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

11/29/21 • 37 min

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!

**Original Show Notes Follow Below**

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!

Previous Episode

Stunting for Instagram Clout

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

First, apologies for missing last week. Both John and Nicholas were unavailable to record at the usual time so it was easier to skip a week.

Moving on, we open this week with a very quick John rant on the evolution of watch media and whether or not people are merely chasing money and fame on social media or are actually into watches. It's hard to tell sometimes.

The main topic of the week, however, is the new Tudor Pelagos FXD. Our perception is that it received a mixed reception online, and that's our reaction too: mixed. Tudor had a pretty good year with some of their earlier releases (like the silver BB58!), but this one doesn't quite knock it out of the park for us. Ah well.

John then brings up a really nice looking new Casio, the MT-G MTGB2000YBD1. The name / model number is a little much, but we're super impressed. The price ($1,200) is perhaps a little high for what amounts to a nice G Shock. That then prompts a discussion on the "right" watch for a good long backpacking trip in Europe. Producer Andrew had a good suggestion: this Citizen Promaster. Technically it's a diver but it could be a good choice.

Hilariously, John then casually mentions that he just bought a Speedmaster. This is what's known as "burying the lede," folks! John then takes a minute to go over some of the Speedmaster variations for folks who may not be familiar with them.

John then makes a last-minute request: What's the last watch you'd be prepared to buy? Tweet your answers at @johnbiggs.

And that, as they say, is that.

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!

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