The Wrist Chick: A Fresh Female Voice in Watches

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Blake Rea (00:02):
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Lonely Wrist
, where we explore watches justnot as objects, but reflections
of people, culture and design.
As always, I am your host,blake Ray, and today on the show
we are joined by someone who isbringing fun to the watch
industry.
I certainly enjoy herperspective as a female voice in

(00:22):
the industry and a refreshingsense of honesty to the watch
industry.
I certainly enjoy herperspective as a female voice in
the industry and refreshingsense of honesty to the watch
community.
She makes watches feel more funand approachable and of course,
by now you know I am here withthe wrist chick.
Hello, welcome to the show.
Hi Blake, hey, how's it going?

The Wrist Chick (00:41):
Going good.
How are you?

Blake Rea (00:42):
Good, I spent some time writing that, in case you
can so it was really good.
I'm very impressed I, yeah, Iwas like, well, damn like,
because I watched your um, youryoutube video, where you know
you're talking about likewatches and wonders, like the
hot takes of watching, like whatis really like to go there, and
a couple things that came tomind, I was like, okay, first of

(01:02):
all, damn like, where were youbuying your bottles of water?
That was one thing that came up.
And then, hopefully, you bookedyour hotel, and enough in
advance that it like didn't setyou back like fortunes.

It was.
It was pricey because it wasright next to the expo center.
So that's the trade off.
See, because it was right nextto the expo center, so that's
the trade-off.
It's like either you booksomething farther out, but then
you have to get transportation.
I'm looking for convenience.
I'm wearing high heels, Iwanted to walk there, so I
booked right next to the expocenter.
Um, yes, bottles of water nomatter where you go is crazy.

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I couldn't find like a littleshop on the side of the road.
There was nowhere.
It had to be a glass bottle.
You know everything.
They serve it to you in a niceglass.
I'm like, can I just be likePoland spring, like I, I, I
don't know.
So it was uh, it was anexperience for sure, but overall
it was a good one.

Blake Rea (02:00):
No, pro, pro tip this .
Uh, I I went, not this, I wentlast year and, um, I did like my
watches and wonders earlybecause I was kind of concerned
about like the zombie pitchesfrom brands, where brands are
essentially just like oh well,here's the newest.
You know, they've said the sameshit over and over, yeah.

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So I was like if I couldorganize with a couple brands
and go early like that would beepic, and so that's what I did
last year.
I didn't do, you know, thebobervaj and pole expo and all
that.
You know, the villa saracen.
Like I didn't do any of that,like last year, um, and no, I I
stayed, um, like right acrossthe street from the bobervage

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and, um, I think, for my airbnb,like the girl didn't know that
watches and wonders was comingup, so like I paid like 120
bucks for my own apartment andthen, and then, uh, and then
right below was like a littlelike, uh, like a little like
shop and shop like a littlegrocery store, and and uh, and
yeah, so I was like hopping downthere and I was getting like

(03:04):
bottles of water for like twobucks, and yeah, so I was like
hopping down there and I wasgetting like bottles of water
for like two bucks or something.
So I was like so jealous.

No, I didn't do that way.
I did it the dumb way, thetourist way, and I, uh, I spent
a fortune.

Blake Rea (03:16):
So yeah, yeah, no, I mean yeah, um and yeah I mean
they have free transportation,like I literally would take one
bus and I would land at paulexpo and I was like that was
super nice, like I had that.
I did not plan that, but uh andyeah.
I mean they have freetransportation, like I literally
would take one bus and I wouldland at Paul Expo and I was like
that was super nice.
Like I did not plan that.
But fuck was I tired and myfeet were destroyed and I spent

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quite a lot of time with Sophie,sophie's Watch World.

She's awesome yeah.

Blake Rea (03:42):
And I was feeling so bad for her just wearing her
heels and I was like why are youdoing this to yourself?
Like I mean, I know that youneed to look fabulous all the
time.
Like, do yourself some favorhere and wear, you know,
something is a little bit morecomfortable on your feet.

So it's definitely a thing that women do
, and you have to make a choice.
It's, you know, pain is beautysort of thing.
It's a real thing.
And there are no comfortableheels.
I mean there are some that aremore comfortable than others,
but at some point you justsacrifice it, and I mean my feet
were wrecked.
And then I went to Paris andLondon after so.

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I walked for two full weeksstraight.
So it was, it was brutal, butyou know, you, just you
sacrifice and I'm like it's twodays in my life, you know.
I'll destroy my feet it's fine.
But girls, you know, we don'talways think logically.
Guys just wear sneakers butwe're like, no, that's going to
ruin my outfit.

Blake Rea (04:40):
Yeah, I brought only one pair of Nike dunks and that
was all I needed.

I brought six pairs of shoes on that trip oh
my god everybody made fun of me,but I was like I'm doing it.

Blake Rea (04:52):
I did it how so you were in geneva for two days, did
I did?

I know how long I knew before I think I was
there for uh, three days, threeor four days yeah okay, went
early.
Went to the other shows outsideof Watches and Wonders.

Blake Rea (05:11):
What were you most impressed to see?

So at Watches and Wonders, I would say Moser,
I really wanted to see the popcollection, just the stone dials
, and seeing them in person youknow, you see the pictures they
obviously have like amazingphotographers that do these
photos but seeing those inperson and I did the, you know
the private viewing so that youcan actually get hands on with

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them and I would say that wasthe most impressive to me,
because just the movements andthe watches, along with the
stone dials, and just hearinghow they sourced everything, I
was, it was really cool and Iwas just really impressed.
So that I would say was thehighlight for me was the new
moser collection.

Blake Rea (05:54):
Yeah, I mean, that was an amazing release, did you?

I'm sure you probably saw the robot all right
, yes, I did, I did yeah not badto me.
I was like everybody liked therobot.

Blake Rea (06:04):
I wanted the the stone dials, but yeah, the robot
was still really cool yeah, no,I I couldn't agree more,
especially considering how theyum, they like cut the two stones
and made them like look verycohesive, like you can't tell
that there are two stones.
I mean, you can tell fromvisually, but you can't tell the
way that they put them together, which is crazy.

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Yeah, let's start at thebeginning.
You know what sparked yourpassion for watch collecting and
how did you evolve into yourpersona, the?

wrist chick.
My online character.

Blake Rea (06:42):
Yeah.

I would say, you know, it's not this really
exciting start.
It was basically right at thebeginning of COVID.
I was working a lot, but whenyou get home no one was going
out, no one was travelinganymore, so I got down the
YouTube rabbit hole.
So I started watching videosand I will say that Nico from

(07:08):
pride and opinion was one of thefirst YouTubers I saw, and I
wasn't into watches before that,I didn't know anything about
them and I was like I startedwatching him and he's a little
more my style.
You know he swears, he's funnywhatever it's laid back, but
also like a lot of knowledgeabout watches.
So that's, I started watchinghim, started watching all the

(07:30):
other guys on YouTube and I kindof got obsessed and I learned
as much as I could about watchesfor several years and it wasn't
until this past October that Iwent to my first watch event and
that's when this whole wristcheck thing started.
But I was kind of secretly inthe background nerding out over

(07:53):
the last few years, you know,learning, and I didn't buy my
first real watch until 2021.
So it's been fairly recent forme 2021.

Blake Rea (08:09):
So it's been fairly recent for me.
What, um, what decided?
Well, like, what was the momentthat you knew?
Like okay, like I'm gonnacreate content around watches,
like I'm gonna launch a brand,I'm gonna launch a you know a
persona, like where was thelight switch moment for you?
You know?

so for me it's it's actually kind of
interesting and I'm not going togo into too much detail.
It's um, it's a long story, butI I had a pretty rough year
last year.
I'm going to keep it very simple, not get into details, but it
was pretty bad and and you knowpeople have all these fun
stories about the passion andhow it all started.
But mine kind of started fromsomething negative and became

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very positive.
So I had a bad year.
And then it was, you know,someone suggested to me you
should, you should get a hobby.
And I was like you think so?
And I said, well, what do Ilike, you know?
And I said I really likewatches.
So I literally looked online,looked for a watch event.
I saw one in New York, and atthe time I live nearby and I

(09:10):
said you know what?
I'm just going to go, I don'tknow what to expect, I don't
know what to wear, I don't knowwhat to do.
I begged someone to come withme.
I finally got a girl to comewith me.
I had to pay for her trainticket, for her dinner.
She just did not want to go andI went to new york city watch
time and wind up, watch fair,and it just took off from there

(09:32):
wow, what was your um?

Blake Rea (09:35):
you said like you got your first watch in 2021.
What, what was that?
The watch that you firstacquired?

it was a hamilton khaki field watch
automatic love it.
It's my favorite watch in mycollection still, even though I
have ones that are much moreexpensive.

Blake Rea (09:52):
It's, uh yeah, my favorite for some reason, the
cheaper watches they just.
They sit closer to the heartfor some reason I know you spend
.
You spend more money on a muchnicer watch and, um, maybe it's
just me, but I feel like I needto take particularly extra care
of it because I spent more moneyon it.
Um, not that you know I can'twear it, but um, you know I'm

(10:14):
always cautious about like whatconditions I wear it in and this
, and you know I can just dowhatever with my cheaper watches
you, so they feel more wearable.
Um and, and.
So you know, with your khaki,like what drove you to that
piece, and and and why did youdecide to pick up the khaki?

So for me, um, I'm kind of a sentimental person
and I really love, like USmilitary history.
I have family members that areveterans and I was looking at
different brands.
I saw the history behind it.
I know that they're now, youknow, made over in Switzerland
but originally had Americanroots.

