This week, we're back talking auction action ahead of the upcoming Geneva spring auction season. To do so, we've invited two of our biggest auction lovers – Hodinkee founder Ben Clymer and editor/photographer extraordinaire Mark Kauzlarich – to talk about what they're watching in the upcoming weeks. 2:20 : Rough Diamonds 3:00 : Monaco Legend Group Spring 2024 Auction 4:00 : Rolex 4113 Record , Piaget 6:30 : Record-setting Datejust 9:00 : Talking Watches with John Goldberger (with the "cheese kni...
May 01, 2024•44 min•Ep. 236
After Watches & Wonders, we're all a bit exhausted by new watch releases, so we decided it was time to do something fun: Another fantasy watch draft. And this time, we're tightening the parameters to get some more variety on the table. So I called up Danny, James, and Jonathan to build a four-watch collection with me. We're focused on our favorite watches of the 21st century. Any watch available to purchase in 2000 or later is eligible, except for the new releases we saw at Watches & Wonders a c...
Apr 24, 2024•49 min•Ep. 235
It’s our last day at Watches & Wonders in Geneva, so we’re recapping everything we saw. We talk about the best watches we saw all week, the best watches under $10,000, drop some of our spiciest takes, and then all of us – all seven of us – pick one watch we saw that we’d purchase, money no object. Thanks to Lucid Motors for sponsoring this week’s live recordings of Hodinkee Radio from Geneva. To learn more about the Lucid visit: https://lucidmotors.com/ Check out the full story here: https://www...
Apr 12, 2024•23 min•Ep. 234
Three days into the show and we’re all a bit slap happy and talking about some of our favorite novelties from Hermès, Cartier, Oris, Chopard, and Parmigiani. We also talk a bit about the general mood of the show, which we’ll discuss more on our final show tomorrow. But first, we talk about: Hermès’ new ladies’ watch and whether it’s actually a ladies’ watch; Oris’ new Aquis and why the lack of any mega releases might actually be the best thing for the Swiss watch industry; and we finish with dre...
Apr 11, 2024•32 min•Ep. 233
On day two, we talk about all of the watches we went hands on with during appointments with Cartier, TAG Heuer, Grand Seiko, IWC, Lange – and even the world’s new most complicated watch from Vacheron Constantin. Thanks to Lucid Motors for sponsoring this week’s live recordings of Hodinkee Radio from Geneva. Thanks to Lucid Motors for sponsoring this week’s live recordings of Hodinkee Radio from Geneva. To learn more about the Lucid visit: https://lucidmotors.com/ Check out the full story here: h...
Apr 10, 2024•49 min•Ep. 232
In our first episode from Geneva, Ben, Danny, and Malaika join me to discuss new releases from Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Tudor. GMTs headline the novelties from Rolex and Tudor. Rolex has brought its black-and-grey bezel to a steel GMT, while Tudor gave what so many have asked for – a Black Bay 58 GMT. We also talk about what it means that it’s a slower year for Rolex, that Tudor is becoming the Black Bay brand, and the new complicated stuff from Patek. We start it all off by chatting about the...
Apr 10, 2024•50 min•Ep. 231
4:51 : Audemars Piguet's New Watches Of 2024: From the Royal Oak To The Code 11.59, The Offshore, And More (Live Pics) 5:45 : A Week On The Wrist: The Rolex Daytona Le Mans Ref. 126529LN 5:55 : Hands-On: The A. Lange Odysseus Chronograph 9:12 : Hands-On: The Newest Additions To The Rolex GMT-Master II Collection In Yellow Gold And Two-Tone (On Jubilee Bracelets) 18:00 : A Week On The Wrist: The Rolex Sea-Dweller Reference 126600 18:26 : Introducing: Rolex Shatters Water-Resistance Records With I...
Apr 03, 2024•55 min•Ep. 230
5:20: Morgan Gilbreath 7:10: LaViolette Foundation 11:45: A Week on the Wrist: Seiko SBP381 12:30: A Week on the Wrist: Tudor Black Bay GMT 16:57: Bulova's New Wilton GMT Is a Game Changer (the first watch to use the Miyota 9075) 17:42: Hands-On: Lorier Hydra III 18:25: Mido Ocean Star for Hodinkee Limited Edition 19:10: Longines Zulu Time Limited Edition for Hodinkee 20:50: Hands-On: Nodus x Raven Trailtrekker 22:45: A Week On The Wrist: Seiko's New Affordable GMT Is a Force To Be Reckoned With...
