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Scottish Watches Podcast #791 : Getting Freaky With Your X
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To take our minds off how Scotland is doing in the World Cup, we have a slate of new world-class watch releases. UN unveils a big upgrade to the Freak...
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Welcome to the Scottish Watches podcast. In this exciting episode of the show, we have got tons of brand new releases for you. Yep, the hits keep on coming. Maybe not in Scotland with football, but apart from that, across the world, there are many super cool releases, especially from Switzerland and the independents. We're going to stop off, chat about the folks at Mozart, the folks at Ulysse Nardan and many other places. But first of all, we're going to check in with Dave because his tonsils were tickled last week. Are they okay now?
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B
David's tonsils are almost better. You can probably still hear a little croak in my voice, but broadly speaking, I am much more able to talk with a normal timbre than I was able to last week.
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A
Were you sucking dirty D s again?
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B
No, only clean DS for me. But I have to say as well, Scotland has done okay, but we kind of failed at that last hurdle. Our show notes keeper extraordinaire, his country, who are even further down the rankings than us, seem to be doing okay.
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A
Who's he?
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B
That'll be Miziel. And of course, he is from Cape Verde. Cape Verde, One of those little tropical islands where the temperature. He is indeed. And the temperature there is probably less than it is in the UK at the moment, which is, to be honest, frankly, horrible. But yes, they've seemed to do quite well with their goalkeeper, going from something like a couple of hundred followers to 12 million followers overnight on Instagram, which is pretty impressive, it has to be said.
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A
Imagine if Miz kept show notes as well as the goalkeeper, kept goals out of the net.
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B
I mean, he could maybe see that. He could maybe give him some spelling lessons. Who knows? He's probably better at that, as well as keeping goals out of nets. But anyway, we should get on with this because we've got loads of watches to cover.
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A
We do. So we'll start off with our friends over at Ulysse Nardan. They have been doing well. We've been setting the burden fair for the past couple of years. There's lots of cool things happening. This year's the anniversary of the Freak and its lineage, its family, because there are many freaks out there. From. I was going to say inexpensive. From the accessible, if you've got the money. The Freak X right the way through to the Super Freak, the latest and greatest that was announced and came out at Watches and Wonders this year. It is the world's most complicated time. Only watch. That's what they told us, and I fully believe it. And we're working behind the scenes. We Were working on this for a while to try and get across there to speak to the people that designed and produced this watch. They're not part of lvmh, they're not part of Richmond or Pats watch group. They are independent and the fact that they can produce things like this along with Moser and various other players that we speak to is just phenomenal. It's like the underdog story of the McMurtry managing to create a car that beats Lamborghini and Ferrari and Bugatti and all those kind of guys. So what is it they've done this time?
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B
What have they done? We have got an all new generation of the Freak X. It's smaller, there's a new movement and alongside the new movement there's a few other little tricks that are going on here. So yes, smaller, thinner, more robust.
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A
Are we going back to the 90s? Kate Moss, that style of modeling.
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B
What, Kate Moss who was so thin that if she walked over a grate on the street she would fall through it? Maybe. Maybe, yeah. Everything's a little bit slimmer but more wearable. Love it.
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A
And doing our bit for the environment, doing our bit for fuel. So the thinner things are, the less they weigh, the less the transport. Brilliant. Great idea.
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B
Not convinced whether you're being genuine or just digging yourself at a hole there. But anyway, we'll carry on. It's got an in house micro rotor movement. Now back to 2019. That's when UN launched the Freak X. It was designed to be a more compact, more accessible version of the Freak watches. It was equipped with a conventional crown. But the essence of that original Freak that is no hands, no dial, no crown. Most of those things were, except for the crown, kind of carried over into the Freak X. Now the original one was introduced way back in 2001 but we're coming up on the 180th anniversary of the brand and the 25th anniversary of the Freak. So they've completely re engineered the second generation Freak X. Nearly every component on the watch, whether it be the movement, the case, etc, etc has been reconsidered and rethought. So what is new? You've got a new manufacturer calibre. This is the UN232 that's replacing the UN230 and as I've mentioned, it has got a micro rotor. Now the case has got smaller, it's 41 millimeters which is still towards a larger size for many folk. But it's down from 43 millimeters. You've only got a 47.3 lug to lug. That's down from just under 50. So it becomes much more wearable for many people. The thickness has also been reduced to 10.35.
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A
Can we get them to reduce your thickness? Not Garth thickness, my thickness.
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B
Depends what we're talking about. You know, we'll leave it there.
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A
Mental aptitude.
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B
Thick with intelligence. There we go. Reverse that. On you play that Uno card.
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A
So you're dense, that's what you're saying.
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B
Like old wood, which has been around for a while, so it knows stuff. Let's start that bit again. New monoblock case construction replacing the previous modular architecture that was used. But you've also got a new glass box, sapphire crystal. It's got a wider opening and you get a better, more enhanced view of that movement, that micro rotor automatic winding movement which does replace that kind of traditional winding rotor. You've also got the introduction of the. Now I'm not quite sure how they pronounce it but it's diamon sil. So it's D I A M then little O N S I L. That's their new escapement technology which replaces the previous all silicon escapement architecture. We'll get into that a little bit later. 100 meters of water resistance which goes up from 50 meters. You've got a screw down crown which replaces the standard pull push crown. A little bit of a higher level of decoration and finishing throughout the case and the movement. They've also introduced their new quick release interchangeable strap system which is a new feature. You've got a new steel bracelet option which is new for the Freak X collection. The steel that's used in the construction is from 80% recycled materials. And that diamond sill technology, well that was an extension of their work with silicon. And it combines silicon components with a diamond like surface treatment that increases hardness, improves efficiency and reduces wear and tear by enhancing the durability and reducing the friction. You've got a direct contribution to precision long term reliability. It was first actually launched back in 2007 on the Freak Diamond SIL watch. You've also got the oversized silicon balance wheel and silicon hairspring. That's all produced by Sigatec, which is the specialist that was co founded by Ulysse Nardin back in the day. The movement consists of 216 components and this is not by any stretch the most complicated freak they've ever made. That's the one Ricky mentions at the top of the show. But it's still got many parts compared to well the average movement 72 hours of power reserve, which means that you've got, well, three days, you can leave it over the weekend. That seems to be a thing that I still don't understand. Take your watch off on a Friday, wear it again on Monday and it's still running. Why wouldn't you wear it at the weekend? Anyway, three launch models, you've got the Freekex grey, that's a recycled steel case with a grey sandblasted hour disc on a light brown calfskin strap. You've got the Freekex Blue, that's pairing the recycled steel case with a blue gradient satin brushed hour disc and it comes on the integrated steel bracelet. And finally you've got the Freekex gold, that's a rose gold case with a black sandblasted hour disc on a black alligator strap. Price point wise, the Freekex grey comes in at 33,500 Swiss francs, that's €37,500. The blue on the bracelet a little bit more, 34,000 Swiss francs. And the gold one coming in at 52,000 Swiss francs. I think these are all significant improvements towards usability, wearability, functionality. I just think all together they've lifted the bar. Again with the freak. It's a cool watch, Ricky. I know you love yours that you wear. You've got a Freek X, albeit in a slightly funky material and colorway. But could you be tempted potentially to upgrade?