(10:56):
So that's what drove me to itand also the style I, you know,
the car I drive, it kind ofmatches the look, you know.
So I, uh, I liked the look, butI also like the history of the
brand, so that's what drove meto it and it was a really clean
dial, very readable, and so foreveryday life, I actually use my

(11:16):
watch to tell time thateverybody does that.
So it was a very readable watchand that was also part of the
decision for it.
But really it was the historyof the decision for it, but
really it was the the history ofthe brand you?

Blake Rea (11:28):
you don't drive a humvee, do you?
No, no, no, all right, I waslike, yeah, no, like you must be
getting destroyed on gas rightnow.
A little bit smaller versionokay um you said it was a
military vehicle type, right,that was the vibe that yeah, so

(11:49):
it's a.

It's a, it's a military green.
So I have a.
I have a.
You know the the hamilton has anato strap.
It's like an army green.
I have an army green, cheapwrangler.
So kind of fits, the whole vibeand jeep girl, jeep, girl, I'm
a jeep girl top down tower roll,love it love it, love it.

Blake Rea (12:14):
Did you um?
I bought mine because I have akhaki field too.
I think mine's a 38 and then,um, I also have the green and
like leather, like like accentedstrap, and then, yeah, I like
quickly got it off that and gotthe bracelet.
So I would.
I would highly, I heard.
I would highly encourage you totake a look at the bracelet,
because the bracelet is prettyawesome for it yeah, I've never

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done a bracelet, only natostraps.

I have the original one on there right now
it's a little worn out, but I'veonly bought in replacement nato
straps, so I'll have to.

Blake Rea (12:45):
I'll have to try the the bracelet yeah, I'll send you
a picture after the fact.
Yeah, um, what would you saydraws you towards a particular
watch?
Would it be design, likehistory, like you know, like
mechanics, like what you know?
What it?
What draws you to watches?
What draws you to a specificwatch?

I would say the there's a few things, but the
first thing is the overall lookof the watch.
You know, I have to admit that.
You know if I I like the way itlooks.
But then you dig a littledeeper I would say.
My next thing is I'm not a bigfan of quartz watches.
I do have one or two, butmovements, mechanics, I don't

(13:29):
geek out too too much on it, butI appreciate how a watch works.
So I would say it's mostly howit looks and then how it works.
And obviously there's brands Ilike more than others, certain
things, but mostly by the lookof it and how it feels on the
wrist.

Blake Rea (13:48):
Yeah, and something that stuck out to me when we
were talking in Geneva is yourPepsi.
That's just not a watch thatyou would expect to see.
That's like a deep know, I meana vintage pepsi.

(14:09):
Sorry, let me say that yeah,yeah, um, that's like a watch
where you fall so deep down therabbit hole that you decide to
buy a vintage pepsi.
So I was super surprised by andhow do you feel?
Like you, you, I don't know theright word.
What am I supposed to say?

(14:30):
I don't even know how to talkanymore.
So, yeah, I know I'm supposedto be a podcaster here.

You're fine, you're fine.
We're just having fun here.
It's fine, yeah.

Blake Rea (14:42):
So curious about your Pepsi acquisition, especially
what decided why you said to govintage.
And do you see yourself, youknow, playing more in the
vintage sandbox than you do inthe the modern sandbox?
Because you know obviously thekhaki is a vintage inspired
modern watch.
But do you gravitate moretowards the vintage stuff or
like where, where do you sit inthat, in that spectrum?

well, I'm about to rock your world do it ruin
it a little bit.
The pepsi was actually lent bya friend.
Oh, I know, I know I'm a fraud,but I was given that watch and
was told to wear it like it wasmy own and to enjoy it, because
I was a bit of a Rolex hater.

(15:24):
And I got that watch, wore itfor a few months and fell in
love with that specific type ofRolex.
So, to answer your question, Ido gravitate towards the older
watches, but I now own my own.

Blake Rea (15:48):
So I had a little sample trial, which not
everybody has the luxury ofdoing, but I once.

It was on my wrist, though, that Pepsi.
It just felt like this is thewatch for me, and I was very
fortunate to be able to try itout, you know.
So I then scoured the internetand got myself a 1983 and it's
not the.
Pepsi.
It's got the black bezel insert, but same reference number one,

(16:15):
six, seven, five, zero.
So I definitely gravitatetowards the older look.
I like the patina, I like thematte dial, I like that there's
no white gold on the indicesaluminum bezel.
So all that.
So I do have my own now.

Blake Rea (16:28):
The one you saw unfortunately was not mine, but
I have pretty much the same samewatch now yeah, no, I mean, I
still sorry to to gas you uplike that, but, um, no, it was a
beautiful, beautiful watch andyeah still an amazing piece.
I have to ask when you'regetting ready to go out the door

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, do you think about the watchor the outfit first?

I start with the watch.
Watch is always first, outfitcomes second and it's as you can
see, I wear a lot of black.
Let's go yeah, so yeah, yeah,um, so watch is always first,
and then I match the jewelryoutfit all around, all around
the watch, because it dependswhere I'm going.

(17:16):
I'm not going to wear a rolexto certain things, you know, so
I'll uh, I'll start at the watchI I barely wear my rolexes and
I.

Blake Rea (17:25):
I had um a vintage rolex, like a 1960s rolex.
Oh nice that I that I traded umto like he had it.
He didn't wear it.
He's got a bigger wrist than Ibut he's still for some reason
likes to wear smaller watches.
But it was a 36 day, just I hadit for a couple months and then
, um, just very quickly I justrealized I wasn't gonna wear it.

(17:46):
And then, you know, even I haveI have so many watches in
rotation that it didn't have aquick set date, so I was like
fuck this is annoying as shit tolike even get it on wrist, so
half the time I'd wear it, thedate would be wrong.
So then I'd look down andsomebody'd be like, oh, what you
know?
Like what's the?
You know?
I'm like signing a check orsomething or, like you know,

(18:07):
filling something out and I'mlike, oh fuck, I just put the
wrong date.
Like you know, I'm looking atthe.
I forgot to set it on my watch,so like that was one one
annoyance.
And then, um, the somethingstarted flaking on the dial like
the dial started flaking.
So I sent it to rolex to getservice and I was thinking, oh,
this thing's gonna come backlike, like you know, like a

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newborn baby, yeah and uh.
And then I got it back likewithin a week and I was like, oh
shit, the service is done.
Like that's crazy.
But rolex declined to service itand and I was like interesting,
it was super weird, and then itracked my brain for the longest
time, like why they decided tonot service it.
Because here you are, you know,buying these like for you know,

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to pass down for generations,and it was a particularly common
date.
Just it was the 1601, the onethat, like, there's probably the
most produced, like you know,vintage day just out there, and
they wouldn't service it.
So I was just super kind oflike, that kind of like upset me
to a degree and I was like well, if I can't if I can't get this

(19:15):
service.
I mean, I know I could take itto a local watchmaker, have a
service put all these, you know,and, and so I started getting
concerned about access to parts.
You know, of course, we can buythem.
You know, generic parts orwhatever keep the watch running
like zero issues.
But you know, I'm one of thosepeople that I particularly want
it done right, and so I willtypically pay the premium to get

(19:37):
it sent back to the brand.
And so the fact that I owned awatch that seemed unserviceable
by Rolex, you know, was likeokay, that seems weird, but
that's unserviceable by rolex,you know, was like okay, that
seems weird.
But that's a bummer, yeah yeah,kind of upsetting and
disappointing, because I Iwanted, um, like a daily driving
rolex and and and now I don't.
I don't have a daily driving, Ihave two rolexes.

(19:58):
And I mean technically, yeah,you could, you could say, I do
have a daily drive in Rolex, butI just prefer not to wear it
for whatever reason.

So I have a Submariner and I have a Datejust
.

Blake Rea (20:09):
Yeah, both modern.

Yeah, no, I understand about the quick set
date.
Going back to that, that's whyI picked this specific model
number, the 16750.
Because this is when Rolex wentfrom the 1675 and they
introduced the quick set date inthis model.
And that's why I wanted it,because I wanted a watch I could
actually use and it's just, youknow, click, click, click,

(20:32):
you're right at the date.
So it's kind of like that sweetspot of time in Rolex history
where, you know, would I haveliked a much older one?
Do they look cool?
Yes, this is still older, older, but it's also practical.
It could still be service.
So that's why I went for thisyear and this specific model,
because you know, like I've said, I'm lazy, I'm not gonna sit

(20:55):
there all day and you know Idon't have 50 watch winders
behind me that I'm running allday, and so that's why I did did
this one and it's a og gmtmaster.

Blake Rea (21:06):
Yeah, I just I mean oh, I love it.

Like it's just the plexiglass.
Like people don't likeplexiglass, I like it, you know
it's just you just buff it outif, for whatever reason, I watch
.

Blake Rea (21:19):
Yeah, there you go yeah easy let's talk about your
journey in social media.
Um so, you talked about, youknow, being influenced, or at
least watching youtube videosfrom nico um how would you feel
that other watch creatorsinfluence your journey?

(21:39):
And I guess the part two ofthat question is have you got a
chance to meet any of the peoplethat inspired you on this
journey, and how do you feellike you connect with fellow
enthusiasts through your socialmedia?
Three-part question.

Three-part question.
I'll try to remember it.
Tell me if I forget something.

Blake Rea (22:00):
Just guide me here, you got it Goldfish brain.

So first I would say I watch different
people.
So I watched Nico, I watchedFederico, I watched Roman, I
watched Brit, and so there weredifferent things about all of
them, like some were justsitting at a table just spewing
out watch knowledge.
You know all different stylesand I kind of, you know, I took

(22:25):
a little bit from everybody andI kind of found a spot that was
missing.
I said how can I even besuccessful in social media if
I'm doing something that someoneis already doing?
So what I wasn't finding wasthere weren't women, in my
opinion, that were, like youknow know, really out in the
wild, like really excited, goingto events.

