Meet Neil Ferrier, Owner at Discommon, Co-Founder of Blok Watch Company (@blokwatches), and a friend in the #watchfam. See the Adventure School video on how my 5-year-old lives life in the PNW, with a blok 33 https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_T7I5g-KL/ 

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Meet Kyle Snarr (@kyality), cofounder of @cantonmentco, newly announced Head of Partnerships @wornandwound, a brand consultant, and a friend in the #watchfam. 

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Cantonment is "... dedicated to helping you strike a better balance by creating high-quality accessories that are stylish yet useful. aka: Stylized Substance™"

Meet the plastic watch that aligned the planets of different kinds of enthusiasts all on the same morning around the world....

Analog Explorer alumni Dan (@timely_moments) of the Zulu Time Podcast joins this conversational episode on the Omega x Swatch Moonswatch event.

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Some background: Making of the Moonswatch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKcCAKdld-g 

Meet Matthew Graham, owner and manufacture of the PNW based ARES Watch Company in Stanwood Washington USA.  - https://www.areswatches.com/.

In this episode, we take a look at a regular daydream that drifts into mind of many watch enthusiasts; to make a watch, or, to make a watch company? I took a 45 min drive south from Bellingham to meet up with Matt at the all new ARES HQ and newly establish manufacturing facility. ARES Watches is a 3 year old company producing PNW built  tool watches with mission timer functionality, high depth rating, Swiss (ETA) movements, and with a case that is manufactured here in the Pacific Northwest in the town of Stanwood Washington. 

Matt on Instagram= @areswatchco  https://www.instagram.com/areswatchco/

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Peninsula Kelp Co. - https://peninsulakelpco.com/  

Aquascaphe Bronze - https://www.ajbarse.com/baltic-aquascaphe-bronze/ 

Jacques Cousteau, the original Capt. Barnacles - https://www.ajbarse.com/jacques-cousteau-octonauts/ 

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Holton- https://elliotbrownwatches.com/collections/holton-professional 

EB Heritage Strap - https://elliotbrownwatches.com/collections/straps/products/str-n12-dark-blue-with-sky-blue-pinstripe-webbing-strap

Baltic Watches - https://baltic-watches.com/en

In this episode, we dive in [literally] into the backstory of Graham and the Gannon family and what it took to become a kelp farmer...or should I say a farmer of sustainable ocean nutrition. This is part one of two parts, this first part goes into the backstory of Graham and the Peninsula Kelp Co, and AE 08 goes back to the conversational side of the podcast where we go into our watches, our family, and the sea. 

Graham on Instagram= @peninsulakelpco

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This episode is a special edition of The Analog Explorer x The Bellingham Podcast for our #watchfam listeners. The guest on this episode just how 'air tight' a good idea and design can be. His name is Darren, owner and creator of the Zulu Alpha Strap and a very good friend of ours in the watchfam. 

Read about my use of Zulu Alpha Straps on my blog: "From the Office to the Trailhead" https://ajbarse.com/from-office-to-trailhead/ 

Hopefully you all wherever you are in the world are in good form and good health.

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Meet Alena; a watchmaker in Seattle, a lover of cars, a avid PNW adventurer, and friend of ours in the #watchfam