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Pierre Rainero is one of OT:'s favourite repeat guests. Rainero is Cartier's Image, Style & Heritage Director, and we couldn't think of a more perfect person for the role. We took the opportunity to dig into the details of the 2025 collection with Pierre in Geneva, and his insights into the Tank à Guichets and what is involved in scaling up the Tank Louis Cartier cannot be missed.

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In what we promise is our last formal 'Watches & Wonders 2025' episode, we cover some of the big players that needed some more chat, namely Rolex and Tudor — as well as a bit more love for Cartier's Tank à Guichets. Andy runs through his picks of Rolex (including his only gripe with the Land-Dweller), and Felix opts for a surprise favourite from Tudor. Oh, and a little bit of macroeconomic tariff chat.

Find out more about Cartier's 2025 collection at cartier.com

• 2:00 Cartier Tank à Guichets
• 10:30 Rolex Land-Dweller
• 18:15 New colours for the Rolex Oyster Perpetual
• 19:38 The Rolex GMT-Master II, with a Tiger Iron dial
• 21:08 The Rolex 1908 Settimo
• 22:50 Tudor Black Bay Pro White
• 24:00 The Tudor BB 58 Burgundy
• 26:15 Need more BB? Try the Black Bay 68

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For many of us, Fred Savage was an important part of our formative years, thanks to his roles in The Wonder Years and The Princess Bride. He's also an established director and producer, but for watch enthusiasts, he's famous for another on-screen role — Hodinkee's Talking Watches, in which he appeared in 2018. We caught up with Savage to see what he's been up to since, and it turns out — quite a lot.

We caught up with Savage to see what he's been up to since, and it turns out — quite a lot. He has started Timepiece Grading Specialists, a business that promises to empower collectors, sellers, and buyers to navigate the world of vintage and pre-owned watches with confidence. Fred tells us all about the service and why he believes it's important, but before that, Andy and Felix talk about some of the more surprising Cartier releases they saw in Geneva.

Find out more about Cartier's 2025 collection at cartier.com

• 2:12 Small Cartier Santos
• 3:06 Santos-Dumont trio
• 5:33 Monochromatic Tank LC models
• 7:48 That Hermès horse watch still rocks
• 8:08 Rolex GMT-Master II 'Tiger Iron', AKA 'The Gina'
• 10:44 Fred Savage main interview
• 12:20 Thad Castle on Hockey
• 16:00 Fred Savage on Talking Watches
• Timepiece Grading Specialists
• Timepiece Grading Specialists on Instagram
• 1:03:00 Sueño in Dayton Ohio
• 13:49 Cartier Tressage

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Recorded on (almost) the last day of Watches & Wonders, Andy and Felix brave fatigue to discuss the overall mood and vibe of the fair, as well as dig into some specific highlights and surprise releases, from a technical Rolex to a cheeky Hermès. Plus, a timely reminder that it's not about the watches but rather the friends we made along the way.

Find out more about Cartier's 2025 collection at cartier.com

• 1:12 Cartier Tank LC
• 9:16 The Rolex Land-Dweller
• 11:41 Cheryl on the new Rolex at Revolution
• 14:14 Zenith G.F.J.
• 15:00 Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso on Milanese bracelet
• 15:50 TAG Heuer beads of rice bracelet
• 17:57 Tudor Black Bay 68
• 18:15 IWC Pilot's Chronograph APXGP
• 19:06 Tudor Pelagos Ultra
• 21:19 Hermès Arceau Rocabar de Rire
• 22:30 Cartier Tank à Guichets
• 22:40 Parmigiani Fleurier
• 23:30 Baume & Mercier Clifton
• 24:24 Nomos Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer
• 28:30 Grand Seiko SLGB003 UFA
• 30:40 TAG Heuer Formula 1 Solargraph

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There's a handful of brands that people clamour to see as soon as the curtain is lifted on Watches & Wonders, and Cartier is most definitely one of those brands. We recorded this episode inside the Cartier booth on the first day of the fair after getting up close and personal with all the key releases. We talk about all the major releases, including the outstanding Cartier Privé Cartier Privé Tank à Guichets, the new, larger Tank LC, the dazzling new takes on the Cartier Panthère, as well as other jewellery pieces like the Tressage and the Panthère Bangle. Not to spoil things, but 2025 is a good year for Cartier.

