Scottish Watches Podcast #777 : Its Miami Baby – Latest Watches from Tudor, TAG, Moser and More!

Summary

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Scottish Watches Podcast #777: Its Miami Baby – Latest Watches from Tudor, TAG, Moser and More!

Release date: May 7, 2026
Podcast: Scottish Watches
Host(s): Ricky (“A”), Dave (“B”)
Guest: Hamish from Watch Collectors Club (“C”)

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Episode Overview

This lively episode of Scottish Watches celebrates the Miami Grand Prix energy by diving into the latest motorsport-themed watch releases from Tudor, Moser, and TAG Heuer. Host Ricky and Dave are joined by Hamish from the Watch Collectors Club and Glasgow Watch Show, who gives special insight into UK watch events and club culture. The trio share unfiltered opinions on new timepieces, run impromptu “wrist checks,” and discuss the realities of organizing a major watch fair. The episode ends with a heartwarming spotlight on introducing kids to horology.

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Key Discussion Points & Timestamps

1. Events Preview & Formula 1 Watch Releases

• Event Announcements: Live podcast with Bucherer during Novelties Week in London (May 13), with free VIP tickets for listeners (01:46).
• Theme Introduction: F1 fever is in the air, fueling launches from several watch brands timed to the Miami GP.

2. Tudor Black Bay Chrono Carbon 26 – Miami GP Edition

• Background: Tudor releases a 42mm carbon fibre Black Bay Chrono with yellow accents to match the 2026 Visa Cash App Red Racing F1 team.
• Specs: PVD-finished titanium pushers/crown, racing white dial, COSC-certified MT5813, 70hr power reserve, 2026 pieces, $8,600 (03:53).
• Hosts’ Takes:
  • Hamish: Preferred last year’s blue-accented version, but calls it “very, very popular” among Chronicle fans (05:25).
  • Ricky: “I do like black and yellow, but I don’t like this one... [last year’s] blue and white... worked far nicer.” (05:42)
  • Dave: Feels inundated by constant Tudor releases; finds this color combo “insipid, washed out almost.”
• Memorable Quote:
  • Dave: “You see something, go ‘Oh, that's quite nice.’ And then two weeks later, you've forgotten all about them…” (06:28)

3. Moser Pioneer Tourbillon Miami – Limited Edition

• Details: 28 pieces, exclusive to Bucherer, bright Miami Vice-inspired dial colors (turquoise, pink), lime green hands, steel case, auto tourbillon HMC804, £59,900 (09:29).
• Hosts’ Reactions:
  • Hamish: “Fantastic to see such bright and... tropical color inspiration. Moser... built its reputation now on these colorful dials.” (07:45)
  • Ricky: “It's got this acidic lime green handset. It just works. It shouldn't work, but it really does work.” (08:56)

4. TAG Heuer Formula 1 Solargraph Pastel Collection

• Product Drop: Five solar-powered quartz watches in pastel bioplastic (Polylite) and steel cases, $1,950–$2,800.
  • 38mm, 100m WR, 10 months power, fun new colors (10:27–12:02).
• Price Controversy:
  • Ricky: “How did we get to $2,000 USD on this watch, Dave?” (13:08)
  • Dave: Prices are “a bit of a miss,” especially compared to rival microbrands (13:08).
  • Hamish: Defends TAG—“I think you’re being a little harsh…not for the majority but maybe for people wanting to buy into the Formula 1 heritage.” (14:56)
• Memorable Quote:
  • Ricky: “Opinions are like arseholes. Everyone has one, but I just don't see it… you could buy four Studio Underdogs…” (14:12)

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5. Wrist Checks & Affordable Independent Highlights

• Hamish: Seiko 5 Sports HUF Edition – “Sort of nicknamed the Heineken. It’s got this green, really great see-through green dial…” (16:53)
• Dave: Seiko Marine Master 1000 – lauds comfort on original Erika strap, “a chonky little beast...[but] wears extremely well...” (17:41)
• Ricky: Attawack “Etor Drift” – affordable wandering hours complication, impressive value and unique design for under £1,000.
  • “If you're into wandering hours, generally you're having to pay a significant amount of money to get one… But it actually ticks all the marks and it gets them right every single time.” (19:07)

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6. Behind the Scenes: Watch Shows & Community

• Dave’s Stateside Travels: Wind Up Fair in SF, event mishaps (lost equipment in Vegas), and film review (“Americana”) (24:51–26:28).
• Ricky’s Life Post-Watches & Wonders: Editing video, renovating garage, prepping for shows (26:48).
• Organizing Watch Shows – Real Talk:
  • Hamish shares logistical disasters, last-minute panics, and thrills of running growing events: “As we get bigger…there’s just no way around of doing them in the last minute, the last week.” (29:19)
  • The 2026 Glasgow show (May 9) will feature over 40 brands, talks, and first live Scottish Watches podcast.

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7. Brands & Attractions at Glasgow Watch Show

• Highlights:
  • Nodus (from California) debuts in UK.
  • Christopher Ward (new Sealander and True GMT on display).
  • Bamford London (carbon GMT).
  • Exclusive Tours: Annordain workshop, famed for enamel dial artistry.
• Family-Friendly: Tickets £12, kids free, open bar, community spirit.

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8. Scottish Fun: Marloe Haggis Watch

• Product Feature: Marloe’s tongue-in-cheek “Haggis” watch, affordable at £450, creative packaging, loaded with Scottish humor and presentation (39:53).
• Unique Touch: On the 25th, the date disc shows a tiny haggis instead of “25” (43:50).
• Host Reaction:
  • Ricky: “The first thing that caught me was the presentation of the box… it reminds me of buying a video game... this is fantastically put together.”

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9. Innovative Accessories: Ming/Fears Poly Mesh Titanium Bracelet

• Product: 3D-printed “fabric-like” titanium mesh bracelet, previously for Ming, now available via Fears and partner brands (CHF 1,500; ~$1,900).
• Hamish: “It feels... like a fabric… but you can’t really believe how well it’s been designed.” (46:09)
• Dave: “Chainmail made of silk.” (47:34)
• Ricky: Can be retrofitted to any 20mm-lug watch.

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10. Future of Horology: Kids’ Watches & Time-Learning

• Share Watches: Affordable (ca. £95), color-coded, stainless steel analog watches designed to teach kids to tell time; 100m WR, quick-release straps, Miyota quartz (50:32).
• Hosts’ Praise:
  • Ricky: “This is the gateway into horology.”
  • Hamish: “It’s not mandatory to teach it in schools anymore. So I think that’s a great shame…everything Darren and the Share Watch does to help rectify that, it can only be good.” (53:06)
• Memorable Moment: Realization and concern that analog time-telling is no longer widely taught to children.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Dave on Tudor’s constant releases:
  “It almost feels like you see something, go ‘Oh, that's quite nice.’ And then two weeks later, you've forgotten all about them because something else has been pushed in your face.” (06:28)

• Hamish on Moser Miami:
  “Fantastic to see such bright and like the tropical color inspiration.” (07:45)

• Ricky on TAG's solargraph pricing:
  “Opinions are like arseholes. Everyone has one, but I just don't see it… you could buy four Studio Underdogs…” (14:12)

• Hamish on kids learning time:
  “It’s not mandatory to teach it in schools anymore… I think that’s a great shame… everything Share does to help rectify that can only be good.” (53:06)

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Episode Flow & Takeaways

• Light-hearted banter, honest opinions, and colorful analogies permeate the episode, making it engaging for both enthusiasts and casual listeners.
• The trio doesn’t shy away from critical commentary on value and design, especially regarding TAG’s pricing.
• Significant emphasis on building community—through events, education, and getting new generations into the hobby.
• Nostalgic and forward-looking: while relishing playful releases (Marloe Haggis), the hosts seriously champion innovations and the future of horology.

