In this episode, we're live for the first time in 4 months, and we start as we mean to continue- with a sip of great mezcal from Sombra! We take a quick pass through 3 expressions of this agave spirit ( 1 blanco, 2 reposados ) and let's just say that Matt came away impressed. Once we put down the booze, we got into a discussion about heirloom watches. We looked at different watch options, strategies, and considerations for acquiring watches with the intent of passing them along to children. Is Rolex the best option..? Listen and find out.

We are back from a short mid-Summer hiatus, and we jump right into a quick breakdown of the first of our favorites among many recent new watch releases. We look at the new Oris Aquis Date with upcycled ocean plastic dials, as well as the Oris BC ProPilot "Rega" LE. Matt has a definite favorite. Gregg schools Matt on the various shades of green in the trio of Grand Seiko LE handcrankers, and each of us has a wild card favorite high-end release that might surprise you. And... COCKTAIL MATCHMAKER is back! Need a bright cocktail to cut through the heaviness of pasta alfredo? Gregg has a gin-based winner! Thanks for listening.

Dan C. ( Dan- aka @timely_moments -is a serving soldier in the British Army, so we'll avoid surnames for PERSEC reasons) knows a thing or two about the military watch sub genre of the watch collecting hobby. Dan joins us from the UK to talk about military and military adjacent watches (many of which are cool and surprisingly affordable), as well as his experiences working on special project pieces with British brands like Bremont and Elliot Brown. We revisit Matt's favorite soapbox topic: #watchfam misperceptions about Bremont. Finally, we discuss a bit about Welsh whiskey and the British military's most feared hiking excursion- the dreaded "Fan Dance"! [insert SAS Walter Mitty daydream HERE] Thanks for listening.

People gave us great feedback on our early shared episode with the guys from "The Outta Time Podcast". So much so, we decided to do another! This episode allows you to tag along as we ride our bikes on a (very) low-key "beer n' bikes" bike tour of a few local beer spots here in the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles, California. The featured breweries are "Wingwalker Brewing" and "Over Town Brewing", along with Vendome Wine and Spirits in Arcadia. Listen as we chop it up in our first *real* GTG in about 16 months. Be warned- it gets a bit saucy!

Wow! This one's fantastic, #watchfam! In this episode, we are joined by no less a personage than Hodinkee stalwart Cole Pennington, fresh off of his high-speed run to Utah (in a Nissan Skyline). We talk about the car and his marathon drive from the East Coast, his recent "snuck into space" story, and good beer options around the country. We also ask him to assign the Hodinkee writing staff to a bunch of outlandish, hypothetical watch stories. Cole hints at some amazing things coming in the near future. Long story short... we are reminded why Cole is such a favorite among watch lore enthusiasts. Give it a listen.

Brian G is a bit of a booze and cocktail legend here in the Pasadena area. In this episode, we're recording "on location" with Brian in his truly epic home bar, the "Hye West Saloon". This place is the most incredible buildout I've seen- it's an honest-to-Pete old time western dive bar/saloon. (I fully expected Lee Marvin or Yul Brynner to walk through the door!) We discuss the bar build, a cool riff on an Old Fashioned, and Brian's budding collection of oddball watches from his favorite films. Check it out! (NOTE- there are a few expletives... just FYI)

American watchmaker Cameron Weiss of Weiss Watch Company https://weisswatchcompany.com joins us for this episode. Cameron is an alumnus of both Audemars Piguet *AND* Vacheron Constantin, as well as the cohost of watch pod powerhouse "Watch and Listen". So he knows a thing or two about good watches! We spend some time catching up on Weiss Watch Co's latest watch model, their move from Los Angeles to Tennessee, the best spots for good beer in Nashville, and more. Thanks for listening.

Matt is flying solo this time, and he's joined by author and vintage watch internet pioneer Alistair Gibbons, of ATG Vintage Watches. If you were into vintage prior to 2010, chances are you are familiar with his website and its associated fora. We chat about his early years in watches (including how his first EPIC collection had to be liquidated to pay taxes ), as well as his book "Chasing Time" documenting the heavy-hitters that have passed through his collection. Thanks for listening!

This episode features special guest Jason K. Jason is a Philadelphia-based attorney, watch enthusiast, and a committed advocate for the preservation of the culture and traditions surrounding craft tequila production. We talk about his philanthropic efforts to help traditional producers, and go wall to wall on tequila and mezcal more generally. Yes, this episode features more "spirit forward" content, but Jason is also a *serious* watch guy, and he brings the heat on that subject, too! Thanks for listening.

Everyone *KNOWS* that the Seiko "Pogue" was the first automatic chronograph in space, right? If you've been paying attention to the watch news over the past week, you may know that the narrative has been altered massively. Hodinkee's Cole Pennington just did an excellent story on the El Primero-powered Movado that accompanied the "Pogue" into orbit. In this episode we are joined (again) by Mike Haymond, who helped facilitate this story. Check it out!