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- Four Frames Out of Sync
Jon and Chris chat about their appearance on Time 4A Pint, along with some follow out from that show.
- Bellus3D FaceApp A tool Jon & Chris used to 3D print tailor-fit frames for face masks in the fight against COVID-19
- DIY Surgical Mask Brace Another option for making close-fitting masks, using a rubber sheet
- Time 4A Pint Virtual GTG #11 featuring Chris & Jon
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K The camera Chris used for his T4AP livestream
- Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro The livestream switcher Chris used to pipe the video feed from his 4K camera into his computer
- Panasonic Lumix 12-35mm Lens The lens Chris used
- Aputure 120D LED Light The light Chris used for his T4AP livestream
- Camera Live The app Jon used to pipe his DSLR into his computer
- CamTwist The app Jon used to turn the feed from Camera Live into a format that Zoom could digest
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens The lens Jon used with his camera
- Canon EOS Webcam Utility An official app from Canon (still in beta at the time of publishing) to turn Canon DSLRs into webcams
- Elegato Cam Link 4K Another alternative for piping a video feed from a camera into your computer
- A Watch is More Than its Parts—if You Can Get Them The New York Times reports on the impact COVID-19 has had on suppliers in the watch industry
- Just Hold Your Watch Next to the Screen Time 4A Pint & other watch-oriented virtual get-togethers highlighted by the New York Times
- Landeron 48
0 min - Nearly an Identical Name
Chris and Jon discuss new 3D printers, becoming more opinionated in design choices, and virtual pints.
- Richemont’s Artificially High Losses Turns out the 67% drop Jon & Chris spoke about last episode is closer to 34% when their acquisition of Net-A-Porter is properly accounted for
—- Formlabs Form 3
- 3D Printing The episode of Off Hours in which Jon & Chris discussed A. Lange & Söhne’s technique for attaching lugs to their watch cases
- Jaipur Pen Chris’ Jaipur Pen design
- Niello
- LIGA
- Jarvis Standing Desk The standing desk frame that Chris based his watchmaking bench off of
- Magic Keyboard The keyboard for Chris’ new iPad arrived
- Brydge Keyboards
- What It Takes to Manufacture a Watch by Hand An insightful series of videos from Greubel Forsey & The Watches TV
- The Simplicity by Philippe Dufour
- Ming 27.01 A new release from Ming Watches
- Time 4A Pint virtual get together with Nicholas Bowman-Scargill & Ming Thein
- Fears Watches
- Garrick Watches
- Rolex Submariner
- Rolex MilSub A history of the Rolex Military Submariner
0 min - Spiralling Airstream
Jon and Chris discuss more outrageous gear ratios and other objects of wonder.
- Making a GOOGOL:1 Reduction with Lego Gears
- Here’s What a Googol:1 Gear Ratio Looks Like The googol:1 gear ratios Jon & Chris spoke about back in Episode 61
- BrickLink
- LEGO Technic Bucket Wheel Excavator
- Ruhla Watches
- LEGO Tensegrity Sculpture Tutorial
- Can you Tensegrity? A collection of builds inspired by the LEGO tensegrity sculpture tutorial above
- Gravity Week
- Reuleaux Triangle
- Reuleaux Tetrahedron
- Wobble Broaching An overview of how rotary broaching works
- Pause for Thought Wallpaper Magazine talks to watch execs about how the meaning of time is changing, shape-shifting, & suspending, for them amidst COVID-19
- A Dozen+ Watchmakers File for Bankruptcy
- Richemont Profits Down 67%
- Eterna Watch Movements
- Chris’ New Plasma Cutter in Action
- Time4APint.com
- Time4APint Virtual Get-Together #7 Featuring Kari Voutilainen & James Thompson
- Voutilainen Watches
- Black Badger James Thompson’s design studio
- Chris Mann Co-host of Time4APint
- The #Watchnerd Co-host of Time4APint
38 min - Building a Cathedral
Chris and Jon discuss the possible death of Baselworld, the birth of virtual get togethers, marketing in 2020, and laser experiments.
