My Watch Guy - Eric Ku

Summary

Tosh Show - Episode: My Watch Guy - Eric Ku
Release Date: March 4, 2025
Host: Daniel Tosh
Guest: Eric Ku, Watch Collector and Dealer

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Introduction

In this episode of the Tosh Show, host Daniel Tosh welcomes Eric Ku, a renowned watch collector and co-founder of a prestigious watch auction site, Lo This. The conversation delves into Eric's journey in the world of horology, his expertise in watch collecting, and his experiences within the high-end watch market.

Eric Ku’s Journey into Watch Collecting

[16:36] Daniel Tosh: “For all the money I've wasted in my life, I've never bought a luxury wristwatch... But maybe after my conversation with today's horologist, I'll finally see what all the fuss is about.”

[16:54] Eric Ku: “Thank you. Thanks for having me.”

Eric begins by correcting Daniel's initial misconception, clarifying that while he personally enjoys digital watches like the Casio G-Shock, his passion lies deeply in high-end mechanical timepieces. He shares how his childhood fascination with Rolex advertisements in National Geographic magazine ignited his interest in precision timekeeping and the intricate craftsmanship behind luxury watches.

The Allure of High-End Watches

[17:20] Daniel Tosh: “Is that... a Casio G Shock. But it has a price tag that I'm positive I'm going to be blown away by.”

Eric presents a unique, limited-edition Casio G-Shock made entirely of 18-karat gold, designed for Casio’s 35th anniversary. He explains the exclusivity and craftsmanship that elevate certain watches from mere accessories to coveted collectibles.

[27:44] Daniel Tosh: “Do you know any celebrities that do that? Because, you know, there are celebrities that admit that they wear fake diamonds because they...”

[27:59] Eric Ku: “I think fake diamonds, like, there's no, like, intellectual property behind that. But like, watches...”

Eric discusses the prevalence of counterfeit watches and the sophistication behind high-quality fakes. He emphasizes the importance of authenticity and the impact of celebrity endorsements on the watch market. His involvement in sourcing official watches for movies, such as providing a Rolex Daytona for "Crazy Rich Asians", underscores his deep integration into both the collector community and the entertainment industry.

Founding of Lo This and Auction Practices

[28:04] Eric Ku: “I co-founded with my partner Justin, a watch auction site called Lo This. We're located in West Hollywood and we do watch auctions every day.”

Eric explains that Lo This operates on a no reserve auction model, meaning all watches are sold to the highest bidder regardless of the final bid amount. This approach fosters transparency and excitement within the collector community. He shares insights into the low cancellation rates (about 10-15 out of 3,000 transactions) and the stringent measures taken to prevent fraudulent activities, such as credit card holds and sophisticated algorithms to detect false bids.

Tips for Aspiring Watch Collectors

[31:51] Eric Ku: “...the market price was as high as 5 million for this watch. And highly qualified buyers...”

When asked about the best entry-level watches for new collectors, Eric recommends Rolex models like the Submariner and Oyster Jubilee for their enduring value and widespread recognition. He highlights the importance of choosing timepieces that not only suit personal style but also hold potential for appreciation in value.

[32:12] Daniel Tosh: “No, no, my budget's gonna be bigger than this. So if I'm jumping into the game.”

Eric advises that with a budget upwards of $10,000, collectors have a plethora of options that balance aesthetics, craftsmanship, and investment potential. He underscores Rolex’s dominance in the market due to its liquidity and timeless designs.

The Impact of Celebrity Culture on Watch Collecting

[38:32] Daniel Tosh: “So yeah, I hated him when he started wake surfing. I'm like, get off the lake.”

Eric discusses how celebrities like Mark Zuckerberg and John Mayer influence the watch market. He shares anecdotes about sourcing watches for celebrities, such as providing John Mayer with a Rolex Daytona for publicity purposes. Eric notes that while celebrity endorsements can boost the allure of specific watch models, they also raise concerns about authenticity and the potential for market manipulation.

The Evolution of Watch Styles and Gender Dynamics

[39:20] Daniel Tosh: “What timepiece would you suggest to someone who's just starting to be interested in nicer watches?”

Eric elaborates on the shift in watch design preferences over the years, particularly the trend towards more restrained and elegant styles as opposed to the oversized "tuna can" watches of the early 2000s. He also touches on the increasing presence of female collectors in a traditionally male-dominated field, highlighting how modern designs appeal to a broader audience.

Challenges and Future of Watch Collecting

[43:40] Daniel Tosh: “Do you worry about the watches when you travel?”

Eric acknowledges the challenges of safeguarding valuable watches during travel, advising collectors to avoid wearing high-end timepieces in environments where they might be vulnerable to theft or damage. He emphasizes the importance of proper storage solutions, such as secure safes or bank deposit boxes, to protect investments.

Personal Anecdotes and Final Thoughts

[47:36] Daniel Tosh: “This is for your son. This is cactus water.”

The episode concludes with a light-hearted exchange where Daniel gifts Eric a Bentley tricycle, playfully symbolizing the blend of luxury and practicality in personal life. Eric shares his family's experiences and reflects on the balance between passion for watch collecting and family responsibilities.

[53:05] Eric Ku: “I mean, now the dust is settled and I'm in my 40s...”

In closing, Eric offers heartfelt advice to aspiring collectors: “The great thing about watch collecting is there's always something interesting at every price point. It’s a journey of discovery and appreciation for craftsmanship.”

Notable Quotes

• Eric Ku at [17:20]: “Rolexes were very high quality watches.”
• Daniel Tosh at [32:12]: “No, no, my budget's gonna be bigger than this. So if I'm jumping into the game.”
• Eric Ku at [38:32]: “I find confusing that he's from Italy and has an Italian accent and red hair. It just doesn't match up for my brain.”
• Eric Ku at [53:05]: “Now the dust is settled and I'm in my 40s, everything kind of worked out...”

Conclusion

This episode of the Tosh Show offers an immersive exploration into the intricate world of high-end watch collecting through the lens of Eric Ku. From the historical significance of brands like Rolex and Patek Philippe to the modern dynamics of auctions and celebrity influence, Eric provides listeners with a comprehensive understanding of the passion and precision that define horology. Whether you're a seasoned collector or a curious enthusiast, this episode delivers valuable insights into appreciating and navigating the luxury watch market.

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Transcript

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[Daniel Tosh]

Does your 3 year old's son already have a Rolex? Be honest.

[Eric]

Yes he does.

[Daniel Tosh]

Posh show, Posh show Toss show for show. All right, it's toss show time. If you're happy and you know it, give me one of those.

[Eddie]

Pretty happy. Geez, you're elated dude, there are 12 horses out front.

[Eric]

Woo.

[Daniel Tosh]

I'm in A good mood for no reason. How are you doing, Eddie?

[Eddie]

Pretty good. Better now knowing that you're doing so good.

[Daniel Tosh]

Eddie, what's your favorite meal?

[Eddie]

Oh, my favorite meal. Chicken Caesar salad. What? Just love a good chicken Caesar salad.

[Daniel Tosh]

Eddie's favorite meal is a chicken Caesar salad. Do you like. Do you like having the. The. The. What's more anchovies on top of it?

[Eddie]

I do like the anchovies on top.

[Daniel Tosh]

How many anchovies do you want on top of your Caesar salad? Two or three?

[Eddie]

Three.

