HODINKEE Podcasts

The Chrono Chime, the 5811G, and a whole bunch more. 

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Show Notes: 

0:10 Accutron x La Palina Spaceview 2020 Limited Edition 

2:17 The Omega Chrono Chime 4:54 Omega 1932 Movement 

8:31 The Audemars Piguet Supersonnerie 

8:40 Patek 5078 Minute Repeater 

9:37 Omega CHRO "First Omega Wrist-Chronograph" 

17:40 Steel not coming soon for 5811 (New York Times) 

18:33 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak RD2  

19:10 Cartier Pebble 25:33 The Patek 5960 on a NATO 

26:14 The Patek Philippe 5204 

26:40 John Mayer ON 5 Neo-Vintage Watches That Slipped Under Instagram's Radar 

30:56 The Patek Philippe 5935A Flyback Chronograph World Timer 

36:15 The Briggs Cunningham Patek 1526 QP 

37:09 The Patek Philippe 2957

Racing towards award season with Danny and Logan. 

Show Notes: 

0:05 The Accutron Spaceview 2020 Collection 

3:00 Porsche 911 2.7 RS  

4:20 TAG Heuer x Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Limited Edition  

10:11 Heuer Caliber 02 10:25 Tag Heuer Carrera Collection 

13:36 The Nominated Watches of GPHG 2022 

19:36 Van Cleef & Arpels Heuers Florales  

20:59 In-Depth An Oral History Of Zenith's Team-Up With Kari Voutilainen And Phillips 

31:20 Doxa Army in Steel

Is the industry headed towards a wider acceptance of watch modification? And if so, is that a good thing? Nick and Cooper Zelnick of Cloister Watch Co join James to chat about the world of watch personalization. 

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Notes: 

00:10 Hodinkee Insurance 

2:10 Cloister Watch Co 

2:45 Cooper Zelnick on Talking Watches 

9:20 Porsche Design configurator 

14:25 Patek Philippe 1518 

18:02 Patek Philippe 5168 Aquanaut 

19:25 Deadmau5 "Purrari" 

36:00 The McEnroe Submariner 

38:22 The BMW E34 M5 

40:36 Royal Oak on a leather strap 

43:00 Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5065 

46:08 Omega Seamaster 300M

James, Danny, and Logan chat about their favorite releases from Geneva and what the new Apple Watch Ultra means for the smartwatch category.  

2:10 Geneva Watch Days  

6:00 Krayon Anywhere 

6:46 MB&F LM Split Escapement EVO 

7:01 Moser Streamliner Tourbillon Vantablack 

8:02 Oris Divers Sixty-Five Caliber 400 12H 

8:16 Doxa Army in steel  

12:07 How to use a 12-hour bezel  

12:50 Tudor Pelagos 39 Hands-On  

20:26 Greubel Forsey GMT Balancier Convexe 

23:33 Greubel Forsey HQ 

26:09 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak QP in blue ceramic 

30:45 The Apple Watch Ultra 

32:12 The Early Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 

34:44 Garmin Descent MKII

For this episode of Hodinkee Radio, I asked Danny to come on the show to talk about a couple of his latest projects, including his recent A Week On The Wrist with an updated but still old-school Omega and his excellent Talking Watches with Aly and AJ. We get into the many forms that the Seamaster has taken over the years, a breakdown of the new 300, some of our favorite references, and a behind-the-scenes chat about making a great episode of Talking Watches. 

Thanks so much for listening. Please note that this is the final episode before the show takes a short break for the remainder of the summer. We'll be back in early September with a brand new collection of fun and interesting conversations from the world of watches. Chat to you then. 

Notes: 

0:30 Hodinkee Insurance 

2:46 Danny's Seamaster 300 A Week On The Wrist 

3:34 The 2021 Updated Seamaster 300 

4:32 The entire Omega Seamaster range 

6:48 The 1957 Trilogy Seamaster  

6:53 Spectre LE Seamaster 

8:35 All three precious metal Seamaster 300s  

9:10 The latest iteration of the Seamaster 300 

13:31 The Tudor Black Bay 41  

17:34 Green dial Seamaster 300M 

19:45 The "No Time To Die" Seamaster 300M 

20:33 Aly and Aj Talking Watches

This week, I've rounded up Jack and Mark Kauzlarich for an in-depth chat about the new Tudor Ranger. Mark covered the launch of this latest sports model from Tudor for HODINKEE, Jack remains an owner of the preceding 79910 Ranger, and I also got a chance to see and photograph the new model on the day it was released, so all we had to do was plug in some microphones.

From Mark's experience at a significant in-person watch launch to our combined thoughts on the spec, pricing, and market placement for the new Ranger, it's a nerdy look at a conventional yet somehow divisive new field watch from Tudor. Thanks so much for listening, I'll see you all in the comments.

0:30 Hodinkee Insurance 

2:00 The New Tudor Ranger 

5:00 The 7808 Oyster Prince that survived the British North Greenland Expedition 

9:00 Mark Kauzlarich 

12:20 Julien Faure strap manufacture 

19:01 The 2014 Tudor Ranger 

22:20 The Tudor North Flag 

41:20 Tudor Metas certification

Lately, it seems that the offered length of power reserves has become a hot-button topic in watch-related discourse – but what do you need all those hours for? Are ~38 hours really not enough, especially in a casual or everyday sports watch? I never give total power reserve that much of a concern when it comes to divers and the like, but it's clear that the spec is of growing interest among watch enthusiasts.

