This Week (in Watches) Today, 17 December 2023: 7 things you should know
As the year winds down, so do things in the watch world, and so we’ve consolidated all the news from the past two weeks into...
As the year winds down, so do things in the watch world, and so we’ve consolidated all the news from the past two weeks into...
This week, we call time of death on Only Watch (at least for the near future), look at the performance of HODINKEE x Ed Sheeran’s...
I must have been living in a well (or enjoying a long holiday in Europe) and forgot that Geneva Watch Days is here! But before...
August is upon us, and July ended with a bang! At least in the watch world. We had a depressing auction where Hitler’s watch was...
Zenith is on an incredible trajectory at the moment, their sales are through the roof, many of their models fetch a nice premium in the...
This week we have slowing retail sales in USA, eBay’s watch demand growth, Cara Barrett’s latest watch release (not with HODINKEE), HODINKEE latest collaboration,...
Another week has come and gone. In the world of watches, we have had LVMH’s financial results and the steps they’re taking to sustain them,...
It’s been awhile, but we are back with our weekly round-ups for all things watches. First off, a Happy New Year to everyone and a...
You can take your “best of lists” and your “editors choices” and your “most worn watches” of the year and stuff them up your Christmas...
It has been a busy time and it is not going to get any quieter. We start with some GPHG chat. Keep a look out...
A great day in the business world not so much in the football world, we welcome to the show the keeper of the Rolex waiting...
Oh it’s getting close to episode 200 – but in the mean time we chat about … …all the things we are not supposed to...
Scottish Watches Podcast #196 : New Panerai, Chopard, Seiko Plus More Rants The new Chopard 1400cc Twin Cam 16 valve K series. Rick Rants follows...
Last week was very disappointing. I was supposed to be meeting up with David (@thewatchbloke), Vish (@mrwatch85) and Yeo (@lifethroughmyphonelens) for a trip to Pragnells...
It is a stormer this week…..storms might be the sort of thing you might see if you travelled somewhere stormy….Rikki is day drinking so we...
The rocky unveiling of Patek’s 6007A raises some interesting questions about how legacy brands communicate the strengths of their new designs. Despite being intrinsically tactile...
Well we made it all the way to 150 episodes which to be fair has surprised us more than you, but to mark this special...
Scottish Watches Podcast #139 : Ejecto Seato Cuz With The Watch Regulator from Down Under The Ejecto seat ref will become clear shortly, in the...
Scottish Watches Podcast #134 : With Cole from Hodinkee Yup you betcha, it was inevitable, it turns out that the Big H is actually a...
Scottish Watches Podcast #132 : Live Timex Unboxing, Moser and Patek News, Rolex April Fools Jokes and More The dead pool is still live but...
The world appears to have well and truly gone to sh*t- not even Tom Hanks is safe. The cold and precise horological world waits for...
Scottish Watches Podcast #125 : Seiko-A-Rama, New Releases and Other Watch News Including Rolex for SEO Come and find all your SEO here…Rolex, G-Shock, Handgel...
Ex-Christies Patek expert John Reardon is going on a deep dive into vintage Patek, and he’s taking us with him. Does Patek Philippe even *need*...
Watches Of Switzerland Soho With much fanfare, in November 2018 Watches of Switzerland group announced the opening of their Soho, New York retail showroom –...
One of the best things about this hobby that we all love is the people. In the short two years since I began falling down...
Scottish Watches Podcast #111 : Start Of Week Watch Chat
Scottish Watches Podcast #109 : Omega 321 Movements, Moser Recap, Hodinkee Video Hate and More
Show notes are back! and what a show to be back for. It is a good one even if I do say so myself. We...
A brand is a name with the power to influence. And Hodinkee is the most powerful non-watch brand of the watch world. They influence more...
It has been a remarkable year for Hodinkee and as 2019 closes, 2020 will only see them take another step closer to their vision of...
Rick will put stuff here or I will delete his account…. Well, I guess in order to avoid deletion I better say something. Loads of...
It will soon be Halloween but this is not our Halloween Episode. Does anyone remember pipes the ghost? Rikki is still wearing the Bulova. We...
May he rest in peace….hold on….nope…definitely still here, at least for the show notes at any rate. Ben joins Rikki this week, while I get...
From the Editor : Longines dropped their Heritage Classic 1930 last week and within a few minutes of us posting the first Instagram images it...
Just the two of us for this show, loads to talk about following on from the last show with Martin Walport. We talk about the...
For those that listen to myself and Rikki’s twice-weekly musings on Movies and Music….and occasionally watches you will know that I have a problem (no...
It’s episode 80, we think, and we take a trip into Glasgow to meet Martin Walport, owner of Martin’s of Glasgow. He’s also one of...
You’re picking the kid out of the bathwater that is just beginning to turn cool, suddenly the phone pings. It’s that notification, the one you...
Today you join us for as live coverage of Hodinkee printing money, and all in the good company of Nick (a.k.a No 4) from Fears...
We are back and we have a member of the secret club with us, fresh from sorting out world hunger and war, with more steel sports...
We are back and flying solo, or duo again this week. Continuing our adventure in actually talking about watches, we first of all find Kaz...
So, you expected show notes huh? That makes two of us – Rikki Never expect show notes – Rick. So we started with a live...
With a family trip to Colorado and the Rocky Mountains National Park coming up, I wanted a watch I could bang off rocks or wear...
Some say he occasionally puts the show notes up on time, and that he is diligent in his duties. All we know is he’s called...
Welcome to episode 65 of the Scottish Watches podcast! We should have mentioned Oris in it but hey! We both enter the Twilight Zone a...
When I first saw that Hodinkee had announced a collaboration with Oris, I knew I had to try to get my hands on one. Typical...
Well, we are a day late, but then two of the three wrist checks are also a day late, and when you hear all the...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/06/20/scottish-watches-podcast-49-scotland-yard-watches-the-tgv-content-heist/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/05/27/scottish-watches-podcast-42-the-bear-necessities-with-oris-watches/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
Having never been to BaselWorld I’m sure as with all of us mad watch community we can’t wait for the hype around each show. The...
When I was 6 years old my pop introduced me to the world of watches. He had 2 timepieces that I used to wind up...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/05/10/scottish-watches-podcast-36-end-of-week-watch-chat/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/05/06/scottish-watches-podcast-35-watch-chat-with-jon-aka-phillywatchcollector/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/04/23/scottish-watches-podcast-31-the-clickbait-edition/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
As you have hopefully picked up from our podcast (available to download free from all reputable online, and some not so reputable online podcast repositories)...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/04/18/scottish-watches-podcast-30-long-weekend-watch-talk/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/04/14/scottish-watches-podcast-29-watch-chat-with-adrian-from-bark-and-jack-part-2/– to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If you...
“Resistance is futile”, sorry that is a different Sci-Fi Film, or perhaps that is just Hodinkees marketing departments internal monologue, because I fell for it,...
Marbles, comics, football stickers and vinyl from 8 years old I had always gravitated to that which was collectible, tradable and relatively liquid. Following a...
It has been a slightly quieter week for new watch releases from a brand range point of view but there has been plenty of quantity...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click HERE to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If you...
We made it to episode 15. So what you ask is on it? Well… click here if you are reading these shownotes on your podcatcher...
For those of you who have not yet listened to both episode 1 or 2 of our new podcast you might want to start there,...