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For Listeners:

If you’re passionate about watches, Formula 1, or the UK collecting scene—or just want to keep up with what’s cool, what’s questionable, and what’s classically Scottish—this episode is not to be missed.
For visuals, tickets, and further reading, check the [show notes].

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Transcript

[A]

Welcome to Scottish Watches Podcast. It's a triple bill. We don't just have Dave with us today, we've also got somebody that is going to be meeting us, helping us with a live recording at the weekend. So we thought we'd drag him on early, get things under our belt. So we have got Hamish from the Watch Collectors Club, also the guy that runs the Glasgow Watch, so you'll find out more about that later on. Dave, are you uk, you Swiss? You in America? Because you've just been traveling all over the place.

[B]

Yeah. Dave's actually got no idea where he is. He is actually technically in Scotland, but he arrived at, I think, something like 2am this morning from San Francisco via Frankfurt. So my body has no clue where it is at the moment. But yes, all good. Slightly. Little bit of the cold going on, but that's what happens when you stay on a plane for something like 12 hours. But other than that, I am raving to go because we've got the show coming up on Saturday in Glasgow, as you previously mentioned.

[A]

Indeed. So we'll crack on. It will tell you to check your show notes. Play along at home. That's where all the pictures, the tech spec, the imagery and all the information that you will wish to have will be provided by Mizzy L, the show notes maestro. Click the link in your podcast player. If you're watching this on YouTube. The link will be in the description, takes it across the website and you can play a along as we're speaking, as we're talking, or after the fact. You can go back and have a look through that. But it has F1 season. F1 is everywhere. I've been seeing, not memes, but images of an individual who got caught on camera and also kind of caught the gaze of McLaren F1 mechanics. But we'll not talk too much about that show, not to your friend. If you want to know what we're talking about there it is YouTube PG and family friendly. But there are three watches we're going to discuss from three different brands, all to do with Formula one. And where shall we start?

[B]

Well, Ricky, Whoa, whoa, don't be going so fast. I know we're talking about Formula one and it's all speedy, but we've got some little ticket offers coming up for an event that will be happening next week. So if there's anyone listening that might like to come along to an event. Ricky, what are the details?

[A]

Ah, you're talking about our event with Booker for their Novelties Week. This is something the guys at Booker in London have put together in their flagship store. And what they're doing is they're going to recount and relay all the information on the releases that happened at Watches and Wonders. Some of the ones you've heard about, some of the ones maybe you've not heard about. And we've been invited along for some reason to do the inaugural launch of the week itself. And we're going to be recording another live podcast. We've done one in Scotland, we're going to be doing one in England, and we have got some front row VIP tickets available completely free of charge for anybody that is interested. If you drop us an email. So that is ticketscottishwatches.co.uk not.com scottishwatches.co.uk drop us an email with your phone number and your full name. And what we will do is we will draw at random on probably Sunday night to pick the people that are going to win. So completely free of charge, all you need to be is available on Wednesday next week, which I believe is the 13th of May. And things kick off around about 3, 4 o' clock for about an hour, hour and a half. So say 3pm to 5, half 5, and it is in the Covent Gardens Booker flagship store in London. And that is all you really need to know. So, yeah, ticketscottishwatches.co.uk and the link will be in the show notes. Right, Dave, should we talk about the F1 now?

[B]

Yes, indeed. We should get on with talking about the Watches that have been launched, some in direct kind of collaboration with Formula One and some slightly aligned. But the first one that's directly aligned is Tudor. They've launched a new Black Bay. This is the Chrono carbon 26 that has been launched in and around the Miami Grand Prix, which has taken place just the weekend before. We are recording this as well.

[A]

Oh, I've been keeping abreast of the developments over there.

[B]

Yes, you have. Your eyes would have been following what was being followed, unlike someone who was on the television and managed to completely ignore it. But, yeah, as the camera panned back. Well, that got quite interesting. A few people probably have some questions to answer.

[A]

Interesting sub dials by Compaq's design.

[B]

But, yes, the carbon 25 was launched last year, of course. 2025. This is a carbon 26 for 2026. Obviously Tudor has got some kind of motorsport heritage.

[A]

Not motorboat heritage.

[B]

No, no. Motorsport of the car variety. Not the water variety. They've been more recently aligned with the Visa Cash app Red Racing team, which began back in 2024 for this year they've revised the colour scheme of it and it's kind of trying to reflect the V carve 03 car. So the watch is a 42 millimeter carbon fibre case. It's got a fixed tachymeter bezel on there. You've got titanium case, back crown and the pushers that are all finished in a PVD black finish. The dial itself, it remains in this kind of racing white colour but you've now got very bright yellow accents and carbon fibre sub dials. That carbon fibre case that was introduced last year, it carries over fundamentally unchanged. It's got at the manufacturer chronograph calibre MT5813 in there, that's column wheel, vertical clutch, silicon, all the things you love. 70 hours of power reserve. It's COSC certified. I don't think this one is Metash yet and it does though meet their more rigorous standards. A bit like Rolex, the Big Brother. They are now also further bringing the watches into tolerance at minus 2 plus 4. So a bit tighter than Kosk itself. It's going to sell for around US$8,600. It's a limited edition of, well, you probably can guess this 2026. There's a shock horror, good looking watch, not ent entirely convinced with the yellow pop in it. Kind of makes it look a bit like that Omega Speedmaster that used to have the yellow ring. I think that might have been the Schumacher if I remember rightly, but it's not quite as pretty as that in my opinion. But anyway, if you like Tudor chronographs you might like this. Well, I'm not going to ask Ricky first. What I'm going to do is I'm going to ask our guest, have you seen this watch and have you any thoughts on it?

[C]

I quite like it. I preferred last year's which I think had the blue accents, but I do think it works really well in the carbon fiber case. And obviously Tudor, very, very popular I think. You know, I think for anyone interested in the Tudor chronos, they will love this one as well.

[B]

Ricky, anything to chime in.

[A]

I do like it and I do like black and yellow, but I don't like this one and I'm going to go with what Amish said. I think the blue and the white last year with the black that worked far nicer and there have been a number of yellow watch. You were talking there about Speedmasters, my Apollo 8 that moved on to a better home recently, it didn't have any white in it. So that worked. Black and yellow does work. You know, it's got the bee, the wasp, the hornet. Look around it. This is a color change. There's not much else going on. It ties in with Miami with Formula One, but our Tudor spread themselves a little bit too thin because they had all the releases that we talked about. The Monarch, they had the different carbon, the different ceramics, all the stuff that came out literally one month ago. And then this feels just like an afterthought almost.

