Talking Time With Tim

Tim Mosso and Lung Lung Thun of ‘The Waiting List’ podcast discuss the best and worst watch trends of 2021, the current bubble in the luxury watch market, and the generational shift underway among watch collectors .

Tim Mosso and Quill & Pad’s Elizabeth Doerr discuss their favorite new watches of 2021, the brilliance of Alain Silberstein, and the democratization of independent watch brand products .

Tim discusses his views on the Apple Watch and why he no longer believes that the famous smart watch is a “watch.” Apple may have built the world’s most popular wearable device, but it’s not a watch at heart. In addition, Tim considers which independent watch brands could become the next Montres Journe (F.P. Journe).

Watch media veteran and Quill & Pad ( www.quillandpad.com ) proprietor Elizabeth Doerr guest stars on this episode of the Tim Mosso podcast. Elizabeth interviews Tim about his history as a collector, his experience with the Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso, and his views of the 90th anniversary Reverso.  Elizabeth and Tim discuss the Reverso series at length and reflect on their favorite models f...

Tim interviews industrial artist and luxury watch creator, Jason Wilbur. Jason graduated from the Art Center College of Design and worked as an industrial designer with Porsche Design and Honda. Following a decade at Honda Advanced Design, Jason designed his first luxury watch, the celebrated 2010 Devon Tread 1. Now a wristwatch entrepreneur in his own right, Jason talks to Tim about the release o...

A discussion of watches, watchmaking, and style with Tim and Bart Grönefeld, the horological brothers of The Netherlands. This recording covers the brothers’ early years in a watchmaking family, formal training, and their development of today’s Grönefeld watches. Hobbies including cars and watch collecting also are mentioned.

Tim introduces watch collector and car enthusiast, Blake Machado. Blake is the co-founder and principal of Cars & Bids, an online auction platform for collectible cars of the 80s, 90s, and 2000s. As a watch enthusiast since childhood, Blake can recall his many grail and milestone luxury watches since long before he was able to drive. Blake describes buying his dream car – a Ferrari 430 Scuderi...

Tim welcomes watch collector, car expert, and luxury asset specialist Drew Coblitz to the show. Drew explains the current explosion of prices for all luxuries from digital art to supercars to watches. Brands including Porsche, Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini, Richard Mille, Rolex, and Omega are discussed.

Romain Gauthier of Romain Gauthier watches discusses starting an independent watch brand, learning from Philippe Dufour, designing the Logical One, and much more. This is a solo sit-down with the engineer-entrepreneur whose watches are famous for uncompromising finish and technical virtuosity.

Tim talks with Devon Works founder, Scott Devon, about designing and building luxury watches. As the creator of the Devon Tread series of luxury watches and the Devon GTX supercar, entrepreneur Scott Devon lives the life many watch collectors imagine. From his pioneering GPHG nomination – the first for an American watch – to associations with Marvel’s Avengers and Disney’s Star Wars, Devon – a gro...

In this feature, Tim explores the reality that luxury watches rarely achieve investment status. While fun to own and collect, watches are -- at best -- a limited store of value. Conventional stocks, bonds, and professionally managed investment vehicles almost always come out ahead when compared to the long-term performance of luxury watches. However, depreciation is the best friend of the savvy wa...

Episode 11 - Tim recounts times that watch brands including Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Audemars Piguet reduced the material or artisanal qualities of their watches in the interest of cost cutting.

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“Grail Watches”: Tim Recalls All of His Grail Watches Through the Years

Tim Mosso and Josh Thanos have been brothers-in-arms since WatchBox’s formative “Watch-u-Want” days. Herein, they discuss Josh’s experience buying, selling, and collecting luxury watches. From SevenFriday to Rolex and Audemars Piguet, Josh’s collection spans watches of all styles, brands, and prices. If you wonder what it’s like to build a career in the luxury watch industry, this podcast offers f...

Tim reviews future collectible luxury watches from the 1990s! 1990s watches are the next frontier for watch collectors seeking value in vintage watches. This cast discusses the IWC Grande Complication 3770, the IWC Portuguese 125th Anniversary 5441, the Patek Philippe Neptune 5080 and 5085, the Vacheron Constantin Overseas Automatic 42040 and 42042, and the Audemars Piguet Star Wheel 25720. Price...

This feature concerns a favorite topic of watch collector discussion boards: controversy. And when controversy arises, the watch brands Rolex, Hublot, and love-it-or-leave-it apex independent Greubel Forsey are never far. Here, I present an overview of all three watchmakers, why they inspire strong emotions, and why the positive case for all three outweighs the skepticism.

This podcast discusses the controversial 2021 Zenith Chronomaster Sport while putting the new chronograph in a historic perspective. There’s no denying that Zenith’s design team drew heavily on the current Rolex Daytona 116500LN. But this borrowing practice has a long history in Swiss watch design; the 1977 Vacheron Constantin 222 sports watch illustrates how a derivative design can become appreci...

Laurent Ferrier is an independent watch manufacturer with gorgeous products and stalled momentum. After a meteoric rise from 2010 to 2016, the brand has lost some of its luster in recent years. Tim explores the brief history of the brand, its products, and its fortunes. This discussion explores the strengths and weaknesses of Laurent Ferrier the company and Laurent Ferrier watches. The Laurent Fer...

Tim discusses when you should sell a watch from your collection; what will 2021 bring to the Rolex collection;  his thoughts on potential redesigns of the Daytona, the Milgauss, and the Yacht-Master II; Tim discusses why you shouldn't buy a compromise watch instead of saving for your primary goal; preparing for the 90th anniversary of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso; reviewing the problems and p...

Tim shares his three favorite Breitling Navitimer models (Twin Sixty, Spatiographe, 1990s Cosmonaute manual-wind/Lemania with display caseback); his favorite current Navitimer, the 1959 reference 806 in platinum; provides a market report for the favorites; his narrative review of the primary types of Breitling Navitimer owners. 

Tim introduces his new luxury watch podcast series for watch enthusiasts.  High luxury independent watchmaker Marco Lang’s first solo-practice watch, the Zweigesicht-1, is discussed and analyzed in detail.  Value-packed dive watches also feature prominently as Tim reviews four bargain alternatives to the newly redesigned Rolex Submariner. Divers from Oris, Sinn, Doxa, and Ball watch offe...