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Join watchsmith Seth Roberts and collector Dan Benjamin as they unwind watch culture and discuss the history, allure, community, and study of watches through the lens of their shared obsession, from inspecting movements to spotting fakes, from vintage Seiko to modern Rolex, asking questions, offerin…

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  • Jul 31, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
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  • 31 EPISODES


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34: Not Enough Basel

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2018 72:50


Seth and Dan talk about Swatch pulling out of Basel, the morals and ethics of counterfeit watches, and more.

33: The Pressures of the Deep

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2018 68:59


Seth and Dan discuss the love and hate of summer, tasty Seiko rumors, super compressors, and the motives behind a questionable subreddit.

32: Jeff the Egyptian God

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2018 69:45


Seth and Dan discuss names, a fateful jinx, presentation watches, the hybrid market, and the most important watch brand you’ve never heard of.

31: A Matter of Time

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2018 66:15


Dan and Seth talk about too many vacation days, a senator’s poor choice, leather top hats, the other TRF, and some interesting missing watches.

30: Half-Past Monkey

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2018 64:38


Dan and Seth talk about Main Street, St. Patrick's Day, temporal hours, and give away a watch!

29: Finger Flying

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2018 69:34


Seth and Dan talk about mob debts, Helmut Sinn, why blue is best, missing case backs, the fate of Baselworld, and yet another giveaway.

28: Lip, Dip, Paint

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 79:00


Seth and Dan talk about visiting ADs with great courage, high beats, and lume.

27: The Toolest of Tool Watches

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2018 60:42


Seth and Dan share details of some special listener gifts, the story of a soldiers watch, Seiko pro divers, and leaked photos of a new mystery watch.

26: A Creek Named Oris

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2017 70:44


Seth and Dan talk about Raketa, bellmatics, good detective work, bracelets vs. straps, Oris watches, and harrowing repair stories.

25: A Small Clock

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2017 73:52


Dan and Seth talk about the history and styles of watch straps, when watches yield special treatment, and more.

24: So Many Paperclips

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2017 92:38


Dan and Seth talk about the superior vs. superlative chronometers, watch winders (good or bad?), manually wound watches, and the best value proposition in new, modern automatic watches.

23: A Conversation Piece

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2017 71:27


Seth and Dan talk about watch branding and slogans, Mad Men, the Rolex Explorer as "the perfect watch", Seiko's "five attributes", the Milsub, and new vintage.

22: Watches in Space!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2017 71:50


Dan and Seth talk about the Paul Newman Rolex Daytona auction, Dan's new Rolex Datejust, Seth's amazing Gene Kranz Seiko, and the best watches to go into space.

21: The Back of a Napkin

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 62:32


Dan and Seth talk about the history of Audemars Piguet, Gerald Genta, and how Dan managed to get a Rolex without spending any money. They also announce the winner of the vintage watch giveaway.

20: Frickin' Laser Beams

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2017 54:09


Seth and Dan discuss the newly announced sub-$500 Tissot, the new atomic clock, affordable automatics, and tuning fork movements.

19: A Rather Stubborn Oyster

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2017 77:01


Seth and Dan talk about Rolex, Hamilton, and the history and validity of water resistance.

18: From Historians to Hoarders

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 70:13


Seth and Dan talk about watch collecting, entry-point watches, and categorize the different types of collectors.

17: The 7 Place Sweep

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2017 65:54


Seth and Dan talk about Dan's latest watch purchase and Seth's latest find (a Seiko 6216), and then travel back in time to review the history of chronometers.

16: For Whom the Bell-Matic Tolls

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2017 59:57


Seth and Dan talk about alarm watches, watch forums, and (unfortunately) hurricanes.

15: Doing Math on Your Watch

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2017 61:17


This week, Seth and Dan talk about bezels, doing math on your watch, magnetism, and more.

14: Grand Design

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2017 56:13


Seth and Dan talk about Seiko's Grammar of Design, horological pacemakers, women's watch options, and more.

13: Baby Bull

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2017 63:06


Seth and Dan talk about chronographs and shock resistance.

12: Electromagnetic Breaks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2017 61:00


Seth and Dan talk about hi-beat watches, the Seiko Springdrive, modern vs. vintage, and more.

11: Beta One

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2017 76:11


Seth and Dan talk about the history of quartz watches, affordable modern timepieces, and more.

10: Horsefish

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2017 70:56


Seth and Dan talk about Paul Newman's Daytona, quartz vs. automatics, the death of dibs, Seth's new website, facial hair and watches, and much more.

9: El Primero

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2017 68:52


Take a trip with Seth's in his time machine as he talks with Dan about the history of the chronograph.

8: Modding

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2017 74:41


Seth and Dan talk about the how's and why's of watch modding, from simple changes like swapping hands to serious total-watch modification.

7: The Conspiracy of Bad Hands

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2017 67:06


Seth and Dan talk about the top 5 things to look for when buying a vintage watch, polishing, desk diving, watches that "can't be fixed", donor watches, and announce the winner of the Vintage Watch giveaway.

6: ETA What?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2017 76:38


Dan and Seth talk about smoking meat, our giveaway vintage watch, wrist testing watches, chronometers and chronographs, watches for women, and our main topic: understanding the ETA movements and the watches they power.

5: Disco on the Wrist

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2017 86:54


Seth and Dan talk about being a watchsmith, dive watches vs. dress watches, Dan's "Dive Watch Rules", the path to becoming a watchsmith, exhibition casebacks, watch boxes, watch rolls, acrylic crustals, important watch tools, and the evils of watch polishing.

4: Tourbillionaire

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2017 63:47


Seth and Dan talk about the grey market, Jomashop, fixed budget purchases, servicing watches, tourbillions and complications, minute repeaters, chronographs, Rolex, Omega, and the Seiko bubble.

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