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A
I've paid attention to the upgrades, I've read the spec list, I've looked at the images and no, because as much as the world is going for smaller diameter watches, I love the fact that mine is slightly larger being at 43 mil. Okay. The water resistance is only 50 meters, but I'm super careful with watches anyway. Don't take them in the shower, the bath, etc. Always take them off, treat them as if the crown is undone because on the FreeKey X it doesn't have a screw down crown. And I've had Speedmasters in the past, I know how to treat them properly. The lug to lug been a little bit shorter, the half a mil, something like that and the thickness coming down, everything is reducing. We're in that phase of watch loving at the moment. Would I change from the one I've got? No, because there's nothing at launch that looks the same. It's not the same material, it's not the magma which is a carbonium mix of carbon fiber and red resin. I love mine to bits. It's probably number two in the Moser then that One, then my Daytona, that is my three, my top three. And then the rest of them kind of move in and around. I love the fact that they didn't need to do this. That is the other thing. That's the other key. Or they didn't need to change so much. They didn't have to increase the technology behind the scenes and I had to look at the price point and I did some comparisons to the larger variant that I've got. And for having the micro rotor, for having all the ingenuity, the new escapement, more silicon, they've only put the price up by 2K on a watch that's sitting in the mid-30s, so that is not bad. Omega put the price up by 2k every 6 months. I'm kidding on don't sue me. I think they've done very well. I don't know what the ethos was behind it. I don't know if maybe they've had a lot of collectors saying, you know, slimmer wrists, smaller sizes, let's do that. But the fact that they've done it and they didn't need to, again, you have to commend them for doing it because there was no reason to the amount of research and development to change that movement when they didn't require to do so. They put all their investment into the UR Freak and then the Super Freak this year. Yeah, just can't commend them enough and hopefully we can do that in person in not too many weeks time if things go according to plan. Dave.
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B
Yes, indeed. Let's see when we actually get to have a hand on in real life with it. 41 millimeters. Let's be fair. Still not a particularly small watch. It's just a smaller size for the Freak X. It's still in the sweet spot for a lot of people that like a slightly larger watch, but it also does mean people with smaller wrists will maybe have an option, Whereas previously with 43, it might just have altogether been a little too large for them. So we should move on to a watch from someone that I actually bumped into.
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A
Ah, before we go into that, we should tell people to check the show notes out because we mentioned Miz earlier, but we didn't really tell you why Miz is important. He creates the show notes from. All the content appears in the podcast. If you're listening at home, if you're doing this, that and the other, and you want to come back after the fact or you want to play along, you can click in the podcast player, go to the top. There'll be a link in there takes you to our website and all the pictures the text back will be listed in chronological order. So as you hear them on the show, they will appear in there. And then you can click across the manufacturer's website, Instagram, YouTube and get more of a full feeling for what we're talking about here. And obviously if you're watching this on YouTube, the link will be in the description at the top. As much as you're seeing the pictures popping up the tech spec we're talking about, you can then click across there as well and find out a little bit more. Right, Dave, tell us what you're going to say.
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B
So, yes, well, after you've used your red pen to feel like a high school teacher correcting all the spelling mistakes, we can talk about the Fears Watch. I bumped into Nicholas last week and I was at aphg, which is the big industry show for machines, tools, suppliers to do with the watch industry.
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A
Are you saying you're the biggest tool in the watch industry?
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B
I've got a large tool. We talked about this earlier. It's thick and it's large. So yes, it's impressive actually. It's not in any way, shape or form. But anyway, moving along epxg, that's that big tool show. And I bumped into Nicolas, many suppliers, everything from dials, hands, cases, bracelets, straps through to. I want to buy a very large CNC machine, please. They're all in that hall. It's not nearly as posh and refined as Watches and Wonders. And, well, the weather in Europe, as many of you will be aware at this point in time, is not cold. That would be the best way to describe it. And it was very, very, very warm in those holes. They didn't have the posh air conditioning that we get at Watches and Wonders because, well, it's industry. So, yes, Fierce have launched a new tool watch. That's why I was talking about EPHG and Tools, because they have slowly but surely been bringing more utilitarian, tool orientated watches into the range. And of course a brand probably better known for watches that would fall more firmly into the dress watch category. So what have they launched? It's a Brunswick. I know you're hearing it. Yeah, that sounds like a dress watch, but it's a Brunswick. Forte Helmsman es. Now, of course, Fears based out of Bristol have been, as I mentioned, slowly dipping their toes further and deeper into the pool of water of tool watches. They produced the experimental 01, they produced the Odyssey limited edition, they produced the Redclyffe 39.5 date ES and we keep hearing this ES. So what does that stand for? Well that means endurance specification. That's their designation of a watch that falls into this utilitarian category. Now this is the first non limited edition tool watch that they've released and as I mentioned, it falls into the Brunswick category, a watch more commonly seen within their dress area. It's got that characteristic cushion shape. It's 40 millimeters in diameter. The water resistance been pushed up from 150 meters to 200 meters. Case finishing has become more, well, tool watch. Normally it's polished, it's got brushed surfaces, polished surfaces. But this one is much more in the kind of, I don't know, brushing and media blasting keeps it all a bit more satin, less reflective surfaces, easier to read. The dial also is in a matte white as its base color to stop all of those reflections. And you've got a blue, marine blue peripheral minute scale going on. The hands are Arabic numerals. They're also presented in that same shade of blue but they're in a slightly polished finish because it means you get a little bit of reflection off them to be able to tell the time clearly. Movement wise, it's a le Joux Parret G101 automatic movement, 68 hours of power reserve. It's got an exhibition case back so you get to see the movement. That's a movement that's becoming more and more used on those, you know, smaller independent brands who maybe don't have their own in house manufacturer but want something a little bit higher spec than the other offerings on the market. So we're beginning to see that Le Juparee movement family get used especially in watches in the £2 to 4000 category. Nice to see that bit of differentiation price point wise. £3,450 on an FKM rubber strap. I really like it. I like this little detour that Nicholas has taken. He's always been a man who is known for his sartorial elegance. He's always fully suited and booted definitely. Personally I think he leans more towards the dress style watch day to day. But I've also seen him in shorts and T shirt and he does know how to dress down. And having some tool watches in the range I think means that any fans of the brand that want something that's a bit more, I wouldn't say beater watch, but a bit more everyday usable is definitely nice to see within the range. Ricky, you actually got your hands on, well, not quite one of the ES watches, but one of the More down to earth fun watches from Fierce. I of course have had one of their more traditional dress style watches for many years. What say you on bringing this dress watch style case into this more tool watch world?
