The Time Keepers

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. So we have a special edition of the pod for you. I was one of the lucky people to interview Rolf Studer, the Oris CEO. He was such a nice gent. Giving up his valuable time as the leader of a top watch company. My love for Oris runs deep - hopefully you see that as we go through the interview. I really wanted to get into the mind of a watch CEO and...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. We give our take on Watches & Wonders 2026 period. Tim picks out the Oris Artelier with its moonphase complication; Grand Seiko’s Spring Drive denim blue ‘Katsu-Iro dial; Cartier’s new Santos Dumont’s; the revised BB58 complete with lollipop; Furlan Marri’s Meteorite Octa; and finally MB&F’s MAD2 with the red and black dials. (33 seconds) I...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. The marvellous Xi Wang joins us again to talk about the last 12 months and her amazing watch art works. We discuss her drawing for Breguet to celebrate their 250 years; the incredible render of the Berneron Mirage ; and our shared love of Hermes through a sketch of the Arceau l'heure de la lune. (01mins 44 seconds) Tim discusses his recent trips to...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. Watch News is back! We love a good Piaget so new Andy Warhol ‘Collage’ has caught our eye. It’s perfect in a completely whacky way - stone dials to the max! We also stumble across Arsene Lippens and their fun fabric dial do check these out. And finally the watch both Tim and Anna from Chrono_Girl_Life have in their collections Oris Big Crown Pointe...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. We are joined by two incredible authors Rebecca Struthers and Alom Shaha to discuss their new book ' About Time ' aimed at young school children. The conversation ranges from the making sun dials at school; learning what a 'jiffy' of time is; our love of moonphases,;whether AI will destroy our concept of time; and finally that diamonds are the best...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. We are joined by the fabulous, Anna, from Chrono. Girl. Life for a fun packed interview . We talk about how she got into watch collecting and what the future holds for her instagram journey, and why she doesn’t share Zac and I’s love for Cartier (!), although she is redeemed as she is part of the ‘no date window’ club! (28mins 38 seconds) Watches w...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. We bring you a fantastic interview with Phil the co-founder of Holme & Hadfield - the watch display case maker. amongst other items. We’ve wanted to have H&H on since we started the podcast. Listen to how and why H&H was born; the top sellers; how their new watch winder is made; engaging with their customers; and future collabs with a w...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us - both as a podcast and now Youtube channel. We've taken the pod in-person! Delighted to record at Kibble Watches in London where we have a few beers with founder, James, where we hear about his journey at a young age of becoming a watch dealer and his successes to date. You can listen to that part of the pod at (20mins 10seconds). During the interv...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us - both as a podcast and now Youtube channel. A superb and at times hilarious chat with the Dial Artist , Chris. Find out how he started, the techniques and tools he uses as well as churning our 100 custom watches a week for IFL Watches and 6,000 annually. Hear how he spent way too long painting a man's nipple on a Cartier Santos and almost became a...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us - both as a podcast and now Youtube channel. Delighted to welcome Bjoern Altmann to the pod. A first rate illustrator with a fascinating story to tell, particularly his 600+ designs for Tag Heuer all in a few months! We bond over our shared love of Cartier and strangely station clocks of the London Underground. He’s got thousands of beautiful illust...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. We kick off our first interview of the year with none other than Watch Yourself Jorge of growing YouTube fame. Jorge and Tim clash on symmetry and date windows, but all his forgiven. Jorge gives his hot takes where he sees watch social media going, which brands embrace social media successfully (and how the phrase Hobo Bond sprung from!), and what...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. We kick off 2025 with a deep dive into Tag Heuer which ranges from vintage Carerras and Seafarers to more modern skeleton Monacos and the updated Skipper (30mins 56 seconds) Tim’s showcases his new watch art prints (1mins 12 seconds) We then have a mini segment: What we want to see in 2025. Key theme here is more customisations from brands, while T...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. Happy Birthday to us! We are official one year old. 12 episodes talking about some of our favourite people, photos on instagram and of course watches. Stay tuned for bigger plans in 2025 and beyond. We are delighted to be joined by a wonderful artist, Xi Wang from Australia - and in the glory of multi-colour with our second episode also on Youtube....

