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Today, we sit down with Mike France, co-founder and CEO of Christopher Ward, the UK-based direct-to-consumer brand that has (you may be shocked to learn) been around since 2004.
We chat to Mike about the early days of the brand and how they evolved from a design-led microbrand into the fully-fledged brand they are today, with in-house watchmaking expertise that rivals that of the Swiss.
Of course, it doesn’t take long for the conversation to veer to their incredible breakout hit, the Bel Canto. Mike tells us how the innovative chiming watch was an unexpected byproduct of COVID-induced working conditions and how the smash-hit watch has changed their business.
We also talk about the brand new release, the Bel Canto Classic. But before that, Felix debriefs on his jaunt to Hong Kong for Dubai Watch Week’s Horology Forum 10.
Felix reports on HF.10 in Hong Kong Tim Mosso at Horology Forum Christopher Ward Watches The Bel Canto Classic on Andy’s IG Frank Skinner’s poetry podcastLike watches? Join our Discord.
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We thought we knew what we were getting into when we asked Marc Montagne, author of 'Invest in Watches: The Art of Watch Collecting' onto the pod. We prepared questions around market motility, hot models and the ethics of flipping, but it quickly became apparent that it wasn't going to be that kind of interview.
Marc, a watch industry professional, wasn't interested in buying and selling to make a quick buck — he was in it for the long haul. Marc is more interested in investing in quality and the style of watch that works for you. It might not be the textbook definition of investment, but we respect the hell out of the approach.
Before chatting with Marc, Felix and Andy ponder what Hodinkee's acquisition by Watches of Switzerland means for the industry (and how much it sold for).
Show Notes: https://www.otpodcast.com.au/show-notes
Watchpro reporting on Hodinkee's acquisition of Watches Of Switzerland
Ben Clymer's announcement of the sale on Hodinkee
Invest in Watches: The Art of Watch Collecting by Marc Montagne
Marc Montagne on Instagram
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This week's guest is James Kennedy, the Managing Director and CEO of Kennedy Watches & Jewellery, one of Australia's leading luxury retailers.
We chat with James about what it's like to be an Authorised Dealer for some of the world's most prestigious and desirable watch brands/
James shares (in detail) about how he turned a small family business into an Australia-wide business and the lessons he's learned along the way.
We discuss the booming popularity of watches over the last 15 years, and what his thoughts are on the future of luxury, including the perennially thorny questions of allocation and investment, as well as the state of the Australian market more broadly.
You don't have to have walked through the doors of a Kennedy boutique for James' insights into the industry to resonate, this is an insightful discussion for anyone interested in the business of watches.
This episode is sponsored by Kennedy.
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One of OT:’s very favourite people is Chris Hall, the guy behind The Fourth Wheel Substack — which bills itself as an honest, opinionated and informative insight into watches and the business around them. Given that every week or so we’re Chris’ newsletter on the pod, we thought it was high time to get him back on and talk about his approach to reporting on watches and what his plans are for the Substack in the months ahead.
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The Fourth Wheel The Fourth Wheel on Instagram Horological Dictionary on the Fourth Wheel (10:00) Felix’s brutal burn on geezer watches (15:35) Chris Hall on the business of Bremont (24:25) Mark Cho’s 12 rules for watch collecting (32:40) The Bear (35:50)How to follow us:
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In this episode, we chat with the man behind one of 2024’s most-discussed watch brands, Anoma. Matteo Violet-Vianello developed his love of free-form vintage watch aesthetics while working at A Collected Man, and decided he wanted to create his own watch. Despite having no formal design training, Anoma’s debut watch, the A1, is an assured and sophisticated design that tackles the seldom-seen triangular case. Matteo explains his design choices, the production process and the philosophical underpinnings of this exciting new brand. Before that, Andy and Felix try and get some watch ambassador deals for Olympians.
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Unpolished Please (1:02) Wristcheck’s Olympic Watches Guide (6:30) Matteo Violet Vionallo Interview (12:00) Anoma Watches Anoma Watches on Instagram Perfect Days Trailer (57:20)PLEASE - be sure to check out our YouTube channel.
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Today’s guest is Arthur Touchot, an incredibly knowledgable (and unfailingly charming) individual who’s worked at watch titles like Hodinkee and others before ending up in Phillips Watch Department as Head of Digital Strategy and Watch Specialist. Arthur takes the time to educate Felix and Andy on what goes on behind the scenes of an auction, from sourcing watches to marketing and the importance of storytelling in watch sales.
This episode is sponsored by IWC. Find out more about the brand and it's watches here.
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Kennedy Event in Perth IWC Manufacture Arthur Touchot on Instagram Phillips Watches on Instagram Phillips Watches Mark Cho’s The Beauty in Everything Sale IWC IWC on Instagram IWC Australia New Zealand on InstagramShow Notes: https://www.otpodcast.com.au/show-notes
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This week, Andy continues his chat with IWC’s MVPs, and this time, he chats with Markus Bühler, Associate Director of Watch and Movement Assembly. From job satisfaction to having a tourbillon (or two) with bearing his name, Bühler provides insights into IWC’s meticulous approach to watchmaking. Before this chat, however, Felix goes wildly off-topic with an impassioned defence of one of the greatest works of cinema of the 21st century.