Mar 27, 2024•46 min•Ep. 229
00:01 : Accutronwatch.com 00:55 : Fantasy Watch Draft 2024 7:45 : One To Watch: Brew Watches 15:15 : Movado Bold 23:30 : Brew Watches' original Kickstarter 36:00 : The Brew Retrograph 41:10 : Hands-On: The Funk And Fun Of The Brew Metric 44:00 : Brew Retromatic 44:30 : Introducing: The Brew Metric Automatic 45:00 : Timing an espresso shot in space 48:58 : John delivering watches on Christmas Eve in a Ferrari...
Mar 20, 2024•55 min•Ep. 228
00:01 : Accutronwatch.com 1:53 : It's Finally Here: Omega Announces A White Dial Speedmaster In Steel – Oh, And It's a Lacquer Dial 2:23 : Omega Speedmaster in Canopus Gold 4:23 : A Week On The Wrist: Omega Speedmaster in Moonshine Gold 6:04 : Hands-On: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar John Mayer Limited Edition 6:42 : What Does Audemars Piguet's Collaboration With Rapper And Mogul Travis Scott Mean For The Watch Industry? 7:10 : A Glimpse At The Ultra-Rare Handcrafted Tuscan Dia...
Mar 13, 2024•56 min•Ep. 227
00:01 : Accutronwatch.com 00:58 : The Plea for Proportionality 3:55 : How Hamilton Made A Watch For 'Dune Part: 2' And Turned It Into Two Illuminating Limited Editions 7:57 : Elton John Shows Us That Vintage Chopard Is Worth A Revisit 9:57 : Chopard Monte Carlo 10:08 : Everything You Need To Know About The Early Chopard L.U.C Collection 10:15 : Hands-On: Chopard L.U.C 1860 In Lucent Steel 24:20 : Hands-On: Vacheron Overseas 34.5mm And A Few Thoughts on Midsize Watches...
Mar 06, 2024•50 min•Ep. 226
Click HERE to vote for the fantasy draft winner! 00:01 : Accutronwatch.com 4:05 : Driver's Journal 5:01 : Hodinkee Magazine Volume 1 6:14 : Get the Picture 9:14 : Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Milspec for Hodinkee 10:57 : Rolex 'Les Mans' Daytona 12:59 : Rexhep Rexhepi Chronometre Contemporain II 14:28 : 100 Years of the Cartier Tank Cintrèe , A Collected Man 15:10 : Rolex Yacht-Master in Titanium 16:28 : Rolex Deepsea Challenge in Titanium 17:05 : Patek Releases The Last 50 Ref 5004 Split-Seconds Per...
Feb 28, 2024•54 min•Ep. 225
00:01 : Accutronwatch.com 00:44 : Elton John's Cartier Crash, Leopard Daytona Lead Sale Of Music Legend's Eclectic Collection 1:35 : Photo Report: Tripping The Snow Fantastic At F.A.T. Ice Race Aspen 1:55 : Raúl Pagès Wins the First Louis Vuitton Watch Prize For Independent Creatives 2:35 : Jean Arnault Talking Watches 3:25 : One To Watch: Simon Brette 3:42 : A Week On The Wrist: H. Moser Endeavor Perpetual Calendar 3:46 : One To Watch: Petermann Bedat 7:40 : Bad Art Nice Watch on Instagram 10:0...
Feb 21, 2024•55 min•Ep. 224
00:01 : Accutronwatch.com 1:00 : It's Back! Universal Genève To Relaunch Under The Same Ownership As Breitling 5:24 : A Week On The Wrist: The Universal Geneve Polerouter 7:02 : Why I Bought Peter Fullerton's Universal Geneve Tri-Compax 12:48 : Alpha Hands: Nina Rindt's Nina Rindt 17:20 : Accutronwatch.com 19:12 : Breitling Brings Heritage Design To A Revamped Premier Chronograph Line 19:15 : Breitling's Top Time Classic Cars Collection Goes In-House And Adds A Thunderbird 19:19 : Breitling Is M...
