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Send us Fan Mail This week I’m happy to welcome James Stacey to the podcast. James is the lead editor for Hodinkee, and co-host of the podcast The Gray Nato. In this discussion, we recount our experiences in Newport with A. Lange & Sohne, where we had the opportunity to experience the Audrain Concours & Motor Week. This week, we chat about car culture, and how it dovetails with some of our...

Send us Fan Mail This week we record with the head of product development for A. Lange & Söhne, Anthony de Haas. Anthony has been with Lange for 20 years, and offers some incredible insight to how the brand operates, what motivates them, and how they try to keep enthusiasts and customers surprised. This year is the 25th anniversary of the Datograph, and we discuss its evolution in that time, i...

Send us Fan Mail This week we’re thrilled to welcome former race car driver and current media personality Justin Bell to the podcast. Fair warning, this week’s episode features a lot of F1 and racing talk, with very little in the way about watches. Justin Bell is full of incredible stories after a life as a championship winning race car driver, including a class win at the 1998 24 hours of LeMans...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome Jesse Marchant of Lorca Watches to the show to discuss the new Model 02 Chronograph being released October 1st.  Show Notes Lorca Watches Jesse Marchant Lorca Model 01 GMT Lorca Model 02 Chronograph Jesse Marchant on Spotify Rolex Datejust ref. 6609 Teddy Baldassarre Editorial Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome the founder of Studio Underd0g, Richard Benc to the podcast. Studio Underd0g is a relatively young brand which got its start just a few years ago, but has made a relatively large impact on the micro-brand space. The brand has been defined by their vibrant take on the hand wound chronograph, using colors inspired by fruits and other foods, as well as iconic sne...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome the editorial staff of Teddy Baldassarre to have a roundtable discussion about the new watches from Geneva Watch Days. We talk about new watches from H. Moser and Studio Underd0g, Doxa, Oris, Tudor, Bulgari, and many more. We also find some time for an existential crisis over writing about watches, and what it means to wear a watch on the right wrist. Show Not...

Send us Fan Mail We're back from a short summer break with a new episode featuring a discussion with Lane Skelton. From events like Radwood, to podcasts like Driving While Awesome, Lane has made his name creating some iconic enthusiast driven spaces. He's a wonderful photographer, and he happens to be a watch guy as well. We jump into all of it in this episode, from the origins of Radwoo...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome watch and jewelry industry veteran Barbara Palumbo, aka What’s On Her Wrist to the podcast. Barbara brings a refreshing perspective on the industry that acknowledges the breadth of the market, and the forces that drive retail decisions. Deeper still, Barbara has a unique ability to make connections, and find the bigger story beyond the small mechanical details...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome Andrea Furlan to the podcast, the co-founder of Furlan Marri. This is a young brand that’s operating well beyond their years, and Andrea’s approach to presenting the brand and their designs is a big reason for that. In this episode, we discuss the origins of the brand, their approach to design, inspiration, and mechanics, and what’s on the horizon for their ca...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome Nick Engvall, veteran of the sneaker industry media space, and founder of Sneaker History. Nick also co-hosts a number of podcasts about sneakers, cars, and Formula 1 in particular, all of which are discussed in this episode. The sneaker space has many parallels with the watch enthusiast space, and has experienced many of the same highs and lows in recent year...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome the founder of Analog Shift, James Lamdin, to the podcast. We discuss the booming analog world, the current state of the collector and enthusiast space, and the automotive space for good measure. James is an avid collector with decades of experience around all manner of timepieces, but retains a deep love for a few niche areas that we get into in this chat. Th...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome Justin, aka The Wristorian to the podcast. Justin is an amateur sleuth helping tell the real world stories behind the known and unknown watches through history. The Wristorian Instagram account documents moments in history with archival photos and documentation placing certain watches on the wrists of often influential or important figures. This work brings a...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome the new VP of Content for Teddy Baldassarre, Danny Milton to the podcast. Danny has a wealth of experience around watches from his time as Managing Editor at Hodinkee, and brings a cultural perspective to new releases alongside examinations of historical elements that impact how we view watches today. In this episode, we discuss the current state of the enthus...

Send us Fan Mail This week is a solo cast from Blake Buettner discussing some new changes to the YouTube channel, as well as a closer look at the new Bugatti Tourbillon (which is a car, not a watch). This car has many parallels with the watch world, and automotive journalist Henry Catchpole does an excellent job of highlighting this in a video for Hagerty, which you should watch right here . In th...

Send us Fan Mail Support The Deep Track This week we welcome Andrew McUtchen, founder of Time+Tide, to the podcast. Andrew is a dynamic presence in the industry, with a penchant for all manner of brands, bringing a sorely needed positive perspective to the media space. Time+Tide celebrates 10 years of operation this year, and in this discussion Andrew recounts the journey, and how it has evolved i...

Send us Fan Mail The Deep Track is supported by listeners like you on Patreon. This week I’m thrilled to welcome Kenneth Lam of Arken Watches to the podcast. Ken is bringing his unique vision to life through Arken, a project that began as a quest to make the perfect personal watch which has blossomed into a now thriving young micro brand. In this discussion we talk about what it means to design a...

Send us Fan Mail Support The Deep Track This week I'm happy to welcome the CEO of Parmigiani Fleurier, Guido Terreni. Parmigiani is a brand that has released some of the most interesting watches in recent memory across their modern sport-chic Tonda collection, and most recently with the introduction of a new Toric (you can see my initial reaction to the Toric from Geneva right here ). In this...

Send us Fan Mail Support The Deep Track This week I'm happy to welcome Eric Wind to the podcast. Eric is a vintage (and modern) watch expert who you may recognize from Wind Vintage, or any of his contributions to Hodinkee's Reference Points articles. In this discussion, we talk about some current events around Rolex and Patek Philippe, as well as explore the auction world and how it&apos...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome Ben Cook, aka Ben's Watches to the podcast. Ben is a new voice in the watch media space making near real time content across social media channels, connecting with a new generation of enthusiasts. In this episode, we discuss Ben's journey into watches, and his overall approach to creating watch content. As a younger generation phases into this space,...

Send us Fan Mail Support The Deep Track This week we welcome industry veteran Stephen Pulvirent to the podcast. Stephen is a published author, photographer, and long time personality in the watch media space. These days, Stephen runs his own agency called Rime & Reason , helping brands tell better stories to connect with consumers in more meaningful ways. Stephen has a thoughtful and well cons...

Send us Fan Mail Support The Deep Track This week we welcome Thomas Calara to the podcast to discuss watches, F1, a bit of diving, and more. Thomas is a friend of the show and is currently working for Analog Shift, curating watches and some amazing content around them. We discuss round 6 of the F1 season in Miami which saw Lando Norris take his first win as an F1 driver, and what that might signal...

Send us Fan Mail Support The Deep Track This week we welcome the newly appointed CEO of Zenith, Benoit de Clerck to the podcast to discuss, well, the future of Zenith. Benoit inherits a Zenith that is at the top of their game thanks to the efforts of prior CEO, Julien Tornare, who is now serving in that role for TAG Heuer. Zenith has had a mega year already with the release of watches like the new...

Send us Fan Mail Support The Deep Track This week I'm thrilled to welcome my friend Zachary Pina to the show. Zach is a photographer in the watch industry as well as a wildlife photographer with a passion for birding. Zach was also at Watches & Wonders this year so we discuss some of the new releases, how he approaches gear for shows like this, and what he does with his time after the sho...

Send us Fan Mail Support The Deep Track This week, Blake Buettner gives some personal thoughts on some of the new releases from Watches & Wonders, with a closer look at new watches from IWC, Zenith, and more. This episode also features a short discussion with Professor Brian Cox, an English physicist who you may recognize from his popular appearances on YouTube, and known for his abilities as...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of The Deep Track podcast we welcome watch industry journalist, Bilal Khan. Bilal is a veteran of the industry, and currently wrist for Watch Time magazine, who also throw the most prestigious watch event in New York each year, Watch Time New York. In this episode, Bilal and Blake discuss some of the key moments and watches of Watches & Wonders 2024, in...