The HourTime Show

Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks on Twitter), Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon), and WWR Managing Editor (IE, the guy who actually runs the site!) Patrick (@PatrickWatches).

That's right: we've got us a full four-wolf moon this week!

Victor kicks off the wrist check with a watch he recently assembled from parts featuring an Elgin dial, which we then explain what that means. Patrick is wearing the Mido Ocean Star GMT, which he's in the process of reviewing. This kicks off a quick discussion on different types of movements, who makes what, etc. John and Nicholas (well, really Nicholas) merely smile and nods here. Speaking of John and Nicholas, John has an Omega Speedmaster Professional and Nicholas has his PT5000-based SteelDive. The crown is too small to turn comfortably but the watch seems to keep time pretty well. For less than $200 it's hard to complain.

This brings us to one of our main discussions of the week, and that's whether or not people like Nicholas, who like watches but who maybe don't have a spare $5,000 to buy every shiny Omega that comes down the pike, are perhaps "doing it wrong" by gravitating toward brands like SteelDive. We've touched on this in the past but now Patrick gives his take. John adds some interesting insight from the world of alternative investing, and how that's driving up the cost of some watches.

There's a bit more, but that about does it for this week.

Thanks once again to Andrew Haworth for producing this week's episode.

Keep it locked to WristWatchReview.com and @wristwatchreview on Instagram for more fun watch content.

Thank you for listening, and have a great week!

Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John, Victor, and Nicholas. Also joining us this week is fellow watch aficionado and longtime Apple observer John Gruber of Daring Fireball.

We start this week with a quick wrist check: Victor's got an Ollech & Wajs C-1000, Nicholas has his gray CasiOak, and John has his Seamaster Chrono GMT. Gruber, who joins about one-third of the way through the episode, is wearing an Apple Watch (though he notes that he'd just as likely be wearing his Rolex Submariner ref. 14060M).

Nicholas has a brief follow-up to a topic we discussed several weeks ago: whether or not the photos for the Hodinkee edition Oris (which we liked!) were shot on film or not. We now have confirmation that at least some of them were, and that the video was shot on Super 8. This leads to a mini rant from John on the state of media today and a critique of some very busy-looking Omegas.

We then move onto some Apple talk, focusing on the newly released iPhone 13 and 13 Pro. Should you upgrade? That depends on where you're coming from, iPhone-wise, but certainly the macro photography mode of the 13 Pro would come in handy if you take a lot of watch photos. Instagram, here we come.

Gruber then joins the pod, sparking a wide-ranging discussion of the Apple Watch, Rolex price creep, getting into "real" watches, and more. It's a great chat with some real watch geeks, so you're in for a treat!

And that, as they say, is that.

Big thanks to John Gruber for taking the time to hang with us this week. Be sure to read Daring Fireball, listen to The Talk Show and Dithering, and follow him on Twitter.

Thanks once again to Andrew Haworth for producing this week's episode.

Keep it locked to WristWatchReview.com and @wristwatchreview on Instagram for more fun watch content.

Thank you for listening, and have a great week!

Hello and welcome to The HourTime Show, the official podcast of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WristWatchReview.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Your hosts this week are Victor (⁠@vmarks on Twitter⁠) and Nicholas (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@nicholasadeleon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). John is away this week. He sends his regards.

**For a video version of this podcast, simply visit ⁠our YouTube channel⁠.**

This week, Victor and Nicholas primarily discuss three big topics: Seestern's new Pelagos homage and how it compares to similar pieces from the likes of Heimdallr, and why you'd want to spend $300 on an homage versus a rep; Rolex's certified pre-owed program; the Belhamel Contra A40; and some DIY watch project stuff. We also briefly mention some big New York Times article on replica handbags, which *we think* is relevant but we didn't actually read the article.

We also bring back audio podcast chapters with this episode. Adding chapters tacks on several more minutes to post-production so hopefully someone out there appreciates them. If your podcast player supports chapters you can more easily skip around to different segments of the episode. Many of the most popular podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Pocket Casts, support podcasts, but I (Nicholas) don't know offhand if Spotify does. I guess we'll see!

Thanks once again to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Andrew Haworth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for his help producing this week's episode.

Keep it locked to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WristWatchReview.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@wristwatchreview⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram⁠ for more fun watch content. And feel free to come hang with us all day on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Thank you for listening, and have a great week!

-Nicholas, Tucson, AZ, May 7, 2023

**Hello everyone, Nicholas here. This week's episode is late for one of two reasons: One, I forgot to schedule it for publication or two, Anchor messed up. I've been having issues with Anchor lately and would love to find a new provider tbh. Regardless, apologies, but enjoy!**

This week on The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com, John, Victor, and Nicholas break down their top 10-ish favorite watches under $1,000. But before that, John has some follow-up on a watch that, ahem, greatly resembles a Rolex GMT Master II.Timestamps (we're trying a new format for these, hopefully they work!)(0:00) John's thoughts on his "GMT Master II"(8:20) The top 10 begins: Hemel Air Wing(9:30) NTH Watches(10:15) Seiko King Turtle(10:40) Citizen Tsuyosa(11:40) Hailos(12:30) Imperial Royal Guard(13:20) Heimdallr's Willard Homage(15:00) Casio Frogman(16:10) Seiko Orange Monster(17:55) MoonSwatch(19:00) Tissot PRX(21:00) Tissot Seastar(24:30) Victor has some Belhamel follow-up, outroThanks once again to Andrew Haworth for his help producing this week's episode.Follow the crew on social media:https://twitter.com/johnbiggs

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https://www.instagram.com/wristwatchreviewCome hang in our Discord:https://discord.gg/AccJepsEn4Thank you, have a great week!-Nicholas, May 14, 2023, Tucson, AZ

Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks on Twitter), Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon), and Patrick (@PatrickWatches).

For new listeners, Patrick is the managing editor of WristWatchReview but his schedule typically doesn't allow him to record with us very easily. But we're happy to have him on the pod this week, especially as John was busy with work stuff.

Anyway!

We've got a big and juicy news-filled podcast this week. After some initial banter about watch size preferences, we dive into the just-announced King Seiko re-launch and an interesting interview the CEO of Tag Heuer gave to Hodinkee.

With King Seiko, we discuss our initial reaction to the new watches (mixed, though Nicholas is largely a fan) and what we would have done differently. One major complaint people seem to have is the use of the 6R movement, in a $1700 watch. This movement has somewhat of a mixed reputation online (it doesn't appear to keep time very well, for one), and to see it in a watch at this price point is... well, people aren't happy.

With Tag, we mainly discuss where the brand "fits" in the watch world today, and how we might market a watch brand specifically to a younger demo.

That's about the gist of this week.

Thanks once again to Andrew Haworth for producing this week's episode.

Keep it locked to WristWatchReview.com and @wristwatchreview on Instagram for more fun watch content.

As always, you can reach us by email at [email protected], DM us on Instagram, or reach out to us on Twitter.

Thank you for listening, and have a great week!