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I wish he'd waited and spoken to us and released this as a Scottish watches limited edition because the colour scheme is perfect. I love it. I actually got to see this. One of the gents down at show that we'll talk about later on in this episode that I attended at the weekend was wearing it and I spotted it in the restaurant. Okay, give, give, give, give. And being Scottish, I got. So I got to actually be hands on with this release and it is everything I would want in a Fierce watch. Which put me in the dilemma of having bought a Fierce watch. Just a few months ago when I was down at the Bristol watch show. I was confused because this is a new direction for Fears. Started maybe nearly a year ago, maybe Geneva watch days last year when they brought a triple bill and one of them was just way out there. It wasn't the standard brand DNA but it did have the line. This one here. I think it's just continuing because we've talked about different brands where they have been siloed. Their collectors are stuck in a rut because they produce a watch that is quintessentially the brand hot. Launch is a great example. It was TV shape and they really had to push hard to release the new stuff that came out this year and it's been a massive success. We're going to check in with those guys shortly. With Fears, it's dress watch, its heritage, it's old England. This is very much contemporary, brand new, current day. And I think this is going to set the world on fire because the way it's laid out, you have got the precision. Nicholas doesn't let anything go out the door unless it is perfect. And this is, this is absolutely spot on. Are you going to get one?
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B
I'm not going to get one of these because to be honest, I've kind of hit peak fears in that. I got a piece unique from him and I love it still to this day. It's so not my typical day to day watch.
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A
I heard that was piece two unique.
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B
Oh, it's technically piece unique. Ish. That's what we're going with because it was absolutely commissioned as a piece unique. It was done specifically for me.
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A
But did somebody not then message you and say listen, I really like that. Is there any possible chance, pretty please with cherry on top that I could get one too? And you were a nice guy about it.
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B
Well, it was actually Nicholas, to be honest. Nicholas reached out and said, so you keep putting the picture of that watch on your socials and people kind of like it and yet someone reached out and really, really, really, really wants one. Would you be willing and open? And I said, well, you know, sharing is caring and ultimately I'm not driven by the fact that it's a one of one or anything else. I know it was commissioned and it was a one of one and well, he got one.
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A
But that means you're a trendsetter.
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If you wish to say that. I will take the compliment, but no, I. Absolutely not. I tend to deviate from trends greatly. But aside from that, I really like it because I'm not particularly a dress watch person. It's a watch that I wear on occasion, but when it's the right occasion and you've got the right watch on, it just feels a little bit special. Really cool. One of the earlier ones. I still even have the text messages. I can remember to this day the less than salubrious surroundings where I was sitting in a very cheap hotel because I couldn't find any other hotel where I had to be. And I was sitting there and I had a text back and forward about a piece unique watch, which all seemed a bit strange, weird and wonderful, but it came to be and I still have it and it's a watch that will not be leaving the collection. I even remember where I met Nicholas in London to pick up the watch. And we drank way too much alcohol because Nicholas is a small framed individual, but he's not Scottish. But by God, that boy can drink.
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Having been out many times with Nicholas and watching him put away the alcohol units. Yes, that is to be. That is confirmed news. But more confirmed news is the fact that we are doing pretty good on YouTube. There was a blip maybe a couple of weeks ago there. I don't know what went wrong. Not going to say the word shadow band, but shadow band perhaps don't know what we did wrong, but we're back in action. So you want to be checking us out on YouTube. That is where the video version of the podcast appears currently. It's a Thursday news show, the one you listened to just now. It appears in a slightly different format with lots of images, video clips, etc put together by Gav. And Simona is quickly learning how to put things together. So hopefully we can get both podcasts during the week put onto YouTube. So we're both in the audio and the visual medium. So Just Google or check the show notes because the links for the YouTube channel will be in there. And well, well, many, many years ago, Dave, when I first got into this hobby, 2017, I bought my first watch, luxury watch, in January and fell head over heels in love with the hobby. Fell down the massive rabbit hole called Baselworld and within three months I booked a plane ticket to go across to this massive event in its centenary year and loved it. Pushed me further and further into the hobby. This is way before the podcast, way before anything like that. Just an individual who found a new passion and. And, well, it died off. Pandemic kind of put the final nail in the coffin. Although prior to that brands had been just disappearing bit by bit. Breitling went Swatch Group, took all their multiple brands with them and it was a bit of a skeleton show. 2019, then the pandemic, well, that was just the ground on top of the coffin. But there has been news that something else is happening with the same group behind the scenes in the same city and it's to do with watches. But reading between the lines, I don't think this is really a watch from.
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B
No, you're right. So, yes, Baselworld was the de facto go to main trade and retail event.
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A
Every time someone says Baselworld, I think of boom. Boom.