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. Big news - we are going visual. We will be bringing our followers both podcast and video cast formats. Look out for this episode on Youtube very soon (28 seconds) Zac is now famous ! He was interviewed for the New York Times about young watch collectors. (2mins 10 seconds) We talk a little about our visit to Grand Seiko’s flagship store in London a...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. We are joined by @Charles Tearle , Head of Watches from Lyon & Turnbull Auction House where he talks about their forthcoming watch auction on 21st November; his fascinating life via Somlo London, Bonham’s, Antiquorum, and Sotherby’s in America and Hong Kong; how a watch auction gets curated and how easy it is to participate; how technology will...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. We introduce our merch - TimeKeepers beer mat! The winner of our Insta shot of the month has the chance to receive one (1min 20 seconds) The watches we are lusting after this month - Zac is loving Zenith’s El Primero Chronometer the Rival Shadow with its titanium case. Meanwhile, Tim was lured in by a bit of advertising courtesy of Anordain and its...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. Another bumper edition this month. We are delighted to share with mic with Sam from time.on.her.hands and the founder of the Watch Concierge Service . She predicts stone dials and the Cartier Santos will hot up in 2025; how she sources watches for clients - including tours; and what turns off watch sellers! Interview starts at (14mins 54 seconds) T...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. The watches we are lusting after this month - Zac goes for a Rolex Day-Date Ref 18038 while Tim still can’t make up his mind between a Reverso Monoface Tribute with a blue dial and a Panerai Radiomir PAM1334 with a grey dial, but ends up settling on the IWC Lake Tahoe Perpetual Calendar he finally tried on at the IWC pop-up (2mins 15 seconds) Our f...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. We were delighted to share the episode with Ed and Hamish from the Watch Collectors’ Club . This podcast wouldn’t have existed without their meets ups! In our 30+mins interview we talk about why they founded the club and how it is going, future trends to look out for in 2024/25, and their plans to take the club on tour. Starts at 12mins 15 seconds...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. Zac’s shares his NWA where he joins the Rolex ranks with a classic (1min 21 seconds) And we tell the internet the watches we are lusting after this month - Tim shares is growing love of Patek’s Calatrava, while Zac names special Royal Oak - the Nick Faldo Championship edition. (2min 10 seconds) Our flagship ‘favourite shots in Instagram’ is next -...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. A bumper drop this month (jump hour-long!) - our in-depth interview with David of The Strap Tailor fame: Find out what curious and extraordinary strap requests he gets (14mins, 40 seconds) The celebs request for his wares (31mins, 31 seconds), and What strap trends he predicts will take off this year and next. (21mins, 16 seconds). Listen to the fu...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. This episode we mention our favourite shots in Instagram which have caught our eye - shout out to therubyhour , watchwithcuriosity , and analog_ovo (5min 40 seconds) The watches we are lusting after - Abercrombie & Fitch Seafarer hat tip to Mapleleaf Watches , then Rolex 6062 Moonphase Calendar from Monacolegendgroup (1min 30 seconds) Our favou...

Hi Watch Fam, Thank you for keeping time with us. This episode we mention our favourite shots in Instagram which have caught our eye - shout out to TokantParis ; Tahoma_watches ; and Avocado Vintage Watches (2mins 35 seconds) The watches we are lusting after (2mins 8 seconds) Our favourite watch case shape (8mins 2 seconds) And finally, our deep dive into the world and beauty of Jaeger LeCoultre (...

Hi Watch Fam, We are Tim ( watch_word_ ) and Zac ( sourced_watches ) - the Time Keepers. In our first episode we share our favourite photos and reels from Instagram this month (2mins 9 seconds). Shout out to johnson167 , threehandspix , anthony.do_, happy60mins. The watches we are pining after (5mins 9 seconds) We then talk about our favourite dial colours (7mins 43 seconds) Lastly, we discuss Ome...