[Daniel Tosh]

Well, one time I had a Caesar salad in the back of a car. You know. You know, like, I. Here's. Here's what happens. I don't usually eat before performance, but after performance, I eat, but usually afterwards, we're immediately getting into a car. So Eddie, he gets off stage. If he's on the show first, he gets to eat while I'm on stage. But when I get off stage, I gotta run. We run to the car. Anyway, this time I happen to have a Caesar salad, and I'm just eating it in the back of the car. And it had three anchovies on top of it, but I couldn't see because it's dark, it's night, and I just put all, like. Like all three of them in my mouth at once. Like, I had one bite that was just, like, all anchovy, and I couldn't get it down. I was trying to get it down. I couldn't get it down. I started dry heaving, and then I was like, this isn't gonna. This isn't gonna end well.

[Eddie]

Like a sea lion doing tricks and getting fed.

[Daniel Tosh]

I was like a sea lion. I couldn't get it down, though. I needed to. Oh, it was bad. That was a bad chicken Caesar salad. You know, the chicken Caesar salad was invented in Cabo San Lucas. Did you know that?

[Eddie]

I did not know that.

[Daniel Tosh]

It was. A lot of people think of it. You don't think of it as a Mexican dish, but it is. It's originally from Cabo San Lucas. Don't even look it up, guys. Just trust me that occasionally I have a nugget. All right, well, it's time to turn this show over to the people that made this show the number 67th podcast in this country. Comedy related.

[Eddie]

Feels good.

[Daniel Tosh]

It's not bad. Top hundred. We're gonna do some viewer comments Ed.

[Eddie]

From the fire episode. I've loved Tosh for years, but it's surprising how woke he is. Must be a California thing.

[Daniel Tosh]

What do I say? It's not a California thing. Maybe it's a big city thing. You live in a city, you experience different walks of life more than other places. Let's be clear. California's got some deep red spots. Yep. Go woke, go broke. You know who's never said that? My business manager. He's like, you're fine.

[Eddie]

Everything's okay.

[Daniel Tosh]

You're not. You're not. Be as woke as you want. You're not going broke. You know what I like to say? Refuse to evolve. Enjoy living paycheck to paycheck.

[Eddie]

That makes a good shirt too. Amber Episode. I hate obligated gift giving on holidays or birthdays. Gifts should be for no reason at all. And just because you want to, because you were thinking thinking of them.

[Daniel Tosh]

I like that idea. And just Santa just shows up at your house. Any random day, you're just eating lunch. All of a sudden, Santa comes down the chimney. Boom. Tons of presents. Holy cow.

[Eddie]

The chainsaw didn't leave a mark. But that Saint Laurent bag nuked the table.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, are you so excited? Go ahead, open that gift up. How do I see if you like this? Oh, that just scratched the shit out of. Oh, did it really? How did. How did a bag scratch the table? Oh, no. I mean, that is the longest scratch ever. Permanently there. Jocelyn, you owe me a new table.

[Eddie]

This montage makes me appreciate the new table so much. The old table is so tiny.

[Daniel Tosh]

I mean, it really was and good. It was only 30 inches across the old table. And how do I know exactly? Because Dylan constantly would. Would be like, the microphones are only 30 inches apart. That's not enough. I'm getting bleed from your mic into their mic. It's an audio nightmare. So I was like, okay, let's get one that's 42 inches. Oh, God, that would be great.

[Eddie]

So confrontational. I think guys like ballerinas because they're like models with actual talent.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay, first of all, I don't mean to speak for all guys, but guys don't care if hot girls have talent.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I guess you're right. Tosh loves talking about conservatives as if they're dumb. But the guy doesn't know basic elementary level math.

[Daniel Tosh]

Math has never been my strong suit, I'll admit that. And I don't think all conservatives are dumb. All Christian conservatives, that's a different equation. Here's a little math problem for you. If the world is only 6,000 years old, but you find fossils that are 60 million years old, does that mean that God just put them there as a fun little Easter egg to test your faith?

[Eddie]

Can Daniel claim his Gifts as charitable donations.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yes, yes I can. And the grooming that I spend on Carl every other week so that he pops on camera, that's a write off.

[Eddie]

I beg for an emergency pod discussing Sinner only getting a three month ban and not missing any grand slams.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, I don't know what Sinner did. I don't know who he's got dirt on, but the fact that he is just getting by with a slap on the wrist. It's also his steroid. You know, his positive test is just the dumbest thing you could ever imagine. Now I know that there's only a small group of people listening to this that give two fucks, but he failed a steroids test because he said his massage therapist had a steroid cream on their hand and when they were treating him, it accidentally rubbed into his system twice. Two different times. Anyway, normally people get like a minimum of a year or two years and he got nothing. And now they're like, okay, we, we messed up on that. We're going to give him three months. So he misses no major and he gets to play in his home tournament, his home country tournament. Oh, shocking how that worked out. And by the way, I, I've said it before and I'll stick by it. I find it confusing that he's from Italy and has an Italian accent and has red hair. It just doesn't match up for my brain. Sinner needs to do steroids. I mean, I watched him years ago. I was like, yeah, it's not fun cheering for. He's just rail thin ginger out there. Tennis has to have a little sex appeal on whether it's men or women, you know, Agassin knew that when he was high on whatever drugs he was doing and trying to keep his toupee on during the French Open, people didn't even know he was bald. He had just a big fake wig on with a headband. It was like, those are the days.

[Eddie]

My pig was also around 8 pounds. Three years later, she's at 120, still lives inside Wonderful pets.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, look at that. I can't wait to have 120 pound pig in my bedroom. Okay, don't even finish that joke Oscars episode.

[Eddie]

They had a tent on the worm.

[Daniel Tosh]

I love that comment. They're the same rage that I had. There was a tent in the whole village. Just going for a ride on the worm that was so impossible to board prior to that scene. No, this is how we all go. Jump on. Sir, sir, sir, we're only boarding group one. Oh, my fault, my fault. I'm military. Well, then you should know how to jump on this by yourself.

[Eddie]

Lol. There's this hotline thing attached to this video because of Tosh saying he's gonna himself.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay, we gotta bleep you, Eddie. Because they put that on there. Because those words were said. And I wasn't even. I wasn't making light of people that end life. I was just pointing out that I was giving all my stuff away constantly. And that's a telltale sign of potentially doing said deed. Anyway. Get help.

[Eddie]

So you blew it. You gave it away that you were born in 74 and then tell us you're in your late 40s. Come on, man, own up to it. You're 50.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, I know the person is referring to when I was talking about being a Dolphins fan from when they won the Super Bowls in 72 and 73. And then I said we were. That I was conceived in 74. That idiot doesn't understand what conceived means. This is why we have a problem in this country with abortion. People don't know when life begins. This person thinks since I was conceived in 74, that I had to be born that year. No, that's not how it works. I was born nine and a half months later. See, my father put his penis inside of my. My virgin mother's vagina. And they nurtured. They nurtured me. And then nine and a half months later, I was born in Germany In Beaupart, in 1975, the 29th day of May. And they said it is good.

[Eddie]

It sounds like something straight out of a Bible. Why does he think we give a shit about his parenting stories and family life? I don't watch this for that.

[Daniel Tosh]

Well, it's like this and like that and like this and it's like that and like this and like that and. Am I right?

[Eddie]

Oh, you're right.

[Daniel Tosh]

Ah. I don't know what you watch this for or listen to it for, but all I know is I appreciate it. Like. And subscribe.

[Eddie]

Tosh show is good, but could be great with a bigger frame.