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Show Notes:
Mamma Mia - 2:23 Christopher Ward C65 Super Compressor - 7:21 Felix’s Troubled and Problematic Accutron Bulova Snorkel (or at least one like it) - 7:37 Porsche Design Hodinkee Collab - 9:07 Markus Bühler Interview begins - 15:10 IWC IWC on Instagram IWC Australia New Zealand on InstagramShow Notes: https://www.otpodcast.com.au/show-notes
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Andy is still time travelling back to Watches & Wonders with IWC, and this week, he’s chatting to the charming Lorenz Brunner, who talks about the brand’s most important innovations, as well as the importance of ‘silent’ innovation. Before that, Felix and Andy chatted about IWC’s involvement in an exciting new F1 film, the 2024 edition of the Richemont shuffle, and why Nickelback deserves rehabilitation.
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F1 Official Trailer IWC’s role in the new F1 movie The Innioasis Y1 MP3 player Hate to Love: The nickel back Documentary IWC IWC on Instagram IWC Australia New Zealand on InstagramShow Notes: https://www.otpodcast.com.au/show-notes
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This week, we get to see Andy in his natural environment of Watches & Wonders as he chats to IWC CEO Chris Grainger in the middle of the packed IWC booth to discuss everything that makes the Schaffhausen-based manufacturer such a force to be reckoned with.
From the ongoing evolution of the Portugieser to the future of the brand’s partnership with Mercedes and even the very nature of time itself. Before the headline act, Felix and Andy chat about some of the interesting developments in the world of watches, including Bernard Arnault’s investment in Richemont and LVMH’s acquisition of L’Epee.
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Cornell Watch Company is an old name but a new brand. Chicago native John Warren has long had a fascination with the historic American brand founded in his home city. Most people would be content with collecting old pocket watches and letting history stay in the past, but Warren isn’t most people. He’s taken the steps to revive the defunct brand and, with the help of American watchmaking legend Roland Murphy of RGM, bring it into the 21st century. We chat with Warren about the ins and outs of bringing an old brand back, why he thinks American watchmaking is important, and why his debut model, the 1870 CE, is special.
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Danny Milton Leaves Hodinkee Chris Hall’s The Fourth Wheel The New York Times explore sexual assault allegations against Nirmal Purja The Bremont x Brompton x Cheaney Cornell Watch Company Cornell Watch Company on Instagram Roland Murphy and RGMHow to follow us:
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Fresh from the flash sale of his debut watch, we chat with Phil Toledano, one-half of Toledano & Chan, and a man who’s gone from watch enthusiast to professional over the last few years. Phil talks about the hope and fears he had developing the B1, and how it feels to be memefied alongside Audemars Piguet (who happened to release the inspired-by-brutalism Remaster02 recently. Andy also gives Phil some handy business advice, and we get some old-school video game recs. You don’t miss this slightly off-the-rails chat with the one and only Mister Enthusiast.
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Masaharu Wada’s pics of the AP Remaster02 on Instagram Audemars Piguet’s Polychrome Camouflage Gold Rolex making polychromatic metals 90 years ago Mister Enthusiast on Instagram Toledano and Chan The B1 piece unique sold at Sotheby’s for 24,000 USDHow to follow us:
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This week we talk about the 10th edition of the Only Watch charity auction, originally shcedule for 2023, but after drama and allegations of fiscal impropriety plagued the auction, it was delayed until the other week. Sadly, problems of a whole other nature marred its return, courtesy of some security issues with Christie’s online platform taking online voting off the table. Still, they managed to raise a tidy 28.3 million CHF, thanks largely to Patek Philippe. We chat about some of the high (and low) lights of the auction, as well as its place in the industry, On top of that, Van Cleef & Arpels CEO Nicolas Bos has been appointed Richemont group CEO, and we make a strong case for the fact that the only watch you truly need is a quartz Seiko.
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The Seiko SNXS Loupe This sold a Tiffany Nautilus Nicolas Bos appointed as Richemont CEO The last time we talked about Only Watch Only Watch Only Watch Livestream Chris Hall’s Fourth Wheel Zachery Lu on Instagram Thierry Stern in full dad specOT: Discord - https://discord.com/invite/X3Vvc9z7aV
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This week, we catch up with Matt Smith Johnson, AKA Teenage Grandpa, and his work in watches and watch design, including brands like Vero, Laco, and others. Beyond the expected chat around dial text and case proportions, our chat with Matt goes in some less expected directions, specifically around metal band t-shirt design and which metal groups need a watch sponsorship deal, stat.
Before all that, Andy and Felix chat about Andy’s recent trip to the Cartier Manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the recent TAG Heuer X Kith Formula One reissue, and what other brands might be looking for a ‘Moonswatch Moment’ in the near future.
