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Beyond The Dial — 77 episodes

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Through The Looking Glass - On Watches & Philosophy (The Final Episode)

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Conversations - E19 - Rikki from Scottish Watches

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I Fell Into The Rolex Black Hole

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SWATCH's BIOCERAMIC - THE UNVARNISH FACTS (AND OPINIONS)

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Insights E35 - How "In-House" Obscures The Quality of Movements (& Insults Our Intelligence)

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Insights E34 - For Exhibition Only - Rolex Without Watches

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Field Reports E9 - Bremont's Authenticity Soars In An Old Plane

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Conversations E18 - Walt Odets On His Five Favorite Watches

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Insights E33- From Horological Silence Into The Noisy Watch Space - A Personal History of Watch Collecting (1990-2020)

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Insights E32 - A Tentative Critique of the Post-Pandemic Watch Culture

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Insights E31 - Iteration Inundation - The Endless Stream of New(s) Watches

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How Watches Work E6 - Understanding Complicated Chronographs

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How Watches Work E5 - Understanding Mechanical Chronographs

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Insights E30 - "In-House" - How An Overused Term Lost Its Meaning & How To Fix It

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Insights E29 - The Watch Collector / Enthusiast Dichotomy & Its Discontents

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Conversations E17 - Bulova's 20th Century Mechanical Prowess (w Michael Benavente and Colin de Tonnac)

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How Watches Work E4 - Servicing Mechanical Movements

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How Watches Work E3 - Movements As Torque Managers

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How Watches Work E2 - Gears & The Going Train

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Insights E28 - Quantum Leaps in Collecting Watches

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Insights E28 - Falling Back In Love With Vacheron Constantin

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Insights E27 - Why I Sold My 50th Birthday Grand Seiko At Age 51

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Field Reports E8 - The Alsta x BTD Motoscaphe 120

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Insights E26 - Eccentricity, Ostentation, Wealth & Watches

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Conversations E16 - Walt Odets, The Original Watch Blogger

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Insights E25 - Horological Hedonism & The Aesthetic Revolution

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Insights E24 - Large Watches - A Case Study Featuring the Moser Pioneer Centre Seconds Limited Edition in Mad Red

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Insights E23 - Rolex vs. Gen X

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Insights E22 - The Enduring Allure of Luminescence

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Conversations E15 - From Singapore to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan, New York, London & Beyond (w LungLung & Dainel of The Waiting List)

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Conversations E14 - Ducatis, Watches & Espresso Machines (with Jon Ferrer of Brew Watches)

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How Watches Work E1 - The History of Mechanical Escapements

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Conversations E13 - Defending NASA & The Omega Speedmaster (w Greg Bedrosian)

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Insights E21 - Rethinking The Space Race & The Omega Speedmaster

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Field Reports E7 - The Rolex Explorer II at Vail Colorado

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Insights E20 - The Quartz Crisis & The Future of the 20th Century

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Conversations E12 - The Quartz "Disruption" of the 1970s (w Pedro Mendes)

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Insights E19 - Wrist-Presence & The Inelegance of Tool Watches

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Conversations E11 - Is Your Pilot's Watch a Nazi Watch? (with Oren Hartov)

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Conversations E10 - The Oris Calibre 400 Movement (with VJ Geronimo)

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Conversations E9 - Seiko's Dueling Factories, (w David Flett & Pedro Mendes)

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Field Reports 6 - Mission Lake George (Allen Reflects on a Successful Mission)

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Field Reports 5 - Mission Lake George (Concept & Plans)

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Conversations E11 - Narrowing the Collection (w David Flett)

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Insights E19 - Entropy & The Poetry of Patina

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Conversations E10 - Coral Restoration Foundation's Martha Roesler on Reviving The Carysfort Reef

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Insights E18 - Divergent Aesthetic Arrows & Sub-Cultural Tribalism

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Conversations E9 - Pedro Mendes on Watches, Wardrobe & The Aesthetic Revolution

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Conversations E8 - ORIS Deep Dive with VJ Geronimo

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Insights E17 - The Aesthetic Revolution (Will Be Beautiful)

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Insights E16 - Spiritual Materialism: How Watches Take On Significance and Meaning

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Insights E15 - Refinished Dials & Their Potential Value

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Insights E14 - Rolex Is A Black Hole

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Field Reports E3 - Diving Shipwrecks Alone With The Rolex DEEPSEA

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Conversations E7 - Vintage Seiko Expert David Flett

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Conversations E6 - Getting Funky With H. Moser Watches CEO Edouard Meylan

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Insights E13 - How a Watch's Design Affects Our Perception of Time

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Conversations E5 - Longines CEO on Busting Bandits, Closing The In-House Manufacture, & His Journey From Exile to Executive

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Insights E12 - How to Pick Out Watches You'll Keep Forever

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Insights E11 - Horological Polygamy & The Unholy Trinity

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Insights E10 - The Omega Cal 321 & The Quest for Authenticity

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Insights E9 - Whiskey, Weed & Watches

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Insights E8 - Embracing Mortality With A Grand Seiko

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Conversations E4 - Gary Shteyngart on Watches as Literary Devices

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Conversations E3 - Demystifying Watch Service (with Steve Kivel)

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Conversations E2 - Badass Tool Watches on Badass Women (w Cait Bazemore)

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Field Reports E2 - Ferraris, Ducatis & Hublots in Tuscany

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Field Reports E1 - Press Trippin' With Longines

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Insights E7 - Apocalypse Later: Zen Dystopias & The Apple Watch

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Insights E6 - "Women's Watches Suck," a man said.

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Insights E5 - "Tool" Being the Operative Word

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Insights E4 - The End of 'Microbrands'

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Insights E3 - Just a Rolex Datejust for a Month

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Insights E2 - Why Watch Diameter and Wrist Circumference Don't Matter

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Conversations E1 - Oren Hartov, Expert on IDF Watches

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Insights E1 - Academic Perspectives on Watches

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