[B]

Dave, to be fair, they've been pushing, like, releases out constantly for about the last two years is what it feels like. And you kind of lose touch with what they've gone. It almost feels like you see something go, oh, that's quite nice. And then two weeks later, you've forgotten all about them because something else has been pushed in your face. This one in particular, for me, I just don't get the white and the yellow together. I don't think work. They're a wee bit too. Don't know what the word is. Insipid, washed out almost. Although they're bright colors, it just doesn't look quite gelled together, in my opinion. The previous version being better, and some of the releases that the guys will get to see down at the kind of booker a week, they're much better, those watches and Wonders releases. There's a few in there that I think they've done really well, and they're more core range stuff. I think there's more to be had in their core range than this one. But if you're into Formula one, this might float your boat. We should probably move on because we've got lots of watches. And the next one, well, that's from some friends of our. This is the guys at Moser. It also is tied up with Buchera and Formula one, so it brings everything we've been talking about so far all together. This is an exclusive Pioneer Tourbillon Miami. Now, it's not specifically, I don't believe a watch for the Grand Prix team, because they have done a few of those quite often, the kind of pinks and the kind of turquoise bluey greens in there as well, but this one has got those colors in it and in my opinion, looks pretty good. Have any of the two of you seen this one yet?

[C]

Yeah, I think it's. It's great. There's quite a few of these Miami Special watches flying around, whether it's some of the clubs, watch clubs based in Florida, or for the race each year now. And I think it's Fantastic to see such bright and like the tropical color inspiration. And Moza is a brand that's built its reputation now on these colorful dials, so it's great. I love seeing even more of them and seeing what they're going to come up with next.

[A]

I'm thinking these Miami Vice colors. You know that logo the infamous 80s kicked off. I was a kid when all this stuff happened. I loved the Testarossa. I love watching the reruns, all the little clips that you see in YouTube or the reels that pop up occasionally, because that is where television changed for all the studios. Really upped their game back then. And the continuation of it into gta, the continuation of it into today, where we look at synthwave retro revivals. And you've got the pink and the blue hues. This has been done before with Moser. It's been done by lots of different players. Even the Bayo. There was a watch they sent us that the wife has snaffled off into her collection. It's just a great color scheme and in this day and age, you can get away with wearing either or. Or a mix of the two. The one that comes with the white strap, don't think that's quite as punchy as the other colors.

[B]

It's.

[A]

And the change this time around is the fact that they've got this acidic lime green handset. It just works. It shouldn't work, but it really does work. And the guys at Moser, they've been involved now in Formula One for, I think it's the third year. And we caught up recently with Pierre Gasly. It was down at Watch and Wonders in Geneva and he was telling us about their collaboration, the watch that he produced with them, the engineers, mechanics watch and everything else that was going on. Obviously the Pump played a large partner interview, so if not seen that episode, if you've not heard that episode, the show notes are. Your friend will be a link to that. You can go back and check it out.

[B]

Just to give you a bit of background of the watch, there's only 28 pieces. Of course, the team that they are affiliated with is the Alpine team. They're only going to be available through Bucherer, so you can get it through their retail stores. Not sure if it will be in their website. As we mentioned, you've got those Miami Vice colours, the turquoise and the pink. It's a sunray brushed dial. And as Ricky mentioned, you've got that vibrant Lume color, that green popping out there as well, which does work 40 millimeter in diameter 12 millimeters in height. And that actually includes the crystal. It's got 120 meters of water resistance on a stainless steel case and well, we should also mention it's a tourbillon. It's got their HMC804 automatic tourbillon movement, 72 hours of power reserve. You get a skeletonized rose gold rotor. Price point wise? Well, it's not for the faint of heart, but it's not also completely ridiculous for the type of watch it is. It's £59,900 and that's including VAT which I don't think is completely off the kilter considering the specification and the brand that you're buying from. So yeah, a pretty good watch as long as you like punchy colours.

[A]

I was reading the tech spec of it and it said it's got a pink flange.

[B]

A pink flange. I think that's probably accurate. We should probably leave that there though. But then let's go on to the third one. And this is well, both the sponsor I believe of a team and they're also the overall timing sponsor, that being TAG Heuer. And they've released a bunch of new colors in their Formula one solar graph. Well, what have they done here previously? In 2025 they relaunched this and they had quite a lot of, well, quite strong colorways and they've gone well in the opposite direction. A bunch of new pastel colors that have come with this launch. There are five variations. You've got a few different from what got we've to me looks like blue shades. One's definitely blue, one's more a kind of grayish color. You've got a beige yellow going on, you've got pink, you've got a kind of green colorway. These vary depending on which color you go for. Some of them have got their TAG Heuer Polylite cases, some of them have got steel cases. Polylite being there, polyamide bioplastic. Some people might describe these as being a little bit more feminine, but I also think there'll be a lot of guys like these. Size wise it's 38 by 9.9, making it pretty wearable by most people. I would suggest 100 meters of water resistance if you get it. On the Polylite case they come with a colour matched rubber strap with a pin buckle. The stainless steel cases, they have a matching sandblasted stainless steel three row bracelet with a deployant clasp. The clue is in the name. They are solar powered, so they are quartz movements. It comes with a TH50,00 solar powered movement, you get 10 months of power when it's fully charged up. Gives you hours, minutes, seconds, date. And the hands themselves, well, they are rhodium plated and polished and you've got the Super Luminova in there as well. Price point wise, US$1,950 on the Poly L case.

[A]

How much?

[B]

Yeah, we'll come to that. Let's come to that. The next bit's even more scary. The stainless steel one with diamond indices that retails at US$2,800. Think it's fair to say that they might be stretching themselves slightly at the price points they're asking for, especially for that Polylite one. But hey, if you love it, you'll love it. Ricky, you can go first this time. Apart from how much. Any other comments you want to throw into the mix?

[A]

Right. I've read some stuff online because we're running slightly behind with our coverage due to watches and wonders and getting through with Pietro and Barbara Palumbo about exactly what's been happening, the things they saw, the things we missed out. And this has drip fed onto Internet. So a lot of comments have appeared online talking about the fact people can't differentiate this TAG Heuer release in plastic. Right. Versus a Swatch watch, not particularly the Moonswatch, although that is a chronograph movement, but it uses bio ceramic which again is plastic and it has got different straps that are made of plastics and polymers and things like that. How did we get to 2000 USD on this watch, Dave?

[B]

Yeah, with the stainless steel case ones even there I'm feeling a little bit of a stretch considering. Yeah, okay. It's a TAG Heuer in house solar calibre, but I'm not going to be thinking it's particularly expensive. I think if it was maybe in the ,thousand dollar mark, $1,200 mark, I could maybe see how that works considering it's a brand that's put through retail network etc etc. 2000 us me thinking there's quite a lot of options out there for that money that are considerably better value for money. Would me suggest the look, you might like it, it's definitely dated back to that kind of heritage release, but I just can't see where the value is personally in this watch. Tag he are doing some great things over the last couple of years, bringing themselves back into more mainstream, putting stuff out that I think more and more of the watch aficionados are beginning to like. Whereas for many years before that I don't think they were really providing things that people Wanted. They are doing that more. But this one, for me, a bit of a miss seems like a bit of a. Let's see how much money we can make out of the cheapest watch we can possibly make. That's only my opinion, of course.

[A]

And this is all about the fact that there's brand recognition and I think they're leaning too heavily into it, as Dave said. We said in the show, 2000 is the new 1000, but we didn't mean plastic watches, because I can't think maybe Breitling with Breitling watches, but let's discount that for a minute because these ones, they look childish, they look fun, they look throwaway. It's the kind of thing you'd pick up in an airport. And if anyone likes it, I mean, it's an opinion that me and Dave are talking about here. Opinions are like arseholes. Everyone has one, but I just don't see it. Not when you can buy a Christopher Ward, a Formex. You could buy four studio underdogs with metal cases with chronograph movements inside there or thereabouts. I don't know. Hamish, what's your thoughts?