[Daniel Tosh]

I agree, but it's not a frame. It's a border. Okay. It's a subtle border that makes you feel like you could hang your iPhone on the wall and watch me. It's like moving art. How long have we been. I feel like we've read too many comments. This would be a perfect time for me to start wearing a watch. I need a watch guy. Enjoy. Hey, y'all. Daniel Tosh here. President, CEO, cfo, coo, and lead designer of Boys Wear Pink, my charitable kids clothing line. But what you probably don't know is that I have a business degree from the University of Central Florida. So I know every successful business has a business behind their business. That's called business ception. And that's why it was a no brainer for me to use Shopify. Shopify makes selling and for the buyers, buying simple. Now, normally I like people to stay out of my business, but not when it comes to Shopify. No, when it comes to Shopify, I make an exception. Shopify is home to the number one checkout on the planet, boosting conversions by up to 50%. Upgrade your business and use the same checkout I use. Sign up for your $1 per month trial period at shopify.comtosh all lowercase go to shopify.comtosh to upgrade your selling today. Shopify.comtosh daylight saving time is here and you know what that means. One less hour of sleep and vibes that just feel off. The 5 Hour Energy team understands the impact even the smallest time change can bring and has the solution. Limited edition 1 hour energy shots. A tiny version of the shot you love, designed to help you conquer the time change. Don't get caught being tired and cranky all day. Grab one hour energy. For more information visit 5hourenergy.com dst hey.

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[Daniel Tosh]

For all the money I've wasted in my life, I've never bought a luxury wristwatch, mostly because I'm successful enough that I never gave a what time it is. But maybe after my conversation with today's horologist, I'll finally see what all the fuss is about. Please welcome watch collector and dealer extraordinaire to the stars. Eric.

[Eric]

Thank you. Thanks for having me.

[Daniel Tosh]

Hey, thanks for being here. By the way, just in case you're curious, I'm dressed today like somebody that would sell fake watches. That's what I was going for.

[Eric]

I see.

[Daniel Tosh]

I can already. First question is, normally, do you believe in ghosts? But I want to get right to that timepiece that's on your wrist.

[Eric]

I was fed misinformation that you were a connoisseur of Casio G shocks. So I thought I'd bring a kind of special one to show you.

[Daniel Tosh]

Is that. That's a Casio G shock. But it. But it has a price tag that I'm positive I'm going to be blown away by.

[Eric]

Yeah, it was made for the 35th anniversary. They made 35 pieces, and it's the only G Shock they ever made entirely out of 18 karat gold. So it's like a brick on your wrist.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, that's amazing.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

Is that six figures low?

[Eric]

Six figures over one, under two.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do you care about it? Do you like. No, I want this.

[Eric]

I mean, I've been looking for one of these for many years, and this one just came up not that long ago and had to have it, so.

[Daniel Tosh]

I don't wear watches.

[Eric]

Okay.

[Daniel Tosh]

I own this Casio.

[Eric]

There you go.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Eric]

I mean, you can kind of see that it looks kind of similar. It's got a similar look.

[Daniel Tosh]

No, it's. Let me feel how heavy this is. Oh, my goodness. That is so silly.

[Eric]

I love the irony of this watch because it looks like any other $120 kind of gold tone Casio G shock.

[Daniel Tosh]

Well, do you know this Casio is $8 on Amazon now? I don't. We all know Amazon is the devil. Fine. But this watch. I ordered this watch in the morning and it was at my house that.

[Eric]

Afternoon, Amazon prime, same day.

[Daniel Tosh]

It's almost as if they just Have a bunch of these in their truck and like here somebody want. Now the only reason I wear this watch is because I had children. And when I go surfing, I need to know how long that nap is going to be or if I have to pick somebody up or get something. So I was like, I need a watch to surf in for the first time in my life. And so I got this watch. Then I noticed on it it just says water resistant. What's that about, by the way? I've never had an issue with it Keeps perfect time. I don't change it to standard back into daylight savings time. You switch your watches back and forth.

[Eric]

You know, I kind of just grab whatever is around and usually I have to set the time before I wear it.

[Daniel Tosh]

So you always make sure that it's.

[Eric]

Right Most of the time. Except sometimes there's really complicated watches to set that could take like 10, 15 minutes to set. And I don't bother doing that, by the way.

[Daniel Tosh]

Since I, I, as a child I, I used to have a, a shark freestyle watch with the cloth band. And then in school you'd. I remember those smell under your wrist.

[Eric]

It's like an 80s thing. The Velcro band.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, it's a double Velcro. Both ways.

[Eric]

Yes.

[Daniel Tosh]

Like a leash. Yeah. Now that.

[Eric]

What happened to that brand? I don't even.

[Daniel Tosh]

Are you kidding me? Those things have to be worth a fortune. Now I'm sitting on like 700 sweaty bands.

[Eric]

Might be worth tens of dollars.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do you believe in ghosts?

[Eric]

I do.

[Daniel Tosh]

Wasn't sure. I didn't know which way you were going to swing on that one.

[Eric]

I'm a pretty rational person, but I do.

[Daniel Tosh]

Did you accidentally put on two watches or is that your daily routine?

[Eric]

No, no, it's not my daily routine. I thought we would be talking about something, so I brought another interesting watch just to share with you.

[Daniel Tosh]

What's. What's on that wrist over there?

[Eric]

This is a cool watch. This is called the Chaise and it's made by Cartier. And it was the trophy for this thing called the Cartier Challenge. And it was for the winner. There's a famous car race called the Paris Dakar Rally where they drive cars and motorcycles from Paris to Dakar.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Eric]

And you had to win it twice to win this watch and only one person ever won it twice. So they had only given away one of these watches as a prize. And so it's like a unique piece. And it was given I think in 1986.

[Daniel Tosh]

And how did you get it?

[Eric]

It was a watch auction Purchase.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, man. How did you get so into watches? Obviously you cared about them your whole life, but where was that transition?

[Eric]

When I was a kid, one of the first kind of educational gifts that my parents got me was a subscription to National Geographic magazine. And Rolex always had prominent advertisement in the magazine. It was either, like, the back cover or the front inner cover. And Rolex would always make these ad campaigns talking about achievements in, like, human ingenuity. And, you know, Rolex was tied to the summiting of Mount Everest by Tenzing and Hillary in, like, 1953. And then all these, like, feats that they sponsored, like Louis Leakey, who studied, you know, the great apes and, you know, like, the origin of man. And so their advertising was always tying with these sort of, like, super scientists. And it just got ingrained in my mind that Rolexes were very high quality watches.

[Daniel Tosh]

I mean, they are, but, man, you were really affected by advertising.

[Eric]

Yes, I was.

[Daniel Tosh]

I got National Geographic as well as a child. And all I took from it was, like, boobs come in all shapes and sizes.

[Eric]

Well, that too, you know.

[Daniel Tosh]

All right.

[Eric]

Pancake ones and whatever.

[Daniel Tosh]

Where'd you grow up?

[Eric]

I grew up in Potomac, Maryland. It's a suburb of Washington, D.C. you love Maryland. You know, I came out to California for college and never went back.

[Daniel Tosh]

That happens to a lot of people. By the way, where did you go to College?

[Eric]

Berkeley.

[Daniel Tosh]

Boom. 98% of the people we've had on the show have gone to Berkeley. I swear to you.

[Eric]

Really?

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah. It's almost like we're a satellite campus. This podcast, I'm telling you, it's pretty intellectual.

[Eric]

Cal Bears.

[Daniel Tosh]

I don't ask for a lot on this show, but I think Berkeley should at least get my kids in. They're not gonna do well once they get there.

[Eric]

They might give you an honorary degree. You never know.

[Daniel Tosh]

I don't want the degree. I just want my kids to go there. Man, I would take some pride in that. You have children? One.

[Eric]

I do. I have one son. He just turned three.

[Daniel Tosh]

You putting tons of pressure on him?

[Eric]

No, no, I was just freestyle.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's what I wanted to hear.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

Good for you. All right. Talk about when you were in college, the day trading.

[Eric]

Freshman year, spring semester, I started day trading with this money that my dad had given me for a year's advance. Tuition, room and board and everything. And ebay had just IPO. This was, I think, 1998.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Eric]

And I was able to take $30,000 and turned into like 4, 400 something thousand.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's what I Wanted to hear.

[Eric]

Yeah. I thought I was a financial genius.

[Daniel Tosh]

Were you? Like, I'm going to drop out of college.

[Eric]

Not, not that level. But started doing stupid shit. Like I bought a watch, I ordered a brand new Porsche, and I didn't, I didn't want to take one off of the lot. I wanted to like spec it exactly how I wanted it.

[Daniel Tosh]

When you say stupid, all I hear is just goddamn genius.

[Eric]

Thank you.

[Daniel Tosh]

It's. I mean, you're in college. It wasn't like you were 60 and had like a family of 20 to support. You were in college and you took 30 and ran it up to half a million dollars.

[Eric]

Yeah, exactly.

[Daniel Tosh]

Had a happy ending.

[Eric]

No, no, no. I mean long term. Long term, yes. Short term, no. After 30 days, you can start playing options on stocks. And I was like, this stock, there's no way that it can be this high. And I just like put everything into like shorting the stock. And then I went from like 400 something thousand down to like $12.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, but you still had that Porsche.

[Eric]

No, I didn't, because I didn't pick one off the lot. I ordered it and then put a $2,000 deposit. And in California, deposits are always refundable. But I was so embarrassed, I didn't even get the $2,000 back.

[Daniel Tosh]

You didn't go collect that 2,000?

[Eric]

No, I didn't.

[Daniel Tosh]

You're still owed that money?

[Eric]

I am. Probably it's an uncollected fund somewhere, but.

[Daniel Tosh]

I put 2000 years and years ago on a sprinter van and my wife never let me get it. She's refused to let me get it. And I collected.

[Eric]

There you go.

[Daniel Tosh]

You stayed in school, you finished?

[Eric]

I did.

[Daniel Tosh]

What did you study?

[Eric]

I studied interdisciplinary studies, which was a really flim flam major of. You didn't know what you wanted to do and you could combine three majors into one.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, wow. Did you take any like, quote unquote, real job right out of college?

[Eric]

Oh, totally. I had worked in various companies, startups, and my last real job was at this computer recycling company. And I remember the moment that I became a watch dealer full time was because I had gotten like seven FedEx packages in my office and, you know, whatever. The managing director of the business was like, all shitty. I was like doing all this stupid stuff there and I just realized, like, what the hell am I doing here? And I went and just quit that day. Just gave notice and left.

[Daniel Tosh]

So how long from college to that moment?

[Eric]

I would say, like, I worked for a good four or five years in various jobs.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay. And then quitting your job and saying, full time, this is my passion. How long from that moment to, oh, I've made myself a good career here.

[Eric]

I mean, I think even like that first year I was like doing quite well. And so I was really happy. I mean, I can't imagine doing a job working for somebody else right now, you know?

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, I sat in one interview before I was like, oh no, I can't have a job. This is bad. Well, just because I was like, I wouldn't hire me and I'm an idiot. What was the first nice watch you bought in college?

[Eric]

Yeah, it was a, it was a Rolex Air King, which is the cheapest watch they made at the time.

[Daniel Tosh]

What's the cheapest Rolex cost now?

[Eric]

Now it's probably like 7,000 bucks.

[Daniel Tosh]

Wait, funny story about your, your original Rolex.

[Eric]

Yes.

[Daniel Tosh]

Is that you bought it back.

[Eric]

Yes.

[Daniel Tosh]

You had a Hockett.

[Eric]

Yes, during my financial crisis of 1998.

[Daniel Tosh]

And you got a similar one or you tracked down the exact watch?

[Eric]

No, I. So I sold it on ebay, funnily enough.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, the company you were shorting. Look at you.

[Eric]

In 1998. And several years later, I fired up like an old computer with all the old emails because they weren't in the cloud at the time. I found the person that I sold it to and I emailed them and explained that I'd become a watch dealer. And I was really interested in buying the watch back because it had a lot of sentimental meaning to me. And then the guy wrote and he.

[Daniel Tosh]

Just gouged the shit out of me.

[Eric]

Well, he gouged the shit out of me. But the first email I got back was like, well, it has a lot of meaning to me too.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh brother.

[Eric]

The guy was a lawyer, unfortunately. And I paid a world record price for this to buy that watch back.

[Daniel Tosh]

Well, you know what, it'll get him. Eventually something will get him. Or he's probably still making a killing.

[Eric]

Still a lawyer, I think.

[Daniel Tosh]

What's the most expensive watch you've ever sold privately?

[Eric]

I sold a watch that was fifteen and a half million dollars.

[Daniel Tosh]

Damn, I wanted to hear that. Fifteen and a half million dollars.

[Eric]

And on our, on our auction website, we sold one Cartier for like 1.65 million, which is a world record for that watch.

[Daniel Tosh]

By the way. You own, is it your company or you co founded a watch auction site? What's it called?

[Eric]

I co founded with my partner Justin, a watch auction site called Lo this. We're located in West Hollywood and we do watch auctions every day.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh man. Do you control the reserves that people put on their watch?

[Eric]

Everything we sell is no reserve.

[Daniel Tosh]

No reserve? Yep. Oh man, now I got to be on that site all the time.

[Eric]

Auction shouldn't have a reserve.

[Daniel Tosh]

Of course not.

[Eric]

And it shouldn't end with like a clock.

[Daniel Tosh]

How do you guys snuff out bad behavior then in terms of, you know, people putting false bids in?

[Eric]

I mean, we do things like do credit card holds and all this stuff and there's sophisticated algorithms to look for this.

[Daniel Tosh]

How many times do people buy watches and then they renege on the whole thing?

[Eric]

We've been quite lucky. We've auctioned about 3,000 watches so far. And our canceled transaction rate is, I mean, I would say maybe 10 to 15 out of 3,000. It's very, very minimal.

[Daniel Tosh]

Are you allowed to bid on your own site? You know, there's been times and accusatory as possible.

[Eric]

There's been times where we really wanted to buy something for ourselves, but you know, we just let it go.

[Daniel Tosh]

My question is like, have you seen something on your site like, oh, that person got a steal that is undervalued for what that watch is worth.

[Eric]

There's been times that things sell less than we anticipate.

[Daniel Tosh]

That'd be hard not to pull the trigger on it.

[Eric]

But there's also things that sell for like a lot more.

[Daniel Tosh]

That always happens. That's what auctions are supposed to be. You're supposed to be overpaying. You co founded a watch repair company. How much service do watches actually need besides occasionally changing a battery?

[Eric]

Digital watches like a Casio G shock, the movements are quite cheap inside. Aside from changing a battery, there's something wrong. They usually just toss the movement and put a new module in, like a few bucks.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Eric]

Mechanical watches require quite a bit of service every few years and it's very complicated. And there's not that many people that can do it. And it's kind of becoming like a lost, lost art, you know.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do you actually do it or no?

[Eric]

I myself do not.

[Daniel Tosh]

But have you ever tinkered? Can you get in there and do anything?

[Eric]

I know that every time I try to play watchmaker, I fuck something up.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do million dollar watches have batteries?

[Eric]

Typically not. Okay, a million dollar watch that has a battery inside it's million dollars. Probably because it's made out of like precious metal and diamonds and things like that.

[Daniel Tosh]

Or it was on someone famous when they were killed.

[Eric]

Potentially.

[Daniel Tosh]

Uh huh.

[Eric]

Although most of the watches that come up for auction belonging to famous dead people are usually Mechanical.

[Daniel Tosh]

Let me embarrass myself and start. You can correct my pronunciation on these brands. What is Audemars? Is it Pigott Pooja?

[Eric]

Audemars Piguet.

[Daniel Tosh]

Audemars Piguet, yes. Oh, okay. Philippe.

[Eric]

Patek Philippe.

[Daniel Tosh]

Patek Philippe. I actually have heard that. Patek Philippe. Richard Millet. Miller.

[Eric]

Richard Mille.

[Daniel Tosh]

Mille, yeah. That one's easy. What is Longness? Long.

[Eric]

Longines. Longines, yes.

[Daniel Tosh]

I haven't gotten one right yet. What is it? Hubolt.

[Eric]

Hugh Blote.

[Daniel Tosh]

Hugh Blote, yeah. Which one of those is the best watch?

[Eric]

I think many people would say that Patek Philippe is the best.

[Daniel Tosh]

What's an entry level Patek Philippe set you back.

[Eric]

Nowadays, I would say $30,000.

[Daniel Tosh]

Why are new watches now sometimes cheaper than after it's been around for a few years?

[Eric]

I think because there's a very robust collector's market and things that are discontinued become collectible. So there's some old models, vintage pieces that have become highly coveted over the years.

[Daniel Tosh]

What timepiece would you suggest to someone who's just starting to be interested in nicer watches?

[Eric]

I mean, the great thing about watch collecting is there's always something interesting in, like, every different price point. There are a lot of interesting watches that are right around $1,000, ranging up to, like several million dollars. I think for. I'm gonna just make a bunch of assumptions here, but assuming a budget is, you know, like $1,000 or $2,000, there's a lot of.

[Daniel Tosh]

No, no, my budget's gonna be bigger than this. So if I'm jumping into the game.

[Eric]

$10,000.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah. Now I'm wearing something.

[Eric]

Yeah. At $10,000, there's definitely, like, a lot of choices. I think the watches that preserve value the most and are the market is the biggest for would be some sort of a Rolex, like a Rolex dive.

[Daniel Tosh]

Watch, a Submariner, Oyster Jubilee, or President.

[Eric]

I like oyster bracelets. That's a very sophisticated question, by the way.

[Daniel Tosh]

Well, I want people to know. The wristbands on the Rolex, are those the only three options or.

[Eric]

No, they do this thing called Oyster Flex now, which is like a rubber bracelet, which is kind of cool, actually.

[Daniel Tosh]

Fuck, Marry, Kill, Fossil, Timex Swatch.

[Eric]

This is a very tough one.

[Daniel Tosh]

I just wanted to go from sophisticated.

[Eric]

Okay. I'd kill Fossil.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, man.

[Eric]

And toss up on the other two.

[Daniel Tosh]

How good are the fake Rolexes that people sell, like on the streets in New York?

[Eric]

I would say there are some very good fakes. I'm in all these groups online like other watch dealers and whatnot. And a lot of the people that are in these groups could be owners of pawn shops or small jewelry stores. There are organized group gangs of people that take these very convincing fake watches and just try to, like, pawn them or sell them. And so there's all these, like, alerts that I see in the group. Some of them have gotten quite good.

[Daniel Tosh]

What's the best. What's the best con someone's pulled, money wise?

[Eric]

I mean, it's always with some sort of a Rolex because they're so liquid. They're like cash, right?

[Daniel Tosh]

So great.

[Eric]

So a watch that's worth maybe 12 to $15,000, somebody could go into a pawn shop and want 3,000, and then the greed gets a hold of whomever, and then they kind of don't check carefully and they get ripped off.

[Daniel Tosh]

You know, if I owned a really nice fake watch with no intention of ever trying to con anyone other than just wearing it for my own personal enjoyment or to flex, is that still. Do you still like. I don't. That. That hurts our business.

[Eric]

I don't think it hurts our business, but I think it might reflect poorly on the person that's wearing a fake watch and flexing.

[Daniel Tosh]

Well, what if you don't? I mean, if no one knows? I'm not letting anybody examine it, but occasionally you just see me walking around and it's like, oh, look at that.

[Eric]

I mean, there's like, a really funny thing. There's this very coveted Patek Philippe watch called the Nautilus, and they made a special one with Tiffany the jeweler, and they made 170 pieces. These things. It's, like, silly, because if you can buy it, it's 35,000, $40,000. The market price was as high as 5 million for this watch. And highly qualified buyers. Celebrities were wearing them. But you'd go to Europe and be in Paris. It's like all the taxi drivers are wearing, like, fakes of that watch. This is kind of a funny thing. You know, there's actually. You could probably find this photo online of after the Taliban liberated Afghanistan. They were wearing these, like, Tiffany Nautiluses. So, you know, it's like a weird thing. I mean, I'm not gonna pass judgment on anybody that chooses to do that.

[Daniel Tosh]

But do you know any celebrities that do that? Because, you know, there are celebrities that admit that they wear fake diamonds because they, you know, just.

[Eric]

I think fake diamonds, like, there's no, like, intellectual property behind that. But like, watches, like, I mean, in movies, they use fake watches. A lot prop watches, but I don't know any celebrities that would be like, I'm wearing a fake Rolex on the red carpet today.

[Daniel Tosh]

Nah, you wait. I'm gonna wear a fake shark. Have you personally ever been conned or caught someone trying to sell a counterfeit watch to you?

[Eric]

You know, people offer counterfeits all the time in the watch world. There's degrees of like, fake. It's not like a made in China, like fake Rolex. The value in watches a lot of times is based on certain components. Like the dial is. In some collectible Rolexes, the dial is maybe 90% of the value. So a lot of people try to manipulate the dial and it's more like a bespoke level of fakery as opposed to like a factory made fake. And this is very prevalent in, in, in watches. A regular Daytona, let's say, is worth like $40,000. A Paul Newman Daytona can be worth 3, 400,000. So if somebody can manipulate a dial to make it look a certain way, they have like a 10x appreciation, potentially.

[Daniel Tosh]

Paul Newman, you like his dressing?

[Eric]

Not really.

[Daniel Tosh]

Does Hollywood come calling for like either freebies for people walking the red carpet or for a project where they want somebody to wear a watch? And do you care about that or do you say, nah, that's not my business?

[Eric]

I mean, it's fun sometimes and when it works, it's like, cool.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Eric]

I would say the most prominent one that I was involved in was I sourced this very expensive Rolex Daytona for that movie Crazy Rich Asians. It was actually quite prominently featured in the movie. And the. Both the director and the writer of that book were really into like the little details and wanted to do it right. And so they wanted like a specific vintage Rolex for that scene, which I was able to provide for them. And it was just like a nerd thing, you know, Nobody got any credit for it or anything. But it was interesting seeing it in the movie. And funnily enough, Rolex is a sponsor of the Oscars now and they put together a 30 second or one minute long commercial of all these montages of movies showing Rolexes. And that was fairly prominently featured in the commercial. So I thought it was kind of fun.

[Daniel Tosh]

You made it to the Oscars.

[Eric]

I did.

[Daniel Tosh]

I love Crazy Rich Asians. I just liked it because it was like a world. I was like, oh, I knew that wealth existed. But it's fun to watch it.

[Eric]

It was a fun movie for sure.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do you hate the celebrities that are in the collecting game? Do they negatively affect what you do or is it all positive?

[Eric]

I mean, I think it's generally positive.

[Daniel Tosh]

Mark Zuckerberg, are you glad that he's like flaunting the wealth on the wrist or. No?

[Eric]

I mean it's certainly bringing a lot of attention to watches, but it's just kind of interesting when you're like thanos and have unlimited money. You can just buy whatever. But you know, he's very quickly over the last three months become, you know, a big collecting celebrity.

[Daniel Tosh]

So yeah, I hated him when he started wake surfing. I'm like, get the off the lake. There's a John Mayer limited edition AP Royal Oak Jumbo ultra thin rose gold watch that sells for $180,000. Does it also play James Blunt covers?

[Eric]

That's a good one.

[Daniel Tosh]

That makes me laugh. James Blunt, what a dig on John Mayer. Hey John. Is he a legitimate watch collector?

[Eric]

He's, he's a legitimate watch collector. When I started my, I started a website years ago called 10 past 10. It was like in 2005 or six, he was literally the first watch I sold was a John Mayer off of my website.

[Daniel Tosh]

He bought it or he. You bought one of his.

[Eric]

He bought it from me.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Eric]

Yeah, he's really a very educated and like very into watches. Like he, he knows his stuff.

[Daniel Tosh]

What's the guy girl ratio in this world of collecting high end watches? Is, it's, it seems like it's male dominated.

[Eric]

It's skewed quite heavily to the men. But I would say, you know, in the last five, 10 years there's been a lot more female collectors.

[Daniel Tosh]

And what about the watches themselves? Is it, do women still, if they're a collector, do they still want the man's watch?

[Eric]

We went through this era in like the early aughts where people were wearing these huge watches that looked like tuna cans, you know, and men were doing it, women were doing it. And now the look is more restrained and refined and elegant. And I have this like running joke because I collect like dress watches a lot which tend to be smaller. Right. Especially Cartier for example. And we always like have a joke. It's like, is this a men's or women's watch? And it's like, oh, this is like an Eric men's watch. Which could be like a women's watch or something. But you know, it's just taste change over time.

[Daniel Tosh]

Eric's men's watch. That's nice. Yeah. My father in law used to wear a Rolex and it was, I forgot what the name of it was, but it seemed Dainty And I kept saying, you should graduate to a man's watch. And then I feel like I shamed him to a point where he eventually sold it. He just sold it. And then he wears his late father's Rolex, which I will point out, is a man's watch. Much bigger watch.

[Eric]

I mean, in the 1940s, when Rolex really started ramping up. The watch that they made at that time, we call, like, a bubble back because the movement is really thick. So it looks like. Like a bubble on the back. They're really small. The average diameter of a men's watch now I'd say is about 36 to 38 millimeters. Those are, like, you know, like 28, 30. Really small. And that was, like a men's watch.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, everything.

[Eric]

If you look at photos of, like, Chuck Yeager, the famous pilot, like, he wore this little, like, speed king when he broke the speed record or whatever.

[Daniel Tosh]

And the things like this big, best James Bond watch. Daniel Craig's Omega Seamaster 3000 or Roger Moore's Seiko G757 in Octopussy. Please lock in your answer.

[Eric]

We're getting into really nerdy territory here. Can I do an other.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yes. Is it a Rolex?

[Eric]

The other would be the Rolex. It was a submariner that Roger Moore wore. I forget which James Bond, but it had, like, teeth that could cut like a rope when he was tied up. And, you know, when Ian Fleming wrote James Bond, it specifically mentioned Rolex. It changed over the years because of, you know, licensing and people wanting to promote things like. The Omega tie in was obviously, like, a licensing deal.

[Daniel Tosh]

Did that upset you, the Omega tie in?

[Eric]

I think it upsetted a lot of people that were about authenticity.

[Daniel Tosh]

Is that a good watch, by the way?

[Eric]

They're good watches.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay. How many watches do you personally own?

[Eric]

My personal collection. I mean, I would say maybe, like, 100 pieces.

[Daniel Tosh]

You have a safe.

[Eric]

There are many safes.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's another problem. And it could be PTSD from the wildfires. But like my wife, during these last evacuations, we took off up to Santa Barbara, and I came back every day and checking the house, and she's like, you know, move some stuff down to the guest house, because that's like a little bunker that we don't want to lose. And I'm walking around the house going, I don't know. I don't know what is worth keeping in here. I just couldn't figure it out. So I love that I don't have a watch to care about. Like, would you panic in an evacuation. Be like, I need to get all my watches.

[Eric]

I mean for best practices. I don't really keep any watches at the house.

[Daniel Tosh]

Everything saying that for the listeners, everything's.

[Eric]

No, I mean everything's like in my offices or like in a bank deposit. Uh huh. I think that's just a long way.

[Daniel Tosh]

To go when you're getting dressed in the morning to go grab your watch. I got to go swing by the bank to get my swanky Casio that costs six figures.

[Eric]

But when I go to the office I can just pull, you know, something out of the safe there.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do you get stressed out when you know you have something so valuable on your wrist sometimes?

[Eric]

Yes. Are you scared of magicians, sleight of hand things? Yes. I never travel to Europe with a nice watch on my wrist because there's many street magicians there or those guys in Europe. What they do is they have like a little blade here and they just cut the strap.

[Daniel Tosh]

Is that what they do?

[Eric]

Yeah, they're always riding on scooters. Never wear a nice watch when you're traveling around Europe.

[Daniel Tosh]

I thought you were gonna say never ride a scooter.

[Eric]

I'm like, well, that too.

[Daniel Tosh]

But why are some watch water resistant ratings so high? Are people actually diving a thousand meters in Rolex?

[Eric]

These are like purpose made things. They have one model of Rolex called the Deepsea. And James Cameron, the director, who else.

[Daniel Tosh]

Would you be talking about when you said James Cameron?

[Eric]

Yeah, I mean there's James Cameron, the guy that works at the gas station, you know, mechanic.

[Daniel Tosh]

No one wants to hear about his watch.

[Eddie]

Jimmy Cameron.

[Eric]

All right, Jimmy Cameron, yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yes. Well, he's big into everything underwater, like.

[Eric]

Deep sea exploration, Titanic.

[Daniel Tosh]

What's he wearing?

[Eric]

So he has this one called the Deep Sea Challenge. Okay, the thing is like this big. It's almost the size of this cup. And it can go down to like the depth of the Marianas Trench, which is like the deepest point in the world. Which I don't really know if there's people that can prove or disprove that it's actually down there, but.

[Daniel Tosh]

Right. Does he just stick his hand out of the little submersible and say, look, it's still working?

[Eric]

Kind of, yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do you know what the most valuable watch in the world is?

[Eric]

It's this pocket watch called the Grave Super Complication. In the early 1900s, there were these two guys, Henry Graves and Robert Packard. Packard, I don't remember the first name. And they were both like wealthy industrialists that were constantly trying to one up each other. And commissioning overly complicated watches. So the most complicated one was the Henry Graves super complication. And the thing is literally like this and like this thick. And it's just. I think. I don't even know how many, but it's got, like 35, 27, a lot of complications. You know, it can calculate where the stars are at nighttime. It can calculate the sunrise, sunset time.

[Daniel Tosh]

You know, how do you prove that? I'd just be like, yeah, it's calculating where the stars are.

[Eric]

I'm convinced that it never actually worked, but, you know, but that's like. That sold at auction several years ago for 20 something million, and it's a mystery who bought it. And if that ever came up again, I mean, that could be a candidate to be like, 50 or $100 million.

[Daniel Tosh]

And would you throw your hat into the ring?

[Eric]

I'd be the guy placing one bid for, like, 100,000. And then when they ask, would you like another bid, sir? I'm like, oh, no, I'm good.

[Daniel Tosh]

Where are you on pocket watches?

[Eric]

You know, if I had a monocle, I would probably carry a pocket watch.

[Daniel Tosh]

But that's too many things hanging.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

Talk about how stupid smart watches are. People texting on their wrists. What the fuck?

[Eric]

You know, I love the Apple watch for its, like, usefulness, but I never do, like, the texting or anything on it. You know, it's just to show data, like, more one way, I guess.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

So you own an Apple watch?

[Eric]

I do. I wear it quite often.

[Daniel Tosh]

You have a fancy band for it or.

[Eric]

No, no, no. I just wear it on. I like the rubber loop.

[Daniel Tosh]

Everybody that's on the show gets a gift. It's not exciting, though. Usually it's just stuff from my house that I get. The first thing I'm gonna give you is. I've never owned a watch. Okay, but that's not completely true. One time I was performing in Ireland. I was at this Kill Kennedy Comedy Festival. I was with Dom Herrera, this comedy icon, and he was yelling at me. He goes, why don't you have a watch? He's like, it's the only tool we need as comedians. We just need to know how long we've been on stage. It's the one thing we need. And I was like, I don't know. I just never had. He's like, you buy a watch? And I literally went into one of those dumb. What are those things called in international airports?

[Eric]

Duty free.

[Daniel Tosh]

A duty free shop in London, and I bought a watch. And I was like, there. I bought a watch. Dom and he's like, good, it's Gucci. Oh, I didn't even know they made watches. Anyway, I wore it for a while on stage, but now I want you to have the only watch.

[Eric]

Oh, my gosh.

[Daniel Tosh]

That I've ever really owned.

[Eric]

This is a big responsibility here.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, it is.

[Eric]

Thank you.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, you're welcome.

[Eric]

You might see this on ebay one day.

[Daniel Tosh]

I hope it's on ebay. Tonight you put that on your auction site, you let me know how it goes.

[Eric]

Does it come with a meet and greet experience?

[Daniel Tosh]

Maybe, but, I mean, I can verify that it is my watch. That. That I bought it at the airport at the duty free shop in Heathrow. In Heathrow.

[Eric]

I will wear this with honor.

[Daniel Tosh]

All right. Get that off my desk. It's gonna be. This is for your. Your son. This is cactus water.

[Eric]

Oh, my gosh.

[Daniel Tosh]

I don't. It's. Yeah, it's so stupid. My wife bought all this cactus water. It's half the sugar of coconut water. My kids fucking hate it. And I'm like, well, get rid of it. So you're like, well, monsieur, throw it away. No, I don't throw it away. During the evacuation, everybody was drinking cactus water. Said, no, you couldn't drink the water for a while. So I'm like, oh, shit. The only water in the house was this fucking cactus water. And I was like, this is horrible.

[Eric]

How does it taste?

[Daniel Tosh]

I don't know. It's not my thing. See if your son likes that. Okay, now bring that other thing over for me. This is my real gift for your kid. But it's. It's.

[Eric]

Oh, my gosh.

[Daniel Tosh]

This is a real Bentley tricycle. But it's a three in one, meaning that, like, right now, the pedals don't move, but you.

[Eric]

You click this, and then it becomes.

[Daniel Tosh]

Wow, the steering doesn't work. But, like, it works with the hand. If you're. But if you want the steering work, click it. Oh, sorry, I forgot which way it is. There it is. Now it's work. Then this. This comes off. Oh, this whole thing. You're gonna love this kid's gonna. You take this off. Bam. Then the handles off. You know, it's. Just. Take this thing off. You get it. Hold on. Do this there. Get this off my.

[Eric]

Do I have to pay for the instruction manual?

[Daniel Tosh]

No, no, no. You go online, you'll find something. Okay, you take that off, then you take this off. This comes. These legs come off. Then it's just a straight tricycle. But it's Bentley. It's Bentley. Really put it out. And I thought, wow, what kid? If he has a Rolex, he's going to need this.

[Eric]

I'm honored. Thank you very much. Did your kid grow out of this or he just didn't like it or what?

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, yeah, no, he grew out of it.

[Eric]

Okay.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah. The oldest one and now the youngest one. She's not going to get an opportunity to ever enjoy it.

[Eric]

I have some small gifts for you. Whoa.

[Daniel Tosh]

I don't want them.

[Eric]

No, no, please. You'll finish them by the afternoon.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, that's. That's my. Oh, an edible gift.

[Eric]

Yes, yes.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's my kind of gift.

[Eric]

These are chocolates that we made.

[Daniel Tosh]

Wait, wait. Why did you make chocolates?

[Eric]

Our loop. This company. Our auction company.

[Daniel Tosh]

You guys get it? Chocolate and expensive watches. What kind of chocolates are there?

[Eric]

It's from this company called Anne Sons that does all the gifts boxes for, like, the Oscars and Grammys.

[Daniel Tosh]

But has it got fancy raspberry fancy chocolate? Well, I want it to be simple. I like the. Just the chocolate.

[Eric]

Well, you can pick out the ones you don't like.

[Daniel Tosh]

Other people.

[Eric]

You have to peel the sticker on the top.

[Daniel Tosh]

Don't tell me how to do it.

[Eric]

Okay, okay.

[Daniel Tosh]

How many did we get?

[Eric]

There's three boxes in there.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's good. That's all I needed. Oh, look at this boxing. This is fancy. Oh, those are fancy. You guys don't mind real quick, do you?

[Eric]

Indulge.

[Daniel Tosh]

Mm.

[Eric]

There's THC in there, is there? No, I'm just kidding.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's not gonna bother me. I'm happy. How long have you been married?

[Eric]

18 years.

[Daniel Tosh]

Why'd you wait so long to have a kid?

[Eric]

Because I was always stressed out that I was not ready to be a dad. And now it's difficult being that old dad.

[Daniel Tosh]

I think it's. I'm so much older than you, and you say you're an old dad, so that makes me laugh.

[Eric]

How old are your kids?

[Daniel Tosh]

Five and two.

[Eric]

Okay, so six and two.

[Daniel Tosh]

I don't know. Hold on.

[Eric]

I don't know.

[Daniel Tosh]

All my kids are, but I don't care about.

[Eric]

How old are you when you had your first kid?

[Daniel Tosh]

44. 45.

[Eric]

Okay, so I was 42.

[Daniel Tosh]

Similar, right?

[Eric]

Just tired.

[Daniel Tosh]

No, I don't. I love it. It's so much better being this age. Are you kidding me? First of all, we don't have to do it as long, you know.

[Eric]

Don't know what that means.

[Daniel Tosh]

You know what it means? It means we don't have to. By the time they're Horribly problematic. You know, taking our money and shorten whatever stock they think they should do, we're gonna be like, whatever. Good luck. Do you care about clocks a little bit? You got a grandfather clock at your house?

[Eric]

No grandfather clock.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Oh.