Feb 14, 2024•39 min•Ep. 223
00:01 Accutron DNA Casino Collection 6:30 Tony's Movado Ermeto 7:15 Omega Seamaster 300M Green Dial 9:30 James' AloneFire SV38 UV Flashlight 9:50 Longines Spirit Zulu Time for Hodinkee 10:45 Introducing: Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon 'Apollo 8' 15:40 Introducing: Omega Speedmaster Super Racing 19:30 Blancpain x Swatch Scuba Fifty: The Ocean of Storms 19:55 Introducing: The Swatch X Blancpain Scuba Fifty Fathoms Is Real – And It Has Arrived 30:55 The Value Proposition: The Seiko SKX007 ...
Feb 07, 2024•59 min•Ep. 222
For this final episode, Ben is joined by Davide Cerrato, the CEO of Bremont. Cerrato has had a long and successful career in the watch industry since starting at Panerai in 2004. He's probably best known for his tenure at Tudor, during which the brand relaunched in the United States and introduced the Black Bay line. But he's not all business; the jovial and well-dressed Italian brings his unique sense of style to the staid Swiss watch industry. After Tudor, he made stops at Montblanc and HYT be...
Jan 24, 2024•39 min•Ep. 221
For the 9th installment of Ben Clymer Presents, Ben sits down with pro golfer Keith Mitchell, who is known not only for his golfing ability but also for his sense of style and his deep love of watches. Ben and Keith dig into everything from Keith's training to his family history in watches and what he brought in a watch roll to the recording to special creations from Laurent Ferrier, the pros and cons of playing with blades, and some extra cool references from Patek Philippe. // Show Notes // 00...
Jan 10, 2024•48 min•Ep. 220
Welcome to a new podcast series from Hodinkee called Ben Clymer Presents . Hosted by Hodinkee's own founder, Ben Clymer Presents offers a special chat between Ben and subject experts from the world of watches and, sometimes, elsewhere. It's a limited series that will run weekly for the next ten weeks, with new episodes every Wednesday in both video and audio. Want the video? Swing by Hodinkee's YouTube channel (or watch below). Just want the audio? It's being published to the same podcast feed a...
Dec 13, 2023•36 min•Ep. 219
In this episode, Ben sits down with Hodinkee editors Mark Kauzlarich and Tony Traina. After a morning of previewing the New York watch auctions at Sotheby's and Phillips, the three chat about the state of the market and watch auctions before jumping into their thoughts on some of the watches they saw in New York. There's a discussion of vintage Patek and Rolex – including the collection of one collector beloved by the community – but also other brands, indies, and even our favorite Richard Mille...
Dec 06, 2023•48 min•Ep. 218
Welcome to a new podcast series from Hodinkee called Ben Clymer Presents . Hosted by Hodinkee's own founder, Ben Clymer Presents offers a special chat between Ben and subject experts from the world of watches and, sometimes, elsewhere. It's a limited series that will run weekly for the next ten weeks, with new episodes every Wednesday in both video and audio. Want the video? Swing by Hodinkee's YouTube channel (or watch below). Just want the audio? It's being published to the same podcast feed a...
Nov 08, 2023•42 min•Ep. 217
Welcome to a new podcast series from Hodinkee called Ben Clymer Presents . Hosted by Hodinkee's own founder, Ben Clymer Presents offers a special chat between Ben and subject experts from the world of watches and, sometimes, elsewhere. It's a limited series that will run weekly for the next ten weeks, with new episodes every Wednesday in both video and audio. Want the video? Swing by Hodinkee's YouTube channel (or watch below). Just want the audio? It's being published to the same podcast feed a...
Nov 03, 2023•37 min•Ep. 216
Welcome to a new podcast series from Hodinkee called Ben Clymer Presents . Hosted by Hodinkee's own founder, Ben Clymer Presents offers a special chat between Ben and subject experts from the world of watches and, sometimes, elsewhere. It's a limited series that will run weekly for the next ten weeks, with new episodes every Wednesday in both video and audio. Want the video? Swing by Hodinkee's YouTube channel (or watch below). Just want the audio? It's being published to the same podcast feed a...
Nov 01, 2023•35 min•Ep. 215
Welcome to a new limited podcast series from Hodinkee called Ben Clymer Presents . Hosted by Hodinkee's own founder, Ben Clymer Presents offers a special chat between Ben and subject experts from the world of watches and, sometimes, elsewhere. It's a limited series that will run weekly for the next ten weeks, with new episodes every Wednesday in both video and audio. Want the video? Swing by Hodinkee's YouTube channel (or watch below). Just want the audio? It's being published to the same podcas...