[C]

I think you're being a little harsh. I think that last year's Formula One relaunch went well for them and we had lots of members of the watch collectors club buy them and really enjoy them. And if I'm not mistaken, the majority of the limited editions last year, which were connected to the races, were plastic cases in different colors.

[A]

But was that not just because that was the first go at it, that was the first time they'd done it? It's like the first range of moonswatches. Everyone went ballistic about them. The second, the third, 20th didn't care so much.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. It could be as simple as that, that people wanted the relaunch from that look back to the heritage of the 90s. And now, as soon as you go to these more unusual and less Tag Heuer classic colours, because they're definitely not seeing these colors in the past, necessarily, in other TAG ranges that it suddenly seems off, but I think the concept and should they try it, I can't see. I wouldn't criticize them for trying it. The watches might not be for me and they might not be for the majority of people who really bought them last year, but it might be for some other people who want to buy into the Formula One watch heritage and the Formula One Association.

[B]

I have no particular issue with the product. I have no issue with them re releasing something from the past. All of These things I'm kind of OK with. I'm just feeling the pricing is a little out of kilter. Maybe that's just my. Well, it's just my personal opinion. But anyway, if people like them, they will buy them. We will soon find out. If they hang about the shops they're not selling. If they are on people's wrists and we see them in the wild, then they are obviously selling. I agree with you, Hamish. The original ones, certainly some of the colours were quite quickly bought up and it did force the price of some of the older vintage ones up as well. But I don't know whether that was a wee moment in time where folk got all excited because, well, oh, it's back. It's new look. Formula One's now being sponsored or timed by Tag Heuer and everyone jumped on the gravy train. Not quite sure, but let's see. Time will tell.

[A]

Now it's time to do the wrist check because we like to remember to do that kind of thing. And we have got Hamish with us, he is the guest of honour, so he can go first. What you got on the wrist today?

[C]

I'm wearing my latest edition, which is a Seiko Sports 5HUF special edition released in February this year that I am delighted to say I bought in Glasgow, which is why I thought I'd put it on today. So we had an event up there with James Porter and Sons and I was very surprised to find they had it in already. And then I remembered that Seiko are quite sensible and that when they release limited editions, they actually get them to retailers so that people can purchase them after they've announced it. And so I was just. As soon as I tried it on, I had to have it. So it's sort of nicknamed the Heineken. It's got this green, really great see through green dial and it's got the Japanese day as well as the English day on the day disc. And yeah, Sports 5 is a classic model that I didn't have in my collection, so a great excuse to add it.

[A]

Okay, Dave, you like to come second is with it.

[B]

Well, I am. It's almost as if we've talked about this, but we definitely have not. I am also wearing a Seiko. Well, I'm not wearing it, it's sitting beside me. I'm wearing one of the Marine Master 1000s. This is a special edition from a good few years ago, but this is fully automatic with the ceramic and titanium case. Kind of shouldn't work. It's not really my vibe. Generally because of the kind of. Of gold or the rose gold highlights going on there, which of course is not real rose gold.

[A]

Is that a dog bowl?

[B]

It is significant. It is a chonky little beast, but the Marine master of all the watches that can get away with being a bit of a beast, this is one of them. And it wears extremely well on the wrist because, of course, well, it's effectively lug less. The lugs are hidden in the back on the main case, kind of hidden by that shroud. I've got it on one of the very original Erika straps, just when she got her business going. Doesn't even have the logo on the clasp. But these were some of the original ones. And this is one I drag out from time to time. Time. I quite like it, especially when I'm traveling, because these straps are super comfortable. Have to say, the original straps, not so comfortable. It's a big lump of rubber, quite thick and not the most comfortable strap, but transforms the watch when put onto this, which is kind of ridiculous, the size of the watch versus this strap. But it holds it very nicely in place on the wrist. Yep, love this little one. Even the date, it's very subtly hidden in at four and a half o'clock there. And it actually is compared to some of the dates that are there, which usually put me off a bit more subtle. So, yeah, that is what I am wearing. Ricky, what have you got on your wrist?

[A]

Well, I'm glad you asked because we have been sent a watch. We've been sent tons of watches, but we've had to put them into a bit of a formation, a holding pattern because of watches and wonders and all the content. But with this one, we actually got an email ahead of time from the company behind the scenes. And this is, I believe it's pronounced Attawack. That's the way I read it. That's how I pronounce it. And they got in touch to say, hey, guys, we've seen your content, we've seen the videos, we've heard podcasts, seen the Instagram channel. You cover everything, everything. Would you like to have a look at one of our watches? And it's a brand that we'd heard of, we'd seen the images, we'd seen the renders. Never seen one in hand, never seen one at a collector's meet. So we said, yeah, send us one across. Took a little bit of time to work its way over here, customs and all that kind of stuff, but I'm pleased to say it arrived and it bet my Expectations. I didn't have high expectations because the price point for what you get is extremely low and competitive. And usually when that happens, brands don't have the budget to stretch. They don't have the facilities to, you know, perfect the different parts of it. And this time around, even though this is an inexpensive watch, all things considered, it's a lot cheaper than that tag. It actually ticks all the marks and it gets them right every single time. So let me first take it off the wrist because then I can actually show you the party piece, the things that this watch does and does extremely well. So we've got the watch head and it's a little bit debut, it's a little bit space one. It's got that, I don't know what you call it. Vintage mouse. Look around it like a laptop mouse and it's polished. It's got a bit of a Jetsons, maybe futuristic look. If somebody from the 50s was trying to think of what the future would look like. That's what this gives me vibes of. Or as we recently spoke about, the guys at Hot Launch, what they do with things and has got a satellite wandering earth complication based on a Myota base movement. If I pop the crown out and start to rotate it the correct way, you will see that the little ten at the bottom there. If you're watching the video or if you're looking through the show notes, you'll see what we're talking about. The 10 at the bottom, it rotates, disappears off the side, and then this hand with 11 starts to work its way around, hits the 40 position and you can see the 12 is almost ready to come into the 0. So once the 11 approaches the 60 mark and disappears off the side, already the 12 is hit there. So it's 1205, 10 past 12, and this just continues around. And unlike different satellite wandering hours, complications we've seen in the past from the guys at maybe Nubeo, you can see the changeover. You can see that when the hand disappears around the side, it rotates to the next number. With this one, it's hidden, so it's almost as if there's magic going on. There's a conveyor belt system where a new number appears at the top, sweeps round, then disappears out the bottom. This is automatic. It comes in at just a touch under a thousand. And it's got lots of different things going on. If you look under dial, you look at behind the hands and I don't know if you can call it a dial. Probably is a dial. It's almost a cushion effect. The way the light hits it, the way the light kind of gets captured on it. It's got all different things mixed together. It's got a little bit of art deco, as I say, retro future. And if you flip it around to the back, you can see they haven't scrimped or saved either. They've got a great decorated rotor. They have decided to get the movement polished even though it's strapped against your wrist and it looks like a blowpro from the back a little bit there. But yeah, this watch here is inexpensive. It comes with various different colors. The one we've got here is obviously in blue and even the suede alcantara style strap is very well put together. Custom hardware with the logo on the top. On the back, you've got the logo on the strap itself. Dave, I don't know if you've got any experience with this brand because you're out and about. All the different watch meets. Have you heard them? Have you seen them before?

