All Episodes

#233- Casual musings - Jac

#232-Watches and Wonders 2025 - Jac, Dan, Lung

#231- Ep 2 The Waiting Room- Anxiety

#230-"I tend to go to auctions because that is the place with the most rare watches" - Karen Hung, Watch Enthusiast/Writer

#229-Ep 1 of The Waiting Room- "Uncle"

#228-"There is nobody more snobbish than Parisians"- Gautier Massonneau, Founder of Trilobe watches

#227-Happy CNY! - Dan, Jac, Lung Lung

#226- Merry Xmas and Happy NY!

#225-"In the watch world I equally have things...as important as getting a No.1 album" -James McVey, Singer/Member of The Vamps

#224-"We actually supply the movement for 17 brands" - Swei, GM for Speake Marin Greater China

#223-"If it was a Shanghai (watch), you could marry any girl" - Chris, Collector

#222-Reverse Interview with - Ryan Goddu, Collector

#221-3 of us Part 3 - Dan, Jac, Lung

#220-3 of us Part 2 - Dan, Jac, Lung

#219- "Were making watches, not units"- Nicholas Bowman-Scargill, Managing Director of FEARS watches

#218-"I know that I dont want to do things that are too obvious or too easy"- Matteo Violet-Vianello, Founder of ANOMA Watches

#217-Catch up - Dan, Jac, Lung

#216-"You present it as the greatest story that you can tell in that moment"- Arthur Touchot, Digital Director at Phillips Watches

#215-"I've touched vintage pieces before but I've been burnt"- John, Collector

#214-"I'm so much happier now than I was in the bubble COVID yeras because things make sense"- Eric Gustafson, Founder of Hairspring

#213- GPHG 2024 - Dan, Jac, Lung

#212- The Quiet Club Part 2- Norifumi Seki, Watchmaker

#211- "I'd love to get my art into the hands of ppl who inspired me in all the seasons of my life"- LABEG (Gabe Lau), Artist

#210- "I literally brought coins...i would listen to the quality of the sound"- H.K. & Johnny, Founders of Quiet Club

#209- "I have this weird theory about the datograph"- Rich @watchbiao, Collector

#208- AITAH - Dan, Jac, Lung

#207- Random musings - Dan, Jac, Lung

#206- "I hate watches that under utilize the case real estate"-Charles, Collector

#205- "Hunting the ads...it almost replaces the need to have the watches"-Nick, Founder of Ad Patina

#204- Auction Insights- Dan, Jac, Lung

#203- "I just love gifting it puts a smile on my face"-Cameron Steiner, Collector and Host of Collectors Gene Radio

#202- Watches and Wonders 2024 -Dan, Jac, Lung

#Bonus Episode- ONLY WATCH 2024 -Dan, Jac, Lung

#200- Episode 200! -Dan, Jac, Lung

#199- "OMG for that price I can have 5 people walking around telling me the time"- Gaurav R, Collector

#198- "Its faster for me to go from Geneva to Dubai than to reach his workshop"- Shahz Khan, Founder of Salon Des Horlogers/K2 Luxury

#197- "We identified 250 features that affect the price of a watch"- Giovanni Prigigallo, Founder of EveryWatch

#196- "When I design a watch...I design the relationship you will have with that watch"- Benoit Mintiens, Founder of Ressence Watches

#195- "Hong Kong used to be the centre of watchmaking, theres just no record of that"- Quinn Lai, Founder of DIY Watch Club and EONIQ Watches

#194-"I don't think they had in mind that people would be collecting these pieces"- Luis, Collector

#193- "I think the best collections were built in the last 20 years"- John Goldberger, Collector and Author

#192- "A real negotiation...me scoring big...those are the videos I like best"- Mike Nouveau, Vintage Watch Specialist

#191- "A lot of retailers, after the pandemic, emphasized on "the journey" " -Luo Yong Wen, Collector

#190- A message from all of us

#189- Watch talk - Dan, Jac

#188- "The lowest of the hierarchy...the cataloger"- Gertrude Wong, Phillips Auction Watches Cohead of Sales

#187- ”I wanted something that had character, something completely different”- Jackie Ho, Collector

#186- ”a lot of AD sales were super cool about it, ”its cool youre a dealer” ” – Alex Lau, Founder of The Horologist

#185 Merry Xmas and Happy New Year ! - Dan, Jac, Lung

#184- ”The kind of collector that intrigues me are the ones that focus on their own niche” – Helbert Tsang, Cofounder of The Horology Club

#183- ”We felt it was important to have plurality in terms of news” – Allen Farmelo & William Massena, Founders of The Watch Space

#182- ”I had to be extremely stubborn to make this happen...every supplier was trying to gently advise me not to do it” – Sylvain Berneron, Founder of Berneron watches

#181- ”You don’t want to look back on a book full of regrets” – Todd Searle, Author, Creative Director, Collector

