OT: The Podcast

We've finally made it, the big two zero zero. To celebrate, Andy and Felix ate some face cake off mic and then got down to the serious business of watch news. Felix chats about his recent jaunt to Sydney to check out IWC's Big Pilot Roadshow, then Andy puts on his bowling shirt, heats up the gabagool and talks about watch spotting in Sopranos. Then, some speculation about the (now not rumoured) Blancpain x Swatch Fifty Fathoms (sadly not called the Swifty Swathoms), and they discuss the latest from Geneva Watch Days and also the totally objective GPHG nominations. Finally, Felix chats about the watch on his wrist, the perfectly petite Nomos Club Sport.

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1. IWC Journal article on their new Black Aces Watch

2. James Gandolfini's stolen watch

3. The new Blancpain X Swatch (speculation no longer needed)

4. GQ Speculation on the Blancpain X Swatch

5. Adam Grenier's baby Seiko

6. All the watches from Geneva Watch Days

7. Felix's new Nomos

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Double trouble today with Lewis Heath and Imogen Ayres, who you might know as founder and founding team member of anOrdain — but if you're hoping for an in-depth chat on enamel, you'll be disappointed. Instead, we're talking about Paulin Watches, a Scottish brand that anOrdain has recently acquired and has big plans for. Heath and Ayres explain how Paulin's more design-focused, accessible identity means that the brand has more scope for experimentation than the anOrdain, with its time-consuming enamel dials and long waitlists. Of course, they've relaunched with a bang, in the form of the 35mm modular Modul, with some truly wild dials.

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1. Ona coffee

2. Paulin Watches on Instagram

3. Paulin Watches

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Today's episode comes straight from our secure audio archive — a short and razor-sharp chat with Zenith CEO Julien Tornare, recorded in the last days of Watches & Wonders. Felix chats with Julien about how he solved the problem of the brand being more famous for its movements than the name on the dial, how the brand went hyperactive during the pandemic, and what that momentum means for the future. We also chat about the art of choosing an ambassador and how the new Pilots watches redefine the brand's relationship with the sky, opting for a more emotional connection rather than a technical one.

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1. Niccoloy spots Tom Brady's new Rolex

2. Mike Nouveau (often feat. Mister Enthusiast) on TikTok

3. Leadership rumours at LVMH

4. Zenith's new Pilots

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Linde Werdelin, founded in 2002, is one of the pioneers of the modern independent watch scene, with a modern aesthetic and distinctive look, full of interesting angles and broad facets. Andy speaks to Jorn about the development of the brand, how the watch industry has changed over the years, and evolving a distinctive design language. Before that, Felix and Andy talk about Adam Levine's watch collection, the idea of 'generic rich guy style' and Bremont squadron watches over at Watches of Espionage.

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1. Talking Watches with Adam Levine
2. Perezscope weighs in on Levine's watches
3. Inside Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo's house
4. Bremont Squadron Watches on Watches of Espionage
5. The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream on Amazon
6. Linde Werdelin
7. Linde Werdelin on Instagram

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Today's guest is one of Watchpro's Hot 100, the NOS, LNIB Eric Wind, founder of Wind Vintage. We welcome Eric back, to chat (unsurprisingly), about vintage watches. Given what's been happening in the world of high-priced vintage timepieces, it's unsurprising that we end up talking about integrity, legitimacy and if high prices and high expectations will lead to trouble down the road. We also find time to get a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at the sale of Scott Carpenter's Speedy, and find out that if NBA draftees can rock a 36mm watch, you can too.

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1. Tony Traina on Nostalgia
2. OT: on The Hourglass
3. Eric Wind on Instagram
4. Wind Vintage
5. What it Takes by Richard Ben Cramer on Amazon

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Andy caught up with H. Moser & Cie. boss Bertrand Meylan to chat about the wonderful, wild (and occasionally weird) world of Moser watches. They chat about the boom of independent watches has impacted their brand, the unexpected and ongoing success of the Streamliner, and the desire to keep Moser as a brand that people can wear. They also chat about the challenges of maintaining and evolving the brand's famously creative spirit. Before that, Felix and Andy chat about corporate watch media ownership, Ken, Fletch and big Dris.

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1. Hodinkee's exploration of the pioneering world of Hublot
2. Ken wears vintage TAG Heuer
3. Hijack on Apple TV
4. Confess, Fletch
5. Moser Watches
6. Bertrand Meylan on Instagram
7. The Wizard of the Kremlin (is what Felix thinks Bertrand recommends)

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Here at OT: we're big fans of a watch-related Newsletter, and Owen Lawton's 3-Watch Thursday hits all the right punchy news notes. Owen's also a talented watch photographer, so we figured we should get in touch and find out what makes him tick — so to speak. From material sciences to watch spotting in Oxford, Owen talks to us about his horological interests and his take on watches in 2023. Before that, Andy gives us the run-down of the 37mm Nomos Club Sport, which offers a different flavour of Nomos, thanks to its sporty bracelet, and smaller size.

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1. The Nomos Club Sport

2. 3-Watch Thursday by Owen Lawton

3. Owen Lawton on Instagram

4. Rowing Blazers

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This week we welcome back Nicholas Biebuyck for the fourth (or maybe fifth) appearance on OT:, but he's in Melbourne, so it would be rude not to. Andy chats to Nicholas about the just-released Skipper, and what a heritage reissue should look like in 2023. They also talk cars, the importance of integrity in heritage watches and why TAG Heuer is such a strong brand in Australia. Before that, Felix and Andy run through some of the highlights from the upcoming Only Watch 2023 auction.

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1. The Revolution wrap of Only Watch entrants

2. The brand new TAG Heuer Carrera Skipper

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Today we dive into the annals of horological history, to discover a tale of watchmaking on the world stage in the nineteenth century, a time when America's star was rising, and the Swiss national industry was facing a host of challenges. Aaron Stark, author of Disrupting Time, tells how Jacques David and Theo Gribi, two Swiss spies, travelled to America, and actively worked to gather information on their American competition and develop a strategy to bring the Swiss industry into the 20th century. Before this high-stakes spy drama, there's the usual low-stakes shenanigans.

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1. Smartless trailer
2. Grand Seiko's GS9 Club Australia
3. Rihanna wears Jacob & Co
4. Andy falls for F. Ronzon timepieces
5. Omega celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Seamaster
6. Aaron Stark Books
7. Disrupting Time by Aaron Stark on Amazon
8. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
9. The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

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This week we take a quick trip to funky town, with Sō Labs co-founder Rick Cosgrove as our tour guide. Rick talks us through his influences and the challenges he's come across so far, but mostly we talk about the watches. Sō Labs is a young Chicago-based brand with an unconventional design proposition. Layers. Layers and colours. The traditional layout of hands and numbers isn't a part of Sō Labs design language; instead, the brand uses a series of colourful shapes to create a layered effect that is surprisingly intuitive but also not like anything else you'd see on the market. Novel looks will only get you so far, so it's fortunate that the brand has the build quality to back it up.

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1. Extraction 2 trailer
2. Patek waitlist lawsuit, over at Hodinkee
3. The Mother trailer
4. Sō Labs
5. Sō Labs on Instagram

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