The Time Keepers

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• We kick off our first interview of the year with none other than Watch Yourself Jorge of growing YouTube fame. Jorge and Tim clash on symmetry and date windows, but all his forgiven. Jorge gives his hot takes where he sees watch social media going, which brands embrace social media successfully (and how the phrase Hobo Bond sprung from!), and what sparked his passion for starting a YouTube channel dedicated to watches. (27mins 07 seconds)
• Tim’s talks about his fun trip to Fathom Watches in London thanks to a Watch Collectors’ Club Rolex Submariner event where he got to try on some excellent vintage Rolexes. (10mins 40 seconds)
• We deep dive on our first micro brand of the pod - Baltic. Tim was fortunate to land a Prismic with the lapis blue dial last year, while we give a special mention to the_other_side_of_art’s insta page fully of top quality Baltic shots. (1hr 14min 20seconds)
• Zac and Tim share the watches they are lusting after this month with a Rolex Day Date ref6612c and a vintage Breitling SuperOcean 2005 getting the nod respectively. (14mins 06seconds)
• We each pick our Insta shot of the month. Zac’s choices this month are LunarOyster’s 190892 Audemars Piguet ref 25643 and Yayo_genf’s rose gold Universal Geneve Polerouter Deluxe. Tim selects wintery themes from The Watch Watch’s icy Grand Seiko Spring Drive and AverageWatchDads’ Rolex Submariner, then topped off with a gorgeous neo-vintage Audemars Piguet jade dial from Feelipp0. (18mins 40seconds).
• And the shot of the month winner of a TimeKeepers’ beer mat is yours The Watch Watch!

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• We kick off 2025 with a deep dive into Tag Heuer which ranges from vintage Carerras and Seafarers to more modern skeleton Monacos and the updated Skipper (30mins 56 seconds)
• Tim’s showcases his new watch art prints (1mins 12 seconds)
• We then have a mini segment: What we want to see in 2025. Key theme here is more customisations from brands, while Tim wants more Cartier cabochon colours for the masses! (19mins 22 seconds)
• The watches we are lusting after this month - Tim selects a neo-vintage Cartier Santos Dumont Thin and Zac’s controversially picks out Blancpain X Swatch Fifty Fathoms Ocean of Storms (4mins 56 seconds)
• We each pick our Insta shot of the year as well as our favourite of the month. For December Zac picks Collectorskyline’s Piaget 92000 in a stunning green malachite dial as well as Goldfingersvintage’s Movado M90. Meanwhile Tim goes crazy and picks FIVE! 316Watches’ awesome jam doughnut and FXD combo; Macrorelojes’ brilliant lighting effect on his Oris Propilot; then a Christmas/New Year trio of Giltydials’ Rolex GMT x Moet combo; the_nightswatch’s Omega 300m; and finally moonphase.fr's Christmas tree of Speedmasters. Congrats to Giltydials as Zac’s choice this month. (9mins 12seconds). A Timekeeper’s beermat is yours!
• The shots of 2024 for Zac goes to Watchbie’s FXD in the dessert; Tim picks Otottoi Watches’ incredible 12 watch collage (17min 10 seconds)

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• Happy Birthday to us! We are official one year old. 12 episodes talking about some of our favourite people, photos on instagram and of course watches. Stay tuned for bigger plans in 2025 and beyond.
• We are delighted to be joined by a wonderful artist, Xi Wang from Australia - and in the glory of multi-colour with our second episode also on Youtube. She draws and paints high quality watches adding her own artist flare. We discuss what inspired her, she walks us through her drawings, and how challenging it is portraying time through art (31mins 40seconds). Tim & Xi also bond over their shared love of Cartier and maybe the only listeners to a niche ‘cabochon watch shot of the month’ spinoff!
• We talk a little about our visit to the private viewing of Lyon & Turbull’s recent online auction after having Charles Tearle on the show. We then discuss Tim’s recent trip to Time+Tide’s new store in London (4mins 32 seconds)
• The watches we are lusting after this month - Tim selects French grand Laventure’s Transatlantique II GMT with a green dial. Meanwhile, Zac picks the Patek Philippe Gondola with a lapis dial (18mins 42seconds)
• A strong selection for our favourite shots on Instagram - Tim pick out WatchBerger’s quality shot of Tudor Pelagos wrapped around the neck of his guitar. He then selects Ilanwatche’s beautiful macro of a Cartier Santos cabochon. Tim’s third and final choice is from the famous Avocado Vintage Watches’ with a rare Girard Perregaux. Zac went for DadandSon Watches’ watch palm of many vintage watches from Chopard and Cartier to Jaeger and Patek. (23mins 32 seconds)
• Zac and Xi’s winner is Ilanwatches incredible Santos macro. A Timekeeper’s beermat is yours!
• We then deep dive Patek Philippe. Tim has nice things to say about the Calatrava as his grail watch, but needs Zac and Xi’s help on more positive things about a certain Nautilus and Cubitus (1hr 16mins 48 seconds)