[B]

Yep, I have definitely heard of them. They've been on the go for quite a while and they tend to do slightly more avant garde pieces. I will give them their due. They are not really stuck in the. Let's make a round watch like everyone else. You know this one, if you're into wandering hours, generally you're having to pay a significant amount of money to get one. So having something that gives you that kind of feel and that style of watch at the price point is always good. My only complaint, I would say about this particular model is I'd possibly suggest that the brand name on the front might be slightly large for my taste, but outside of that, I think the color palette's pretty good going on here. The shape's a little bit more unusual and as you mentioned, it's a nice complication to have for this sum of money.

[C]

That's very interesting. I've not seen one of those myself. Not seen any in the metal either. I have heard of them and people sort of mention them online and stuff. But yeah, I look forward to seeing it up close and seeing how good it is in the metal.

[A]

So yeah, this one as mentioned, is this silver and blue colourway. It's called Etor Drift. No idea why it's called that, but hey, that's what they call it. It's a case size of 46.5mm x 40 and it wears very well. The fact it's destro with the crown on the left hand side means that even though it protrudes A lot on the right hand side. That does not dig into your wrist. It misses 30mm thickness and it's obviously made of 316L stainless steel. 30 meters of water resistance. So you want to be careful around the water. You don't want to take it in the shower, don't want to take it in the bath, don't go swimming with it, be careful with it. And it has got 36 hours of power reserve based on Miota 9015 and they've obviously done a little bit of jiggery pokery behind the scenes with it available right now. Check the show notes for details and the different colorways. Look at the pictures in the show notes and you'll be able to see all the different iterations, variations and there'll be something there that you probably want to get a hold of. And this is another watch that as soon as the wife saw it coming in she said, oh, how much are those? And for 979 quid including VAT here in the UK, I think that's a win every single day, especially compared to the target twice price. So that's the risk checks out of the way and it's time to find out what people have been up to. And there's three of us. Let's go with Dave first.

[B]

Well, what's daving up to? Dave has been over in San Francisco. He was over for an event that being the Wind up Fair in San Francisco. Of course it was pretty all on. It was a three day event. It is always busy, busy, busy. It's one of the busiest shows that certainly we attend as a brand and it was, well, very good. Lots of great quality people to talk to and a huge number of brands there. In fact many of the brands that will be exhibiting in Glasgow, which is always a good thing. So folk over in the UK will get to see many of the things that we got to see in San Francisco. Weather was lovely, which was. Well, I think it was pretty lovely over in the UK from what everyone has said as well. So that's kind of not made me feel any better about it. But that was good. Aside from the slight issue we had when we were in Las Vegas doing some filming and some thievery went on where their computers, their camera equipment and their passports get stolen.

[A]

That's what happens when you go to Area 51 unannounced.

[B]

Yeah, unfortunately it was not that, but the stuff disappeared nonetheless. Anyway, I watched a movie on the film, which I can thoroughly recommend a

[A]

movie on the film. That's interesting.

[B]

A movie on the plane.

[A]

I said, what did he say, Hamish?

[C]

He said, a movie on the film.

[B]

Did I? There we go. Well, I did watch a movie on the plane. That being Americana, it is a great movie, thoroughly recommend it, but weird. First 20 minutes, you have to kind of stick with it to see where it's going, but after that it picks up and, well, it's a bit weird and wonderful, but definitely well worth a watch. Big layover on the way home, which nearly killed me. I had to fly via Frankfurt and I ended up having to hang about Frankfurt for the best part of 10 hours, which was not to my friend. Luckily I had lounge access, so I went and slept for a little bit and did some work in the lounge.

[A]

Did you get detained? Did they say that you had trouble moving from Frankfurt back to uk?

[B]

Did I get detained? I did not get detained.

[A]

I was all, okay, someone got detained. I'm sure someone associated with Scottish watches got detained. Never mind.

[B]

Yes, that was a lady, not me. So anyway, moving on. Ricky, what have you been up to?

[A]

What have I been up to? Recovering from watching wonders. When the event finishes, that's when the hard work begins because we love it. Walking around, chatting to people, looking at new toys, talking to brands, speaking to our friends. Then we have to collate, collaborate, put things down, pen, paper, computer keyboard, then record podcasts. We did things a little bit easier while we were across there. We recorded day by day. But when we came back, we still had a mammoth task of putting together the shows and we released two full hour long episodes in 4K. With so much footage, so many graphics, it was a combo of gav doing a lot of work, me doing a lot of work, everybody behind the scenes, burning the shoe leather, putting in the countless hours, sleepless nights to get it out there. And it's been well received, not only from people watching yourself, the brand have loved the fact that we don't just go in and utilize all their content, we give it a spin of ourselves. So if you've not seen the two episodes we dropped on YouTube over the past few weeks, go and check them out. Apart from that, I kind of took my foot off the gas bit, recovered, decided to renovate my garage. So instead of bare brick walls, I whitewashed everything, I put in a new floor, managed to put my car, my motorcycle in there for safekeeping because in Scotland things go walkies, not like your computers and passports over in America. I'm just getting ready for the two live shows that we are recording, obviously in a couple of days time as of this episode, we are going to be down at the Glasgow Watch show, recording live, speaking to cool folks there. Then a few days later down to London, do the same with Bucherer. But that is kind of it. That's all I've been up to. So, Hamish, why don't tell us what you've been up to? I can already imagine. And then tell us about the Watch event itself. Are tickets still available? What are the main attractions apart from ourselves? And what can people expect on the day?

[C]

Yeah, well, I am busy tying up all the final loose ends ahead of the show. It's the biggest show in terms of logistics we've ever organized and just so much comes up in the final week. It's kind of crazy, you know, from reconfirming security and power details to people who want guest list tickets and do they deserve them. Things like that take us behind the

[A]

scenes a little bit because that's what we like to do on the show. Show. And there is a very top level look that people, including myself and Dave, do with anything we have no experience of. People think it's easy. See, after the first Watchmakers Day, everybody thought it was a piece of piss to put a show on. Lots of shows appeared out of nowhere. They lasted one year, failed miserably. Only a couple have hung around. But you've been doing these events for many, many years, way past when Watchmakers first started. So maybe you can tell us what's it like behind the scenes? How many days, weeks and months go into putting on just the one shot? Sure.

[C]

Well, you basically have to start as early as you can. And the biggest thing is, as we all know in business, different people who you deal with, they work on different timescales of their own. So some people you might deal with a very, very last minute, and they're used to that. And other people like to plan well ahead. So when you're dealing with a Show with over 40 brands exhibiting and, you know, hundreds and hundreds of people buying tickets, wanting to come along, this year we're doing our first talks and panels. So we've got to arrange that schedule and help people understand where they need to be where, when it just has this huge number of different things you've got to keep on top of and people you've got to help point in the right direction. Even when as soon as this afternoon, people are like, oh, yeah, I've booked, like, exhibitors are like, oh, I've booked my travel. And I'm like, well, that's good. I'm glad you're going to make it in the end. So it's really remarkable as we get bigger. You know, this is our third year of running shows, our second show in Glasgow. It never ceases to amaze me how many things, things, there's just no way around of doing them in the last, the last minute, the last week. And I can't do them on Friday afternoon because tomorrow I go to Manchester. Tomorrow I'm packing up the van with all the stuff and heading on the road for an event in Manchester before our events in Glasgow this weekend. So I have to get everything done before I leave tomorrow morning.

