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The Perils Of Collecting Advice, More Watches & Wonders Predictions, The Return Of Daniel Roth, And Is In-House Actually Good For The Watch Industry? Mar 02, 2023

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On this week’s episode of aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Ariel, Rick, and David are joined by Sylvain Berneron from Breitling. To kick off the show, it’s a discussion about whether or not watch collecting advice is actually intended to benefit consumers, or if people would just be better off ignoring all of it, and simply buying whatever timepieces they actually enjoy. From there, it’s a discussion of what our hosts think might be unveiled at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2023 from Parmigiani Fleurier, Roger Dubuis, A. Lange Söhne, IWC, Vacheron Constantin, Montblanc, and more. The conversation then turns to whether or not having everything produced in-house is actually good for the greater watch industry, before wrapping up the discussion by talking about the return of Daniel Roth under LVMH, and what we might expect from the brand in the future.

A Tiffany Dial DON Double Red Rolex Daytona, Finding The Bottom Of The Horological Barrel, And Guessing Which Lake Will Inspire Grand Seiko Next Feb 23, 2023

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This week on the aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast, Rick and David replace Ariel with Simon from Escapement24 and Alex from Fifth Wrist Radio. The team dive right in with a discussion of IYKYK watches, and everyone takes issue with the celebration of brands making small changes to existing models and charging an outrageous premium. Then, it's on to another round of Watches and Wonders 2023 prognostication, with three more exhibiting brands. Of course, there's a discussion of new releases and at the top of the pile is a curious piece that looks like a cat. Plus, is Baume and Mercier finally hitting its stride?

Highlights

1:45 Grinding Gears: The Case Against IYKYK In Watch Design & Collecting
16:50 Watches and Wonders 2023 Predictions: Zenith, TAG Heuer, and Grand Seiko
32:49 New Releases/Reviews

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Horological Spam, Triple Wristing, IWC And Daniel Wellington And Seiko Reaction Videos Feb 16, 2023

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This week on the aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast, Ariel, Rick, and David are joined by inboxes filled with unsolicited email from watch brands. After a brief discussion about princely double wristing, the guys have a discussion about the best way watch brands can and should communicate with its customers (and potential customers), including how brands have shifted marketing tactics and why. Then they dive into another round of predictions for a few of the brands exhibiting at Watches and Wonders 2023, including wishes for Chanel and puzzling over Oris. And since Seiko released a new watch, it's time for another round of Guess the Price. Plus a discussion of Shinola's 10th anniversary!

Highlights

1:00 Prince Of Wales Wears Garmin Smartwatch And His Favourite Omega Seamaster On Left And Right Wrists | watchpro.com
3:50 Survey: How Do You Want To Hear From Watch Brands?
18:15 Watches and Wonders 2023 Predictions: Chanel, Bell & Ross, Hublot, and Oris
40:00 Guess the Price! with the King Seiko SPB365
47:25 New Releases

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A Shedload Of Audemars Piguets, Watches And Wonders 2023 Bathroom Predictions, The Comeback Of The Dress Watch, And NFT Rainbows Feb 09, 2023

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This week on the aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast, Ariel, Rick, and David keep it simple with no guests and but no less lively discussion than you're used to! To kick things off by looking ahead to Watches and Wonders 2023, with predictions for some of the biggest brands and a discussion on how brands decided what to release and when. The gang muses about the comeback of the dress watch, and then gets into the bevy of new releases that have been released in the past week, including a shedload of Audemars Piguets. There's an inevitable discussion of the merit of the Code 11.59, and a question of AP's brand value and how it will manage potentially having two flagship models. Plus, a very special visit from Amir at CODE41 and a question of how much longer we'll have to tolerate rainbow watches!

Highlights

5:30 Watches and Wonders 2023 Predictions: Rolex, Tudor, Patek Philippe, and Chopard
22:48 New Releases

Audemars Piguet Debuts The Code 11.59 Ultra-Complication Universelle RD#4 Watch
Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Self-Winding & Chronograph Watches Now In Steel
Piaget Unveils The Polo Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin Watch
47:00 A conversation with Amir from CODE41
53:38 Hands-On: Hublot Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic Rainbow Unique Watch

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The Omega Sighmaster Super Racing, Iced-Out Casios, Fire Island Grail Watches, Jaeger-LeCoultre Honey, And Cristiano Ronaldo Gets A Free Watch Feb 02, 2023