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• Big news - we are going visual. We will be bringing our followers both podcast and video cast formats. Look out for this episode on Youtube very soon (28 seconds)
• Zac is now famous! He was interviewed for the New York Times about young watch collectors. (2mins 10 seconds)
• We talk a little about our visit to Grand Seiko’s flagship store in London and Tim’s evening event to Breitling’s UK flagship thanks to the Watch Collectors Club. (4mins 15 seconds)
• The watches we are lusting after this month - We both have two! Tim goes for what almost appears to be an AI-generated half black half white dial of the Zenith el Premero - Lupin the Third, Final Edition. His next pick is the Hermes Quantieme Perpetual Calendar with its quirky numerals and funky lugs. Meanwhile, Zac picks one of the ultimate 50s vintage dress watches, the Omega Constellation Pie Pan - shark tooth. He pairs that with Tissot Navigator skin diver (11mins 10 seconds)
• A strong selection for our favourite shots on Instagram - Tim pick out @Scarlintheshire’s needlework with a Cartier Tank stitched on to her jacket - WANT!; a quality collaboration and compositions from @Threehandpix and @Aviantime and their Rolex and Baltic; finally @Coffees_and_Calibers teaser shot for his forecoming Watches & Pastries Week starting 18th November. Zac went for @Tim Vaux’s capture of the most expensive F P Journe ever sold (18mins 10 seconds)
• Zac’s winner is the collaboration from ThreeHandPix and Aviantime. A Timekeeper’s beermat is yours!
• We then deep dive on one of our favourite brands - Cartier. From the iconic Tank and Tim’s Ceninture, to the surrealist-inspired Crash and geometric Asymmetrique with a squeeze of Santos Dumont and a pinch of Basculante (25mins 24 seconds)

In the next episode, Zac and Tim will be joined by a special guest to discuss watch art. Follow us at TheTimeKeepers2024 as well as Tim at watch_word_ and Zak at Sourced_watches.

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• We are joined by @Charles Tearle, Head of Watches from Lyon & Turnbull Auction House where he talks about their forthcoming watch auction on 21st November; his fascinating life via Somlo London, Bonham’s, Antiquorum, and Sotherby’s in America and Hong Kong; how a watch auction gets curated and how easy it is to participate; how technology will shape the future of watch auctions, and never forgetting your bidding paddle. (14mins 42 seconds)
• Tim’s surprise New Watch Alert (NWA) the stunning Baltic Prismic with the Lapis Lazuli stone dial - lucky boy! (2mins 56 seconds)
• The watches we are lusting after this month - Tim's yearns for Berneron and their Mirage with their, you’ve guessed it, lapis dial - it’s a homage to the Cartier Crash. Meanwhile, Zac has also fallen down the Baltic Prismic rabbit hole but for the orange agate dial. (7mins 57 seconds)
• It gets competitive again for our favourite shots on Instagram - Tim picks out @Watchbie’s black Tudor FXD with a desert background providing a distinct colour contrast; next up is @Martin Cenek’s vintage duo of the Universal Geneva Dato-Compax - one white dial and the other in a black dial plus a original UG advertisement as the background; and finally @Marcin Pawlak’s Nomos using some classic watch shot props of mooring rope, a vintage map, and a miniature globe. Zac went for @watchworkshaarlem which features gorgeous Cartier Basculante in various stages of open and closed angles. (11mins 25 seconds)
• Zac’s winner is Watchbie’s desert inspired FXD. A Timekeeper’s beermat is yours!
• We then talk Grand Seiko and their seasonal dials, in particular a forthcoming release for the autumn with a gorgeous burnt orange dial as well as its multiple green and silver dials for summer and winter - complete masterpieces (58mins 27 seconds)

In the next episode, Zac and Tim deep dive into all things Cartier - one of our favourite watch brands.

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• We introduce our merch - TimeKeepers beer mat! The winner of our Insta shot of the month has the chance to receive one (1min 20 seconds)
• The watches we are lusting after this month - Zac is loving Zenith’s El Primero Chronometer the Rival Shadow with its titanium case. Meanwhile, Tim was lured in by a bit of advertising courtesy of Anordain and its salmon pink FABRIK MODEL 1. Although he still can’t get the Reverso out of his bloodstream. (5mins 00 seconds)
• It gets competitive for our favourite shots on Instagram - Tim finds a challenger for last month’s skateboarding reel from IWCfishcrown’s own version. He is fooled into thinking there was a Cartier case he’d never seen before by Dial_log’s Santos x Tank double stack and finally SweepingSwords’ Tudor FXD side profile in nature. Zac gives a shout out to Steviemac1040’s vintage Omega Seamaster known as the ‘baby Ploprof’ and a crazy Cartier Crash NSO from thewatchrookie with a cherry colour dial. (9mins 20 seconds)
• Zac’s winner is SweepingSword’s Tudor FXD, but Tim loves that skateboard shot from IWCfishcrown.
• We then talk Bauhaus inspired brand Nomos where we try on a range of models at Watches of Switzerland. Tim calls the brand’s colour combos ‘watch alchemy’ and how he is in love with the Century of Bauhaus edition Tangente. (15mins 12 seconds)

In the next episode, we will bring another interview on how watch auctions work from a knowledgable insider, while we also talk Grand Seiko next time out.