Oct 25, 2023•34 min•Ep. 214
Welcome to the first episode of a brand new limited podcast series from Hodinkee called Ben Clymer Presents . Hosted by Hodinkee's own founder, Ben Clymer Presents offers a special chat between Ben and subject experts from the world of watches and, sometimes, elsewhere. It's a limited series that will run weekly for the next ten weeks, with new episodes every Wednesday in both video and audio. Want the video? Swing by Hodinkee's YouTube channel (or watch below). Just want the audio? It's being p...
Oct 18, 2023•28 min•Ep. 213
Welcome to the first episode of a brand new limited podcast series from Hodinkee called Ben Clymer Presents . Hosted by Hodinkee's own founder, Ben Clymer Presents offers a special chat between Ben and special experts from the world of watches and, sometimes, elsewhere. It's a limited series that will run weekly for the next ten weeks, with new episodes every Wednesday in both video and audio. Want the video? Swing by Hodinkee's YouTube channel (or watch below). Just want the audio? It's being p...
Oct 11, 2023•32 min•Ep. 212
Welcome to the preview episode of a brand new limited podcast series from Hodinkee called Ben Clymer Presents . Hosted by Hodinkee's own founder, Ben Clymer Presents offers a special chat between Ben and a special expert from the world of watches and, sometimes, elsewhere. It's a limited series that will run weekly for the next ten weeks, with new episodes every Wednesday in both video and audio. Want the video? Swing by Hodinkee's YouTube channel (or watch below). Just want the audio? It's bein...
Oct 10, 2023•12 min•Ep. 211
Episode 4 was delayed due to an evening event that Hodinkee hosted with Lucid Automotive in Geneva but I got Nora, Danny, and Tony on a mic before we parted ways after the show. We get into the recent goodies from Cartier, new Alpine Eagle and LUC models from Chopard, and a whole lot more. Show Notes: 00:38 Lucid Motors 2:40 Cartier Tank Privé Normale 4:24 Cartier Santos Dumont Skeleton 5:10 The XL Santos Dumont 6:26 Cartier Tank Américane Mini 7:35 Cartier Pasha 9:05 Chopard Alpine Eagle XPS 41...
Mar 31, 2023•27 min•Ep. 210
Ben, Danny, and James are joined by Hodinkee's Chief Brand Officer Eneuri Acosta to chat about some of their favorite new releases, watch spottings, and macro impressions from Watches & Wonders 2023. Show Notes: 1:38 New Tag Heuer Carrera 2:25 Biver watch 5:00 Parmigiani Tonda 5:51 Vacheron Constantin Overseas Retrograde 6:28 "Don Panhco" retrograde 7:35 IWC Ingenieur 8:45 Chopard Alpine Eagle 12:30 Trilobe Unn Folle Journee 14:30 The Titanium Odysseus 16:06 Patek Philippe 3970 17:00 Ressence E-...
Mar 30, 2023•26 min•Ep. 209
Episode 2 has the new fellas talking about Grand Seiko, JLC, and Oris while our CEO unveils a hidden talent and Ben and James share a truly special off-catalog moment from their meeting with Rolex. Show Notes: 6:12 Rolex Emoji Puzzle Day-Date 6:50 Rolex "Bubble" OP 7:10 Rolex GMT-2 in solid gold 15:09 Tudor Black Bay 54 16:00 Tudor Black Bay GMT opaline dial 16:22 Rolex 6542 19:00 Tudor pop-up in Geneva 21:45 Rolex Yacht-Master Titanium 23:30 Grand Seiko Tentagraph 24:50 Grand Seiko "Hana-ikada"...
Mar 28, 2023•42 min•Ep. 208
We're back with the 2023 edition of the daily face-to-face episodes recorded in Geneva during Watches & Wonders 2023. Stay tuned for recaps of our favorite new releases, show-only experiences, and just general nerdy surrounding the latest and greatest from the fair. Be sure to subscribe to the show so you don't miss any of these special episodes ( Apple Podcast s, Stitcher , Spotify , TuneIn ). Each episode will be added to the list below so be sure to check in every day for the show notes for e...
Mar 27, 2023•41 min•Ep. 207
