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Hot Take Time
by Pete and John
A couple of mates chatting about watches (and other stuff as we get more comfortable). Follow us on our instagrams (@pete.mcconvill.watches and @minutes_intime) to check in on what we're doing in our daily watch collecting lives.
Episodes
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Watches and (maybe not) Wonders?
Sorry listeners! Been a while since our last episode but we're going back to basics and hopefully will get more regular with episodes! In this episode, Pete and John talk about the Watches and Wonders event 2024, and what our thoughts are. Spoiler: Not our favourite W&W year but still plenty to...
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Sort of, kind of, maybe watch predictions for 2024
Catch Pete and John talking about our watch predictions for 2024 - also for the first time this will also be in video format on Youtube! Quite a few tangents along the way though (what else can you expect from us really). A meandering journey that we hope you enjoy!
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The Return - Pete and John talk random watch stuff after a break
A bunch of random watch talk with a bit of a flavour of what have brands done for us lately and what could they do.
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First Guest appearance! Third wheel or good vibes? You decide!
In the spirit of ever being the professionals that we are, here's an episode that we actually recorded a few months ago but have been too busy to upload (sorry everyone!). Hopefully will be back to regular programming shortly but this is a good one. Our first ever episode with a guest and our…
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Swatch x Blancpain - Because of course we have to discuss it
We are back - after a little break. The break was not planned or intended - you can blame my new found obsession with Baldurs Gate 3 more than anything. This week we are discussing the latest Swatch x Blancpain collab - because? well because its kind of compulsory.
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Underrated brands and those that have returned from the dead.
Today we talk about a few brands that we reckon, rightly or wrongly, are underrated by the watch world. Whats really interesting is perhaps why we think they are underrated - perhaps its because they also make other things, or focus on women or are just trying to make us happy (yeah I know,...
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Water resistance, why so complex? Also, how we choose what to wear each day.
Watch companies may as well make up whole new units of measure for water resistance (I vote squeezal) because it seems that neither meters or atmospheres mean what we think they mean when it comes to a watches water resistance. Why is that? Does it have to be that way? Then we finish up with a...
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Does waiting make the heart grow fonder or just give it to us now? Also new Omegas and Tudors.
So often the watch hobby requires us to wait. Maybe its trying to save for that new Omega or waiting for "the call" from your Rolex AD or twidling your thumbs while an indie watchmaker builds your watch - often we are kept waiting. Is this a good thing? Or would we skip the wait and jump to the...
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The Watch Media - what frustrates us and what we'd like to change
Want to listen to two random guys chatting away in a spare bedroom critiquing incredibly successful professional media folks and telling them how to improve? Well you are in the right place because thats what we are up to this episode. There are some moments of insight but it also feels like...
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Season Finale! We talk grail watches, expensive, out of reach pieces and a left of field wristcheck!
Today Pete and John discuss the idea of grail watches. Its a bit of a rambling journey around the topic running from what even is a grail through to "if a grail is an exit watch do you even want a grail?". The idea of a grail watch being super expensive gets a bit of a run - such as what would be...
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Watch Brand Icons (Part 1 - because there are soooo many brands)
Today Pete and John discuss brand icons - the watches that have come to define a brand. Sometimes this is really easy (looking at you Breitling Navitimer) because there's only one, sometimes its hard because a brand is so powerful there are a couple of candidate (Rolex) and sometimes there just...
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Moaning about Watches and Wonders 2023 and pining for our early days of watch innocence
Pete and John tackle two questions or topics today. First, a quick look back at Watches and Wonders 2023. A show that somehow managed to only rise to vague satisfaction in the main with little that really got the heart pumping. The Rolex releases were, for a first time in our watch history...
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Watch flipping. What is it and why we dont like it much. Also, building relationships (and more on how "flipping" poisons relationships) with ADs.
In our podcasts so far John has mentioned that has tended to buy (and sell) quite a bit in the past. Given that we've both been pretty negative toward dirty filthy flippers (sorry, couldnt help it) doesnt that mean we're being a little hypocritical? So today we unpack that, what is flipping? Is...
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Living with Watches, bracelets, bands, servicing and expectations
Just what is "a watch"? Is a bracelet a watch part or an accessory? If you've changed a bracelet have you modified the watch? Is a watch with a non OEM band a frankenwatch? And what about servicing and warrantees? What should be expect and what would we like to see. Pete and John today discuss…
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Transparency in the Watch World: What is it and do we really want it?
Today Pete and John chat about transparency and discover, like always, that nothing is as simple as you imagine. We talk about transparency in watches including movements, swiss made but then wonder why not cases, or dials or even watch design. We then talk about transparency in the watch media…
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Brand Boutiques vs multi brand Authorised Dealers: pros, cons and some likely futures.
The retail experience for watches is changing - fast. Perhaps the biggest change happening right now are the watch brands taking more control (and a bigger slice of the pie) though the ever increasing use of single brand boutiques either operated directly by the brand or on their behalf by a…
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Watch Pricing. John and Pete discuss how we decide a "fair" price and conclude we have no clue.
Watch pricing is one of the most contentious aspects of the watch hobby. As enthusiasts we think we all know better than brands what their watches "should" cost and get pretty vocal about it. Today we talk around this issue for an hour or so and find that its not so easy. Oh, its definitely the...
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Omega Speedmaster Super Racing - with added Spirate - and other Hot Takes from Pete and John
Join Pete and John discussing a load of watches released in Jan 2023 including the revolutionary (and baffling) Omega Speedmaster Super Racing Spirate, Zenith Defy Revival, a couple of TAGs and.....whatever else came to mind
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Our pilot episode trying to talk about watches - Introductions, an awkward beginning and discovering why we're here
Ok, so be kind - please. We sat down to experiment, see if this would work, how to edit, what was required to create a podcast and figure out just what we are trying to achieve. This episode is babies first steps - we start slow, end up on our arses occasionally but find our feet towards the end....
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A couple of mates chatting about watches (and other stuff as we get more comfortable). Follow us on our instagrams (@pete.mcconvill.watches and @minutes_intime) to check in on what we're doing in our daily watch collecting lives.
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