- Raynald Aeschlimann Interview Gear Patrol’s pointed interview with the head of Omega Watches
- Omega “Speedy Tuesday” Limited Edition
- Omega “Ultraman” Limited Edition
- Rolex, Patek Philippe, et al Pull Out of Baselworld
- LVMH Brands Pull Out of Baselworld Hot on the heels of Rolex & Patek Philippe, Zenith, Hublot, TAG Heuer & more also leave the fair
- Baselworld
- EPHJ A Swiss trade show focused on precision manufacturing
- SIHH / Watches & Wonders
- AHCI Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants
- Tudor Watches
- JLC Geophysic 1958 Launch Hands-On with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic 1958 at The Explorers Club in NYC
- Fears Watches
- Mr. Jones Watches
- Roger W. Smith
- Halios Watches
- Ming Watches
- Lee Yuen-Rapati
- Bremont Watches
- The Watchmakers Club
- Silver Hand Studios
- Time4APint Virtual GTG feat. Roger W. Smith & Lee Yuen-Rapati
- Scottish Watches Podcast
- Matic Typeface
- 100W Fiber Laser
Chris’ laser test chart- EasyCAD
- ETA 6497
- Machinery’s Handbook
- CNC Cookbook
- Storey Stick As used by architects
- The Lives of Artists – Maximilian Büsser A new series from Singapore watch retailer, The Hour Glass
- Peter Speake-Marin Off Hours episode 50
- Kees Engelbarts Interview The Naked Watchmaker has been publishing a series of interviews with industry insiders, this is part one of three with Kees Engelbarts
0 min - My Little Bubble
While still in lockdown Chris is able to get his straight line engine assembled and shoot some video. He and Jon discuss the new iPad and its utility for design, as well as a few resources for making your own masks.
- Plant Straight Line Engine Chris’ straight line engine all dressed up with new leather strapping
- Gerber EAB
- Sterling Silver Zippo
- Inside the Studio Chris’ YouTube Channel
- Pneumatic Graver
- WorkbenchCon
- Caleb Kraft Maker & editor of Make Magazine
- GRS Makers of high quality engraving tools
- Grant Chambers Knife-maker & engraver
- GRS Engravers Block
- Joanne Ryall Engraver
- Cromwell Precision Lathes
- iPad Pro
- Adobe Photoshop
- Affinity Makers of Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, & Affinity Publisher
- Pixelmator
- DaVinci Resolve
- Procreate
- Focals AR Glasses
- Oculus Quest
- Evolution Door
- Make Magazine It’s back!
- Fight COVID-19 Projects for makers
- F1 Ventilators F1 teams working to answer call for more ventilators amid coronavirus crisis
- The Life of a Bolt From Red Bull Racing
- Ragmask Ultra-simple, fast-to-make, great-ftting, DIY mask design from Loren Brichter
- Oh You Pretty Things Gary Hustwit is streaming one of his design-centric documentaries for free each week while we’re all in lockdown
41 min - Artist Hermit
Jon is housebound. Chris is bubble hopping. As a pandemic sweeps the globe—bringing laser prices down along with it—they discuss two very different globe-like complications.
- Underwater Adventures Time4APint Episode 53
- Casio F91W
- G-Shock Dream Project A solid gold Casio G-Shock
- G-Shock Full Metal 5000 Geometric Casio adds a new laser-etched design to the G-Shock line
- G-Shock Full Metal 5000 Camouflage A previous laser-etched G-Shock design
- Rolex Day-Date 40 Rolex began offering laser-etched watches in their Day-Date collection during Baselworld 2015
- 100W Fiber Laser Chris has a new fiber laser on the way
- CO2 vs. Fiber Lasers
- Silverhand Gothic Overlay Pen A detailed look at one of Chris’ Gathic Overlay Pens
- Niello
- Santa Fe Symposium The 2020 Santa Fe Symposium has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak
- Giant Gold Coin Trial Opens in Berlin
- Kicked Out By Royalty Jon & Chris first discussed the 100kg Canadian gold coin heist back in episode 17
- Making the $1,000,000 Coin
- Guy Ritchie Director of multiple quirky heist films, like Snatch & Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels
- The Italian Job
- Frank Cooper
- Royal Canadian Mint
- Trust but Verify A survey of refining returns presented at the Santa Fe Symposium
—- COVID-19
- Norifumi Seki’s Sphere Moon Phase Pocket Watch
- Stefan Ketelaars’ 3D Terra
- DeBethune Watches
- Greubel Forsey QP À Équation Now available with a chocolate brown dial
- Omega 321 in Stainless Steel
- Tudor Black Bay
- MB&F
- Arthur Ganson’s Machine with Concrete
- Googol-to-one gear ratio
- Loen Design Youtube Channel
1 hr 8 min - Force Multipliers
Chris has returned from WorkbenchCon with a new fidget spinner and knowledge of plasma and saws. Jon and Chris discuss the updates to the new studio as well as a few watches at opposite ends of the manufacturing spectrum.
