch That Came In From The Cold (19:00) Five Oddities From Next Week's Phillips Game Changers Auction (20:00) Talking Watches With Jack Nicklaus (22:00) Game Changers Auction Catalogue (23:...
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 69
Writing new chapters, tellings others' stories, and digging up the past. Show Notes (2:00) The A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus (13:30) A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk (14:30) H10 Livestream: From Cult To Classic (22:56) A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Up/Down (32:30) The Sartorialist India (40:30) Tag Heuer Monoco (45:00) TheSartorialist.com (58:00) Steve McCurry Portraits (1:00:00) Steve McCurry, Photography Hall Of Fame (1:12:09) The Watch That Came In From The Cold...
Dec 02, 2019•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 68
A couple of tales from the East. Show Notes (2:25) HODINKEE Japan Is Officially Live (4:00) The HODINKEE Japan Launch Parties In Tokyo (12:52) Japan-Only Limited Edition Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic (20:00) HODINKEE Japan's Masaharu Wada (20:30) HODINKEE Japan's Yu Sekiguchi (24:00) Ming's Blog (24:30) Ming Watches (25:00) Ming Thein (33:00) The Ming 17.01 (35:00) Tag Heuer Monaco (41:30) Elliott Erwitt (44:00) Review: The Contax T3 By Ming Thein (48:30) Ming's Ochs und Junior (57:00) The Mi...
Nov 25, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 67
It's a bonus, baby! Show Notes (3:00) Nicole Stott's Bio (3:45) Astronaut Nicole Stott Answers Space Questions From Twitter (9:30) "Vomit Comet" (10:30) Omega + HODINKEE Pop Up (17:30) NEMO Mission (20:20) Talking Watches With David Williams...
Nov 22, 2019•44 min
This week, we talk through Volume 5 of our print edition and chat with an old friend of the show. Show Notes (1:50) The HODINKEE Magazine, Volume 5 (26:52) The Watch That Came In From The Cold (1:19:00) Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman (1:21:00) The Death of Truth (1:23:00) Lizzo: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 66
Our analysis of this year's results. Show Notes The 2019 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) Finalists
Nov 14, 2019•53 min
Moving to Savile Row, playing with color, and why it's important to challenge yourself. Show Notes (2:22) Talking Watches With Reza Ali Rashidian (3:10) A Journey Into The Deep (6:00) H10 Livestream: The Why Of Dive Watches (7:20) Talking Watches With John Mayer, Part 2 (8:30) Three Of The Best Lange 1s Ever Made Are Up For Sale, And Not At One Of The Big Four Auction Houses (11:20) HODINKEE Radio: The 10 Most Influential Modern Watches (14:10) What Google's Fitbit Acquisition Means For Smartwat...
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 65
Our editors cast their hypothetical votes for this year's most important watches. Show Notes (2:45) Announcing The 2019 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève Jury (4:28) The 2018 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (5:00) HODINKEE Radio Episode 19: The 2018 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève Recap (5:30) The 2019 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) Finalists (15:24) HODINKEE Radio Episode 44: Ini Archibong (22:15) The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT Automatic...
Nov 06, 2019•43 min
We discuss some serious horological reporting from The New York Times and how to create a truly 21st-century community for watch lovers. Show Notes (2:00) Watches That Changed What’s on Your Wrist (4:45) Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore (9:00) A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 (11:30) Three Of The Best Lange 1s Ever Made Are Up For Sale, And Not At One Of The Big Four Auction Houses (12:15) Vianney Halter Antiqua (16:52) M aximilian Büsser On HODINKEE Radio (17:05) Eric Ku On HODINKEE Radio (17:55) F.P...
Nov 04, 2019•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 64
Old sport watches, classic records, and Italian wines. What's not to like? Show Notes (3:00) TGN Film Club 3 (4:40) Talking Auctions With Eric Ku (7:00) The Watches of James Bond (12:48) Le Mans Trailer (17:07) Jaws Watches (22:00) Marlon Brando's Rolex GMT-Master From 'Apocalypse Now' (23:00) The Seiko Prospex 1970 Diver's Re-Creation Limited Edition SLA033 (25:00) Godfrey Dadich Partners (25:30) A 26-Story History of San Francisco (27:50) HODINKEE Radio With Scott Dadich (33:14) Airbnb Magazin...
Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 63
From the most sought-after vintage Rolex to unique pieces being auctioned for charity, we've got it all this week. Show Notes (2:43) Only Watch 2019 (5:16) Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime (5:30) Three Things To Consider At The Upcoming Geneva Sales (7:30) Patek 5016 At Only Watch Sells For CHF 7.3 Million (9:30) The Sale Of Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona, The Most Expensive Wristwatch Ever (10:40) The Tudor Black Bay One At Only Watch 2015 Sells For Over 100 Times Retail Price (13:35) The F.P. Jou...
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 62
Sitcoms, sport watches, and a whole lot more. Show Notes (6:00) The Watches And Wheels Of The 2019 Goodwood Revival Meeting (12:30) The Oris Big Crown ProPilot X Calibre 115 (15:40) The Ironic Elegance Of Trench Watches (17:00) The Chopard Alpine Eagle Collection (26:30) The Watches And Cars Of The HODINKEE Pop-Up At The UTA Artist Space In Los Angeles (1:13:00) The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Openworked In Black Ceramic (1:14:30) Patek 5726/1A Nautilus...
Oct 14, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 61