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B
That is a particularly British narrative. Most folk will have no idea what you're talking about, but you're talking about an animal that had a human's hand firmly rammed up its posterior and made it. Well, yeah, say exactly what Ricky just said. Anyway, check out the show notes for a picture. Probably even our show note maestro will struggle. You'll be sending texts saying, I've no idea what you're talking. Anyway, moving along. A new show. Yes, Basil Brush, A new show, Basilia. It's a jewelry and watch fair and it's the return of a big show to Basel. It'll be taking place in April 2027. And as maybe the name Basilia jewellery and watch show, you can tell that maybe jewellery is the primary focus. But let's get more into this. Well, it's fair to say that ever since that show kind of dropped away, the watch world, well, picked itself up and kind of got itself re established. That of course, being with watches and wonders, which takes in Geneva, but that is for all the big brands, of course. Of course, pinned down by Rolex, by Patek Philippe and many of the big groups. There is a showing of some of the independents, but there's not really space at that show for many of the small to medium size startup brands and small independents and even micro brands. But this show as regards watches is aiming to kind of position itself as a place that some of these newer, smaller brands can exhibit and show. It's going to be taking place in and around the same time as watches and wonders. But the main primary ambition is to have a major annual European meeting point for the jewelry industry. Things like manufacturers, wholesalers, gemstone traders, retailers, sourcing specialists. They've really lacked a central international place to gather since Baselworld ended. So although that is the core, we will have this watchmaking kind of area that will focus on entry level and mid range watches and they're saying they are complementary to Geneva based fares. The inaugural edition is going to take place in April 2027 and there are going to be between 4 and 500 exhibitors. Pretty cool to see it getting back up and going. It's going to give certain people like Barbara a little bit of a headache because of course she loves watches, but she has a firm background within jewelry and gemstones as well. So hopefully the dates have enough of an overlap but have days either side that well, it's not too far on a train between the two cities and people can maybe catch both events in full, which would be absolutely the best of things. So Rick, interesting to see in terms of watch brands who will end up exhibiting there because there's many little startup shows that happen in Geneva that have been springing up over the last few years where many of those entry and mid tier brands have been exhibiting. I wonder how many of them will up sticks from Geneva and move over to Basel or maybe stick with what's known for the last couple years and stay in Geneva.
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A
Let's rewind the clock back and talk about why Baselworld failed, why all the brands pissed off because 2017 was the centenary year. First time I went and might have rose tinted glasses on, but I've also got the photos and the video clips and I can read the coverage, it's still online, a blog to watch, Fratello, etc. Everybody loved the show but people were niggling over the previous few years and it was in a build up. The fact that people within the city, not particularly the organizers of Baselworld, but the hotels, the restaurants, the eateries, the shops and the stores, they just kept increasing the prices because they knew all the well to do folks from all the brands were coming to Baselworld so they would just pump the prices up, charge people a lot more and it got to the ridge ridiculous stages where it was the Top headline in the news in all the blogs that it was just incredibly expensive to go to these things. I remember the first time I went I actually stayed in the airport overnight because I had no clue what was going on. I just thought yeehaw, let's do this, let's take a few days off work, jump on a plane. So I decided to just stay in the airport overnight. Far easier. The second year what I did was use my brain for the first time ever. Yes. I took it out of storage and I stayed just across the border in France. Found something on booking.com it was about €100 a night and I stayed there and I just got a taxi right across And I remember the guy saying to me as we go across the border, just act normal. And when people say to me just act normal, I always freak out because that's an impossibility. But we got away with it both times. And the third time around I managed to stay in somebody's hotel room because we'd been out partying with Julian Tenneur who was at Zen along with Swiss Beats, Eva Lost Frequencies and various other people because they were about to launch their invent or defy lab which was a high frequency event that never came to be unfortunately. And I got my deposit back in that watch. But that was Baselworld. Really, really expensive. That's why everybody ran away. Geneva is generally pretty expensive. We noticed that the cost of ice cream was incredible and that's one of my favourite things in the world. So that was a real pain in the arse. I don't think people go back back. I think they'll see how it goes, they'll look at it. But the fact that all the might is around watches and wonders now and you've got Geneva watch days and various other things and all the crazy boutiques are in Geneva. It's the heartland of Switzerland for watchmaking as much as the Jura Mountains, Lucia de Fall and all these different places where things are put together. Geneva seems to be the crux points where the main airport is as well and you have to travel from to get to these places. I think it's too late and they're not going to get the brand.
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B
Yep, I tend to agree. I think that for watches it's already become firmly established, as I mentioned, that many little pop up shows, well littles may be the wrong word because some of them are fairly significant in their own right now. But there is multiple events happening in and around Geneva. Jewellery wise though, I think it'll be a good thing because of course jewellery is a huge industry and market and it's been sorely lacking a proper show within Europe to let everyone showcase their wares. So let's see how it pans out. I'm sure it will change over the coming years as they tweak and manipulate the narrative to make it work.
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Hopefully it does. And we always ask people to drop us an email, get in touch, never DM us on Instagram because it just gets lost in all the spam and all the bots and all the replica that we keep seeing there. And one of the guys that has emailed in the past came to see us at the show that we attended this weekend, actually came up and we had a great conversation and then he wrote in because the information he was telling me, I said this needs to be shared with everyone and I will forget half of it. So Dave, tell us what he says.
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B
I was not at that show because I was elsewhere. So it was Ricky and Simona. Hi Ricky and Simona, great to finally meet you both yesterday at the Watch Fair in Solihull that is near Birmingham in the uk. Thank you for taking your time to speak to Birmingham. I've been a long time listener and viewer of the Scottish Watches podcast. I also want to thank you for the attention you have given to the authenticity service that ebay offers. I've never trusted buying pre owned watches anywhere previously, but since hearing about the service they offer on your show, I've now bought many watches via ebay and I have to say the to trip transactions were smooth and seamless. It's a fantastic free offer that just gives customers like me who have no idea what to look out for that added level of protection. Congratulations on the hundred Thousand Award on YouTube and look forward to what's to come in future episodes. And many thanks Stuart. And that's Stuart with a UA spelt the proper way.
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He came over to talk to us specifically at the show and we'll get to that in the what we've been up to part because it was a breath of fresh air, not working properly at a show and just enjoying it and meeting people. But we just had the folks from ebay on Monday talking about the new system that they have incorporated from richemont, which is called inquiries. It's a completely standalone thing, but they have integrated this so that when a watch is for sale, when it goes to the Authenticity Guarantee center to be fully vetted and checked, they will run the serial numbers to make sure that this isn't stolen. So as much as a Watch can go through there previously and be 100% legit. As in all the parts are as they should be. It's not got scratches that haven't been disclosed. If it was stolen, they didn't have a date of any to run the serial number through. So it was impossible. And as has been talked about in the past, many people have given it a bash. I remember Paul Thorpe and his digital vault that has disappeared. We actually had a few people email in saying, hey, he said he was going to do this thing and he did it and we signed up. We spent all this time playing around with it and then it just disappeared when he left the watch industry. Well, the guys at Richemont ain't leaving the watch industry. And the fact that they're working hand in hand, not just with the police, not just with Europol and Interpol and various different players, including the metropolitan folks that we deal with, they have got all the watch brands on side because they've all realized that this is good for the industry. And as much as we poo poo, the Swiss sometimes and say, yeah, the British guys, they all work together. Yeah, the American guys, they all work together. The independent work together. Well, it turns out the conglomerates can also work together as well. When there's a common good and a common goal and anything that makes buying and selling watches safer also, or if you are unfortunate and you lose your watch or it is taken without your consent, then having your details in this database means that if it goes walkies then there's a chance, a chance it can come back. And if you go back in time to Monday's episode, you can actually hear some stories, genuine stories of watches that have been recovered using this service. Best of all, it is free, 100% free. Unlike various other registers that are out there, this does not cost you a penny. So there is no reason not to do it. Like I said, Richemont ain't going to put their name behind it. It's been trialled for years, it's been in production now for about not going to go the way of the dodo. So yeah, fully recommend it and fully recommend going back and checking out that episode. And what we're going to check out next is it going to be colorful and maybe from some of our friends.