- WorkbenchCon
- Chris’ New Toy
- SPROK-IT Bernie Solo’s fidget spinner
- Send Cut Send The service Solo used to make the bike chain fidget spinner
- ESAB Rebel EMP 205ic The plasma cutter Chris handled at WorkbenchCon
- Powermax 45 The plasma cutter Chris and Rich use
- Langmuir Systems Makers of the CNC system that will drive the plasma cutter at Rich & Chris’ studio
- Protosaber Video of a protosaber in action, built by fellow Canadians over at Hacksmith
- Sawstop
- Sawstop Finger Demo Slow motion video of the inventor of the Sawstop demoing it with his own finger
- Delta Table Saws
- Between 2 Tool Chests The first few videos from inside Chris & Rich’s new studio are up
- Big Ass Fans
- Home Depot
- Dado Stack
- Paul Burberry
- French Cleat Shelves Photos & video of the shelves coming together at the studio
- ”Solid State” Resin Watch
- A Man & His Watch A book featuring a wide array of watches, paired with the stories behind them
- Casio Wave Ceptor Casio’s line-up of self adjusting watches that synchronize with atomic time signals
- Citizen 0100 Citizen’s hyper-accurate quartz watch caliber
- Grand Seiko 9F Another highly accurate quartz watch caliber
- Casio F91W
- Unfinished Daniels Watch The last pocket watch George Daniels was working on before his passing
- Daniels Trust The George Daniels Educational Trust
- Roger W. Smith
- Michael Chrichton
55 min - The Machines That Enable the Art
Jon and Chris discuss the new Speedmaster with the 321, Seth Kennedy and engine turning, making watch crowns, a quick shop update, and more.
- Omega Caliber 321 Rereleased in stainless steel—at long last
- Velcroing SSDs to a Macbook Tyler Stalman on 12 of his latest, favourite filmmaking accessories
- The Watchmaker – Seth Kennedy A short film featuring antiquarian horologist, Seth Kennedy
- Seth Kennedy’s Official Website
- HCA The Heritage Crafts Association
- Pledge & Aldworth
- QEST Scholarship
- Dr. Rebecca Struthers
- Mia Sabel
- Leather Conditioner
- Fears Watches
- Jarvis Standing Desk The frame for Chris’ new watchmaking bench has arrived
- Lista Cabinets
- Laguna Tools
- SawStop
49 min - It Was Utterly Terrifying
It is yearly theme time again. Chris and Jon discuss how successful 2019’s themes were, what their 2020 themes are, and an update on Chris’ shop move.
- My Chaos is Self-imposed Last year’s ‘Yearly Themes’ episode
- Silver Hand Youtube Channel
- Loen Design YouTube Channel
- Rich Loen
- WorkbenchCon Chris & Rich will be attending WorkbenchCon in Atlanta next month
- Jimmy DiResta
44 min - Absolutely Palatial
Chris and Jon discuss a number of articles and videos covering Kari Voutilainen’s shop and watchmaking, Dean DK’s excellent YouTube channel and his shop visits while in Switzerland, as well as the new home of Silver Hand Studios.
- Prince Horology School A new watchmaking school will be opening in Cambodia in 2020
- Off Hours Episode 4 An episode all about watchmaking schools
- Commissioning the Voutilainen GMT-Villes Custom Time Zone Watch
- My Journey with Kari Voutilainen GaryG on commissioning a custom chronograph from Kari Voutilainen
- Inside Voutilainen’s Dial Manufacturing & Watchmaking Facilities with TheWatches TV
- Ikea Lamp
- Moiré Effect
- Pickling in Jewellery Work
- Abraham-Louis Breguet
- HAAS & Voutilainen
- Visiting The Voutilainen Factory
- Dean DK YouTube Channel
- BHI Distance Learning Courses Dean & Chris are both studying the art & craft of watchmaking through the British Horological Institute’s Distance Learning Courses
- ETA 6497
- KHWCC
- Vianney Halter
- Silver Hand Studios
- Loen Design
- Silver Hand on Instagram
- Loen Design on Instagram
- Silver Hand Youtube Channel
- Loen Design YouTube Channel
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About Off Hours
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Off Hours is a conversational podcast that delves into technology, working with our hands, and other curiosities.