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• Another bumper edition this month. We are delighted to share with mic with Sam from time.on.her.hands and the founder of the Watch Concierge Service. She predicts stone dials and the Cartier Santos will hot up in 2025; how she sources watches for clients - including tours; and what turns off watch sellers! Interview starts at (14mins 54 seconds)
• The watches we are lusting after this month - Tim falls hard for a neo-vintage Heuer Carrera thanks solely to WatchStudies’ recently buying one. Is it lust or love…time will tell! Meanwhile Zac is enjoying a vintage Rolex Cellini ref 4105 (2mins 58 seconds)
• We revisit our flagship ‘favourite shots on Instagram’ - Tim shouts out to Cakeac with his crazy triangular shaped 1971 Pierre Cardin x Jaeger. He then spots 8dayspatented’s Panerai desk clock PAM581 and finally picks out UniversalGeneveFiesta’s trio of UG disco volantes. Tim also goes for his favourite Insta reel from MariJakl with a Black Bay 58 wrist check while skateboarding which is top tier! Zac goes for Cartier.Chronicles’ five Louis Cartier splash from 1973. (7mins 20 seconds)
• We then talk Breitling - a brand which has grown on us both with a certain pistachio dial . (42mins 36 seconds)

In the next episode we talk all things German brand, Nomos and its strong Bauhaus influence.

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• The watches we are lusting after this month - Zac goes for a Rolex Day-Date Ref 18038 while Tim still can’t make up his mind between a Reverso Monoface Tribute with a blue dial and a Panerai Radiomir PAM1334 with a grey dial, but ends up settling on the IWC Lake Tahoe Perpetual Calendar he finally tried on at the IWC pop-up (2mins 15 seconds)
• Our flagship ‘favourite shots in Instagram’ is back - Tim shouts out to Singapore Watch Club’s macro of the stunning Cartier Crash; then Just Another Watch Account’s Rolex Explorer and a bunch of carrots - yes, carrots! Then, Watch Figure’s Lego skeleton-themed shot. He also goes for his favourite Insta reel from Somlo London’s Patek Philippe’s explosion dial dating from 1919. Zac goes for Ontherocks’ set showcasing a Piaget with a stone green dial and Rolex Midas, while also Victo.gram’s reassembly of a Heuer Carrera. (5mins 35 seconds)
• We discuss our visit to the IWC pop-up dedicated to Lewis Hamilton ahead of the British Grand Prix (which he won!) and we sampled many great watches (11mins 42seconds) seconds)
• We then talk Panerai - a brand which has grown on us both thanks to Zac’s evening invite and Tim popping into the store. (16mins 21 seconds)

In the next episode we talk Breitling and a brand new interview section with a special guest all about watch selling.

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Hi Watch Fam,

Thank you for keeping time with us. We were delighted to share the episode with Ed and Hamish from the Watch Collectors’ Club. This podcast wouldn’t have existed without their meets ups!

• In our 30+mins interview we talk about why they founded the club and how it is going, future trends to look out for in 2024/25, and their plans to take the club on tour. Starts at 12mins 15 seconds
• The watches we are lusting after this month - Zac goes for a 1966 Rolex GMT ref1675, while Tim still can’t shake is love of the Reverso, especially a 90s retro art deco version ref 250.02.86 (2mins 56 seconds)
• Our flagship ‘favourite shots in Instagram’ is back - Zac gives a shout out to pokerandbeetle’s vintage 1940s Omega as well as watchleaderskw’s with an Oman edition Rolex Day Date 40 boasting an olive dial. Tim goes for his now obligatory three choices - Leftpain2’s UG Cabriolet with a black dial; Otottoi Watches watch pizza slice/watch collage; and finally CMQ2Lancette with his disassembled Panerai Radiomir. (4mins 17 seconds)
• We then discuss what we like about Rolex where Tim struggles (!) but does let us know his appreciation for California dials and Milgauss’s lightning bold seconds hands. (51mins 06 seconds)
• Final we cover bracelets where again Tim has difficulty naming something he likes (1hour 16mins, 29 seconds)

In the next episode we talk Panerai and Zac’s recent evening with the brand.

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• Zac’s shares his NWA where he joins the Rolex ranks with a classic (1min 21 seconds)
• And we tell the internet the watches we are lusting after this month - Tim shares is growing love of Patek’s Calatrava, while Zac names special Royal Oak - the Nick Faldo Championship edition. (2min 10 seconds)
• Our flagship ‘favourite shots in Instagram’ is next - shout out to Wristologist’s collection of Moonswatches, Feelipp0’s Tank inspired Zenith with a stunning blue stone dial, and Tim Vaux’s side-on crown, strap, and clap shot. (4min 16 seconds)
• We then discuss the IWC range, those models we like, while Tim thinks Zac should rock a Lake Tahoe (9min, 29 seconds)
• Sticking with our strap theme we go in-depth on NATOs and Tim’s obsession with the marine nationale style (21mins, 05 seconds)

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