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B
Yes indeed, it is a new release from H. Moser. It is the new Pioneer Center Seconds Sunberry. It's bright and well punchy color wise. This model was launched back in 2015 and it was conceived as their everyday all purpose watch. Fast forward to summer 2026. And they're bringing, well, limoncello yellow colors, berry purple colors, and it's an together a summery watch. Classic round case, the Pioneer is available in two sizes, but the Sunberry is coming in the more compact 40 millimeter size. Coming in at 12.3 mil thick. It's very wearable. It's only 48.1 lug to lug. And on that case, of course, you've also got those scalloped sides and the lugs giving it a little bit of shape and texture. 120 meters of water resistance. So it'll be fine in and about the pool. There's been many different issues of colors in this watch before. Funky blue, citrus green and various others. There's no numerals, there's no brand. It keeps it very clean, bright and punchy. Three central hands and that sunshine yellow accent is set against that rich berry background with a sunburst pattern. You've also got the sunshine yellow on the hands. All of that being emphasized by yellow. Super Luminova. You've got HMC201 automatic caliber. It's got a skeletonized rotor, 72 hours of power reserve, and it's delivered on a yellow rubber strap with a steel pin buckle. Cost wise, coming in at 18,300 Swiss francs. Okay, you've seen this watch in many different colour items, iterations. Does this one float your boat?
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A
We're quick on this one because it's pretty much just a color change, but it's a good color change. And I thought when I first saw the pictures, this is a little bit studio underdog collab with Mozart, but it isn't. That is more muted. That is more pushing into the orange tones ever so slightly. This is acidic. This is just absolutely plutonium colors. They will burn your eyes, they're that vivid. The saturation levels have been whacked up in Photoshop on these things. And we've seen many releases where Moser have taken fantastic colors. Look at the additions they've done with Formula One with their Collab team. Yeah, the Miami editions, last year, the year before. This year. I think this is probably. If I was to buy a Moser to replace or to go alongside the Moser I have, this would be it. Because the colors play so well. And instead of just changing the color, changing the strap, changing the dial, the fact they've got that chapter ring in a completely different color that matches the strap, that's something I've not seen many other watchmakers do to change things up. So again, doing Something a little bit different and the party doesn't finish in the front, it continues around the back because the movement is beautiful. The coloration of the bridges and the plates, the different engine turning they've done on there and the price point under 20k I think this is phenomenal. So if you like something, you've got perhaps a few spare pennies that will match up with the price point of this watch. It's not insignificant by any stretch of the imagination. But yeah, this is a fantastic summer one watch and it's maybe not going to be in my future but it definitely could be in yours.
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B
Second best for me. The most favourite of mine was the same watch but in the citrus yellow color where you had that bright yellow in the center, that kind of greeny limey yellow color. Anyway, we should move on because there's another anniversary, a 50th anniversary of something that's light powered. And there's two new releases from Citizen to well celebrate this 50th anniversary.
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A
Ah, shut us in your shape. Well we, it turns out the folks at Citizen are celebrating and we did talk about this before because there have been many Eco Drive variants out and about. There was one a couple of months ago. My memory can go back just about that amount of time. We did talk about it on the show because when it was first released Eco Drive was not the trading name or the trademark that they used for it and that was quite successful. Very interesting color schemes, very interesting arrangement on the dial, quite organic mixed with an alien theme. But this time I around they've done things a little bit differently.
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B
Yes, indeed. They've got two new models. Well they're reimaginations of existing models. We've got a new edition of the Citizen and we also have the Attesa recrystallized titanium. So it's the 50th anniversary of their light powered Eco Drive movements as they're known today. And the special thing about Eco Drive is it can use any light source. It doesn't just have to be solar or the sun. Any light at all will put power into this watch. Now the Citizen, this is a watch that's quite often their flagship model. They tend to use this as something that they exhibit something special with. There's only going to be 400 of these ones produced. It's a 40 millimeter case by 12.2 millimeters thick. It's their super titanium case which of course has been treated with their Duratech platinum. It stops micro scratches and marks from getting in and about the tidiness of that titanium case. The dial on this one is a deep indigo blue and it's a Tosa Washi paper dial with gold coloured accents on the applied indices and the dates around. Now, Washi paper is a special type of Japanese mulberry paper. It's hand dyed using a natural lye fermentation. It gives us deep indigo color whilst it does preserve the paper's texture. The color is officially called Kachi IRO and it's a deep shade of indigo that's traditionally considered lucky because the way you pronounce the color is the same way you pronounce the word for victory Color movement wise. In it is the calibre a 060 Eco Drive movement that will provide 18 months of power when it's fully powered, powered up and sitting in power save mode. It's got a perpetual calendar built in as well. So the seconds hand works as a reference for the month when you're setting the date. It's got 100 meters of water resistance. It's got an accuracy of plus minus 5 seconds per year. That's quite accurate. So altogether a great looking watch. Alternatively, if you're after something a bit more punchy, there's the Attesa. This is a faceted case with an octagonal bezel. It's made again in super titanium both for the case and the bracelet. But it's got their black Duratech DLC coating the bezel and the center links of the bracelet. However they are in recrystallized titanium. It's a bit bigger, 44 millimeters by 13.7. Still has that 100 meters of water resistance but the caliber in this is the F950 movement maintains the same accuracy plus minus 5 seconds a month. That is without the time signal reception. That's just running without any outside communication. But it also does feature satellite wave GPS functionality. You've got a world time functionality function. You've got a 1/20 of a second chronograph with 24 hour counting. You've got a light level indicator, a power reserve indicator, a perpetual calendar. And this one, when it's fully charged and in power save mode will run for five years. So quite a long time I have to say. Whilst you only had 400 of the citizen and it sells at 3,095 US, the Attesa is still limited edition, but there's a few more with 1,800 of them and it will sell at US$2,495. This is Citizen. I love it. I love that case. It's Been a great looking watch. Quite hard to come by those ones in the uk I have to say they are a few beginning to sneak into the country but certainly in Japanese domestic market and the us much more available. And that Attesa, I like everything about it but it's just a little bit too big.