[B]

Always great to hear a little bit of behind the scenes. I think the show's grown in size as well. When you first did it, it had a good cadre of brands, but I think you're up to a significant number now is that one brought more kind of pressure on yourself to get things organized. And as you said, I'm sure some of the brands are more organized than others.

[C]

Yeah, and it's really interesting to see because as we grow, we want more brands to exhibit with us for the first time because we want to give them the chance of coming to meet the amazing people in Scotland who are really excited to meet them for the first time and that that's what these shows are all about. But yeah, again, it's the brand, you know, with quite considerable concerns. We were talking earlier about events in the Middle east and people wondering if they can get flights and so they don't want to book their flights until later on for understandable reasons. And then suddenly it's like, how do they sort the travel and can I help? So it's things like that coming in, things like additional things that the brands need in terms of delivering stuff to the venues. So again, if people, brands coming from Europe, they don't want their representative to be lugging posters and banners and, and trays and things like that. So it's helping them get organized to the venue. And then we're using a new venue this year at Hampden Park. It's a fantastic venue. You know, really big, loads of space, great light parking, great transport, really great security. So all the things we need to hold a successful show. But I've never worked with the venue before, so of course, if a brand says to me, I'm going to send all my stuff to the venue, I say that's fine, I've checked with the venue, that's absolutely fine. But until we get there on Saturday morning and I see the brand has got their stuff Stuff I'm going to be slightly nervous about that because everything's new. So that's kind of my job is to organize it and check with everyone as best I can and be as transparent as I can with everybody. But of course the risk's still there that the venue can put it in the wrong cupboard and it's never seen again, things like that. So that's where the worries come in last minute. But it's all part of the process of putting on a show and it's all part of making it really great on the day.

[A]

Well that's good because you're telling it like it is, you're not sugarcoating it and you're letting people know a little bit behind the scenes that things can and do go wrong and it's how you deal with an issue when it happens. And Dave's been involved in events obviously with Araj. He's recently been over in the States, he talked about it earlier. He sees things from the other side of the table. And when I used to run events mainly to do with cars and whatnot, there are always complications that pop up. So good to hear that. Do you want to run us through maybe the heavy hitting things that are going to be happening, what kind of talks you're going to have, other tickets still available and some of the brands because I hear there's a couple of brands that have actually traveled a great distance to the show this, this year.

[C]

Yeah, that's right. So firstly the simple thing is it's on this Saturday, 9th of May from 10 till 5Amden Park. We've got over 40 brands exhibiting this year and we're delighted to have a really good number of new brands coming from different parts of the world. And I think the brand traveling the furthest is Nodus coming from California in the States and we're really delighted to have them come with their sort of tool watches, a micro brand that's done very, very well for themselves. But I've never seen them in person because it's a direct to consumer brand and they've not been able to exhibit in the UK before. So I'm looking forward to. I'm actually meeting them tomorrow for Manchester, an evening in Manchester. But I'm really excited to see them. We've got some of the big British brands that you'd, you'd hope to see there, like Christopher Ward bringing their new watches which you know, just came out

[A]

last week and we've actually got a review of the new watches on our website thanks to the team behind the scenes, probably Mark wheeler, he is Mr. Christopher Ward. But the guys, they'd sent one up for me to have a look at when we had Mike France on the show just a couple of weeks ago there. But they actually sent the baby brother watch. I've been playing with these for a little bit of time. Have you had a look at the new releases?

[C]

No, I've been too busy to get into the showroom in London. Really excited to have Christopher Waugh come along because they just refreshed their core range, the Sealander range, last week. So I'm excited to see the new ones of those. And of course, a few weeks ago, only I think four weeks ago, they released the true gmt, which is a whole new movement for them and seeing the progression of the company designing and developing their new movements and seemingly getting really great response online. So looking forward to seeing those as well. The other British brand that I'm really excited to have with us for the first time at this show is Bamford London. And many, many of you listeners will know George Bamford, the design guru behind the brand. And they make just a fantastic range of really affordable, again, mostly tool watches, lots of colour and a really clear aesthetic. And they brought out, their recent addition is another carbon watch, like the Tudor we were talking about before. They've got their most popular core GMT range in a carbon fibre case. So I'm looking forward to seeing that in person as well. And then, as well as those guys, one of the additions we're doing this year, we're actually doing tours of the Anna Dane workshop, which is really close by in the same area of Glasgow. The spots for all those tours were filled up immediately when tickets went on sale the first day, they were all taken up. But I'm really excited to be able to have help people go and see the Annordain workshop because it's where they do their incredible dial enamelling, it's where all their watches assembled and for Paul, in their sister brand, all assembled in Glasgow. And I think that's really great to be able to help people from Scotland or wherever else they've come from see that this amazing watch craftsmanship and assembly is going on in Glasgow.

[B]

That's always a great thing to see. Especially, you know, getting behind the scenes is something the watch industry is not always the most open about. But having someone, well, right past, but having someone right beside the venue is very handy. And the fact that they're opening it up, you know, this kind of gromfoot enameling they do, they're well known for it, but it's a very rare craft so it's very unusual to get into anywhere that's showing that kind of process being done. So lucky people who've managed to bag themselves a place on those tours and

[A]

tickets are still available. Can people pay on the day if they don't want to do the online thing?

[C]

Yeah, absolutely. Tickets are still available. Um, we're advised buying them beforehand, but there should be some available on the day as well. The other thing we're doing that's new this year is some talks, including our first ever live podcast recording with you guys. So I'm really excited about that and that's going to be fun with a few different guests from the show and maybe some audience interaction, which may be a bit risky with a Glaswegian crowd, but we'll see. Tickets are just 12 pounds and kids go free as well. So as long as you get them a ticket, they're very, very welcome to bring the kids along. We've got a good number of families coming along looking at the, looking at the booking so far, so I'm really pleased to see that. So because again, you know, it just makes for such a great atmosphere. The bars open on the day, people can hang out, chat about watches and then in the afternoon we've got some talks as well. So after the podcast recording we've got talks with a few different folk from around the watch world. We've got Charles Tull, the watch expert at auctioneers Lyon and Turnbull, who are the main sponsors of the event. He's going to tell us a little bit about how the auction world works, how they find the watches, things like that and some of his stories. We've got one of Glasgow's most famous watch dealers, Billy Brass, who has, who runs horror watches and he's going to tell us a little bit about buying and selling watches. Well, you know, because it's easy to see many watches sold by pre owned dealers, but what is it that makes a good dealer and how do you buy and sell pre owned watches? Well, so we're going to have his thoughts on that, Ed and I'm a co founder of the Collector's Watch Club and I are going to talk about the club and what we do and some of our other activities, the other shows we're doing later in this year and then our experiences where we take people to Switzerland and hopefully later this year Germany as well to meet watchmakers. So there's going to be a lot going on all day and it's as well as just the many, many watches there are to try on.