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This week on the aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast, Ariel, Rick, and David are joined by Alex, a watchmaker and co-founder of the Fifth Wrist website and co-host of its companion podcast. The group wastes no time and starts off with a discussion of the perpetual dissatisfaction of watch enthusiasts by asking whether there's such thing an "Exit Watch," which inevitably evolves into a conversation about the guys' favorite personal watches and Ariel disclosing that he has so many watches, he forgets he owns some of them. Then, the gang has thoughts on CR7's Al-Nasser welcome gift, on the Swiss watch industry's annual financial highlights reel, on Seiko's (and other brands') increasing prices, and on JLC's used watches. There's also a riveting discussion about car clocks, and Omega's new Super Racing Speedmaster gets sighed at. Plus, Ariel finally shares the juicy details on his jacket!

Highlights

2:07 Is Anyone Listening? Watch Enthusiasts Will Never Be 100% Satisfied
10:36 Watch News

Jaeger-LeCoultre Starts Selling Vintage Watches With The Collectibles Program
Horological car talk on aBlogtoDrive!
42:17 Watch Reviews/New Releases

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Rolex's Lawyers Get Bored, The Least Sexy Complication, A National Peanut Butter Day Watch, And The Trouble With Watch Accuracy Jan 26, 2023

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This week on the aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast, Ariel, Rick, and David are joined by Pete McConvill of the eponymous YouTube channel! Things start out with Ariel seeming to have broken his own rules and made a list; he's quick to reframe the situation as a simple collection of thoughts, not to the exclusion of other thoughts. The conversation touches on why the current market favors wild colors, the merits of reporting movement accuracy, and superfluous complications (plus David discusses samples that have broken during the review process---yikes!). The group discusses whether Rolex was in the right threatening legal action against a tiny British company making a clock for kids and how two very different brands are both making very large amounts of money. On the flip side, a discussion of brands who aren't spending money on themselves with unsurprisingly mediocre results.

Highlights

2:17 Ariel's Thoughts: Wristwatch Innovation I'd Like To See In 2023
34.40 Watch News

Brad Pitt Vacheron Constantin Historiques 222 Jumbo | YouTube (Hungarian language video)
48.22 Watch Reviews/New Releases

Rolex V Casio Battle Royale, $1m Vintage Reissue With 40,000 Feet Of Water Resistance , Protecting Your Watches From Ninjas, Horological Toyotathon, And Defending The TAG Heuer Solargraph Jan 19, 2023

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This week on the aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast, Ariel, David, and Rick are joined by Jose Pereztroika of Perezcope! The team talks about three races they hope will stop before they finish: the race to the top (of the grey market), the race to the archives (for reissues), and the race to the bottom (of the ocean). That discussion branches off into vintage watches, auctions, and Jose's favorite release of 2022. Of course, how could Shakira not come up in a watch podcast, so the guys weigh in on whether they'd buy a Rolex or a Casio if they could only have one or the other. And if you can imagine, there were even more Seikos than were discussed last week, though the ones mentioned this week aren't for sale, sadly. The show wraps up with some top picks from LVMH Watch Week. Plus, another round of Guess the Price!

Highlights

1:50 Grinding Gears: Three Trends We Hope To See Less (Or More) Of In 2023
10:26 Rolex Daytona 6265 – The “Unicorn” Frankenstein Plot | Perezcope
18:26 Shakira Roasts Ex-lover With Rolex Versus Casio Dig | WatchPro.com
25:42 Last Week, This Week

The Power Design Project | Seiko
Troy Baker Wears Panerai (PAM0674) to "The Last of Us" Premiere | TimeZone
37:40 Watch Reviews/New Releases

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Rolex Writes A Ransom Note, Assessing Steel Alternatives, Seiko Opens A Shoe Store, And The Bop It Watch Jan 12, 2023

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This week on the aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast, the venerable Rick, Ariel, and David are back with a full agenda! The team starts off by spending over 12 minutes discussing how Rolex bungled its first titanium production watch, then segues into discussing two other watch materials, bronze and alumin(i)um. The guys then discuss Omega's cryptic announcement on Instagram, suggesting that whatever it is, it will likely be disappointing and too expensive. Moving along, the staggering number of Seiko releases last year, more musings on Brick Watch Company, and Panerai responds to last week's ABTW Weekly episode. Plus, Ariel and David express admiration for an unexpected brand!

