It's that time of the year again! Join us as we vote for 2024's GPHG nominees. 

Norifumi Seki (@aysopos_jal) won the Young Talent Competition hosted by F.P. Journe and the AHCI in 2020. He has since joined founders HK Ueda and Johnny Ting to launch Quiet Club's first watch called Fading Hours. Please go back and listen to Part 1 to hear their whole journey.

On this episode we speak to Gabe @LABEG on living his dream of becoming an artist, why he chose to work with cardboard, his dream collab, and his watches.

The Quiet Club (@quietclub_watches) is a watch brand designed and handcrafted in Tokyo. On this episode we speak to the brand's founders about their first model- 'Fading Hours' and it's alarm function operated by a mechanical gong. 

On this episode we speak to Rich @watchbiao about the Alange Datograph, his collecting journey and his thoughts about living in the US versus living in China. 

On this episode we discuss growing up in a Chinese family and more.

We've been having a lot of random thoughts lately and just thought we would share them all with you guys. 

In this episode we speak to Charles about his watch collecting philosophy, why he has shifted to visiting dealers and auction houses over ADs, and why Patek salons operate very differently from other retailers.

In this episode we speak to Nick about his vintage watch ad business Ad Patina @adpatina , how he turned a passion into a business, the similarities between his work and those of watch dealers, and the golden age of advertisements.  

On this episode we discuss the art of auctioneering, auction results and insights.