I asked Jack and Danny to plug in their mics and help me talk over this novel need for more and more hours. And from early 8-day Cartiers to Hublots that boast 50 days of power reserve (and require a drill to winding) we dig into the need for a longer power reserve, some of the bigger PRs in watchmaking history, and some of our favorite power reserve indications.

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Show Notes:

00:30 Hodinkee Insurance   

5:55 Powermatic 80  

9:00 Vertex M60C Aqualion  

10:43 Cartier 8-day Tank  

12:56 Oris Caliber 400  

14:18 Ulysse Nardin Freak

14:25 IWC Big Pilot

14:31 Jacob Quenttin 31 days  

14:36 Lange 31  

15:28 Richard Mille UP-01 Ferrari 

15:44 Hublot MO-05 LaFerrari (it was 2013, I'm not getting younger)  

17:55 New Breitling SuperOceans  

21:50 Tudor North Flag  

24:00 Maltese Cross Stop-Work (aka. Geneva Stop-Work)

25:01 Nomos power reserve

25:25 Journe power reserve  

26:10 Oris Big Crown ProPilot Caliber 114  

27:00 Breguet Classique

Some watch brands never seem to change, while others are constantly trying to re-invent what they do. That's the topic for this episode of HODINKEE Radio and I asked Jack, Danny, and Cole to weigh in with their perspectives on the concept of consistency vs. variety in watch design.

As you can imagine, it's another loose and chatty episode that dips into the "Rolex method", brands that aren't afraid to break the mold, how many bands Greenday has actually been, and a whole bunch more.

Thanks so much for listening, we'll catch you in the comments at Hodinkee.com. 

Notes: 

2:00 Rolex Professional Series 

3:51 Rolex ring watches 

10:00 Rolex Explorer II 1655 

11:28 Hublot Big Bang  

12:00 Omega Speedmaster 

17:28 Speedmaster MKII 

18:00 Hodinkee Insurance 

23:15 AP Code 11.59 

25:23 Zodiac watches 

26:00 Omega Aqua Terra 

27:22 M.A.D.1 

27:55 Rowing Blazers x Seiko 

29:00 MB&F HM1  

29:55 G-Shock Mudmaster 

30:13 Citizen Promaster 300m "Eco-Zilla" 

38:19 Cartier Tank Louis Cartier 

40:40 Halios watches 

41:44 Max Busser 

42:39 H Radio with Tony Fadell

Chopard's Co-President Karl-Friedrich Scheufele and race car driver Jacky Ickx on more than 30 years of a legendary automotive event.

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This episode of HODINKEE Radio was recorded in Italy shortly before the start of the 40th running of the Mille Miglia, a modern recreation of an incredible 1000-mile race from Brescia to Rome and back to Brescia. Said to be the most beautiful race in the world, it ran from 1927 to 1957 and was then restored in 1977 as a regularity rally that plays host exclusively to cars from the original period. As you can imagine, it's become a banner event in the vintage car scene and for this episode, I was joined by Karl-Freidrich Scheufele and Jacky Ickx to chat about the event, the cars, and how Chopard has played a long-standing role in supporting the race. 

Karl-Friedrich is Chopard's Co-President (along with being a vintage car collector) and Jacky Ickx is a famous race car driver who has won Le Mans six times, drove in Formula One for Ferrari in the early '70s, won at Dakar, etc. The pair are long-time friends, and they first ran the Mille Miglia in 1989. We chat about how they met, what Mille Miglia means to the vintage car scene, why Chopard has been sponsoring the event for more than 30 years, and how the race has changed as it's been passed to the next generation. 

2:20 Mille Miglia 

9:27 Sterling Moss 1955 Mille Miglia 

18:10 Mille Miglia History 

19:42 Cannes Film Festival 

28:07 Chopard Mille Miglia 2022 Race Edition

I'll cut right to the chase. This week's episode features a deep and very fun chat with none other than Tony Fadell. Widely known for being the man behind several game-changing products (like the iPod, the iPhone, and the Nest thermostat), Tony recently debuted his book "Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making". If you're making something or are part of a team that makes something, the book is a patient and thoughtful collection of lessors and considerations that Tony learned from his mentors and his own life experience. It's funny, insightful and full of interesting stories from Tony's time in Silicon Valley. 

With Jack as a co-host, we get into a handful of my questions about Build, how some of the lessons can apply to watches, and even the watch-focused way in which Tony celebrated the release of the book. 

I hope you enjoy the episode, and please consider picking up a copy of the book. All proceeds are being matched 5x by Tony before being added to the Build Climate Fund which seeks to invest in companies that are focusing on solutions for the ongoing global climate crisis.  

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Show Notes: 

00:05 Hodinkee Insurance 

00:30 Tony Fadell 

2:10 Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making 

11:15 Nest 

13:52 MB&F 

13:53 Ressence 

21:13 Tony On The Tim Ferris Show 

23:48 Patek Nautilus Perpetual Calendar 5740 

28:00 The Pocket Crystal 

44:36 Impossible Foods 

44:53 Diamond Foundry 

47:45 Gravity Sketch 

48:10 "How The World Really Works: How Science Can Set Us Straight On Our Past, Present, and Future" by Vaclav Smil 

51:28 "The Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail" by Ray Dalio