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A
In my opinion the Attesa is the one for me. This is amazing. The price point is phenomenal. I know that G shock, Casio G shock, they've done things in the past, they played around with titanium recrystallized metals and the price point point has been north of 5k at some points. This is absolutely top notch. It reminds me of the very expensive Zenith ones. Perhaps the extreme or the slab side cased or the new, what's that new? The new Planet Ocean, the one that would have taken this kind of case shape. And other people, Grand Seiko have done different things, Godzilla shapes in the past. This, at this price point, with this look, with this material, with this finish and this costing, I think this is going to go Ganga busters. I know it's limited edition. I, while you were chatting messaged their contact citizen in the UK to go, are there any of these kicking around? So I'll get back to you on that one. But this is phenomenal. Love this one. And goes to show, as much as 2k is the new 1k, this one is a few pennies more. But I think it's worth it. I really do think it's worth it. And it shows that you don't have to spend 5, 10, 20k on a watch for it to stand proud on the wrist.
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B
The good thing about this is that's the US dollar price. So if you convert that into pounds, it's probably a lot nearer to 2k than it is in US dollars, which is well for good thing.
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A
Well now it's time to do the wrist check. We keep pushing it further and further down the show because better and better watches are getting released that we want to talk about because who cares about what we're wearing? Some people do, some people actually ask questions about it. But the new releases are more important. Dave likes to come second. I'm going to go first. And if you're watching YouTube you may be thinking, well, the color in the back of the studio has changed and he's wearing some kind of gangster Y type stuff going on. What's the story here? Well, the T shirt I'm wearing is to pay homage to Tron, if you've not figured that out yet. And the reason I'm wearing this is because it's absolutely scorching in Scotland. It's very warm. So this is lightweight. Unlike Dave and the watch I'm wearing, it works great with the color scheme that I have on my top here. So I'm not wearing my freak X. I'm wearing another watch from Ulysse Nardan that I picked up recently and I've not had the opportunity to talk about on the show. But because blue is my color and the Freak is not in blue, it's red. There has been another watch in the collection there that I've had my own for a long, long time. And when we did our show last year, talking about the super lightweight world's latest dive watch with Mathieu and the folks at un, that wasn't the watch I liked the most because it was just cut way too much. It was a little bit on the pricey side and the color scheme didn't marry up. But there was a release that I did like and I finally got my hands on it. So what are we talking about today? We are talking about the Ulysse Nardan Diver X Skeleton and Azure. And this is a series they have run for a long time. We have had many UN's over the past six plus years into review and check out including Tourbillons, the Blast series. When we've been across seeing what they've been up to every single year, they've always got something that impresses. From marquetry dials right the way through to, as we mentioned, the UR Freak last year in Dubai and the Super Freak this year at Watches and Wonders. But the watch on the wrist today, it's taking things back a little bit. It's not in significant price points wise, but the technology is absolutely fabulous. It is a huge sapphire sandwich. And we're not talking about the type you've seen before from different makes. This is genuine. You can see through it as if it's a window, as if it's patio doors front and back. And it is made of titanium with DLC coating and carbon fiber. For the bezel inside, you have got that X that reminds me of the first X Men movies sitting with its scalloped edges. So the light refracts and plays around with it. And if I tilt it just right, the entire movement inside lights up because everything is cut away, everything is skeletonized. The strap is really funky. The way it retains. It's got this kind of knuckle in the center there that joins via metalwork, the top and the bottom rubber. And the clasp is Second to none. And the actual size, it doesn't have a tongue at the end of the rubber strap that goes miles and miles. It just contours perfectly. This is super lightweight. I thought it would be heavier having played with the dive air last last year. This is almost as light on the wrist. Let me take it off and make sure there is not too much wrist cheese. And something that we spotted on the video last week was that Dave doesn't remove the stickers from his watch and lots of wrist cheese actually adheres to the adhesive on the back. But I have removed most of the stickers. There are still some on the clasp here that you can see. But looking in the back there, that rotor again with the X and the UN logo in blue, it's just absolutely fantastic. So Dave, you were actually with me when I went to get this one and we've kept it quiet because there was so much other stuff to talk about which I thought. Thoughts on it?
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B
I will be honest, I love what UN do. And there's one of the models within the diver range that I prefer to this. That's the one that's very, very, very light. But it's also, to be honest, very, very much more expensive than this one. I have to say really do like the blue colorway. It's a nice kind of azure. I don't know how you describe it. It's not indigo, it's a kind of French azure.
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A
Like the name.
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B
Well, yeah, I would describe it as French blue, like French Air Force blue. It's a nice poppy color, not too bright, not too dark. Too many blue watches sit into that really dark navy. That a bit. Is it black, is it blue? Bit boring. This one definitely got a summery vibe to it. And of course combined with that carbon and those kind of different structural elements which are very skeletonized, it's a great looking summer watch.
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A
So when we talk about UN we talk about componentry, putting things together. And this has got 187 internal parts, 23 jewels. And that is a lot considering this is not a tourbillon or a chronograph or anything beyond being a three hand watch with no date. But it shows you the ingenuity these guys put in there. Let's get 72 hours of power reserve and has obviously got their manufacturer skeleton movement with an oversized oscillator in silicon with a nickel flyweight. The escapement wheel, the anchor and the balance spring is in lithium and it's got a unidirectional rotating bezel. Yeah, this is phenomenal. It is exactly my color scheme. It is Scottish watches, blue, I would say. And it's time to find out what David's got on the wrist. Beat that.
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B
What's David got on the wrist? Well, David was kind of in two minds about what he should have on the wrist for this one. But then it's that 50th anniversary of watches that need, well, a source of light to be charged up, that being Citizen.
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A
And we're always telling you, Dave, if you get the opportunity, walk into the light.