Find out more about Cartier's 2025 collection at cartier.com

• 2:35 Cartier Privé Tank à Guichets
• 07:12 Cartier Tank LC
• 9:48 Panthère de Cartier
• 12:10 Panthère Bangle
• 13:49 Cartier Tressage

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Yes, we had to do it. Hopped up on rumour and speculation, Andy and Felix dive into the exciting world of baseless watch predictions and shamelessly speculate on what Rolex, Patek Philippe, Cartier and their pals are going to unveil in Geneva in just a few day's time. On top of that, we ponder the meta trends that we're going to see emerge in the industry, including "less value for the same money" and "more restraint with flashes of insanity".

• Mickey 17 trailer
• Traitors trailer
• White Lotus Season 3 trailer
• Time+Tide's watch predictions
• Monochrome's 2025 predictions
• Bark and Jack on the 'Land Dweller'

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Everyone's favourite Chicago-based watch newsletter publisher is back for his second (or third?) chat with OT:, and as is now customary, we've caught at something of an interstitial moment. Traina left Hodinkee late last year and has dived head first into his newsletter, Unpolished (née Rescapement). We talk to Tony about the premise and pitch of his newsletter and (inevitably) the state of watch media in 2025. We also talk about industry pet peeves, press trip weirdness and why glazing billionaires is never a good idea.

• Snakes and smaller sizes at Christopher Ward (1:50)
• Hot ones with Rob McElhenney (5:11)
• Tony Traina main interview (8:00)
• Ship of Theseus Daytona on Unpolished (29:36)
• The Corrections (54:00)
• Selling Out on Decoder Ring (55:00)

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Arken Watch Company was born (like so many creative projects), in the middle of a lockdown. Kenneth Lam, always interested in modding Seiko's and the like, decided to design his own watch. The result was the Arken Instrumentum, a limited release followed a few years later by the clever travel timer that is the Alterum. Arken aims to create genre-free titanium tool watches with unique and practical functions — and it's safe to say the young brand is delivering on that mission. We talked to Ken about the future of the brand, how to engage with the community and preferred emoji use.

1. Andy's take on the Time Piece Gentleman (2:40)
2. Interview with Kenneth Lam (10:07)
3. Arken Watch Company
4. Arken on Instagram
5. The GP Chronohawk
6. Greggs

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This week, we've got the final file from Felix's Hong Kong adventure, and we've undoubtedly saved the best til last. Zoë Abelson, better known on Instagram as @watchgirloffduty has built a life and a career hunting down rare timepieces. These days that business has coalesced into Graal Watch, which makes her the perfect person to find that obscure reference. We chat with Zoë about the pros and cons of hunting other people's grails and explore the ambiguities implicit in the watch dealers' role as tastemakers, as well as what those tastes are looking like today: pro tip — smaller watches are where it's at. Before all that, Andy and Felix tackle the thorny issue of giving Andy's dad a watch. Let us know in the comments what you think that watch was.

• Interview with Zoe Abelson (11:56)

• Graal Watch
• Zoe Abelson on Instagram
• Zoë Abelson at HF.10's 'Whose Birkin is it Anyway' panel

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Today's guest is Fiona Krüger, a fine artist and watch designer who's independent in the truest sense of the word. Perhaps best known for her timepieces shaped like skulls and defined by fractures and imperfection, Krüger is a watchmaker who finds her own path. Felix caught up with Krüger in Hong Kong as part of Horology Forum 10, where they chatted about design integrity, the tricky nature of luxury and why it isn't always the best idea to have a business plan when starting out. They also chat about the Face of Tasaki, a watch Fiona Krüger has made with a Japanese pearl manufacturer and one of the coolest releases of the last year. Before that, Andy and Felix gaze into Ariel Adams' crystal ball and speculate about what 2025 will look like for the watch industry.

• The Watch Vault (not a sponsor)
• Ariel Adams Five Predictions for the Watch Industry
• Fiona Kruger
• Fiona Krüger on Instagram
• The Face of Tasaki

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