A veritable smorgasbord of random gibberish! We discuss everything from Merci, to G-Shock (what a surprise!) and bracelet sizing to trademark protection. We also look at the new Moonswatches and a brand new Zenith! Enjoy! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play it in an upcoming episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/lumeplotters
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Another all-encompassing ratings episode! The first time we rated every single watch brand, and this time we find a watch pairing for every single car brand that currently exists! Or at least the ones we could remember. What watch brand’s ethos and style is mimicked in each car brand? Tune in to find out! Also, let us know if you agree, and more importantly, let us know if we missed any car brands! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an aud...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Hot off the heels of The Precision Pioneer event hosted by JLC in Dubai International Financial Center, the Lume Plotters ponder where the brand is headed. Why do they continue to throw such lavish (and amazing) events? What do they gain from this? More broadly, what even are the brand’s goals and aspirations? Why do they continue to raise their prices to astronomical levels? Are they truly pioneers, or simply a brand that should be relegated to the lower shelves? Tune in and find out! Give us a...
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 25
We have seen Hodinkee come out of the blue and become such an amazing force in the watch world. Their forte was making information, that was previously left only for industry insiders, available to watch nerds like us... But what happened to Hodinkee? They seem to have shifted from their original M.O., and gone off piste. Where are they heading next, and will we ever see Hodinkee come back to true form? Let’s discuss our predictions! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagra...
Jun 04, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Who and what is a Kith? And why on earth are they making a special edition Heuer? Let’s discuss if it is worth taking the $1500 plunge into this obscure oddity! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play it in an upcoming episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/lumeplotters
May 28, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 23
So this week the Lume Plotters pretend to be Ralfina and Martoni, and we pick out our favorite women’s watches! With years of input from our wives, we’ve begun to respect and admire ladies’ watches, and have decided to lay it all out there for the world to hear. Tune in to hear what our alter-egos chose for their collections! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play it in an upcoming ep...
May 21, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 22
This week is all about gold! Do you like gold? Do we like gold? Does anyone like gold? Who likes gold? Why do people like gold? Expect all of you Au related questions to be answered within! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play it in an upcoming episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/lumeplotters
May 14, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 21
This week is a short one! We rapid fire through the idea of waitlists… How long would we wait for a watch, and under what circumstances? Also- what alternatives exist to waitlists? How could watch companies better suit the needs and wants of their customers, all while maintaining the laws of supply and demand? Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play it in an upcoming episode: https://w...
May 07, 2024•30 min•Season 2Ep. 20
This week we repeat our five watch collection challenge, but this time with more rules and a very special guest! We welcome Parm of the Chrono Passion 7 podcast to Dubai (all the way from rainy London) to discuss our top picks for a five watch collection. But it’s not that simple this time! Tune in to see what the caveats are! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play it in an upcoming e...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 19
So, just like that, Watches & Wonders is over. Another year, another slew of releases. This week, we sum them up, and give you our top picks, both within and out of our budgets, as well as discuss things that didn’t quite tickle our pickle. Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play it in an upcoming episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/lumeplotters
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Watch lingo! We all hear it, but not all of us know what it all means… Have no fear, the Lume Plotters to the rescue! This week we break down a watch into its major components and discuss every piece that you should be aware of, so that you, dear listener, can also be up to speed on what to say whilst discussing watches! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play it in an upcoming episode...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 17
In this week’s installment, we guide you through a (somewhat) comprehensive initial review of the 2024 Watches & Wonders new releases! Of course, as this is a live first take, there is much more to unpack, which we will do in due time! Enjoy! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play it in an upcoming episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/lumeplotters
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 16
After the release of the Morgan Stanley watch rankings, Rolex is clearly on top. We play devil’s advocate and ask the question- “WHY?”. With so many different brands in the world, why buy a Rolex when you can have a slew of other great watches! We take you through each offering in Rolex’s catalog and talk about the big competitors in each segment. Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just pla...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 15
A hotly debated topic this week, watch winders! Are they good for your watch, or should you avoid them? Also- what’s the best way to store your watches at home, and while traveling? Tune in to find out how we do it! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play it in an upcoming episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/lumeplotters
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 14
What watch books are on our shelves? This week, the Lume Plotters take you through our libraries and discuss which books we swear by, which we like, and which we can’t stand! Tune in to find out what you’re missing! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play it in an upcoming episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/lumeplotters
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 13
It’s lights out and away we go! This week we delve into the tightly knit history of Formula 1 and watches. From the very beginning, to where we are today, we take you through all of the official F1 timekeeping sponsors, as well as each team’s individual watch sponsors. All this just in time for the beginning of the 2024 season! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play it in an upcoming ...
Mar 12, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 12
In today’s installment of the Lume Plotters podcast, have compiled 13 of YOUR questions that you have submitted through Instagram. We go through each one and discuss (and debate) the listener’s chosen topics. Ranging from collection advice, to choosing favorite watches in our collection, and prospective insight on the future of the industry, you get it all in this episode. Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link ...