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B
Walk into the light. Yeah, I will. I will absolutely do that. If it gets me away from you, I will walk into any bright light. Indeed. So what am I wearing? Well, I am wearing something that's very, very slim and it's light powered and it's from Citizen. What's not on David's wrist is the Citizen of One. It's well called One because it's very, very slim with a movement that is 1 millimeter thick. With a watch that results in, I think, something like 1.8, 1.9 millimeters in overall thickness. It's got a dial that, well, when you catch the light, you can just sometimes begin to see through it because it is the collector so that you can allow the light to penetrate through the hands. They are so thin with those just faceted edges with polished and satinized. Because, of course, well, the hands can't be th. When you're fitting them into a watch that's under 2 millimeters in thickness. You've got those Roman numerals up at 12 o' clock and just little plain gold batons. I love it. I don't know why I like this watch so much. I've had this for many years now. It. Well, the length of the charge is true because it rarely sees light of day because it's not one of my more commonly worn watches. But I've never picked it up and it's never not been running. So whether it's in the dark and goes into power save mode and runs for many years, or whether it gets a little bit of light when it comes out. Even the light under the studio lights here will be enough to put some power into it. You've got that case back there. It definitely says, don't open it yourself. Get someone who knows what they're doing to open it. Do not open. See the service center. It came on a bracelet which was equally as thin as the watch itself. I still have that bracelet. I found it recently in a box, but I've got it matched onto an Hermes strap and that is in the classic Hermes orange with the little Hermes stainless steel buckle on there. I think it just complements this watch. It's one of my summary numbers I've got out because it wears very well in summer. It's very thin, light and comfortable to wear, spec wise. Well, it's called the One because the movement's 1 millimeter thick. It's Eco drive, you don't need to know much more about it. That bezel on there is made from some weird metal ceramic stuff. Can't remember their proprietary name, but it's got a slightly gold hue to it as well, which I think makes it a little bit warmer. Matches the orange strap and of course those roses, those gold indices on the watch. So that's what David is wearing, not wearing today. So we should move on quickly to, well, what have you been up to, Ricky? And I'll tell you what I've been up to after that and then we go on to a few more watches.
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A
Okay, well mentioned and highlighted. Earlier in the show I went to a watch event. It was called Watch it run by Josh, Flag Co. And this was one of the first watch events I went to. I think it was the first British one I ever went to back in 2019 after obviously going to Baselworld. And that was my first intro, probably starting at the highest point. Point and Watch. It was a show with a difference. It was independent people, predominantly UK based, with a few people that flown in from different places and I'd not been since. So we're talking a seven year gap from the first show to the one that I went to this weekend. And I didn't know what to expect. I knew it'd be good though, because Josh is a good lad. We brought him on to show to talk about the event, talk about the different brands that would be there. And I was not disappointed. I was disappointed with the hotel that the event was held in because we stayed there overnight the night before, before and it was noisy, it was not very well put together and when they give you the form that says, what's your feedback on it? What did you think? And I was honest, wasn't detrimental. Didn't give anybody a really hard time, actually commended the staff. I got an AI response that basically went off. So that was fine. Apart from that, the show itself was far, far better. We went in, we arrived pretty much bang on time and it was already busy. There was a bar, you could buy anything you liked. There was an area you could buy food, which was brilliant. And there was amenities Nearby, Those are all things we spotted. The biggest thing I spotted was a lot of watch enthusiasts had taken their kids with them and the kids weren't bored, which is always good to see. And the fact that more people are getting into watches, younger people are getting into watches, and we've highlighted in the past all kinds of stuff. We've had Parnipal, we've had flic flags talked about and most recently share watches with their kids watches. And they are working behind the scenes to actually get involved with the British government to help education become. Because too many children can't read analog clocks, watch faces, they're only digitally orientated. So hopefully those guys, with a little bit of help from their friends, will be able to infuse that knowledge into school kids here in the UK and hopefully further afield as well, because you can buy their watches internationally. Anyway, I digress. Went into the show and it was packed. The Gunnels, so many brands, so many people, lots of people we'd seen before, lots of new faces. And the part that I loved the most was this was a show where we were not officially involved. We weren't media partners, we weren't doing any talks, we weren't hosting any panels, we weren't recording any podcast, live or otherwise. We just got to enjoy things, we got to walk around. And it was a blessing because loads and loads of people that listen to the show, watch the show, follow us on YouTube, follow us on Instagram, read the website, they came up to talk. And I'm not saying that usually this is a problem, it's never a problem. Always come up and speak to us, even if we're busy, we look like we're busy, still coping, have a chat. That's what this hobby is all about. It's interaction with people that are enthusiastic about this. But because we weren't busy at all, we weren't sitting around, weren't planning anything. The amount of folks that came up, people we had not seen ever, people we'd not seen in many years. Matt Webster, the tattoo artist, graphic designer extraordinaire that helped put together our Formex limited edition a number of years ago, created the back. The actual drawing of the castle is on there. He was there. He also did myself and Simona's wedding invitation graphic, which was also phenomenal. Absolutely first class. Met up with him, spent a bit of time with him. Stuart, the gentleman who emailed in afterwards. He spent half an hour chatting about his watch collecting journey, what he's bought, what he sold, his trepidation about dipping his toe into the secondary market, vintage watches, etc. And how eBay have actually helped him with that. That's not a sponsored post. That's not us asking people to say things. That's genuine folks coming to see us specifically to tell us a story and then we can relay that to you. Bumped into Balraj, the guy that's behind Clair watches. He was showing us his latest prototype. He was telling us how he's trying to take this to market in a complet different way. And there was just tons of people names I can't remember. But if you watch the YouTube video, you'll actually see lots of clips because this was also our first outing with the new Insta360 camera, which I think is called the Ultra Luna or the Luna Ultra. It's basically the upgraded version of the idea that Osmo Pocket 3 and 4 have had from DJI and it was flawless. It worked great. The lighting was really good inside, although it was a little bit dim compared to outside outdoors. And this new camera worked fantastically well for their first go at it. So if anyone's on the fence thinking about getting a cool camera that can do the damage, this is one to have a look at. And yeah, we got tons of footage, Spoke to tons of people, spoke to. Teo, used to work at iwc, is now running his own company looking after so many brands from the likes of Micro Mil Spec to Forlorn Mari. It was just start to finish great. And we were tired because we hadn't slept because the hotel was so sh tty. And because of the fact we're tired, we thought we'd leave after a couple hours. Took a long time to drive there. Was going to take a long time to get back, but we stayed pretty much from opening until just about closing time. That's how good it was. We didn't have a minute to go and get food, we didn't have a minute to pretty much go to the toilet. It was start to finish epic. Some of the watches we saw, some of the brands we didn't know about, some of the firm favorites and the friends that we've met and created over the past X amount of years. It was just cherry on top. Brilliant. And we can't wait to go back next year. So that's kind of been about that for the show. Movies Wise quickly went to the cinema while the wife was away. Got to see Obsession. Everyone's talking about this low budget movie that made a lot of cash and it's really good. It's a little bit Stephen King, Tales from the Crypt, little bit of humor mixed in there. Kind of goes in directions you wouldn't really expect. Went back in time, watched the Faculty, which I didn't realize was a Robert Rodriguez movie. Fantastic. Still stands up cgi, slightly ropey in places, a little bit like Hollow man because it's of the same vintage but a great watch. Also around about that time the movie taken, the original one, William Neeson went back revisited that introduced it to some Simona and then obviously the football. Watched a lot of football. As much as I'm not into it, so I'm watching the 8 minute highlight reels that are appearing on YouTube and as much as Scotland did great the first time around, not so great the second time around. Less said about that. The better. Speaking of less said, the better, Dave, what you been up to?