#180- ”We wanted to provide that safe protected environment for ladies to come in” – Deborah Wong & Stephanie Soh, Collectors and Founders of Ticktockbelles

#179- Poop talk – Dan, Jac, Lung

#178- “I want to create something...that feeling of cretaing is how it all started” – Amrita Katara, Editor of Tatler GMT Hong Kong

#177- “A product doesn’t define a business” – Ken Kuan, Founder of Delugs

#176- “You couldn’t differentiate the man from the artist” – Evelyne and Alexia Genta, Wife & Daughter of Gerald Genta

#175- “The most difficult thing I find from a design perspective are the entry level pieces...” – Ming Thein, Cofounder of MING Watches

#174- “Two years ago I had better things to do than look at pieces of metal” – Johnathan Chan, Cofounder of The Horology Club

#173- “Librarians like to say cataloging is an art, not a science” – Dr Miranda Marraccini, Librarian

#172- REAL TALK – Dan, Jac, Lung

#171- “The market cap is extremely important in preserving the brands in this industry” – Samuel Naldi, Pen collector and more

#170- “They wont readily admit this came from the Americans” – Joshua Shapiro, Founder of J.N.Shapiro watches

#169- “Launching in China was an absolutely shitty idea” – Robin Tallendier, Co-founder of Atelier Wen

#168- “The worst watches I worked on came from the 2000s” – Gael & Florian, Founders of Petermann Bedat

#167- “My passion, you can see it on my face” – Kevin O’Dell, Collector

#166- “You really have to turn over stock to make it work” – Ben, Founder of Watch Brothers London

#165-“We probably have the highest rate of people who are loyal to the brand”– Jean Marc Pontroue, CEO of Panerai

#164-“You can’t have a sharp profile in your design language and please everybody”–Wilhelm Schmid, A Lange & Sohne’s CEO

#163-“In the two months I stopped working… I developed this watch”–Simon Brette , Watchmaker

#162– “These timepieces were the source of my memories with my dad”–Paul Boutros , Head of Americas for Phillips Watches

#161– “I wish heritage departments had their own budgets”–Part 2 Cameron Steiner , Host of Collectors Gene Radio

#160 - Team catchup !

#159- ”We’re not curing cancer here...we’re having fun”- Stephen Pulvirent, Founder of Rime & Reason

#158- ”Red nail polish...I wonder who brought it along” - Martin Frei, Co-Founder of URWERK

#157 - ”I dont mean to boast...but i think most of them got their first Cartier because of me”- Alvin Chong, Collector

#156- ” ”He’s almost handsome” that has stuck with me...”- Andrew Morgan, Content Creator

#155– “My pebble ...one of those pristine safe queens” – Nick @cartierwatchnerd, Collector

#154– “Their sports watches all look like Rolex knock off” – Servo, Collector, Part 2

#153– “I loved selling ladies shoes and handbags” – Servo, Collector

#152– “The jump hour is such a different way to present information” – Eric Lau, Co-founder of @mecwatches

#151– “It’s a perfect product for burglars.” – Soran Gameel, founder of @thewatchstand

#150 ”If something is speaking to you and you can make it happen...give it a shot”-Cameron Steiner, Collector and Host of Collectors Gene Radio

#149– “Guys get a lot more opportunity in the industry...especially in the media” – Justin Hast @justinhast, Writer/Host

#148 - Watches and Wonders 2023 - Dan, Jac, Lung

#147 – “Tom Cruise..and who’s that guy? Christian Bale?” – Tracey Wan @yecart.w , Collector

#146 -”If a brand sold this...you’re talking at least 10x for this...”- ’Mr.Starbucks’ Sapphire supplier

#145 “I want a piece that other people want badly…that makes other people envious”- Sebastian, Collector (Part 2)

#144 “You wouldn’t believe the year 2010…there was a very low level of censorship of any kind”- Sebastian, Collector (Part 1)

#143 Team Meeting! - Dan, Jac, Lung

#142 “I’m a lover of watches…for me, that has no color, that has no face, no nationality, no language, that is just an interpretation of what we love”- Carlos Ramirez @carlossramirezr

#141 “How can you educate diversity if you don’t know what diversity looks like”- Bennet Lee, Owner of @heritagemeatshk

#140 “If I wear a Patek, people are going to know at work, so the main reason I bought a FPJ is because…”- James Li @journehutong , Collector

#139 ”My experience has been very lucky” - Raven @thingskeepingtime

#138 ”If I had to pick a single brand in the advancement of chronometry...” - Raven @thingskeepingtime

#137 WOOHOO - Dan, Jac, Lung

#136 “If you just train yourself through the lens of gratitude…you’re just better ” – Chris Chung, Entrepreneur and Podcast host

#135 “I just thought collecting Pateks would be a little cliché ” – Dave Geng, A Lange & Sohne collector

#134 “They were the ugliest shoes he had seen…they were Crocs” – Dave Geng, Collector