2:15 Hands-On With Rolex's First Attempt At A Titanium Watch, The Rolex Deepsea Challenge
14:58 Actually Affordable: Bronze Watches
17:44 A Look At The Past & Present Of The Bulgari Aluminium Watch Collection
24:45 aBlogtoWatch Weekly: How Ulysse Nardin Shattered The Mold With The Freak
25:30 The team offers its guesses on OMEGA's "Tiny device. Massive change." tease
29:15 Last Week, This Week

Seiko releases over 500 watches in 2022 (Plus9Time)
DAVE PORTNOY: The TRUTH about his BRICK Watch Company | YouTube
Panerai capitalizes on Dave Bautista
Listeners share how they use their chronographs!
48:21 Watch Reviews/New Releases

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How Ulysse Nardin Shattered The Mold With The Freak Jan 08, 2023

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This special edition of the aBlogtoWatch Weeklypodcast is brought to you by Ulysse Nardin. Rick and David sit down with Jean-Christophe Sabatier, Chief Product Officer at Ulysse Nardin, to talk about the incredible Ulysse Nardin Freak family of watches, how they came to be, and how they changed the watch industry forever. Listen below or on the player of your choice. Ulysse Nardin is a historic, technologically advanced producer of mechanical luxury watches, headquartered in Le Locle and Neuchatel, Switzerland. The independent watchmaker has made a name for itself through its thousands of award-winning marine chronometers in the past, and through its innovative mechanical watches from the 1980s to date. In 2001, it introduced the Freak, a groundbreaking watch with an orbital movement that laid the groundwork for the unconventional watch designs that are now almost commonplace in the watch industry. Owned by Kering from 2014 until 2022, the brand was recently purchased outright by its management, reemerging as a truly independent brand. To learn more, please visit the Ulysee Nardin website. Highlights 0:52 The origin of the Ulysse Nardin Freak 5:20 How the Freak works 9:24 The revolutionary mechanics of the Freak 11:40 The magic of silicium 21:30 The 21-year evolution of the Ulysse Nardin Freak 23:43 Prioritizing engineering and design over marketing 30:00 The importance of being an independent brand 34:22 What's next for Ulysse Nardin Sponsored posts are a form of advertising that allows sponsors to share useful news, messages, and offers to aBlogtoWatch readers in a way traditional display advertising is often not best suited to. All Sponsored Posts are subject to editorial guidelines with the intent that they offer readers useful news, promotions, or stories. The viewpoints and opinions expressed in Sponsored Posts are those of the advertiser and not necessarily those of aBlogtoWatch or its writers.

Is Drax The Destroyer The Next Panerai Ambassador?, Dreaming Of A Left-handed Fuchsia Ceramic Rolex, The Illogic Of Vintage Watches, And Modern Uses For Chronographs Jan 05, 2023

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This week on the aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast, your favorite horological trio is back together to ring in 2023 with the first episode of Season 2! First and foremost, Rick admits to losing track of Ryan Reynolds. The team talks about recent movies and tries to figure out whether some watches they've seen on TV and in movies were paid placements or not, discuss the financial realities of owning a large watch brand, and heap criticism on the idea of buying vintage watches while praising the brands that are choosing to service them. Then, Ariel insists we stop being cute and calling complicated watches "smartwatches" and the gang identifies the modern uses for chronographs. Plus, friends of the show pick their favorite news and releases from 2022! Listen below or on the player of your choice.

Highlights

3:05 aBlogtoWatch Weekly Watches Watches: Watch Spotting in Film and TV
8:05 What if Sylvester Stallone was perfectly symmetrical?
11:55 Horological predictions for 2023
16:45 Breitling Valued At $4.5 Billion As Private Equity Owners Sell Controlling Stake | watchpro.com
24:00 Pride At Work – Why Some Brands Service Their Vintage Watches And Others Won’t
32:40 aBlogtoWatch Guest Column: The Patek Philippe 5207P Is A Smart Watch
42:15 Watch Reviews

aBlogtoWatch launched the first-ever podcast about watches back in 2010 and continues to be the most referenced and respected publication in the world for watch enthusiasts, buyers, and collectors. Today, in addition to the website and social media channels, aBlogtoWatch produces the SUPERLATIVE interview podcast as well as aBlogtoWatch Weekly news podcast. The aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast features the editors of the timepiece enthusiast publication aBlogtoWatch.com, coming together each week to discuss some of the latest industry stories and hottest new releases.

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