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B
What have I been up to? Last week I was, well, I was over in Geneva in that big hall. I talked about it earlier. It was ephj, which is the big industrial show for watchmaking and well, temperatures were through the roof with no air conditioning, so that was a altogether pleasant environment to be working in for a solid week. But saw lots of friends as well, lots of people from the industry from the brands over inspecting for various wares for upcoming and future models. Got to have some very interesting conversations with regards to, well, what their plans are for the next 12, 24, 36 months in some cases outside of that, well, have had a very nice weekend. The weather decided to be dry, sunny and pleasant, temperature wise in the UK just after I got back. So I got to spend a bit of time just doing things that I needed to do like cutting grasses, tidying up the garden. Went even for a little drive in the car with no particular destination other than is there somewhere I can charge my car so I can get it back home? And the answer was yes. So that was very easy and pleasant and enjoyable because sometimes just taking a drive seems to be something that we did when we were younger. What do you want to do? Let's go for a drive. Where are we going? Well, we're not going anywhere. We're just going for a drive.
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A
That plays into. I was talking about in the last edition where if you're doing some kind of manual repetitive movement driving where you're just pulling the steering wheel around, pressing the pedals, your brain is kind of engaged in that, but it leaves the creative part of your brain available to think of stuff and work out problems. Clear your head.
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B
Yeah, no, absolutely. It was just a little drive. I Think in the days of, well, petroleum cars and diesel cars it was seen as don't take unnecessary journeys. It's not good for the environment. Well, electric cars, well, don't. Not obviously ideal for the environment, but they're a lot nicer I think to the environment than maybe a old school car. So I didn't feel quite as guilty, not that I felt guilty taking any other car out, to be brutally honest with you. But you know, we're here for a good time, not a long time, as they would say. So did that. What else did I get up to? Well, yeah, messed about with some stuff that I can't even remember what I messed about with. Just stuff that I kind of ruled through some drawers, found some stuff, had a mess about and a play about with some stuff. I'm getting deep into a whole of AI because. Well, it's just a whole different world when it comes to certain things we're seeing some interesting take on AIs been used for. Such as? Well, somebody used AI to create a complete watch movement in under an hour by just giving it some very basic instructions. And sure enough, it spat out a fully functioning producible watch movement, which was quite impressive, it has to be said. Well, so much so that it seems that some countries are taking a stance on whether other countries should be allowed to use certain AIs because, well, as we all know, it's going to kill us all eventually. There was films about it and the past that pretty much have predicted the future anyway, what else have I been up to? Not a whole lot other than that. I've got lots of other trips planned and coming up and yeah, just looking forward to working at home for a week because, well, it's quite pleasant to just sleep in your own bed. Outside of that, not so much. And well, well recording podcasts because you guys like to listen to us talking nonsense twice a week about watch orientated
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A
stuff and if you like listening and watching, maybe you'd like to write a review for us. That'd be pretty cool. You can leave us five stars. We love five stars. We are a five star podcast. You can do that on Spotify, Apple podcasts and pretty much anywhere that you're listening to podcasts. If you're watching this on YouTube, we'd appreciate if you subscribe to the channel, you leave a comment telling us what you think and you like the video. It does help us get out and about to more and more people, the more brands that we can approach and say, hey, we've got all these listeners, all these followers, all these viewers. The more access we get behind the scenes, the more we can take you on different journeys. And we want to do more factory tour. We want to take you behind the scenes, ask the questions that perhaps other media outlets don't ask because they don't have the same vision. Perhaps they're approaching it from a slightly different angle. We've always said and maintained we are enthusiasts, not experts. We never claim to be. And we're hard on the roads to 800 episodes that is coming thick and fast. Not quite sure exactly what we're going to do for episode 800. I have some ideas, but it depends if the timelines align properly. But anyway, apart from that, Dave, in the back catalog, what should people check
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B
out a few past episodes that if you've not listened to, you should be listening to? We've got inquiries, the guys from Richemont doing their free database, working with ebay to make sure that the watches are all as they say they are and everything's good, nothing stolen, nothing is a bit hooky. So check out that episode, find out what they're offering. We've even had someone write in to us to say that they are doing a great job. We've also got Jem from Elliot Brown on. She's a regular to the show. She's been been back on telling us all about the newness that's coming from Elliott Brown as a brand. Of course, we've done a few live shows. There's the live shows that took place at the Glasgow Watch show and also the one we recorded in London with Bucherer for their Novelties week in London formex. They're on the show talking all about their new watch, the Aria, which the first batch have all sold out of. But I think you don't need to wait too long. If you missed out then you will see something coming from them very soon. And of course lots and lots more. Nearly 800 episodes worth more that you can get your teeth into because there's bound to be one that you've missed at some point or you just forgot what we said. Also, keep your eyes out for shows from more regulars coming. The police are back on. They've finally caught up with us, but they're coming back on in the near future to tell us what the naughty boys have been up to and what they've been doing to stop them in their tracks.
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And that is one you'll not want to miss out on. Sometimes they repeat various messages we've heard in the past, but it's always a good reminder once a year and every 104 episodes or thereabouts. Especially since we're in the dead of summer. The longest night was just a couple of days ago there. And people are just out and about, they're enjoying stuff. Especially with football, if you're really into that, maybe you're. You're out a bit longer, maybe you're drinking, you're inebriated, you're wearing a cool watch. You want to keep it on the wrist. So, yeah, that'll be a great episode to check out. And that is us. So thank you for listening, and we'll catch you again soon.
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Take care, Sam.
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It.