[A]

What I'm looking forward to the most with this event versus the last one is the parking situation. And if people are traveling, especially if they've got their extended family with them, public transport links into Glasgow city centre are pretty decent, but you still have to kind of work out where you're going. And if you're not familiar with the transport links, the train, the rail network or the buses, it can be a bit of a pain in the ass. Going to Hampden park means you've got free parking, secure parking and an absolute ton of it, because being the national football stadium, there is plenty of places to put your motor vehicles out the front. And it means that once you're done, you can jump into your car and you can head home. And the other benefit of being in that area is, is there are lots of transport links. If you wish to get into the city center to go to Buchanan street afterwards to go and look at all the boutiques, go to the Argyle Arcade, pop into James Port and Son. The different boutiques, they've actually got the physical premises. As much as they'll be there on the day, they can't transport the entirety of their stock collection from the shops. Lots of opportunities to do lots of cool things. And you mentioned there's going to be 40 brands. One of the brands is going to be married. They're going to be coming along and we've been chatting to them behind the scenes. We bumped into them down at Watchmakers Day because they had a watch that is extremely Scottish, even more Scottish than your first name, Hamish. And that is their haggis watch. Dave, did you see this thing?

[B]

Yeah. It is a great looking watch. That was, I think, one of the highlights for British Watchmakers Day at the show. Seeing that watch, a little bit tongue in cheek, a little bit fun, and at a price point that I don't think anyone can argue too hard about it. I know some people get up in arms about cartoons or things, things that are fun and a little bit cheeky, being on watches that cost a lot of money. This watch is definitely in the more affordable end of the spectrum, but something that is highly humorous and if you're Scottish, it should ring some home truths and happiness to you.

[A]

Well, this is what they sent us to have a look at because I didn't have a chance to really spend much time. Simona did, obviously she saw pink and she ran straight over, but the guys sent us up a care package to have a look at and it wasn't just one care package, it was a couple. The first thing that caught me was the presentation of the box that they sent. Everything about this is extremely cool. And we talk about things in the show where a watch comes and the box costs a lot of money and then you just put it in the attic, you put it under the bed or wherever it is. Well, these guys have spent not a crazy amount on the packaging, but it reminds me of maybe, I don't know, back in the 90s, the 2000s, buying a video game. And it came in an actual product box. So it's hard to tell on the zoomed in camera, but this has got lots of cool stuff all over it. And it's recyclable packaging. So if we get the outer box to hell and we pull in the main box, this is like getting a video game. This is fantastically put together. Everything about it. It's almost like something you could put in a bookshelf. And this is obviously the pinky. We're going to put pictures in the shown over of all this stuff because it's just too big to fit on the desk. Everything about it is too big. And they present the watch in the center here. So you can take the watch head out. And as you're looking through everything else it comes with, you've got the straps, you've actually got who it was that put the watch together, who it was that built it, who it was that tested it. And these watches are not thousands and thousands of pounds. That's something we've talked about at length, not just in this episode of the show, but many episodes of the show. And this was a little guy that they created for Watchmakers Day. And it is just fabulous. Unfortunately, there are none left. I asked if we could get a hold of one, they said nope, this is their last one. This is the one that has to go back. Couldn't buy it from them, unfortunately. Although we have heard that potentially in the not so distant future they may do something similar, a new batch of something that is not exactly the same, but something that plays in the same kind of wheelhouse. So I'm going forward to meeting up with these guys, actually spending a little bit more time time at the event itself because these are fabulous. And the way that this watch came to be, it was all to do with their Skunk Works projects. It's where they create things that are off the beaten path. And Haggis Works was there. Skunk Works. Gordon, who designs most of their watches, he's based now up in the Ellis Skye in Scotland. And he wanted something that would stand out from the crowd, the pinky. And that's where they came up with this idea of the haggis that maybe ran around behind the scenes in their atelier and their work workshop, hiding behind the walls. And at nighttime it would come out, it would mess with the drawings, it would just cause a lot of problems behind the scenes. So, yeah, technically clever watch. It's based on their aerodynes and what they've done with this one, compared to other models within the range is they've decided to do a lot of polishing instead of using matte surfaces. And that obviously stands proud when you look at the watch itself. Split color scheme, as they would like to say, turquoise, maybe, I don't know, it maybe leans more into the green colors and obviously it's got the pink at the bottom. The counterweight on the seconds hand, fantastic. As does everything about it. Looking on the back, you've got the color scheme, you've got the haggis in the center. Everything about it is absolutely spot on. So we've got to play with this for a few days. They have given us something else to talk about, but we don't have time in this episode to chat about that. So that will just have to wait until a future edition. But, yeah, these guys are doing great things and they have got a massive link to Scotland. So looking forward to seeing them back in Scotland at the Glasgow Watch show in a few days.

[C]

Yeah, I'm really pleased they're coming and I know for certain that Gordon is coming up, so if anyone wants to come and talk watch design with him, then, you know, he's your man. He's really fantastic to talk to about different aspects of how you design a watch, what he thinks about, how long in advance he has to think about it. And Marlow have built their brand on his fantastic design, so it'd be really great to see him.

[B]

Something you forgot to mention as well, Ricky, is that the date disc hasn't got no. 25 instead of the 25th. You've got a tiny little haggis, of course, in honour of Burns Night.

[A]

I'm always going to forget something, Dave, because we've got so much to chat about on the shows. And this one, I believe it was £450, including all the taxes here in the UK. And that is with the packaging, that is with everything that it comes with. I think that is phenomenal value for money. And I'm not going to mention that Tag company from earlier on again, because that is just stuck in the back of my head. A plastic watch for two grand. Who can believe it? But we are almost at the end of a show. What else we're going to chat about? Dave?

[B]

We should probably begin to round up the show with news of something from Fears. And this time it's not actually a watch and it's not actually technically from Fears, but it isn't around about way. Something that we saw a couple of times later on in 2025 was the brand Ming releasing their new titanium poly mesh bracelet, which is a wonder of additive engineering and 3D printing and all of those models modern things going on. It's a bracelet that is metal, it's a mesh style bracelet, but it feels almost like T shirt fabric. It is so soft and silky to the hand. And we all, well, we were taken aback by it, loved it. But initially it was designed very much to be fitting with the curved spring bars on Ming's watches. They have though now brought out a straight bar version of it. And this is going to be available via Fierce for some of their watches. This is something that, well, it's a bracelet that's be to meant up of over 1700 individual components that are all kind of laid up together. And why, may you ask, if firs get access to this? Well, that's because Shapiro, Ming, Fierce and Masenilab are all part of the Alternative Horological Alliance, a bunch of brands that work together for, well, furthering everything that they do. And they've decided to make this bracelet available for an exclusive period via those brands. It is not an inexpensive bracelet. 1500 Swiss Francs, which comes in around US$1900. And that sounds like a lot of money. And indeed that is a lot of money. And we talked about something else that was around about that price that we didn't think was necessarily worth it. In my opinion, this bracelet is worth every penny. It's unbelievably techy and it feels fantastic in the hand, actually. Hamish, have you managed to get your hands on one of these yet?

[C]

Yeah, I was lucky enough to see that at a Ming event in London. And it's like, like a whole new kind of fabric. The best, the best way to describe it is as a fabric. It feels, it's so soft. It feels like a fabric. And when, when you're told if you, if you know watches and you know materials, you know it, it looks like titanium and it also feels like titanium, but you can't really believe how well it's been designed and I asked the guys at APL who'll be at the show, you guys, I know you guys know them, and they'll be at the show in Glasgow on Saturday. And they make their cases out of titanium that's. That's been 3D printed or using additive manufacturing. And they've built. They work in the industry and they've built this expertise. And I said to them, you know, what do you think of the bracelet? And they were like, it's amazing. And I was like, can you do it?

