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Welcome to the Scottish Watches podcast, episode 284! Get to know Zach Blass, who you might remember from some SW articles and Scottish Watches Lives. Learn about his journey into the professional watch world as a watch specialist at Piaget, a Scottish Watches writer, and Time and Tides deputy editor.
A few articles done by Zach for our website:
Kuronogate: Can Limited Edition Watches Really Be Accessible? – Scottish Watches 
What Really Grinds My Gears: 5 Things That Put Me Off Buying A Watch. – Scottish Watches 
Scottish Watches Podcast #126 : With Andrew from Time and Tide Watches Australia – Scottish Watches
Matt Webster (@zamattsu). 
Dexter. 
Wrist check:
Zach is wearing his Grand Seiko SBGA413 | COLLECTIONS | Grand Seiko (grand-seiko.com). 
Credit to @thewatchboxdiaries
Candy pink Rolex Oyster Perpetual 36 Watch: Oystersteel – M126000-0008 
Why I bought the Grand Seiko SBGA413 instead of a Rolex OP (timeandtidewatches.com) 
Snowflake. SBGA211 | COLLECTIONS | Grand Seiko (grand-seiko.com) 
Five of the best watches that exude “robust elegance” (timeandtidewatches.com) 
Exploring the 10 Grand Seiko models exclusive to the US market | Time and Tide Watches 
Rolex Submariner Watch: Oystersteel – M124060-0001 
Dave is wearing his Stainless Steel Men Watch Manual-winding Reverso Tribute Moon 3958420 | Jaeger-LeCoultre. 
Rikki is wearing his Speedmaster “Dark Side of the Moon” Apollo 8 Watch 311.92.44.30.01.001 | OMEGA US® (omegawatches.com) 
Tudor Fastrider. 
See Zach in these Scottish Watches lives:
Scottish Watches Live – Episode 1 Introducing Gogglebox for Watches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqMbqS4QHtg 
Scottish Watches Live #3 – Featuring Jody from Just One More Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_44govi9CI 
Scottish Watches Live – #4 with Guests @watcheswithawoman and @spanishrob. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYMWG8eV-RU&t 
Scottish Watches Live – #6 with @floatlite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvesHv7zsVg&t 
Zach’s history:
Zach’s first watch was the Longines Mainliner from 1942. 
Seiko SBWA001. EDITOR’S PICK: Chasing down the Seiko SBWA001 OG Spring Drive (timeandtidewatches.com) 
Rolex GMT Pepsi with a Bakelite Bezel. https://millenarywatches.com/rolex-bakelite-bezel/ 
Seiko databank. 
Rikki’s vintage Raketa Copernic from 1982. 
Rikki’s Bulova Accutron 214 Spaceview M7 from 1967. 
Seiko SBDC055 PADI 62MAS Reissue. 
Rolex GMT Master II 116710LN. 
Altiplano Ultimate Concept – Luxury Watches (piaget.com) 
Steel Automatic Watch – Piaget Luxury Men’s Watch G0A41002 
Steel Automatic Watch – Piaget Men Luxury Watch G0A46013 
Piaget Polo green. 
Laureato 42 mm Infinity Edition (girard-perregaux.com)
Rose Gold Automatic Watch – Piaget Men’s Luxury Watch G0A43120 
Credit to @redbarcrew
Octo Finissimo Steel Watch 103431 | Bvlgari (bulgari.com) 
The Scottish Watches Tock Show – With Dave Sharp (@Floatlite ) from RedBar UK & His Watches. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtBgZ-wk5nE&t
Caliber 0100 Eco-Drive.
Tourbillon 1 | Horage Swiss Watches 
Zach’s positive stand out releases :
15202PT.OO.1240PT.01 – Royal Oak – Audemars Piguet in platinum. 
Discover the TUDOR Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze Watch – m79012m-0001 (tudorwatch.com) 
Discover the TUDOR Black Bay Fifty-Eight 925 Watch – m79010sg-0001 (tudorwatch.com) 
Discover the TUDOR Black Bay Fifty-Eight 18K Watch – m79018v-0001 (tudorwatch.com) 
For him the worse release is the Genius Genta watch. 
Credit to @horological_dicktionary
Articles to checkout:
EDITOR’S PICK: Chasing down the Seiko SBWA001 OG Spring Drive (timeandtidewatches.com)
Why Lug to Lug is More Important Than Case Diameter (timeandtidewatches.com) 
Don’t feed the hype: 3 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak alternatives (timeandtidewatches.com) 
DON’T FEED THE HYPE: 3 Rolex Daytona alternatives (timeandtidewatches.com) 
Articles by Zach- https://timeandtidewatches.com/author/zach-blass/
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/zach.blass/
Time and Tide Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/timetidewatches/
For more, check out the videos bellow:
Best sellers & hype watches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCEoU3hQbow
Comedy Night with guest @avisualsound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qmJZ_DsBsE 
The Types of People You Meet at Watch Get Togethers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F7Q1hD9bxE 
All About SevenFriday, Rocketbyz & Woody Watches – Scottish Watches & The Limited Edition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VglOVuS7Esc 
Watch Unboxing : Casio G-Shock Full Metal Burgundy GMW B5000RD 4ER. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUqRj4XBJjs 
Watch Unboxing : Oris Propilot GMT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_jKoIVOwgE 
Watch Unboxing : Unimatic U2F. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAvSkiUxids 
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Got into the horological hobby only a few short years ago; but got, as us Scots like to say, “baw deep” pretty quickly. Thanks to buying a lemon of a Rolex he spent hours researching why his watch wasn’t working and along the way gained an interest in what makes them tick. He now runs the Scottish Watches website and keeps cohort Rick in check on the twice weekly Scottish Watches podcast.