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Cartier Cartierwatchcommunity on Instagram TAG Heuer x Kith Toledano X Chan Teenage Grandpa on InstagramOT: Discord - https://discord.com/invite/X3Vvc9z7aV
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In this episode, we’ve got Andy’s Watches & Wonders chat with Pierre Rainero, Cartier’s Image, Style and Heritage Director. In addition to talking about some of the new releases like the Tortue and the Santos Dumont Rewind, Andy and Pierre chat about how Cartier’s design sensibility has evolved over time and the importance of the Maison’s jewellery perspective when it comes to creating shapes that work when worn on the body, as well as how the brand manages to infuse magic into what it does. Before that, more Cartier! Felix made a flying visit to Seoul to see a brand new Cartier exhibition called the Crystallization of Time.
This episode of OT: The Podcast is in partnership with Cartier, find out more about their latest watches at cartier.com.au
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Cartier Cartierwatchcommunity on Instagram Cartier Crystallization of Time exhibition in SeoulOT: Discord - https://discord.com/invite/X3Vvc9z7aV
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This week, we continue our post-game analysis of Watches & Wonders, with a perhaps surprising focus on some of the more fashion-forward brands at the Palexpo. Andy runs us through the offerings of Chanel, Hermès and Van Cleef & Arpels, as well as dress, dive and sports options from IWC, Zenith and Chopard. Beyond that, Andy ventured outside the fair to check out Atelier Wen, and we chat about how the new Santos de Cartier Dual Time will be big in Australia.
This episode of OT: The Podcast is in partnership with Cartier, find out more about their latest watches at cartier.com.au
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Cartier Cartierwatchcommunity on Instagram IWC’s latest Chanel’s latest Chopard’s 2024 collection The 2024 Hermès novelties Zenith at Watches & Wonders Atelier WenHow to follow us:
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The OT: team has been re-united in Melbourne, but there are still plenty of Watches & Wonders to discuss! Andy and Felix chat about the latest releases from Rolex, Tudor (Andy thinks the pink chronograph works) and Patek Philippe (Felix has an unconventional favourite). Finally, they dig into the biggest topic of the fair, Bremont’s new look and new Terra Nova collection. Plus, they also muse about the possibilities of a WWG x WWE crossover event for 2025.
This episode of OT: The Podcast is in partnership with Cartier, find out more about their latest watches at cartier.com.au
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Cartier Cartierwatchcommunity on Instagram Rolex CEO interviewed in NZZ Rolex’s 2024 releases Tudor’s 2024 releases Patek Philippe’s 2024 releases Johnny Davis at Esquire on Bremont (and other things) Bremont’s 2024 collectionHow to follow us:
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Andy is on the ground at Watches & Wonders in Geneva, and he’s only got one thing on his mind — Cartier. We have a chat about all the latest releases from the Maison, including the Privé Tortue and the Privé Tortue Monopoussoir Chronograph, as well as the newest additions to the Santos de Cartier and Santos-Dumont lines (including the mind-bending Santos-Dumont Rewind ). We even delve into the finer details of jewellery watches, like the Reflection de Cartier and the numerous animal-inspired pieces. If you want to know what’s up with Cartier, you’re in the right place.
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This week’s episode contains more spice than Dune 1 and 2 combined — welcome to the first hot takes episode of 2024. Fuelled by the hottest takes from the OT: discord, Andy and Felix debate some of the most burning (and a few of the most trivial) issues the watch industry faces in 2024. From thought-provoking claims like ‘if Tudor dropped the Snowflake hand they’d be more successful’ and ‘the swing back to big watches is inevitable’ through to less earth-shattering takes like ‘120 bezel clicks are too many’, Andy and Felix wade fearlessly through the most controversial of takes.
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Pete McConvill on Youtube
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It’s been a hot minute, but we’re excited to have the one and only Jenni Elle back on the podcast. In case you’re not across her work, Jenni Elle is one of the biggest personalities on watch YouTube and a genuinely lovely person. The big news from Jenni Elle’s side of the world is that she’s had a child, so obviously, we talk about the pros and cons of passing it on to the next generation. In addition to the joys of a baby’s first Patek, we chat with Jenni about Watches & Wonders, including a bit of chat about what we can expect from everyone’s favourite hype brands, Rolex and Patek Philippe. But before that, we interrogated the new white-dialled Speedmaster, and argue over the finer points of whether or not a safe watch is inherently boring. We also cover the new releases from Audemars Piguet, including John Mayer’s Crystal Sky Perpetual Calendar.
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For the last instalment in the Dubai Files, Felix sits down with Manuel Emch, the creative mind behind the resurgence of Louis Erard, which has evolved over the last few years from a middle-of-the-road value proposition into a powerhouse of collaboration. Enlisting help from people like Alain Silberstein and Konstantin Chaykin has seen Louis Erard become one of the most interesting names in watchmaking at the moment. All thanks to the Emch, a man with a reputation for putting out fires. Felix finds out about Emch, his approach to watches and what might happen to Louis Erard when collabs go out of favour. Before that, Andy and Felix chat about their trip to Sydney for an evening with Kennedy, and the joys of soapbox racers.
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Red Bull's Soapbox Rally Kart Racer True Detective Night Country Kennedy Andy and Felix at Kennedy Star Manuel Emch on Instagram Louis Erard on InstagramOT: Discord - https://discord.com/invite/X3Vvc9z7aV
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