Superlative

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Patrick Getreide, owner of The Oak Collection. The two are in London and sit down together for a casual conversation about their lives around watches, and the incredible Oak Collection. The Oak Collection is a collection of 168...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined again by his long time friend and Watch Specialist & Media Director for Watchbox, Tim Mosso. Starting the show our pair find themselves continuing a conversation about car ownership vs watch ownership, and talking about the luxury space in general bei...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by the Creative Director at Breitling, Sylvain Berneron. To start the show our host Ariel asks Sylvain about some of the unknown complexities in watch design that people may not think of, and how many people may be responsible for...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by the Head of Watches at Louis Vuitton, Jean Arnault. Ariel starts the show asking about the exclusivity and somewhat secrecy behind the brands luxury watches. Jean elaborates on how they are only distributed through their own LV...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by Nick English, the Co-Founder of Bremont Watches. The pair dive into the culture of image and how personal representation matters in the luxury world, and how important it was for Bremont to be a British brand in addition to being a luxury brand. Ariel...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by Nico Leonard van der Horst from the Belfast Watch Retailer, “Pride and Pinion”. Ariel asks Nico about being a personality in the watch space today and how that has allowed him to be himself in the eye of the industry. Nico proposes the question “Who ha...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by a long time friend of his in the industry, Hampton Carney, CEO and Owner of Paul Wilmot Communications. To start the show our pair today talk about what a PR Firm like Paul Wilmot Communications really does today, and the value that they bring to the t...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by Stephane Waser, the Managing Director at Maurice Lacroix Watches. They start the show talking about the nostalgia of the brand for Ariel, Stephane reflects on Maurice Lacroix’s brand history, and what its like being a part of a brand that is a mainstre...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by lifestyle journalist Steve Lundin. The pair really dive into modern Watch Journalism during this episode. Touching on such things as how many watch covering journalists make a living doing so today, the integrity of the journalistic industry, and some...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined live in person by Matthias Breschan, the CEO of Longines. They start the show talking about what Covid showed Matthias about the importance of the internet and the digital space in the watch industry, and how brick and mortar is still important today as w...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by our first father and son duo to appear on the show, Jean-Claude and Pierre Biver. Before they dive into the details of their new watch brand they have launched, “JC Biver”, Jean-Claude talks about how you can’t retire from a passion, and how that passi...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by Steven Holtzman, Vice Chairman of the Chicago based retailer, C.D. Peacock. The two start the show talking about the challenges people working in the industry might face, and being honest about covering the good and bad sides about it. Ariel asks Steve...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by Eugene Tutunikov, CEO of Swiss Watch Expo. To start the show Ariel and Eugene talk about enthusiast media coverage in general, and how it impacts the watch industry as a whole when it comes to consumer education and interest into the industry. They div...

*AUDIO NOTE* - There was a small issue with the guests mic during this interview, but we wanted to make sure everyone was able to get the great information in this episode, and enjoy the great conversation that Ariel and James had, so we did the best we can with the audio. Thank you for listening through!* This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that in...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by Aaron Sigmond, author of the book “Drive Time Deluxe Edition: Watches Inspired by Automobiles, Motorcycles, and Racing”. The two start the show talking about how purchasing a luxury watch for many people is a reward they are giving themselves, and the...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by Sebastien Chaulmontet, Head of Innovation at Sellita, where they develop more mainstream movements for a large number of brands. They start the show talking about how he came into the industry in a non traditional way, and how having patents played a p...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by Jess Chow, Co-founder and CEO of Vieren Watches. To start the show Ariel and Jess talk about being an watch enthusiast/entrepreneur, who does she envision being the enthusiasts and wearers of their watches, and how watchmaking is kind of in her family....

This week on Superlative our host Ariel Adams is joined by Michal Dunin, founder of Chopin, and Blonie Watches, brought to you by aBlogtoWatch.

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by Alon Ben Joseph from Ace Jewelers. They start the show talking about the start of selling watches online, what that transitional period was like for retailers, and how anti-trust laws affected them. The two talk about taking risk as an company and what...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by watch designer Yvan Arpa, Founder of ArtyA watches. They start the show talking about what got Yvan into watch design, some of his previous work with other brands, and the start of ArtyA watches. Ariel asks Yvan to talk about some of the differences an...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by Charles Marin of La Reserve Agencies. Ariel starts the show with having Charles explain what an agent in the industry is, what his job role entails, and his background that lead him to the role. They talk about why an agent for luxury watch brands woul...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams is joined by Martin Frei, the Co-Founder and Lead Designer at Urwerk Watches. They start the show talking about how Martin has created and designed some of these tools that are used in watch design, why he became a designer, and some problems in modern watch design...

This week on Superlative our host Ariel Adams is joined by Martin Frei, Co-Founder and Lead Designer of Urwerk Watches, brought to you by aBlogtoWatch.

This week on Superlative our host Ariel Adams is joined by veteran ABTW team member David Bredan, brought to you by aBlogtoWatch.

This week on Superlative our host Ariel Adams is joined by Daniel Miller, Staff writer at the LA Times, brought to you by aBlogtoWatch.