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Exploring watches and more through culture, adventure, and personalities. This is a discussion of how curiosity drives enthusiasm, pushing us to explore and even confront our own boundaries. Interests explored will cover a deep field, Hosted by watch industry veteran, Blake Buettner.
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This week we welcome Liam O'Donnell to the podcast to chat about tech, video games, time mechanics and more. Liam is a veteran of the watch industry and experienced photographer and videographer, and he also happens to be very tech savvy. In this episode, we talk about the video game industry, what it could learn from the watch industry (and vice versa), time mechanics in video games, watch appearances in video games, and finally, watches that we'd insert into video game franchises.
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This week, Wesley Smith joins the podcast to chat with Wilhelm Schmid, the CEO of A. Lange & Söhne. This weekend marks the second edition of the Concours of Elengace Germany, and A. Lange & Söhne continues their partnership with the event in a celebration of the cars, and of course, watches. The German brand is releasing a new Zeitwerk Date alongside the event, utilizing a pink gold case and grey dial for the first time in the collection.
In this discussion, we chat about Wilhelm’s automotive enthusiasm, his history in and around cars (including a stint traveling with the BMW F1 team), and how it influences his work at A. Lange & Söhne. We also chat about the new Zeitwerk, and what it means for the collection.
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Wilhelm’s 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar
A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Handwerkskunst
This week, Justin Couture, aka The Wristorian returns to the podcast to discuss new dive watch releases, and to ponder the future of Tudor divers. In this episode, we discuss the FXD GMT, and take a broader view of how the FXD collection as a whole moved forward from here. Additionally, we look at the new Seamaster 300M with orange accents and ponder what other directions Omega could go with their classic diver. Does it really still need a helium release valve? Finally, Doxa pays tribute to Clive Cussler on what would have been his 94th birthday with a new SUB 750T, and it might be the best Cussler LE from the brand yet.
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This week, we welcome Erika, aka Watch Miss GMT to the podcast to chat about watches, cars, and news from the industry. We also talk about what makes a watch comfortable beyond just a set of measurements, and how we like to put our watches to use. This episode was recorded in Brooklyn Podcast Studios, and features a video component that will be live on YouTube, so you can see some of the watches we discuss, including Erika’s watch ring, as we chat. Finally, we make a few predictions about what we’d like to see released in the back half of the year.
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History of Ulysse Nardin Freak
A Great Case is More than Just Numbers
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso in Gold with Milanese bracelet
In this episode, we're joined by Wesley Smith of Standard H to talk about Joseph Kosinski's F1 The Movie. The movie launches worldwide this weekend and here, we offer our initial reactions about what works, what doesn't and where it might from here. There's plenty of great watch spotting along the way.
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This week we welcome the CEO of H. Moser, Ed Meylan to the podcast. H. Moser has been a fascinating brand to follow in recent years as one of the few historic Swiss watch brands that seems to march to their own beat. In this episode, we chat about how the brand has evolved and matured over the past decade, the impact of the Streamliner that was released in 2020, and just how difficult it is to produce their own hairsprings. We also discuss their relationship with Alpine Motorsports, and how that may develop into the future.
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H. Moser Streamliner for Alpine F1 Team
H. Moser & Alpine Release Streamliner Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton in Miami
H. Moser Pioneer Spiced Aqua Collection
This week, we're getting a first look at a new generation of James Bond, but not where you might expect. A new video gamed called 007 First Light has been announced, offering a fresh origin story of our favorite British spy, and a new watch from Omega featured heavily in the trailer. In other news, the Citizen Aqualand turns 40 in style, and a pair of new pilot watches hit the scene from IWC and Oris.
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This week, Robert-Jan Broer joins the podcast to chat Omega, Speedy Tuesday, and the state of the industry as a whole. RJ is the founder of Netherlands based media outlet, Fratello Watches, and the instigator of #SpeedyTuesday. Here, talk about the first two SpeedyTuesday Speedmaster collaborations, the prospect of a third, and much more.
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Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary
Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional
This week is a solo cast with a closer look at new releases from Omega, Serica, and Girard-Perregaux. Also discussed is the funky awesome Seiko 5H23-6030 that was recently reviewed on The Deep Track.
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Episode 15 with George Bamford
This week, Wesley Smith and I recap our recent travels with IWC to Goodwood outside of London, and the Miami GP outside of, well, Miami. We chat watch spotting, new releases (and some old ones) from IWC, and of course, race cars. These trips held a few surprises even for us, which we share our experiences around.
If you're interested in a Q&A episode or a live episode, hit the 'send us a text' button and let me know, or email me at info@thedeeptrack.com
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IWC DaVinci Perpetual Calendar
Episode 15 with George Bamford
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