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You know, I appreciated theknowledge of these women that
were sitting behind a desk andhave beautiful lighting behind
them, and I just know mypersonality, though, and that
wasn't me.
So I thought let me find thatspot that's missing and try to
fill it.
Next question have I met them?
Is that the next question?

Blake Rea (23:09):
Yeah, yeah, have you got a chance to meet some of the
people that influenced you?

I have.
So I've met Federico.
I know Federico very well.
He's wonderful.
I've actually bought a watchfrom him.
I bought my Omega from him.
That was my first pre-ownedwatch.
I love it.
Uh, I've met Roman.
I've talked to Nico.
We didn't get to meet in person, but we do.
We do talk Um.
And I've met, you know, georgia.

(23:38):
I've met Sophie.
I've met um.
Who else have I met a lot ofdifferent people, and so they've
all been really nice.
They're all very different, andthat's what I love about the
watch world is that they allhave their own personalities.
Some are more shy than others,some are more outgoing, some are

(23:59):
, you know, men of very fewwords.
So you know, uh, it's.

Blake Rea (24:03):
It's been fun, though , meeting them yeah, I mean,
they all bring their own flavorto the industry yeah and uh and
so you know, obviously, likeI've been friends with miss gmt
for I mean a while now and wetalk wonderful.
Yeah, we talk pretty regularly.
But uh, you know, when we got achance to meet in switzerland,

(24:25):
like we got a chance to be verybriefly, um, you know, we had
planned to like, do like somelike events together and this
and that and very quickly.
I was like well damn, thisgirl's like probably like one of
the busiest people in watchesfor the moment like hot
commodity.
Yeah, um, like every brand wantsto do press with her and I was
just like wow, that's, you know,so amazing because you know

(24:50):
it's cool to see, because shestarted.
She started her journey likepretty close to the same time I
started mine, um, about a yearand a half ago.
So I this is, I mean this wholeproperty like lonely wrist and
everything, the website that youI guess all all very new wrist
and everything the website thatyou like, it's all all very new.
But you know, navigating thewatch industry has been
challenging because you knowthere's, so there's, there's

(25:12):
just there's a handful of of oflike genuine content creators
out there, and like it becomes achallenge like how do you work
with brands like, which brandsdo you work with?
Like how do you, you know, likepack your own um identity into
the content you know?
And it's just all these littlekind of things that are, you

(25:32):
know, becoming increasinglychallenging.
And I think now, like,personally, I have like four, 40
or so brands that I work with,like maybe, like maybe 50 or so,
and that's impressive and it'sjust me.
It's just me like I'm a one-manband, you know yeah, um, it's a

(25:53):
lot of work it is, it's afull-time job and then keeping
up with the podcast, keeping upwith the youtube, like a lot of
I don't think people realizethat I'll shoot the videos, then
I'll edit them and then I'll dothe voiceover.
You know what I mean.
Like I'll do every like, everysingle piece of this is me, you
know, and that's awesome thatyou're doing that.

That's it's impressive because it's not easy
and I see I can't even editlike a Instagram reel.
It takes me like 20 minutesminutes and I'm just sitting
there like this, and so thelevel that you're doing it's
really impressive to not havelike a whole crew of people,
cause these guys have, like someof them have crews like
February, not so much.

(26:37):
You see, Roman walking around.
He's got a bunch of people, sothey're all different, but I
think it's about for me, it'sabout consistency and it's like
what can I produce?
A lot of, and I know I don'twork in tech, I'm not
professional speaker,videographer, photographer so I
do what I'm capable of and Ithink that's the most important

(26:59):
is to keep it consistent so thatyou can produce as much as you
can quality content.

Blake Rea (27:06):
Yeah, that's the thing.
Like that I have struggled with, you know, consistency, you
know.
And so as I first started, likeI've like went back and forth
about like how I produce videosand you know the first one, I
was like, oh sure, I'll just putthe watch on the table and I'll
just talk about it.
You know, like I'll have youknow the first one, I was like,

(27:27):
oh sure, I'll just put the watchon the table and I'll just talk
about it.
You know, like, I'll have, youknow, um, some notes about it
and I'll just read them off andthen I'll show the watch off
like a couple different anglesand then, um, and then I
literally like off the cuff,like was was doing, and then now
I'm literally scripting thingsand, like you know, trying to
jam as much information as I can.
I've found kind of like a weirdniche where people kind of are

(27:51):
more curious about like buyingdecisions.
You know, I've noticed peoplecome to YouTube for at least the
watch space for a lot of likelike buying advice, and so I've
tried to figure out how I cankind of like insert myself into,
you know, that process and justgive my take, you know, my
honest take, because a lot ofthe people that that talk about

(28:14):
those watches are, are, are, areincentivized to do so, you know
, financially and so, and sothat's where I felt like, okay,
like you know, is there a spacefor me?
Like, like, can I talk aboutthese things?
Like, what can I bring to thetable I used to sell over?

(28:34):
I mean, I used to sell every,every watch brand.
Like, like, I used to work at adealer.
I used to work as an AD.
I started off as a collector.
Then I, my, my, my wife, um, she, she immigrated to the united
states and so like, during herwhole immigration process, like
I was, like I don't haveanything to do, you know, um,
and so I just took a night jobat ad and then, uh, and then,

(28:58):
yeah, I just I was so passionateabout talking about watches and
every person that came in tothe boutique to me was like, oh,
this is a friend, like this iscool.
Like they, they love the samethings that I love.
Like this is my friend you knowlike, and so I looked at it from
that perspective and um, andsome of the people I was working

(29:19):
with you know amazing people,but you know they were there for
a job, you know and you gottamake money at the end of the day
.

But there's.
You could tell the differencebetween the people who are
passionate and that are justthere to get their paycheck and
go home.

Blake Rea (29:33):
Yeah, and I think that that particularly like
helped me, at least in my case,because, um, you know, I'd spend
so much time like learningabout the person and then they'd
be like hey, dude, like do youjust want to talk about watches
now?
Like I'm like, hey, like, oh,cool, I see, you know, like you
you have a, an nc state shirt orwhatever.
Like I lived in raleigh, uh,like you know, like that's,

(29:53):
that's so cool, like, oh, here'swhy.
You know, like I used to livein this area, like I grew up
there, you know, like I justspent so much time learning
about the person and then thewatch kind of came second and,
um, and that was a refreshingtake living in in las vegas,
where people just want to shove,shove shit down your throat,
you know, like watches um,anyways no, that's really like

(30:17):
refreshing to hear, because I'vehad that experience.

Like I'll go into ad's and I have literally
like I I'm like, okay, I've gotan hour of time, I'm going to go
, just look at two watches andI'm there for like three hours
because I'll find the onesalesperson that like wants to
geek out.
Cause when you start talkingwatches with someone you know I
start showing an interest andthen they realize, okay, she

(30:43):
knows a little more than theaverage maybe, or you know
whatever.
And and then I've had that.
I was just recently at an ADand I was there for three hours
but it ended with me gettinginvited to like a private event
for a, a very big brand.
So you know it wasn't evenabout the watches, it was just
about chatting our experiences,experiences, watch collecting.

(31:05):
And then you know he showed mea couple new releases, tried
them on, but you know it waslike we just hung out for like
three hours.

Blake Rea (31:12):
So I totally get it and that's what that's what it's
all about.
Like that's that's what it'sall about.
Like when you meet somebody who, like, has that same
appreciation that you have, andobviously from the other side of
the counter, you kind of haveto like pulse, check the person.
Like okay like like what arethey here for?
Like sure, like, do they haveany time constraints?
Like should I go like deep downthe rabbit hole with them?

(31:36):
Should I just kind of, like youknow, like dip their toe in the
rabbit hole?
Like what should I do you know?
Um, and and so when I left youknow my, my personal story a
little bit I got really sick.
Like I had some health issues,and then I literally like had
all the people that I wasfriends with Because, like I

(31:56):
said, they were my friends.
They just kept calling me likeevery like other week or so,
like when new releases came outand I was like I had the same
conversation oh, what do youthink about this release,
anything about that release?
Like would you buy this?
And I just I had the sameconversation with like so many
people like dozens of peoplelike I had this.

(32:16):
I would spend hours on the phonejust talking about the same
shit and then, um, you know, mywife said something like, um,
like, who, like, who, who.
Who is that like like?
Who is that this time?
You know, who is it this timethat you're?

talking to Because.

Blake Rea (32:29):
I feel like you had that same conversation yesterday
and I was like you know, likewe came up with a concept of
like maybe we should just dolike a Zoom when, like all like
my friends and you know peoplewill like join and we talk
watches.
And then I came back and I wasthinking well, you know that,
join and talk, we talk watches.
And then, um, and then I cameback and I was thinking, well,
you know that that's a littlechallenging because, as you know

(32:51):
, it's hard to have goals on azoom.
You know, you know how it islike and work meetings like.
They just spin off into theirown little worlds yeah, it's
like herding cats or somethinglike.

Yeah, yeah yeah .

Blake Rea (33:03):
So I I didn't want to be like that guy, so I was like
why don't we just like have anoutlet where we can just talk
about watches and hopefully, ifpeople care about what I have to
say, then they'll tune in andyou're on that outlet now.
It's great, here we are.
That is awesome.

That is awesome it's always cool to hear how
people get to where they're atand, uh, I think we all have
different stories, differentbackgrounds and and that's
what's fun about it and,honestly, like I enjoy just
traveling, going to the showsmore than anything.
Yes, I absolutely love watches,but just talking to people,
that's what you spend most ofyour time doing.
You know, you try watch on, ittakes five minutes, but then

(33:41):
you're chatting with someone forlike an hour.
So to me that's what it's about, and then you build that
foundation and you get to whereyou, where you want to be.

Blake Rea (33:49):
So that's awesome yeah, no, I mean, it's really
about I, I mean you're.
It seems like you're everywhere, like it seems like you're ever
.
I know you were just in.

I literally am you're, you're in, you're in
france, and then you know,obviously, after geneva, like I
mean like jesus, like it doesn'tseem like a stop I don't like
if I turn this camera around andshow you this room right now,
like my suitcase is still on thefloor, like this room is my
travel room, it's my spare roomand there's shit everywhere and

(34:19):
I just never unpack because it'slike where am I going next?

Blake Rea (34:22):
so I have the luxury to be able to do that right now
I I still haven't unpacked fromgeneva yes I mean that tells you
my mind frame right now Iliterally have been looking at
my luggage there, um, and I justkeep thinking like when am I
gonna unpack this?
And and I haven't, I haven'tcame up with an answer yet, but

(34:44):
hopefully I will unpack it oryou just go on another trip yeah
, oh yeah, we're just ready togo.
There you go.
Well, when I was, when I wasflying back from geneva, um,
like I sat down and in one ofyou know, of course, like the
whole entertainment system andall so of of course, with my
luck, I get put next to like alady with a baby, or like like a

(35:08):
lady and a baby, and then soshe was holding the baby the
whole time, and then on theother side was like a little kid
and his mom was like in theseat in front of him, so he was
at the window.
I was in the center Right, funfun, fun.

That's like my worst nightmare.
I know right, my worstnightmare I know.

Blake Rea (35:25):
I know.
No offense to children, yeah,no no, of course, of course, um,
but uh, you know?
Um, the worst like the cherryon top was my fucking little
like entertainment center wasbroken, oh god, and this?
Was a long-haul flight likethis was the overseas from from

(35:46):
geneva to dc, because I wentfrom geneva to dc and then dc to
vegas.
Oh that is just oh, nightmareexactly so so nevertheless, I
said something I like, like,when I was like trying to like
mess with it, I said somethingto the, the, the flight
attendant, and he was like, ohyeah, I'll reset it.

(36:10):
And then, you know, like, whenthey were coming through, like
you know, to do like their firstlittle snacks or whatever, I
was like dude, did you say?
He's like, oh shit, like itdoesn't work.
And then he literally had likea little like handheld and he
was like like do you want me togive you miles or do you want?
and I was like oh I was likeI'll take the voucher yeah, you

(36:31):
got paid for your suffering.

That's good.
Yeah, it was, it was uh it wasa three.

Blake Rea (36:36):
I.
I didn't even ask how much oranything, I was just thinking oh
, like they're gonna send meprobably like a little 20
voucher or some bullshit, youknow whatever.

Three hundred dollars, three hundred dollar
voucher I'm gonna start breakingmy tv on airplanes because uh
300 bucks, I know, and I wasthinking, I was like okay, like
okay, what can I?

Blake Rea (36:54):
and so my, my first, my first ticket, like the ticket
I bought to geneva.
I bought that with a vouchertoo, so I I'm just like rolling
in vouchers at this pointawesome.
And um, I can't remember how Igot my first about, oh, oh god,
yeah, that was a nightmare whenI yeah, so I I hate united.
United is like like the worstfor me and and that was who I

(37:16):
flew on to geneva with.
But I flew istanbul in octoberand um, they didn't schedule me
a long enough like layover, so Ihad like a 40 minute layover oh
no, you have to have like yeahI've traveled so much.
It's like you you need here herewas, um, like the kicker, so,

(37:36):
uh, so I was in, I flew fromhere to san francisco and san
francisco to istanbul, um, andwhen we were coming to san
francisco, like the flight wasalready late leaving, and then,
uh, so anyways, as we're comingto land, like we're like you
know, 20 minutes late, I'm likefuck, I've got 20 minutes to get
to my next like thing beforelike boards, um, and then it's

(37:58):
like you know, like 10 minutesafter it boards, like you know
it's closed or whatever, it'slike okay, I got like really
like 30 minutes and we'realready 20 minutes late, you
know, um, so then we're comingin and then believe this or
fucking not, um, uh, apparentlylike another, like they, they
miscommunicated and anotherplane was coming at the same

(38:21):
time.
And so like they, they like,they, they diverted the, the,
the landing, some some lady likein front of me was like
screaming holy shit, Likethere's another plane right
there, you know what I mean.
And so they like, just like,like, just like.
Boop, you know like, did awhole little thing there.
I was like, and so anyways, uh,almost died.

But yeah, yeah, here we are, we're okay.

Blake Rea (38:42):
Yeah, yeah, no big deal I mean, if it couldn't get
any worse, I would have wished,uh wish, that it happened,
because once I got to sanfrancisco it was super late in
the evening.

So I missed my connection.

Blake Rea (38:54):
They were like look, there's no other flights to
Istanbul, like you're gonna haveto stay the night you know, in
San.
Francisco, and I was like, okay,whatever, like, just give me a
hotel.
They're like, okay, cool, like,go here, you know.
And so I went there and therewas nobody, like it was just a
you know a ghost town.
And so then I kept going to theunited lounge and they were
like, oh, you have to go here.
And I was like I would go there.
And I mean, it was just like Ispent hours on the phone with

(39:16):
people saying like, hey, I needto get rebooked, like I, you
know, like I need, I need ahotel, like, like, and anyways,
it took me like almost sevenhours, you know, in between
these little like, and theneventually I found somebody
who's like like why didn't, likethey take care of this for you
on the phone, like this is thenumber to call, like here's your
, your reservations line.

(39:36):
Eventually I got got a newflight and and yeah, so, yeah,
so that was where I was.
It can be very stressful.
Very stressful.
I travel so much.

I know I am happiest when I'm away and I
have to say the amount oftraveling done all over the
world, knock on wood.
Whatever.
I've been very fortunate yes,Few mishaps, but I've heard
horror stories and I've been onlike 24 hour flights with no
issues and then I've been on aone hour flight with a million

(40:10):
issues.
So it's just, it's just agamble, but I just have gotten
so used to it and I just knowthat I want to get somewhere fun
and so I just keep focused onthat.
But yeah, there's definitelylike horror stories with
traveling.

Blake Rea (40:24):
I have the worst luck .
I've been dark, dark, but I'vebeen in a plane where the um the
front wheel wouldn't properlycome down.

Okay, yeah, during landing, yeah, so that
was rough.

Blake Rea (40:39):
I was in a train accident, my god, I was actually
.
I was actually in two trainaccidents, sorry, oh my god.

so you just have like, you just need to like
stay in your house, is whatyou're saying?
I?

Blake Rea (40:51):
feel like go out.
Oh my God, no the the, thefirst, the first train accident
was like, like horrific, likenightmares.
Like somebody jumped in front ofthe train that I was on Crazy.
And then my second one.
I was I was living in Tbilisi,georgia, and me and my wife were

(41:14):
taking um a train to go to toYerevan, armenia, for you know,
for like a weekend, and uh, andsomebody like parked a car in
front of the train and you know,just smacked into it and then
we sat there for I mean,obviously like you, you know,
you just felt like you know.

So it wasn't crazy.

Blake Rea (41:34):
But um, but then you know they were trying to like,
had to like, investigate, andthey had to take the train off
and they, you know, inspect thetrain and do all this bullshit.
And the train was powered bythe, the air conditioner was
powered by the movement of thetrain and this is middle of
summer, like in georgia cookingin there fucking baking in there

(41:56):
, um, and so you just see peoplewalking around like shirtless
and, like you know, like intheir underwear, because it was
so fucking hot.

It was so hot and it was just brutal yeah,
well, maybe I'll start travelingwhen I do, because I seem to
have the uh.
I don't have a black cloud overme.
I do in many other areas of mylife, but travel is my uh worked
out for me, so good.

Blake Rea (42:24):
Yeah, I mean, if anything, that's the that's the
time that you want things to be,yes, yes, like working properly
for you.
Um, curious about your socialmedia presence a little bit more
.
Um, how have so, obviously,like, you started to gain a

(42:45):
significant following, what Iwould say, um, and and how has
your audience and your influencekind of kept leveling you into,
you know, creating, continuingthis?
Or, or at what moment did yousay, like, okay, like this
really is sticking.
You know, did you have one ofthose moments where you're like,

(43:06):
okay, like I see the people whoappreciate the content that I
produce, like I see the commentsthat are coming in, like people
are reaching out to me tellingthank you for helping me with
this, or that?
I mean, I get comments like I'msure you probably do too.
Um, at what moment did it kindof like, did you get that, that
satisfaction out of producingthe content that you produce?

(43:26):
And, and you know, buildingyour audience?
Like, how do you, how do youkeep them engaged?
You know?

So I would say you know, for me again, I kind
of stumbled into this with noplan, like I I just said I'm
going to go to a watch event inNew York and I, you know, I knew
it was the right thing for meto keep doing it.
When I like I met Moser thereand I know I talk about Moser,
everybody makes fun of me but Ilove but I put a watch on and it

(43:58):
was like the Moser Endeavortourbillon, vantablack, rose
gold, like the most gorgeouswatch I've ever seen in my life,
and I just had like chills upmy whole arm and I to have like
a physiologic reaction toputting a watch on.
That's when I realized thewatch part of it was.
I really love watches and sothat was the moment I said, oh

(44:20):
okay, this is.
I started.
I met Miss GMT.
I met other girls at thoseevents in New York and just
seeing like how supportiveeveryone was, it was like
shocking to me, because girlscan be pretty cutthroat.

(44:42):
We're not always the nicest toeach other.
It's very competitive, a lot ofjealousy, a lot of this, a lot
of that.
And so once I saw what thecommunity was like, I was like
maybe we can like stick aroundhere.
And then, as time went on, Ijust said you know what?
I'm going to start putting outquick little videos here and
there.
I truly didn't think anythingwas going to come of it.

(45:02):
I was like nobody's gonna.
You know, there's so manypeople online.
And then I would say the pointwhere it turned for me was, you
know, I mean, I was going toevery show.
I literally was.
I went to Miami Beach AntiqueShow, met a lot of people there.
I started doing some livestreaming on YouTube with other
people's platforms and I noticedthat people were, you know.

(45:25):
You know I was getting feedbackwhen I was on YouTube and they
were like it's refreshing to seea woman that actually likes,
watches and isn't I hate to usethe word boring, but I've been
told I'm not boring and not dryand stuffy and you know, and I
actually get excited.
And so once I started gettingthat feedback online, I was like

(45:49):
, okay, let me keep going.
And then I would say the mostrecent events I've been to have
been the ones that really kickedit off for me and it gave me
the courage to start YouTube,because I've been doing the
Instagram, you know, really justtrying to build myself up a bit

(46:10):
and then, but I the type ofperson I am, I can just talk and
go on and I have so many ideasfor YouTube, but I felt like I
couldn't go right into it untilpeople actually like cared about
what I had to say.
So, but I would say, aftermeeting a lot of watch, you know
celebrities, and even some ofthem saying like hey, I've seen

(46:32):
your stuff, I'm like you'rejoking, right Like you know, and
so um it.
And even meeting Sophie was abig thing too and um, she's just
like so full of life, so, sofun.
And you know, just the thosemoments like there there were a
lot of little moments and but Iwould say definitely this past
trip watches and wonders, parisand London was like what really

(46:57):
was like okay, uh, I'm going todo this and people are noticing
me and I'm getting good feedback.
And then I went to Boucherwatch week and you know, like
you look at your followeraccount and it just like went
like this you know you'rehanging out with like Andrew
Morgan, like he's your brother,and I'm like what's up?

(47:17):
And he's like, hey, what'sgoing on?
And I'm like hey, so a lot oflittle moments.
It's a lot about buildingconfidence, because it's very
hard to put yourself on theInternet.
So for me it's been a process,and I would say this I've only
been doing this since October.
Like I mean, I've only been inthis a couple months, so I
really don't have much to saylike about oh, it's you know,

(47:40):
but it's just been these watchevents where I put myself out
there, I walk up to people evenif I'm nervous, like I walked up
to the owner of Studio Underdog.
I was like, hey, what's up?
And so and he's like oh, I'veseen you on instagram and I was
like you know so uh, it was.
Uh, it's fun, it's just, youknow.
So those were the moments forme that uh I was like I'm gonna

(48:03):
keep going with.

Blake Rea (48:04):
It's like, yeah, you're getting recognized for,
like your, your work, you knowin a weird way um and it's it's
fun stuff.
So yeah I, I, I didn't evenknow.
You've been in this sinceoctober.

That's crazy that's it all right.
Last october I went in october20th, I started this last year
and now it's uh, what is?
I don't even know what month itis april 30th yeah, so that's
it that's crazy that's insane.

Blake Rea (48:32):
That's insane, no, I mean, um, what particularly
stuck out from my perspective isyou know, I try to do what you
do.
You know, and when I when Imean when I say that is like I
try to like cut through thebullshit, you know, like there's
just a lot of bullshit.
You know a lot of people, youknow that are fluffing brands

(48:54):
and you know, and, like I said,they're incentivized to talk
about watches.
You know, financially nothingwrong with that, whatever, but
would you really say thosethings if you weren't
incentivized to talk about them?

That's how I see those people too.
And and again, there's nothingwrong with it.
Um sure, me personally, I havenobody that I'm partnered with
nobody.
I have nothing.
It's literally just me going onairplanes, going to shows, like
, so I don't have a single brand.
That's like, hey, wear my watchor do this.
So I'm finding it very funright now because I have no

(49:38):
ulterior motives, like I'm justtrying to get women to not wear
freaking apple watches becausethey're hideous.
Like yes, you could wear themif you're like running or like
you have a medical problem, butlike don't wear it to a wedding,
you look stupid.
So you know, that's kind ofjust like what I'm doing is I
don't hate Apple.
You know I'm not trying to takedown a company or anything you
know I'm just doing it for funand I know maybe at some point

(50:02):
there will be opportunities, butfor now, like that's just where
I'm at.
Like I'm at the very beginningstages of this and I don't think
there's anything wrong with,you know, being partnered.

Blake Rea (50:12):
but you can definitely tell the difference
in the content with people when,uh, you know there's money
involved, which isunderstandable yeah, yeah, I
mean um, those opportunities,those opportunities will
obviously come um, and and yeah,it becomes a little bit more
challenging politically once youget there.
I've noticed, um, because nowI'm like, oh, I'm going to event

(50:38):
, like, and 13 of the brandsthat I'm working with are going
to be there, like, which watchdo I wear?
Like I had I had a very like,like candid conversation with my
buddy who also was a watchyoutuber and he is now no longer
a watch youtuber, which is sad,um, but um, but nevertheless,
you know he's like, just do asafe pick.

(51:00):
Like you know, like you know alot of the brands that you're
working with are, you know,upper in, you know higher end
brands.
Like, just wear something that'slike a couple thousand bucks.
You know it's not 10, 15, 20000.
You know that steps on the toesof the brands that you're
working with.
So you know, and he was likejust stay in that, in that
sandbox.
You know where it's likethere's.
You know design language here,like everybody respects it, um,

(51:26):
and and you're not competing forthe same little piece of the
pie.
So in in that case, I chose Imean, I chose Doxa, which was a
safe play, I felt for me and Ihad.
I had one, I had one watch thatI wore the whole trip.
Well, I did.
I did wear a horse Cause I wasworking on like a an horse
project, but but yeah, I wasjust like.

(51:47):
This is a a safe play, like itfeels familiar like so the whole
time.
I just wore one watch duringwashington wonder, which was
nice, crazy, you know, besidesthe ors thing, but, um,
nevertheless, yeah, it becomesthat that political like how do
you navigate this?
yeah and um, and I don't have ananswer for that.

(52:07):
So and and if you do, justplease let me know too so I'm
curious.

So you're here now, and what?

Blake Rea (52:21):
advice would you give to women looking to not only
let's just say I mean whateverit is they're trying to do in
watches you know, um looking tostart their own collection?
Or maybe, you know, maybe takeinspiration from people like you
or Sophie or Miss GMT orwhoever like.
What advice would you give tosomebody you know looking to get
into the watch industry as afemale?

I would say do your research, which can be
difficult.
It's easy to say that, but weall know there's a lot of
misinformation about watchesonline and things.
So I think if you could findsomeone you trust, I think
that's a big part of it.
And then, because I think it'sreally hard, especially for

(53:04):
women like where do I go?
Like, where do I buy a watch?
Where do I start?
And you know, am I?
It's like I feel like it's likewalking into a car dealership
sometimes, like you feel thatlittle bit of intimidation that
it's mostly men and am I goingto get screwed here?
Like are they going to sell mesomething that I don't need, or
this and that?
So I think if you could findany bit of information that's

(53:28):
reliable to get you in the doorand that's something I really
like to do with women I just doit for fun, like I'll be, like
I'll take you watch shopping youknow what I mean, cause it's
like you just have to get overthat hurdle of getting your foot
in the door.
And then, if you can get abasic knowledge, like I'm
talking basic what is courts,what is mechanical, you know,

(53:50):
and that's about it like just afew terms under your belt so
that when you're in a watchstore, um, you know what you're
looking at.
And I would say I wouldn'tsuggest like diving right into
like pre-owned, because I feellike you need to do a lot of
research on that, like I had tobecause I was like right how do
I know I'm getting like a realgold omega?

(54:11):
like how do I know I have noidea?
A real gold Omega, like how doI know I have no idea.
So I would recommend, likecause, I bought some of my first
watches on like Joma shop dotcom and they were brand new.
You know, I had heard thatthose were websites I could use
or just buy directly from thebrands to start.
And then you know, once youeducate yourself, more you can,

(54:31):
you can do.
You know you can buy like anold rolex.
I would never have bought thiswhen I was first starting out,
um, because I wouldn't haveknown what I was looking for.

Blake Rea (54:42):
No, that makes a lot of sense and I mean that's great
advice.
You know, definitely do yourhomework.
Um I I like to say a lot thatjust you know learn the more you
learn about yourself, the moreyou're going to learn about what
watches mean to you.

Yes, you know like what you like.

Blake Rea (54:59):
Um, a lot of people I've noticed and I guess because
I was on the other side of thecounter, you know they, they,
they buy a watch because it'spresented to them in such a way
um, but you know, kind of likebuying a car, like you know, you
just don't go buy a car everyday, you know, like you go buy a
latte or whatever.
Um, so it's a longer salesprocess and you know your time,

(55:22):
from the moment you're exposedto a watch to the moment you buy
it.
Like you should have like awindow that like, okay, like I
first learned about this watchapril 30th 2025, like the wrist
shake told me about this.
Then, okay, 90 days, six months, you know, whatever, 180 days

(55:43):
I'm still.
If I'm still thinking aboutthat watch, maybe I should bring
it into my collection yeah, Iagree.

Yeah, it's um, it's that's what I used to do
with tattoos.
You know, I would be like Iwould draw it up and I'd be like
in, uh, six months from now, ifI'm not sick of looking at it,
I'll get it.
That's what I used to do withtattoos in my my youth, um, but
I, yeah, I, I agree, and I thinktoo, for women, like I've
gotten this feedback from a lotof them, cause I asked them like

(56:12):
why you know, why don't youhave a watch or why do you want
to watch, and a lot of them say,like you know, if they're
married or they have husbands,boyfriends, partners, they're
like a lot of times, like myhusband is really into watches
and he really wants me to beinto watches, so he bought me a
watch but I don't like it andit's kind of like forced on them
.
And so I think women can, likeyou said, figure out what they

(56:34):
actually like, cause you know Iunderstand that most women
probably don't care abouttourbillons and movements and
quick set dates and things likethat.
So I don't talk about a lot ofthat stuff.
I bring it up once in a while.
But if I think they need tofigure out, like if you want
like a pretty dainty diamondywatch, like that has a battery,

(56:54):
then that's what you get and andyou know you don't have to.
I try not to influence people tobuy certain watches.
I influence them to figure outwhat you like, regardless of you
know what is high horology orhas a good movement or is a
reputable brand, like I justrecently bought a watch while I
was on Portobello Road.

(57:14):
I bought a vintage Zenith.
But I also bought a brand I'venever heard of, I cannot even
find it on the internet, butit's a dress watch and I loved
it and I just bought it becauseI love the way it looked.
It is quartz but again, itdoesn't have to be this big deal
of like you, you know, have tounderstand the inner working.
So I say, just go with what youlike and take like you said.

(57:38):
Take the time, but it's hard tonot be influenced by other
people if there's pressure beingput on you.
So I try really hard like tosay like, I like this watch, but
this may not work for everygirl.

Blake Rea (57:50):
Yeah, disclaimer you have to throw a disclaimer out
there yes, always, becausethere's no.

And I will always say to every brand like
if I look at their watches, likeI may not like the watch
personally, but it doesn't meanit's a bad watch, it's just not
something I would put on mywrist.
So I will never say a watch isbad, it's just that it's not for
me I'm amazing.

Blake Rea (58:11):
I I knew that I mean you could just tell by the type
of content that people areproducing, and that that's the
same way I feel.
Like you know, I've gottenwatches in from brands that like
I just didn't feel comfortablereviewing.
Like you know, like this isn'tfor me, like I get what you're
trying to do, but maybe I'm justnot the right creator for you,

(58:31):
you know.
Um, yeah yeah, I mean, and youknow, however, those
conversations ended up.
You know, um, it's hard to saythose things, you know, but you
know, knowing where you draw theline is like, okay, like, I
appreciate what you're doing.
You know I appreciate theaccessibility you're trying to,
you know, to bring to the market.
You know I appreciate thatyou're trying to give somebody

(58:53):
an alternative to a higher endwatch, um, you know, for a
couple hundred bucks and coolLike.
But you know, I typically tendto play in the higher end
sandbox, you know.
So, um, and there's tons ofgreat YouTubers out there that
just love to talk aboutaffordable watches.
And and I mean I'm.
I'm sadly not one of them,that's okay.

That's all right.

Blake Rea (59:15):
I have a taste for the finer things in life, but
that's fine.

Yeah, you have to do what you like, and that's
when people will see that you'regenuine and they're going to
want to watch you.
Because if you're faking it andyou're like, oh I love this,
$200 watch, it's the best thingin the world, it's like no like.
If you don't like, you don'tlike it, and people are gonna
see that.
So I think it's fine to go withwhat you like what I'm curious
to get now.

Blake Rea (59:39):
So, since this is still probably fresh on your
mind and you just got into theindustry, I mean you are.
I mean that's amazing.
I had no idea that you startedin oct Like I had I was.

The end of October, to point out, it's
almost November.
Yeah, that's crazy, bonkers.

Blake Rea (59:58):
Trajectory is insane.
But from the early days ofgetting passionate about watches
to you know having some, youknow perspective on the inside
of the industry, the way thatthings work.
You know getting behind thatcurtain now, um, you know what's
.
What's surprised you now thatyou're seeing the watch industry

(01:00:20):
from a different perspective,or what have you?
What have you been disappointedby as well?

The Wrist Chick (01:00:24):
additionally, so I would say the biggest thing
that was surprising to me was,if you are, you know, I see some
of these watch dealers that arejust hustlers.
It's they don't want to talk.
It's just how do I flip thiswatch, how do I sell this watch?
And you know, it's just verylike cold and like to the point

(01:00:48):
money and there's no likepleasantries and so seeing that
side of it and the reality oflike okay, yeah, this is like
how people put food on theirtable and like they can't always
be this bubbly person that cantalk for hours, so you see that
like really fast-paced type ofwatch selling like new york city

(01:01:09):
, there's a few dealers, dealers.
You know that was kind ofshocking to me, Cause I'm like,
oh, watches are so wonderful,let's talk about them.
It's like, no, these people arelike you know, 25,000, let's go
right now flip a coin.
Here we go, Um.
So that part to me was a littlesurprising and, um, you know,
to get into the watch industry,it's like it's something I've

(01:01:30):
thought about.
You know, now that it's becomeit's a hobby for me, but, like
you know, it's kind of likewhere do you see yourself?
And it's like I don't know ifI'm like that hustler that's
just going to be like give me 25for this Rolex and or else get
the hell out of my.
You know my shop, so it's alittle cutthroat at times, so

(01:01:51):
that was definitely surprisingto me.

Blake Rea (01:01:54):
Yeah, and I have friends that are, that are that
are like that, and people that I, that I mingle with, that are
in my social circle, that thatare just the hustler mode and I
respect it and I mean I get it.
You know, I hope I don't getthere.
You know like I hope.
I hope that I don't take that,take on on watches.

(01:02:14):
Um, I'm still trying to to topace myself.
I'm still trying to to be arefreshing creator and not just
to pump shit out because I haveto.
Um, I have to have that balanceand I'm still, you know, trying
to figure that out, but no, Imean, it's definitely one of the

(01:02:36):
more disappointing things thatI think I've seen too.
You know, you see people thatare so passionate about it and
you know, there I wouldn't saythat all of them are are are
predators about people'spassions, but people are
definitely capitalizing on otherpeople's enthusiasm and and to

(01:02:56):
me that that I don't like, youknow and I, I have because I I
sold watches, so I feel like Ineeded a, a way to, to redeem
myself, to cleanse myself, ifthat's the right word um because
I, I mean I, I, I got to apoint where you know, like I was

(01:03:17):
selling, I was, I was sellingwatches.
You know, I, I did, oh, I don'teven know how much I did and I
mean I did a hundred, I did likea hundred, like couple hundred
thousand dollars in a month.
You know, that's awesome yeahand um, and I had one guy that
like, like, came in to replace aand I ended up selling them a

(01:03:38):
watch yeah, I was like, I waslike okay that's.
That's one of those likerealization moments where, like,
you know, like, you have theability to to like, extract
resources from somebody else andand bring them to you and um.
And so now with like you knowwhere I'm at now.

(01:04:00):
Like I don't take any moneyfrom my audience, you know, like
, I don't ever want to like,like, charge a premium to my
audience, like, so, like you'renever going to see me do a
collaboration, at least rightnow, like a collaboration, watch
where it's like charging Xdollars or whatever.
So a lot of the revenue thatcomes to me comes from, you know

(01:04:23):
, advertisers, so it costs myaudience nothing, um, you know
um.
Or brands, you know Um.
And so, again, you know I, Idon't want to to take resources
away from my audience and bringthem to myself.
You know I want to, you know,do it in, in in a moral way

(01:04:44):
where you know I, I'm, you knowmy incentives are in the right,
the right place, but I'm alsonot curtailing my, my, my
opinions, my thoughts and andbeing another shill, you know.
So I'm still trying to figureout that, but as it's not going,
it's not going too well no,it's not going too well.

I mean, it seems like a nice way to be, but
I I get it.

Blake Rea (01:05:08):
It's um well, I know it's go, is going, is going well
, like from um, like like it'sgoing well to my audience, um,
but you know it's hard becauseall this costs money, you know
putting on a podcast and yeah,shooting video.
I mean we've got multiplecamera.
Like we just bought new camerasfor our youtube channel.

About new lenses, like we spent almost 20
grand, you know, on new cameraequipment, you know that's
insane and I I mean I don't havethat part of it, but I mean
just traveling tens of thousandsof dollars.
I mean, you know, and this isjust my money, like I'm not
again, nobody pays me to traveland try on watches and you know,
and also, like you know, yougotta look the part, and it's so

(01:05:51):
for me.
I don't dress like super, supernice on a daily basis.
So like I invested in like youknow I I wanted it anyways my
first designer bag and this andthat.
So, girls too, there's otherparts of it, of like how you
walk into a room and how youpresent yourself.
So I've spent tons of money onclothes and things like that.
People don't realize thoselittle things you do to like

(01:06:14):
really.
But it's also for my ownconfidence too.
It's not just to impress otherpeople, it's like I want to feel
comfortable walking into a room.
So it is.
There's a lot of money that goesinto this hobby and so
eventually, yes, like you mayneed to monetize off of it if
this is what you want to do.
I mean, I have a career to fallback on.

(01:06:34):
But I'm definitely loving thewatch world and I'm, you know,
excited to see if any doors openfor me.
I don't know what those doorswould be or what I would like to
do, but you know, hopefully, ifI stick around long enough and
people stay interested, thenmaybe I can can find something.

Blake Rea (01:06:55):
Yeah, I feel I feel the same way because, you know,
I think about, likesustainability a lot, like you
know, and I take time away frommy family, you know, and I take
money out of my own pocket, youknow.
Same thing.
Like you know, nobody paid formy ticket to Watches and Wonders
Nope, nobody paid for my hotel.

(01:07:15):
Like nobody paid for all thecamera equipment.

Like this is we make?

Blake Rea (01:07:19):
we make, you know, we don't make like we, we haven't
even like broken even on on ourcontent and yeah, I'm okay with
that, like I'm okay with that,like there's, you know, um, but
at some point, you know, I thinkabout sustainability and how
can um, yeah, you know, how canI, can I keep my my of ethics,

(01:07:41):
if that's what you want to callit while while still producing
content and staying true tomyself and and in being, you
know, you know, being the voicethat I hope that I am, you know,
or that people listen to, andpeople you know feel connected
to Um, and I hate to even saythis, but I didn't even look at
the data, like I didn't evenlook at the data, like I don't

(01:08:02):
even look at the data, like Idon't even look at the data.

Like I don't even look at the analytics.

Blake Rea (01:08:04):
Like no, I was some people obsess over that, but
yeah, not everybody does I wastalking to miss gmt and I mean
she's, I mean she's into theanalytics and and uh, and I just
, I just do stuff that I I thinkpeople would want to see, or I
that I would want to see youknow, right um, or maybe like I
fill.
Okay, like, like, why isn'tthis exists?

(01:08:25):
Like I think maybe people wouldfind this interesting.
I have the, I have the means topresent it or whatever.
So, yeah, yeah, I get that.

That's a good approach though too.
Yeah, cause it's.
You know I.
I tend to just look at basicstuff Like cause.
When you're starting out like Ihave no idea what I'm doing, so
I would look at which video Ijust did.
Basic I'm like which videos aregetting the most views, and so
I try to see like, oh, is itcause?
Like it's you know I, it's mein the video, it's just my wrist

(01:08:56):
, it's someone else in the video.
So I don't I don't go too farinto it.
But, like now that I'm inbreaking into YouTube, like I'm
going to start to, you know I'mgoing to just pump out content,
do what I like and see how itgoes, and then, you know, you
can start to look a little more.
But that's again.
Once you're starting to reallywant to grow and possibly make

(01:09:17):
money is when you really areanalyzing all that data.
So I do look at some stuff, butnot not too much.

Blake Rea (01:09:24):
Yeah, that, that.
That becomes challenging,because then you start to make
decisions not for the passionbut for you know the chase.

Right, exactly Like I mean, I put out all
different stuff, like justtravel stuff, you know, and
again it's like.
I'm trying to reach a femaleaudience because 99% of the
watch I mean, I'm making up thatnumber, but I'm just saying
most of the watch world is menand it's obvious any watch event
you walk into.
So how do I reach women is thequestion.
And so I'm finding creativeways to do that and I'm learning

(01:09:56):
as I go.
I'm like, oh, like they're notjust going to watch a YouTube
video about watches like, or myInstagram.
So like I'll incorporatefashion, I'll incorporate dating
advice, because you'd be on adate with a guy and be like is
that a Rolex, mariner?
And he's like, oh, my God, Ilove you, and then you're
married.
So so, finding ways to connectwith women, whether it's jewelry

(01:10:16):
, fashion, dating, differentthings, and so but also show
them.
You know, maybe they come lookand they're like oh, she's
wearing a watch, like I've neverworn a watch, you know, and
maybe I'll watch her.
Or I love to travel, she lovesto travel.
So, and again, it's not for anymischievous reason or like I
need these girls to watch me.
It's like I really do careabout just seeing if I can get

(01:10:39):
women to possibly try a watch onI don't care what watch it is,
but just to and the watch worldis so amazing and the events are
so awesome and to travel andyou know, even if it's just an
excuse to travel, is isincredible to go to these events
.
And I'm also like girls ifyou're single and you're
complaining at home, go to awatch event.
It's about like 700 men in aroom.

(01:11:01):
I'm like this is where you needto be.
You don't go to your local bar.
Go to like intersect watch show, like come on.
Like you know, this is a hiddengem here that I have found, so
get on it I don't want to hearyou complaining.
You're lonely, that's so funny.
That's true, it's like you walkin there, it's like a sausage

(01:11:22):
fest and you're like well, thisis where all the men are.
I've been like hiding in myapartment all this time, lonely
and sad, and eating ben andjerry's.
So like go to a watch show.
You don't have to care aboutthe watch and look confused, and
that's even better.
They'll come up to you and belike oh, I could tell you about
this.
And yeah, and you have ahusband, so you're welcome no so

(01:11:45):
um so I have a watch club herein vegas and um.

Blake Rea (01:11:49):
We have about 100 members oh nice I started a
group here and we do eventsevery single month and we do
like branded events, like abrand will come in and like
sponsor us and fly in orwhatever and do stuff like that.
Um, my friend and she's likesome podcasts back but you can
go listen to her.
Her name's abington and um, andshe has an all-female tool

(01:12:12):
watch company and she's basedhere in vegas really and very
cool yeah, she's freakingawesome.
Um, nevertheless, like, likeI've asked myself that too,
because she's in the watch club,you know, and she she doesn't
like, she came to like an eventlast friday um and she was like
like hey, like I want to seelike more ladies at the watch

(01:12:35):
club thing.
I was like, yeah, me too.
Like what can?

I, what can I?

Blake Rea (01:12:37):
do you know like, and then she's, she's like.
You know, let me think about itand I'll give that.
You know she had, she had acouple ideas, but um yeah you
know, I I want this space to befor everybody you know, like, um
, like I, I, in a weird way,like I, I believe that every
everybody we're all on the sameplanet, like we all at some

(01:12:58):
place came from the same, thesame place.
You know whatever that is.
I don't know what that, whatthat means, but yeah, um, you
know we're all in this worldtogether and you know, this
passion is our, is I mean, we'realready a small hobby.
I would say, yeah, um, and andso like, whatever I can do to
help, kind of like create aspace for whatever you are, if

(01:13:20):
you're an alien from saturn orif you're, you know, just a
watch bro, like hopefully youknow you'll be able to, to come
to our events and so with that,how do you see the role of women
evolving in the watch industryand in the collecting circles?
That's a hard question.

It's a tough question, but I'm a, I'm someone
, like the first thing thatcomes to my brain, I just say it
um, I, I want to see.
This is the first thing.
I just.
This is not scripted.
Obviously we didn't plan any ofthis yeah, the first thing I
thought of and this is somethingI'm interested in doing um, so
I may be giving out spoilers offuture plans, but, like I don't
care.
I have this vision of, like,you know, not to exclude men,

(01:14:10):
but to have, like, female watchgroups that like, or just groups
of girls that like, go toevents together.
Like, if I can find a way tosay, hey, I have a sign up and
you, you know, I'm going to take15 girls to wind up in New York
, we're going to meet in NewYork, we're going to go out for
dinner, you know, and we'regoing to go to the watch show

(01:14:32):
together.
And I feel like that's how youcould get people who aren't into
watches possibly into the spaceand they can then walk around
with a girl who they may be morecomfortable with, I don't know,
um, cause, again, it's a roomfull of men and it's it's, it
could be intimidating.
So I have that idea of like,maybe female groups, but then,

(01:14:53):
like, bringing them into, like ared bar or like you know, your
watch group in Vegas, and likeshowing them Cause, like when I
was just at Boucher watch week.
I was just there, like you know,I got invited out to dinner and
it's a it's a table full ofguys and I'm the only girl, so
you know, not many girls woulddo that or go out and feel
comfortable doing that.
So I think if you have groupsof girls that kind of stick

(01:15:18):
together cause I feel like girlsfeel comfortable with other
girls, I think that's kind ofstick together because I feel
like girls feel comfortable withother girls I think that's kind
of the way to go about it, toget them into the space with the
men and then they can realizelike, oh, this is a cool group
of people, like men, women.
It doesn't matter, and that'sthat's kind of how I see it
that's actually really workinglike no, that's, that's.

Blake Rea (01:15:38):
That's such an interesting concept and it'll
work.
And the reason why I feel likeit'll work is so when I came
back from switzerland the nextday I had nab.
So I landed from switzerland,got like five hours of sleep,
woke up and went to nab the nextday, which is a filmmakers
conference here in vegas.
Okay, and I'm working on aproject.

(01:16:00):
I was doing some camera tests,yeah, yeah.
So all the camera manufacturerswere there you know um never,
nevertheless.
Um, as I'm looking through likethe directory to see what other
camera brands are there, I seelike a, like a women in film
okay, there you go and and yeah,so they had like their own

(01:16:21):
little table.
Yeah, nab, which is the biggestfilmmaker show, and um, and yeah
, it's just like, it's like alike a supportive community that
just empowers women who are in,because film is also, you know,
a very male dominated, you know.
Production, you know, is also amale dominated, uh, career,
hobby, whatever, whatever, um,so yeah, I mean, having

(01:16:44):
something like that for watcheswould be bananas, would be
awesome, just kind of my latenight crazy idea I've just had
recently and uh, you know I'mobviously not a tech person my
airpods keep falling out, Iunderstand that you know, uh,
I'm not into cameras and stuff.

So that's stereotypes, um, but yeah, that
was.
I really want to get that goingand I think that it could just
show them and even if it's justsomething like, again, they
don't care that much about thewatches, but it gets them into a
fun space and make friends,like I've made friends, and so
even just for socializing.
And then, yes, there arewatches.

(01:17:23):
You can maybe buy a watch andyou know, but you don't have to
be obsessed with them, you don'thave to care about how they
work.
Again, it's like everybody inthe watch space is there on
different levels of like howmuch you're geeking out about it
.
So I definitely think that's aproject I'm working on and
hoping, you know, because I havebrought individual girls to

(01:17:46):
shows and they bought theirfirst watch and they've loved it
and they're like, why did I notknow this existed?
And so I've done that with afew.
Yeah, I'm like it's like anunderground world, no-transcript

(01:18:22):
two other girls in the roomwhen they're probably like you
know, you kind of have thisinstant bond and we also like
got along so well, they'reamazing and um, so, but you kind
of stick together.
So I think if I could bringmore women into those rooms then
you were a good thing you're atthe intersect in, uh, in
charlotte, right, is that?

Blake Rea (01:18:40):
yeah, yeah, yeah.
How was that?
That seemed fun, it was fun.

It was different.
You know, I didn't, I didn'tknow what to expect and um, you
know it was in a beautifullocation.
It like overlooked the city.
Um, it wasn't massive.
You know, there weren't like amillion watch brands there, like
a wind up, you know.
But I went like the nightbefore, which I I recommend
doing, cause if you just you hadto like pay to go the night
before, it wasn't very much.

(01:19:05):
And then you have like the daysthat are open for free.
I went the night before andthat's where you meet, like you
know.
You know Ben from Ben's watchesin New York.
I've met him.
I've seen him at every singlewatch.
I think we have a picture everysingle watch.
We always bump into each other.
I'm like, what's up?
He's like, you know, likelittle brother.
You know I forget how young heis, I won't say it, but I'm like

(01:19:27):
, oh my God, he's, he's doing sogood.

Blake Rea (01:19:30):
Um you know he's hustling.

So, um, that was a great watch show Cause.
Then you meet those people too,like the night before, and the
brands that were like isotope,things like that.
I've never seen those watchesin person and you know, formax,
all those brands like you justget that personal experience
Studio Underdog.
So I really liked it.
And you know, matt, I got tohang out with all the owners

(01:19:55):
afterwards.
They invited me out to like abrewery and, like you, have all
different brands that were there.
Baltic Fears watches were there.
So I had an amazing time, butyou want to know what it was.
You want to know how I got outto dinner.

Blake Rea (01:20:11):
I mean one of the guys had said something.

But one girl was working there and she was
selling like a watch boxes andshe kind of looked at me and
she's like are you doinganything later?
And I didn't even know her name.
And she's like do you want tocome out with us?
And I was like oh, I was likeyeah, I was like someone
mentioned it.
And she's like yeah, yeah,she's from another country.
We immediately bonded Causeagain, girls, they find each

(01:20:35):
other, so I had an amazing.
I got to sit with every ownerfrom that watch so and uh like,
but like on a laid back level,like at a brewery.
So it was.

Blake Rea (01:20:45):
It was awesome they're, they're an easy group,
like the whole intersect team,like peter west.
Call it like they're, they'resuch an easy awesome to yeah,
like get into um because they're.
They're there for the rightreasons and they're you know
their passion.
It it doesn't have anyboundaries it shows yep, for

(01:21:06):
sure yeah it's.
I mean it's a great group andthat that was one of the first
actual groups that I also kindof entered through.
Like you know, I had met umsome of them, I had wind up in
san franc, francisco and thenjust stayed in contact and I
mean they're all so amazing atwhat they do.
They are.

They're so passionate.

Blake Rea (01:21:28):
And the community.
That's what I really kind ofadmire Brands that are really
doing things for the community,like the watch community, yeah,
and so I mean same thing Isotopeis a great, great exampleose um
phenomenal person like superpassionate about what he does

(01:21:49):
and it just kind of like oozesoff of him, like if you're even
in the same room as him you know, like it's just contagious,
which is just amazing um I agree.
So this is probably the questionthat you ask yourself every day
.
But I'm just, I've got a couplemore here.
We're almost done, I promise.

Um no, no, I'm fine, I'm not.
I'm not.
What am I doing?

Blake Rea (01:22:10):
I'm like I noticed you haven't.
You haven't drank your wateryet, so I haven't.

My voice is still here.
It's good, I'm thriving.

Blake Rea (01:22:21):
How do you hope your presence in the watch industry
will inspire more women andyounger collectors to get
involved in the community?

Well, I, it's funny you asked that question
because I just had an experiencewith a girl that's definitely
much younger than me.
I could tell just, you know,how she looked, how she talked,
she was adorable and she, youknow, I had met her at Boucher
and she was working there andshe looked at me.
She goes you're just so cooland like so girl, to say that it

(01:22:55):
was like adorable and um, andand she's like, you make it look
cool, like you, you know.
So even if, like, I'm cool tothe younger kids, um, you know,
to be called cool is like a very, very cool thing.
Um, so I, uh, I hope that youknow I could just show that I'm
a real person.

(01:23:16):
Okay, I'm not, I'm not an actor, I don't.
This is.
I'm just a normal, everydayperson.
I have a regular job, I goabout my business.
But if you find something youreally like and you can have fun
with it and combine otherthings you love for me it's
travel, if you're.

(01:23:44):
You know, I hope to inspirethem to get into the watch world
in some way.
They don't need to be on thelevel again of like knowing the
inner working, all the movements, all the reference numbers,
like, don't be intimidated bythat.
And if you just love likereally pretty watches, or you
just love one brand like oh, Ilove Cartier's are so pretty,
like, go with it.
And uh, you know, don't beafraid to walk into those spaces

(01:24:06):
.
And and I'm just trying to showthem that it can be fun because,
again, you watch a lot ofYouTubers, a lot of people, and
it's very like okay, this is thecaliber three, zero, seven,
five.
And I know I've said that inone of my YouTube videos I was
like excited, I was like youknow, but, like I know most
people don't care, um, so justhave fun.

(01:24:28):
That's what I'm hoping to.
Just be the fun person.
That's like.
Just come on in, like have fun,see what you like.
If you don't like it, no bigdeal.
But put yourself out there,take the risk.
If you make a, you know, aninstagram channel, if you want
to start doing stuff, just do it.
And if it works, it works.
If it doesn't, it's all good.

Blake Rea (01:24:49):
Let's talk about the future.
You know, what kind of legacydo you kind of hope to build in
the watch space?
You know not only as acollector or creator, or you
know even beyond.
But what do you hope yourlegacy looks like?

you know, in the watch industry, I'm hoping
that it revolved around thatgirl that is just so excited
about watches.
And I have been told you knowyou get feedback from people
right and I've been told I'mapproachable and I'm very real

(01:25:29):
and I'm not fake and I'm notstuffy.
So I would like to maintainthat and you know I'm sarcastic,
I like to have fun.
I want people to remember me orsee me as who I actually am, as
a person in real life, which iswhat you're seeing right now on
camera.
So I want to maintain that.

(01:25:50):
And you know I don't know wheremy future is going to go with
if I can work in this industryin some capacity.
Am I a salesman at heart?
No, I'll be like oh, you don'tneed that, it's $75,000.

Blake Rea (01:26:05):
Yeah.

I'm not like, I'm not going to be good at that
.
So, like you know, we just haveto find my way and I think, if
I find the right spot in thewatch world where I could stick
to who I am, which is likequirky, a little crazy, likes to
have fun, likes to travelthat's really what it's about
for me is just remaining who Iam and, um, and if I can start

(01:26:32):
this revolution of getting thisyou know, women into the watch
world and get off Apple watches.
You know, for at least you know, two hours a day.
Like I'm good, like like I wasat a wedding recently and I had
to threaten the lives of thebridesmaids to get their Apple
watches off before we walkeddown the aisle at this wedding,

(01:26:53):
I was like, are you kidding me?
Like you look ridiculous.
So, you know, I hope that thereis a world someday where I
don't have to threaten people totake off their Apple watches.

Blake Rea (01:27:03):
So that's so funny.
That's so funny to look at itfrom that perspective.
Cause I.
I will.
I will wear it too.
I will wear it.

That's okay.
It's okay, what's?
Your other watch that you haveon.

Blake Rea (01:27:17):
I am wearing a Zenith Corona master sport oh, that's
really nice yeah, I love it,love it very nice.

I just got my first zenith, but it's very old
and does not have a quick setdate.

Blake Rea (01:27:29):
So those dates bane, bane of our existence gotta get
it, gotta get one I want tothank you.
This has been an incredibleconversation it's my pleasure.

Thank you for having me.
I so appreciate it.
This is my.
This is my first podcast, soreally yeah, I mean I've done
like live streams and that kindof stuff and gonzo streams
running around oh god like, yeah, not for me.

Blake Rea (01:28:00):
Um, but uh, this is, yeah, definitely my first time
doing this, so I reallyappreciate you I am come on I
feel like I'm gonna go down inthe history books because my
first, if I make it someday.
Well, so so funny.
You said that because, um, youknow, when I did my podcast with
miss gmt, she'd never done apodcast either oh, really okay I

(01:28:25):
was the first podcast with missgmt and, and now you, which is
crazy um like that because she'sshe's killing it right now.

So that is that is awesome.

Blake Rea (01:28:38):
No, I appreciate it I'm really proud of her.
Yeah, I'm really proud of her.
To see her I haven't known her.
I've known her for about a yearMaybe, but no, just to see how
she's kind of Navigating throughthe industry Is awesome.
It's amazing.

Definitely.

Blake Rea (01:29:01):
We are certainly going to link your instagram
below your youtube um let peopleknow where they can find you if
they don't already follow youfor whatever reason.
Um, thank you so much forspending almost an hour and a
half with us.

This is a feature film here yeah, that's
it, we can keep rolling.
I mean, like I got nothing, Iwas just gonna go to the pool,
so, like you know, whatever youwanna, whatever you wanna do
I'll.

Blake Rea (01:29:28):
We'll save it for next time.
For sure we'll save it for nexttime.
Um good, thank you so much foreverybody who made it till the
end of the podcast.
I have no idea why I have a penin my hand.
I haven't wrote anything.
Stay curious, stay collecting,and we will see you next time,
on the next episode of LonelyWrist.

Ciao for now.

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