Breitling takes to the skies, HUBLOT has cement shoes, and ADs don't love you

12/06/21 • 22 min

John goes to Breitling and gets deafened by an airplane. Hublot makes a watch out of cement and wants 25 Thousand Dollars for it, and Authorized Dealers don't love you.

John goes to Breitling and gets deafened by an airplane. Hublot makes a watch out of cement and wants 25 Thousand Dollars for it, and Authorized Dealers don't love you.

Previous Episode

[Rerun] Why It's So Hard to Buy a Rolex (feat. John Gruber)

Hello everyone, Nicholas here. Your pals have taken the week off to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families, but rather than leave you hanging we've decided to re-run our interview with John Gruber from earlier this year. Have a great week, and we'll see you next week. -Nicholas

**Original Show Notes Follow Below**

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!

Next Episode

Rikki from Scottish Watches Drops By!

Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor, Nicholas, and Rikki from Scottish Watches. Yes!!!

We start this week with a quick explanation of where we've been. Nicholas had to make an unexpected trip to Puerto Rico to attend a family matter but he's back in New York now and everything is OK. The trip did provide a good opportunity to wear the solar powered G-Shock (GWM5610-1), which definitely did a good job.

The trip to Puerto Rico also inspired Nicholas to start wearing his Apple Watch around the house again. This, in turn, sparks a wider discussion on smart watches, whether they're "real" watches or not, and the role that the Apple Watch plays in introducing folks to watches. This, by the way, is something Nicholas recently wrote about for HODINKEE (!), how the Apple Watch rekindled his interest in watches. Please read it!

We then turn the discussion toward more traditional watches, and Rikki goes into what he's been wearing the most lately, the Horage Tourbillon-1, and his attitude toward the wider hobby and how being a content creator influences his thinking. Rikki also recounts his recent visit to Dubai Watch World, including the "vibe" of the show given that we're still dealing with Covid.

There's a bit more to the episode, including watch media talk, the role of influencers, and good (and bad!) affordable watches, but these show notes have gone on long enough.

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.

And of course, be sure to visit Scottish Watches, listen to their podcast, and follow them on Instagram.

Thank you for listening, and have a great week!