The Time 4A Pint Podcast
Summary: The global watch industry produces an estimated 1.2 billion units a year. With around, 7.5 billion people on the planet, that means that over a 6 and a half year period, enough are made for every one of us to go out and buy a brand new watch of our own. In reality, that’s not what happens. For starters, just because all these watches are being churned out, doesn't mean that anyone is actually buying them. Lots of people can’t understand why you would spend money on a wrist watch. After all, with just a couple of taps, your mobile phone can tell you what the time is anywhere in the world - and you can catch Pokemon on it. You can’t do that with a watch. On the other hand, for some people, one watch isn’t enough. There are those among us that hunt out, capture, collect, catalogue, and show off their watches to others who share the same passion. On internet forums, Instagram, and even at in person meetups. For those who collect, watches are kind of like Pokemon, they’ve got to catch them all. And that’s what this show is all about. Watch collectors. Not Pokemon.
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Welcome to Episode 40 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - it's been a busy month, with the Chrono24 get together in Karlsruhe, Time 4A Pint's first internet trolls, and the Time 4A Pint February meet up. Plus we have our 4 picks from the February 27th Fellows watch sale, including the deliciously dirty, and untouched Seamaster 300 that you clicked on to get here. Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-40 for pictures and show notes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 39 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week I met up with Jonathan, to talk about four modern British watches, that caught his eye, stole his heart, and made their way into his watch box. The first two from smaller scale independents, the third from a company that’s supplied watches to the Ministry of Defence for over 4 decades, and the fourth from an internationally known brand that’s sold alongside it’s Swiss contemporaries in retailers around the world. All different, and yet all sharing a uniquely British Character. Watches on this week's show: Pinion Revival 1969 Schofield Blacklamp CWC 1980 Royal Navy Diver Re-Issue Bremont Supermarine Terra Nova LE Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-39 for pictures and show notes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 38 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week I caught up with Arwind, an early Time 4A Pint attendee, and man who embodies the core value of Time 4A Pint, as a drinking club with a watch problem. Whilst we recorded today’s show during the day, and drank nothing more than tea, the watch problem persisted, and things got kind of nerdy, and before we knew what was going on there were El Primeros everywhere. A nice problem to have. Watches on this week's show: Zenith El Primero A386 Zenith El Primero A385 Movado Datron HS360 Zenith El Primero G583 Zenith El Primero A788 Zenith El Primero A3817 Zenith El Primero A3818 Zenith El Primero 01.0140.415 Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-38 for pictures and show notes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 37 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week I was out in Karlsruhe, Germany, for the Chrono24 get together, and through a mix of good luck, good timing, and other people being much more organised, got to sit down with Eric Wind for a chat. Hear how Eric went from being an enthusiastic amateur, to regular contributor for Hodinkee, to Vice President, Senior Specialist of Watches at Christie's New York, and is now running his own vintage watch business, Wind Vintage. Oh, and we talked about some of his watches too! Watches on this week's show: Gallet "Jim Clark" Multichron 12 Heuer Carrera 2447N Vulcain Cricket Tudor Prince Oysterdate Ranger (two of them!) 1961 Rolex 1675 GMT-Master Omega Speedmaster 145.012-67 "Ultraman" Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-37 for pictures and show notes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 36 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - For those of you that are listening to this show as it comes out each week, you might be wondering what’s going on. There was supposed to be a two week break between the last show and this one, and there was a weird gap between episodes 34 and 35. And a post on instagram that looked somewhat… medical. Well the good news is, that I am on the mend, and this week I’m going to bring you up to speed on everything that’s been going on since we last had a catchup back in November, and share with you some of the things that will be happening over the coming weeks. Correction: In the audio, Chris refers to Lot 188 as a Panerai Luminor, it is a Radiomir Panerai. We would like to apologise for this error. Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-36 for pictures and show notes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 35 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - For this week's show, I spent an evening with Nathan, talking about his transition from vintage vinyl, to watch collecting, and the friends he's made along the way. With 5 pieces on the table, each with a background story linking it into the wider watch collecting community, it's fair to say that Nathan is collecting with a little help from his friends. Watches on this week's show: Omega Speedmaster 145.022-68ST Seiko Champion 850 Diashock Alpinist Sinn 103A 1940s Omega 30T2 1950s Omega 30T2 Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-35 for pictures and show notes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 34 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week we got together with Jonas, to talk about some of the military pieces within his eclectic collection. True to character, they're are not only of different types, from different manufactures, and periods of time, but from different militaries and forces too - Making today's show a rather horological combined forces operation. Watches on this week's show: Omega RAF '53 Ref. 2777-1 SC Leonidas CP2 Archimede Pilot 39 Bronze CYMA W.W.W Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-34 for pictures and show notes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 33 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week we spent an afternoon with Mister James Dowling, Rolex aficionado, and not so secret lover of the Beta 21, talking about the high end electronic movement from the past, and the futuristic watches that it was fitted to. With fifteen Beta 21 equipped watches on the table, we focused on some of James' favourites, including models from Patek Philippe, Rolex, IWC, and Rado - vastly different watches, with identical movements. Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-33 for pictures and show notes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 32 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week we grabbed a beer with Ollie, a vintage watch collector, who doesn't currently have any of his vintage watches (they're all away being repaired), to talk about two of the most popular limited edition pieces to be released in 2017, the Omega Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday, and the Halios Seaforth. They're from different ends of spectrum in terms of production location, retail price, and size of the businesses behind them. And very honestly, they're very different watches in many ways. That said, they do share some key characteristics - they're a pair of tool watches that were released on the internet, are equally endowed with epic amounts of super-luminova, and both look as at home in the pub, as they do out diving or exploring outer space respectively. We think they make rather an attractive pair of Horological Sisters from (very) Different Misters. Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-32 for pictures and show notes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 31 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - for this week's show we got to spend some time with Johann, who was visiting the UK all the way from Manila, in the Philippines, and brought along some of his Limited Edition timepieces to share with us. With watches from different manufacturers, in different styles, and at different price points, the only thing limited about Johann's collection is the number of pieces released. Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-31 for pictures and shownotes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 30 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - this week we got together with Stuart, the man behind www.omegaholygrail.com to talk about the Omega Speedmaster 376.0822, or as it's better known in watch collector circles, The Holy Grail. Stuart kindly brought along two versions of the 376.0822, one all original, the other with service parts, and shared with us what to look for when trying to evaluate this uncommon Speedmaster from the 1980s. Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-30 for pictures and shownotes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 29 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - Regular listeners, may recall that season 5 wasn’t going to start with a news show. But with three days of Salon QP under our belts at the beginning of the month, the arrival and departure of my long awaited Omega Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday, your incredible support for my awful moustache which is doing great things for Movember, our brand new sponsor, Fellows, and Time 4A Pint’s First Birthday there’s lots to talk about this week! Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-29 for pictures, shownotes, and to find out how you can support Chris' Movember efforts! Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 28 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week I caught up with James Vincent, who was the very first guest on the show, to talk about the watches that didn't make it in last time around, and the ones he's bought since. He may have developed a bit of a thing for Nivada Genchen... no judgement. Watches on this week's show: Casio G-Shock 5600BB Omega Constellation Seiko 6139-7070 Chronograph Squale Ocean Diver Supermatic Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster Aviator Seadiver Nivada Grenchen Antarctic Chronometre Nivada Compensamatic Antarctic Head to www.time4apint.com/podcast and scroll down to episode 28 to see pictures of the watches we talked about in this episode. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 27 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - It's an extra compact show this week, covering off a the high points of what's been going on at Time 4A Pint Towers over the last month or so, and things we'll be doing over the coming weeks. Head to www.time4apint.com/podcast and scroll down to episode 27 for pictures, shownotes, and to find out how you can support Chris' Movember efforts! Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
Welcome to Episode 26 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - this week I sat down with Jason to talk about his watch collecting journey, the lessons he's learned along the way, the ones he hasn't, and to remind him that watches are not investments. When I'm writing notes before and interview, I try to build a theme around the collector in question's watches. It could be that all the watches are from a brand, that they came from various trips, or milestones, or just that they're things their owner was drawn to. This week, things seemed to split into 4 distinct groups: Stupid but... lucky? Seamasters for Fathers Down the Internet Rabbit Hole Future Classics I'm sure we've all bought and owned watches from the first and third categories, and hope we're currently holding them from the fourth! Watches on this week's show: Girard Perregaux Seahawk 7100 Omega Seamaster Day-Date Quartz Omega Seamaster Automatic Crosshair Omega Seamaster 30 Omega Seamaster Automatic Chronometer (Ref. BA 368.0831) Zenith Automatic Chronograph (Series 1 De Luca) Zenith Pilot Cronometro Tipo CP-2 (2016 A. Cairelli re-issue) Omega Seamaster 300M Master Co-Axial Titanium (Ref. 233.90.41.21.03.001) Head to www.time4apint.com/podcast and scroll down to episode 26 to see pictures of the watches we talked about in this episode. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons
