Chrono Passion 7 Podcast

Yes your favourite watch-related podcast is back after a short break! This is a big one, it's our fiftieth show, half a century, the big 5-0, and we are celebrating with a good old CP7 challenge just like in the old days. As it's the 50th episode the challenge is to build a 5-watch collection with £50,000. Are we up to it? Can we stay within our budget or will we fail miserably? The cate...

Welcome back to your favourite watch-related podcast. Have you ever considered giving up on the generic world of mainstream watches? Well, hold that thought! In this latest episode, our guest is a collector deeply immersed in the mysterious world of independent watches but still retains a love for the watches from where it all began. Join us with Ollie Al-Falah, YouTube's "The Watch Coll...

Recorded at the tail end of 2024, the boys speak to none other than Sam Kessler, the editor of world-renowned watch magazine and online platform Oracle Time. Coming from a family involved in watch journalism and vintage watches Sam has a fascinating take on the current state of the watch world both vintage and modern. We talk car and watch collaborations, why are vintage watches better looking tha...

It's the end of the year so join us in our Christmas and New Year's special. What were our year's highlights? What were our favourite watches of 2024 and most importantly what were our favourite shows? In a light-hearted show (with a nice festive glass of something) we cover all of these including our favourite stories from the industry this year and also our personal watch-related...

The infamous Quartz Crisis in the 1970s forced a lot of great historical watch brands to close their doors, with Angelus probably being one with the most heritage. However, today, Angelus has been reinvented in a more modern incarnation, and at the helm is its engaging and driven Managing Director, Pascal Béchu, who we shoot the breeze with in our latest episode. Find out how Pascal deals with ret...

What makes a watch contrarian? Going against the grain? Rejecting popular belief? Or just an appreciation of watches which might not hit everyone’s radar but certainly captures the attention of a contrarian few? Find out the answer to this most posing of questions as we welcome journalist, enthusiast and all round engaging top guy, Thor Svaboe onto the CP7 Podcast. Thor enlightens us with the answ...

Nobody Does It Better or so Carly Simon’s song went, but when it comes to putting on the premier watch show in London, nobody does it better than that Rob Corder’s WatchPro. Andy flew in specially for this event so take this opportunity to follow the boys’ two day experience at the Londoner Hotel in the UK capital’s Leicester Square. Nicknamed the unofficial CP7 Christmas Party it was an experienc...

We're back for another episode of the CP7 Podcast Unplugged, with minimal editing, and the boys just shooting the breeze with what's been happening with them recently.  Catch up with what they have been up to over the last couple of weeks and also hear their take on the most controversial Patek Philippe watch ever released, and definitely the most controversial watch released this year,...

Join us as we talk to Huiy Tang, Co-Founder and the marketing maestro behind RZE Watches. Assembled for adventure since 2020, RZE has been building timepieces for the everyday adventurer, pushing boundaries in quality and value again and again. Greatly inspired by the use of titanium in the aerospace industry for its strength, weight and look, and being a brand so competitively priced in its targe...

Immerse yourself in La Dolce Vita as the CP7 Boys talk to Mo Coppoletta, an avid De Bethune collector, tattoo artist and designer, as well as the man and mind behind Italy’s newly launched and stylish independent watch brand, Gagà Laboratorio. Joining us from Verona in Italy, London-based Mo’s passion for style and flair in his debut watch, the Labormatic, is there for all to hear, but it’s his qu...

To mark the 1st birthday of the CP7 Podcast, which also happens to be our landmark 40th episode, we have an extremely special guest on to talk watches and a few other unexpected topics too! The CP7 Boys chat to none other than Robert Jan Broer, affectionately known as RJ, the Founder of Europe's leading watch enthusiast online platform Fratello. Not only is he the main man at Fratello, he is...

Hot off the press! The UK's Bristol-based Fears Watch Company has just this week released a jumping hour watch into their regular collection, the Fears Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour, and the CP7 Boys got hands-on before this show to review it. Just to give you that extra special CP7 experience, who better to invite onto the show to talk about the new watch than, none other than the dapper and char...

It is finally here, Part 2 of our Geneva Watch Days Review show, and we wrap up our experience in this special show.  Having reported on so many cool watch brands in Part 1 the boys look at the talk of the event the H Moser X Studio Underdog two-watch collaboration called The Passion Fruit (Obviously named after us!). They also lift the lid on their LVMH Fabrique Du Temps Manufacture visit, and wh...

Yes he’s back, back again!  The resident gentleman of The CP7 Podcast, Mr Martin Green. Interrupting his busy schedule in the Netherlands, Martin finally prioritised between being Editor At Large for Watch Time USA magazine, and the GPHG Academy’s voting panel to take his place as the unofficial third member of Chrono Passion 7!  This episode was supposed to be the CP7 Geneva Watch Days Review Par...

They're back from where it all began for the podcast! The CP7 boys have been to the amazing Geneva Watch Days 2024 and returned to tell the tale, in part 1 of 2, of this special CP7 Podcast. From a slightly worrying start to a marathon of brand appointments, networking, journalistic highlights, and hospitality... lots of hospitality! Being the premier event for independent watch brands in the...

A very special topic on this show, the CP7 boys return to the scene of the crime, the birthplace of this Podcast, Geneva Watch Days. You've heard the rumours, but now hear the genuine origin story of the CP7 Podcast, and how big guests and big brands were there from its inception. To kick off the boys talk about their recent summer breaks and watch meet ups. Andy held a RedBar Barcelona event...

In this very special episode, the CP7 Boys are joined by Rikki Daman from the stellar Scottish Watches Podcast. It was a great day to record the show, as not only did Scottish Watches just release their latest collaboration with cool Swiss brand Formex , the Essence Skye that very day, but the banter is off the chart from the get go! Scottish Watches is the most popular watch podcast right now (ap...

Want to learn about one of the most creative British watch brands in the watch world? Listen in as the boys talk to José Miranda of Isotope Watches and uncover the creative genius he and his brand humbly emanate. Hear about how Gerald Genta inspired Isotope's first ever watch, the Jumping Hour Rider , and the pitfalls and challenges José faced in producing it. Starting his watch business in 2...

Join us in another Unplugged show! No editing, no deletes, just pure unadulterated watch talk. Oh, and for the first time, the CP7 boys are enjoying a beer (or two!) live on air. With all the uncertainty in the watch world right now, the hype looks to have well and truly died down; is it finally safe for us enthusiasts to have some fun, and not have to worry about the investment-inspired "hyp...

Summer is here and it's holiday season! But which watch do you take with you on your vacation? Is one enough? Inspired by Parm’s recent trip to Singapore and Malaysia, where he had three different holiday experiences on one trip, the boys decide which watches would fit in for each stage. Listen in as they discuss which watches to take on a holiday for (1) travelling and sights , (2) a city br...

Ever wanted to know what it’s like to start a watch magazine, but were too afraid to ask? Join the boys to find out in this latest episode, as they get the scoop on Niclas  Berglund from Bezl Magazine , the owner, editor, and photographer for the up-and-coming online watch enthusiasts’ magazine which focuses on the storytelling of watch collectors, and why they own and love their watches. Original...

Don't forget to check out the show notes on our new website for a visual experience: www.chronopassion7.com Back by popular demand, CP7 goes unplugged and unedited one more time. With it being halfway through the year and inspired by a review watch, the guys talk about their watch goals for this year and maybe the next.  We get some real open conversation, and some reflective thinking in seei...

Don't forget to check out the show notes on our new website for a visual experience: www.chronopassion7.com Join us for a special show with Nacho Conde, Managing Editor for Europe's largest online magazine for watch enthusiasts, Fratello. Not only does he play such an important role in Fratello, he also hosts their regular podcast on YouTube , Fratello Talks. But more importantly, Nacho&...

Don't forget to check out the show notes on our new website for a visual experience: www.chronopassion7.com Gérald Genta is a name that needs no introduction to any watch enthusiast the world over.  His designs have shaped the luxury watch world over the last few decades with iconic watch designs such as the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, Patek Philippe Nautilus and the Omega Constellation, among...

Don't forget to check out the show notes on our new website for a visual experience: www.chronopassion7.com Join us as we meet and talk to the dapper and charismatic CEO of Fears Watches, Nicholas Bowman-Scargill. How did this former city banker, PR Executive, and Marketing man end up becoming a watchmaker for Rolex and eventually end up reigniting one of the UK’s most historical watch brands...