[Daniel Tosh]

Now, I grew up with a cuckoo clock, and I guess that's probably one of the few things that I have sentimental associated with fond memories of childhood. So when I got older, I bought a good cuckoo clock from Germany, and I love that thing. What I've learned, though, is that if you don't, it's in a vacation cottage, and then when I go to visit it, I have to take it apart and wind it. Oil it. Yeah, I have to oil it a little bit every night. If it sits for too long, that's not good. But, man, do I love that cuckoo clock. That might be the only thing I like. This is John's grandfather's World War II watch. How often is your job just people bringing old World War II watches and saying, hey, is this worth anything?

[Eric]

It happens.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Eric]

Wartime watches are quite collectible. This is a Elgin, and I see it has the engravings on the back with the military stock number on it.

[Daniel Tosh]

How much would you give me right now? Just. And I'll take anything.

[Eric]

Few hundred bucks.

[Daniel Tosh]

I'll take it.

[Eric]

Okay. Sold.

[Eddie]

Say bye to the heirloom. John.

[Daniel Tosh]

John, you just got 200 bucks. He's got three kids. He doesn't need this thing. I gotta buy. L. Yeah. What do your parents think of your career choices now that everything has worked out well for you?

[Eric]

I mean, now the dust is settled and I'm in my 40s, you know, everything kind of worked out, and it was great, but, you know, to tell my parents, hey, I went to school at Berkeley. I had legitimate jobs. And then I wanted to quit everything and become a watch dealer. That was kind of a difficult discussion in the beginning, but now.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do they all own nice watches?

[Eric]

Yeah, they're all good. They all own nice watches, you know, and everybody's having a good time.

[Daniel Tosh]

Time. All right, Eric, thank you for being on the show. Thank you for teaching me about watches.

[Eric]

And thanks for having me. I'm going to cherish this. Yeah, there you go.

[Daniel Tosh]

I'm trying to. I don't know how to do it.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Daniel Tosh]

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[Daniel Tosh]

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[Daniel Tosh]

A designer to come to my home, but scheduling is always a nightmare.

[Eric]

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[Daniel Tosh]

Hmm. I just might have to do more.

[Eric]

Whatever you need. How about you tell me what you had in mind?

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay, then.

[Eric]

So the first room we're looking at is for guests coming over.

[Daniel Tosh]

And I'm thinking of something.

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[Daniel Tosh]

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[Daniel Tosh]

Rules and restrictions may apply. I want to thank Eric for being on the show and spending some time with us. Carl, you wear a watch. You have. I know you have a fit band. You're supposed to be walking four miles a day. You walk four Miles a day. Speaking of someone that doesn't walk enough, my father in law, as you may remember, he had, he's getting both knees replaced and he had the first one done. And I said, hey, send me a video when they're taking the staples out because they look pretty gruesome. Anyway, he sends me this video and I. It's so cringy to listen to. Not. You're like, oh, is it gross to watch staples being pulled out? No, not at all. That part's fine. He doesn't realize that there's audio when it's recording. And I thought it was a bit at first. He's just talking to this woman about me. She's like an intern, or not an intern, like a college resident that's pulling the staples out. So she's probably 19 or 20 and she has no clue who I am, which is a little insulting. I'm not gonna lie. I might have to book myself at a nursing school anyway. But he just keeps going on, like, do you know Comedy Central? He was on there for like 13 years. He did a show, it was very popular, just going on.

[Eric]

Do you ever watch you're too young? Did you ever watch Comedy Central?

[Daniel Tosh]

No. Okay.

[Eric]

Have you ever heard of the comedian named Daniel Tosh? T osh. No, I think you're just too young. So Tosh was on. Tosh is my son in law.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh.

[Eric]

He was on Comedy Central for 1112 years with a show called Tosh 2.0.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Eric]

Tosh.0.

[Daniel Tosh]

Sorry, this was on TV?

[Eric]

Yeah, TV station. Oh, okay.

[Daniel Tosh]

And then just. He just keeps going like, oh, well, now he's a podcast.

[Eric]

Now he has a thing called Toshio, which is his podcast.

[Daniel Tosh]

At some one point she's trying to change the conversation and she's like, oh, those are, those are nice shoes that you have. And he's like, oh, yeah, my daughter bought me those shoes. She's married to him. It just doesn't end. I like your shoes. You got them from the van store.

[Eric]

Those are from my daughter that's married to Daniel.

[Daniel Tosh]

Holy cow, the guy. Not one mention of his other kids. He doesn't care at all about them. There's no mention of his other daughter or his youngest son who's out in LA just trying to hustle. No mention of his oldest son or his wife. All of this nonsense back and forth. Just keeps talking about me. It's so funny to me. Then I play it. My wife, I played to Carly. She's just like, has her head down, she can't listen to it. Then at one point he goes, oh, no, I think it's recording audio. Oh. And he's like, oh, sorry, Daniel, if I'm saying anything that I shouldn't say about you.

[Eric]

Oh, gosh, I gotta make sure this video is.

[Daniel Tosh]

This video is.

[Eric]

I hope there's no sound. I won't send it to him. Sorry, Daniel. Hope none of that was offensive.

[Daniel Tosh]

He doesn't know that vid. I didn't. There's no video recording. Silently knucklehead. Anyways, his knee doing well, but he's nervous about doing the second one. I'm like, hey, he went this far. Just do it. All right, let's get to some plugs here. Tossshowstore.com Guys, get some merch. Come on. I told you, if I see you out in the street wearing it, you're gonna get one of these. Eddie's tour. Check out his website and my tour. Remember that I canceled Lisbon so that I could be in Philly, The Lisbon of the east coast of America. And then I'm going to Lisbon right after that show. Now it's time for the free plug. Okay, what do we got here? Today's free plug goes out to all my crunchy moms out there because it is for Childish. Childish? Yeah, it's a brand of safe plates. You get it?

[Eddie]

All right.

[Daniel Tosh]

Childish.

[Eddie]

Like it?

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, it's a pretty good name. Alright. You won't find plastics, bpa, melamine or any other endocrine disruption toxins in their products. Easy for me to say. Childish makes functional dinnerware alternatives to keep your children healthy. They're dishwasher and microwave safe, but are made of lead free ceramic with FDA approved silicone. Is FDA still a thing? I feel like the current administration might have chopped that out.

[Eddie]

They might have.

[Daniel Tosh]

They might have got rid of fda. By the way, I have these dishes in my house for the kids. It says it's designed for children 3 and up, but I let my 2 year old use it. But she's gifted. The thing about it is they've got like a, you know, this real ceramic plate and they've got some cool graphics on, but then they have this rubber silicone underneath it so it keeps it from not sliding. But here, wait for it that you take off when you're done eating, put it on top, it's a lid. Put the plate in the refrigerator. Boom, you're second feeding. You're not having to do a second set of dishes. It's its own little container. That's where they got me. I like that now, have I bought a set of it? No, no, she gave us two sets for free. But you know, now she's getting a free plug. That's how it works. You grease my wheel, I scratch your back. By the way, this is founded by two moms. I know one of the moms, she's, she's nice. She's a good, good, has a son, plays with my son. Her son is just a super athlete, same age as my son. My son can't keep up at all, but he tries. And I'm like, don't worry buddy. You just keep losing to him. It's going to build character. He's like, I want to win once. I'm like, nah, winning is no good coming in second. That's where it's at, right? What are they? They say a healthy meal starts with a healthy plate. Stop feeding your kids plastic. Use childish instead. There's a nice plug. Now the next play date, I'll have something to talk about. See you next week.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Daniel Tosh]

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