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Today we take another deep dive, this time into the brand G-SHOCK. Are they a hit or a miss? For anyone that knows the Lume Plotters, you already know the answer today. We discuss some history and delve into our favorites of the catalog, and even design our very own! Tune in to catch a “glimpse” of what we would want our very own limited editions to look like! Don't forget to use code LUMEPLOTTERS at optowatchco.com to get 20% off for all of their amazing straps (we are not geeting from this - j...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 10
For the first time EVER someone brings you the ULTIMATE watch brand rankings list. While most YouTubers limit themselves to 20 or so brands, the Lume Plotters decided to do this tenfold. We gathered a list of about 260 brands and went through each one by one, to give you the end all, be all, ranking list. Also, the results are quite surprising! Enjoy! Don't forget to use code LUMEPLOTTERS at optowatchco.com to get 20% all of their amazing straps (we are not geeting from this - just helping out a...
Feb 20, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 9
So, dear listener, hold on to your britches, as this is a long episode. Full-length feature film long. After we failed miserably last week to give our watch industry predictions of 2024, this week we make up for it! We quick fire through the remaining brands, and Marton attempts to control Ralf’s derailing ramblings of watch brands no one really cares about. Don't forget to use code LUMEPLOTTERS at optowatchco.com to get 20% all of their amazing straps (we are not geeting from this - just helpin...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 8
We at the Lume Plotters always give ourselves lofty goals. Often these goals are severely unattainable. One such goal was trying to give all of our watch predictions for 2024 in one episode. We just about managed to just about get through Casio, Seiko, Rolex and Tudor in this episode (spending entirely too much time on G-Shocks, as usual). As such, tune in next week as well, as we quick fire through the remaining hundred brands! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @l...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Ralf has just returned from China, and was supremely impressed with the level of watch shopping (and shopping in general) that Chengdu had to offer! Gather ‘round, and let Uncle Ralf take you on his journey. Second, surprisingly not too far off from the first topic, a listener asked us about how we fared during the Covid pandemic, and how our collecting habits, as well as tastes evolved during that time frame. It’s pretty clear that both of the Lume Plotters were affected significantly, but in e...
Jan 30, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 6
So today is a double-header! We start by divulging our most cringe-worthy and embarrassing watch-related moments… hopefully this shows you that doing or saying the wrong things doesn’t have to be bad! Just chalk it up as a learning experience! Second, we chat with Mubarak, the founder of the Dubai-based watch strap company Optowatch. We ask him about how he got into the strap game, and of course how it all works! Tune in! Oh yeah, and Mubarak has graciously given our listeners a 20% discount acr...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 5
We’re back on another field trip! Today, we take you on a stroll through the watch boutiques of the infamous Mall of the Emirates! We discuss the the offerings on hand and how to navigate this maze of a mall, if you have never been. Join us as we pass by the usual suspects such as Cartier, Blancpain, Omega, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Rolex, A. Lange & Sohne, and a few others that will surprise you! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an aud...
Jan 16, 2024•59 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In today’s episode we discuss an ancient parable, Theseus’ paradox. Buckle your seatbelts, you’re in for a wild ride… philosophically speaking, that is. So, Theseus’ paradox (otherwise known as the Ship of Theseus) tells of a ship that bit by bit, piece by piece was reconstructed after parts slowly decayed or broke. The questions is, once all of the pieces are replaced, what is left? Can it still be called the same ship? So, we equate this to our watch collecting habits, especially with regard t...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 3
In our last and final installment of the Lume Plotters Interviews series (from the 2023 Dubai Watch Week at least…), a sad and lonely, singular Lume Plotter (Ralf, albeit along with our honorary Lumeplotter apprentice Rajeev) interviews another watch industry mogul, Mike Manjos, the Chief Sales Officer of WatchBox and Chief Revenue Officer at Govberg Jewelers. Unfortunately, Marton was stuck at work; but fortunately, Mike was able to deliver a stellar interview with Ralf at the helm. As both a p...
Jan 04, 2024•53 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Welcome everyone to 2024, and Season 2 of the Lume Plotters! We found it fitting to start the year with some ongoing watch news: 1.) Apple Watch patent infringement? So allegedly, Apple is forced to stop selling the Series 9 and Ultra 2 variants of the Apple Watch, as the blood oxygen sensor tech that is used in these models infringes on a patent by another company. What will Apple’s next steps be to get out of this pickle? 2.) Can we expect more price increases from our favorite brands in 2024?...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Hot on the heels of their latest release, the Streamliner Small Seconds Blue Enamel in 39mm, today we catch up with the CEO and Owner of H. Moser & Cie., Edouard Meylan. He discusses the emergence of the brand, his familial heritage in running the company (apparently pure coincidence), and how Edouard and his brother Bertrand turned a relatively unknown and forgotten brand into a household name. Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an au...
Dec 29, 2023•46 min
Well, 2023 has come to a close… And what a year it has been (and the first one for us here at the Lume Plotters)!! In today’s episode, we reflect on the hottest new watch releases of the year, as well as recap what has entered our watch boxes, and pay our respects to those watches that have departed (some happily and some with a tinge of regret). Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplotters Or… leave us an audio comment using the link below, and we may just play...
Dec 26, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 44
This week’s interview hits very close to home for both of the Lume Plotters, as we are proud Oris parents to two lovely little limited-edition watches! As such, it was a must on our visit to Dubai Watch Week to sit down with Oris co-CEO Rolf Studer to ask him about his insipration for turning Oris into such a friendly and happy brand. Maybe one day, we will even have a Lume Plotters x Oris collaboration! One can only hope! Give us a follow, and feel free to reach out to us on Instagram: @lumeplo...
Dec 22, 2023•40 min