[A]

They were like, no.

[C]

So. So it is a real accomplishment by the guys over Minga in Singapore, aren't they? So I presume it's being done for them somewhere in Asia, not. I'm not sure exactly where, but a real accomplishment of design. And, yeah, all I can say is if you haven't seen it or tried it, you've. You've got to.

[B]

What.

[C]

What you think about the price and whether you'd pay that bracelet is up to you. But in terms of options, it's quite extraordinary.

[B]

I agree, and I think it's going to be a moment in time because I thought it would be very prototypey, to be honest, when I got my hands on it. A bit rough around the edges, for want of a better phrase, but it doesn't feel like that at all. It feels like a very accomplished product and it feels silky is the only way I can really describe it.

[A]

It's like chainmail made of silk.

[B]

Yeah, absolutely. That's a good description of it as well. If you ever get a chance, even just to feel one, because at the price point it is, it's going to be out of the reach of many people. This is a really punch price point for a bracelet. Has to be said, that's not precious metal. But I think in most watches that I believe need to be 20 mil lug width, it's going to look amazing on so many of them, especially if the watch itself is titanium. It'll match in beautifully. So that's something that's been announced by firs. And that's exciting for them because it's not necessarily a bracelet that you think would fit with some of their watches, but having seen a few of their different models with this bracelet on it, it looks, well, like it was designed to be there in the first place. And I'm sure knowing Nicholas, he would never put a bracelet on his watches that he didn't feel really did fit in with the design language of fierce. And he obviously feels it does because he's offering this bracelet.

[A]

Yeah, Wanted to get that information out there pretty quick because it's also something you can retrofit to anything. Doesn't have to be a watch from Fierce or Ming or any of the guys within there. It's universal and that is fantastic. And before we finish up the episode, one last thing that is quite important is we have been chatting to a lot of people behind the scenes about, about where things go next. The world of watches is something that constantly evolves, moves forward. Sometimes it takes a bit of a hiatus, a bit of a break, then it comes back even bigger than before. And in the last decade things have been probably the peak compared to maybe since the Quartz crisis. And a lot of people at Watches Wonders were talking about. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're dealing with collectors and enthusiasts today. But what happens when they age out? What about the next generation? What about the kids? And there was some news stories. Some of them may be fabricated, some of them may be truthful, saying that in some schools, schools they'd actually taken analog clocks off the walls because the kids couldn't understand reading the time. They were used to digital time. Now. Don't know how much truth is in that, but there is a company down in England, met them a few months back. Don't think they're at Glasgow this time around or they might do in the future. And this is a brand called Share. They do multiple different things. But the watches they sent us up just before, Watches and Wonders, we didn't have a chance to chat about them, but plays into what we are discussing at the moment. They have created kiddies watches that are super inexpensive that help teach kids the time. So I've got three here just now and if I open up the cool little carry cases, they have a range of different colors. They've only sent us three up just now. They have got a pink, a blue and a black. And they are tiny little dials obviously for small wrists. And the way that they tell the time is they break the dial into little segments, little five minute blocks so that you can tell it from front there, that's the 12 position, that's the 1 position, the 2, etc. And the handset is big and legible considering the size here and their whole reason to be the raison d' etre is to teach younger people how to tell the time. And also if you want to get kids into the horological hobby, this is ideal. Dave, did you see these guys down at Watchmakers Day?

[B]

I've had a look at these watches and as you say, you know I think it's great. Any brand that's kind of trying to bring watches into the sphere of the younger generation, well, it's a great thing as far as I'm concerned because there's been too long where people didn't wear watches at all. And you quite rightly mentioned that, you know, there's lots of kids, not just kids, folk of university age who apparently in a recent survey struggled to tell the time on an analog clock. Which is, well, frankly quite a scary thing in my opinion. But anyway, yes, these watches, they come in at £95, so they fit well into the category of other watches that are designed to tell the type, like flic, flac and these kind of things. So it's well within that affordable price range, albeit these are in stainless steel cases, not just a plastic swatch watch. A few different colors, you've got the kind of neutral grays, the blues, the pinks. And as you mentioned, you've got this sector style dial that makes teaching and telling the time a little easier. The hour hand into those hour segments so that you know which hour it is and when it moves to the next hour. And that full minute track so that you can track how many minutes they're looking at as well designed really from kids of age about 5 and upwards. You get both a colored and a white strap with them. 32 millimeters makes the vest very wearable. It also makes them wearable for adults if you like the theme and the style of it as well, to be honest. 100 meters of water resistance. So it should be safe on that kid's wrist when they go in and about playing and doing what they do. It's a quick release strap system so it means that you can change those straps over very easily. Runs on a Japanese quartz movement. That being the Miyota 2035 great little watch and it's doing a good service to the future watch enthusiast.

[A]

It does. And just grabbing one of these at random to play with with. It's also got a proper screw down crown so you can teach the kids the the safety aspects of always making sure that the watch is screwed down, not leaving it open so that water gets in. Because that speaking to watchmakers and repair centers is one of the biggest issues because people are used to not wearing a watch or wearing a G Shock or an Apple watch. They don't worry about getting water in it. That is a huge problem that people forget. And major repairs have had to be conducted on things as extravagant as FP Journes due to this issue. And Daytonas of the past. I love the fact that, as Dave says, the other hand goes within the little sector, so if it sits there, well, it's still within the one. So it's always going to be one something and then you look at the minute hand and it goes up to the top and it tells you exactly where the time is simple for our brains to comprehend because we've been doing this for so long. But to get this on the rest of kids, to start them off young on their journey, suddenly this is the gateway into horology.

[C]

Yeah, I think it's a great, great idea and really well executed from Darren at Cher. They were at the Manchester show last year in November and Darren brought his son along who's been the main tester of the watch and so he was there all day telling people how much he enjoyed wearing it and how, how people. He's still in primary school and how, how he. People in his school wanted one and that was when they just had the grace. They've now got, got the range of colors and more to come, I think. And I just, I think it's a really, really good idea. I asked, I've, you know, I run a watch club for a business, so I ask my friends, you know, if their kids got a watch, do they want to watch, do they tell the time? And they, they don't. It's not mandatory to teach it in schools anymore. It's not, it's not a thing anymore. So I think that's a great shame. And everything, everything that Darren and the Share Watch does to help rectify that, it can only be good.

[A]

Well, that's a fantastic story to end the show on. Always good to get new people into the hobby. It doesn't matter what age they are. So fantastic news from the guys at Share all the detail. Be in the show notes as expected. And you can go through our back catalogue. Tons in there. Too many to mention. We don't have enough time in this episode to go through them all. Just look in the show notes, look on the website, look on the YouTube channel. And Hamish, thank you for joining us. Dave, you're here all the time to say thanks to you and hopefully we will see everybody in the next few days either in Glasgow or London. So if you want to grab a VIP special front row ticket to our event with Bookera, our live podcast recording in Capital City, then ticketscottishwatches.co.uk and we'll let you know if you are lucky. And we have quite a few tickets available so everybody should get involved in it. We'll let you know if you're lucky, on Sunday. And that is for Wednesday, May 13, in London, Covent Gardens boutique for Bucherer. Hopefully we can see you there. So thank you for listening and we'll catch you again soon.

[B]

Take care. Thank you.