December 12, 2024 • 20 mins
In this episode we answer questions from @katshoulders and @alexmjryan about the most surprising watches in our collections as well as what types of watches we find most and least photogenic.
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Welcome to this Watch LIVE. Hi, I'm Lydia Winters.
And I'm Boo Booey and Cat Shoulders asked us what's 1
watch in your collection you're surprised you ever bought?
First of all, high cat shoulders.
She is my OG podcast Inspiration10 and two podcasts.
With her and cat. First watch podcast you ever
listened? To and now or.
(00:29):
You were ever forced to listen. To exactly now I'm lucky enough
to call her my friend which feels so cool but OK.
I actually had a watch that immediately came to mind.
I love this question. OK, my show part skeleton.
Oh yeah. Because it was, I've told this
story before, but the short of it is I, we were in Dresden, you
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and I, Britt and James. We, Britt and I, walked by this
vintage watch shop and I just was like, I love that one.
You just like. Pointed pointed at it in a
window full of watches and I waslike, that's the only one I
can't stop thinking about. It's funny what that's how you
picked your IWC 3706. Yes, I also was like that one.
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You just like and and it was just a bunch of watches and you
just pointed and you said I likethat one.
Yes. And you did not waver after no.
So they show part. It was a continuation of that.
There's something in there. Yes, but this in my there's
something. In my brain I did pointed.
At my head, something in there, okay, well, anyway, so for me it
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was like not only that reaction of just like, okay, I I love
that one. At least with the other watch
with the IWC, it was still in the kind of style that I had
been in, like more sports, you know, tool watch.
But with this one, it was reallyunlike anything I had.
True. Unprecedented.
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It was unprecedented, you. And gold.
Yes and gold. You, Britt and James were
amazing because you did not pushme towards it.
We. Were like oh.
That's cool, but you all really liked it and then you were very
excited when I said I would buy it.
But to me, when I think of what watch really surprised me
because it was so outside of my sort of nature and my even like
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what if you would have said like, oh, do you want a skeleton
watch? I would be like maybe, but I
don't, you know, like it. No, you wasn't really something
I had. An interest in skeletonized
watches before you were had hadn't hadn't even really been
into gold watches. You had never been into Chopard
as a brand. So like everything about this
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one and what I would say is thatpreviously when shopping for
watches, whatever strap was on there, like really?
Dictated. How you thought about that watch
and this was just a kind of. Yeah, like a not a not nice,
it's. Just a strap they put on there.
An inexpensive strap. It didn't fit me at all, yeah.
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I don't even think that it fit the watch at all.
I mean, it fit like physically, but not in the style of the
watch. And they just put it on because,
you know, it's hard to show off a watch.
Yeah, with no strap on it. Also, I had to make the decision
quickly, yes, because we were only, you know, we were only
there for a few days when I saw it.
So I think all of those things that makes me surprised that I
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bought it. But I'm also so happy because I
think the hand engraving on the skeleton movement, it's just so
beautiful. It gave me a whole new, like
someone described it as basically they put this movement
in and then they keep taking it out to make it more and more
beautiful. There's something so cool about
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that because the fact that you can see everything, it means you
need to do that. And so thinking about this
amazing watch also, it's very tiny, has a beautiful movement
in it and it reminds me that brands can make small movements.
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It's my first show part, but notmy last.
I will say I've been so much more interested in show part as
a brand since getting this watch.
And also just the fact that they're still like family owned
and they're independent and that, you know, really means a
lot to us. And they're doing really cool
things at GPHG. They just won the sustainability
(04:24):
award, which is a new award, andas a yeah, I think that's just
really cool. I do too.
I, I, I, you know, I was wondering what watch you would
pick, but I now thinking about it, I'm like, yeah, that's the
watch. That surprised me as well.
That you. Were interested in.
So for me, I am not really I I don't know that I have ever
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surprised myself when it when itcomes to watch as I bought.
I don't think any person who haslistened to more then 2 episodes
of this podcast is surprised that you have not been surprised
by yourself. OK, OK, OK.
So I kind of had to think about this like maybe what what
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surprised me about other things in watches, you know, in my
behaviour. And that would be when I've been
surprised of watches I haven't bought.
You can go through this, but I just want you to know that I do
have a watch. OK, well, we'll see.
We'll see. So I was thinking about it and
one was the Explorer 1 because ever since I got into watches
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over a decade ago, I've always said that the Explorer 1 is like
just a perfect watch. I've never bought one.
OK, right. So it it's it's a surprise, but
then it's also not a surprise because I also say it's like a
great one watch collection and Ido not have a one watch
collection. So then it.
Makes it. Harder to fit into an existing
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collection. The second one.
Unless you're our good friend pocket trinkets and then she
basically is like this is now myown.
It's the only watch she wears but not owns.
So but that's different. That's different.
OK, so the second one that surprises me that I didn't buy
is the Corono Anniversary 2024 Rewa because Hajime Asayoka
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announced that he would never make these dials again.
It was too difficult. Like the actual yield from
production was something like, Idon't know, like 5% or something
actually came out decent. So it was like, we're going to
do this one more time and then never again.
I just want to put a warning because this is about to take a
turn towards blaming me. Go ahead.
(06:38):
I did start with the word you. You OK?
You convinced me not to buy it. It is true.
I. Think, I said.
I made the final decision. Sure.
No, that is not it actually thatyou, you, you had a campaign
against this. One time I tried to be a good
influence and then this is what happened.
Forever regret. Ever regret.
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I will always regret. It's a gorgeous watch, so I I'm
surprised I let you talk me out of that watch.
There is. The last one is the white
ceramic Daytona, white dial ceramic Daytona.
I turned that down, didn't buy it.
And this was when it was, I guess hotter than it is right
now in terms of like its profileand its price and it's just
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overall attention on that watch.A couple years ago was, was, was
much higher than it is today. And it, it did surprise myself
that I was just like, Nah, it's not really my style, you know.
So that's the the the one thing I thought did surprise me, but
it would it surprised past me. Oh boy.
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OK, so. If I today told.
Yourself was. Past me.
But I mean, that's that's the for me, that's like my entire
watch collection, like, hey, dummy, what are you doing?
That's true. But like, I never would have
thought, even when I was alreadyinto watches, even like six or
seven years ago when I had a watch collection already, I
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already had bought my first Rolex.
I had my Speedy, I would have never thought I'd spend $10,000
on a watch because I I would think about that.
It's like that is just a level Idon't want to wear on my wrist.
I don't want that. And then I bought my Pepsi and
it just not, not it cost $10,000, but then was even worth
even more. And it's just like kind of
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changed. That was a moment that changed
things for me. But if I talked to my previous
self, yes, I'd be very surprised.
Like, wait, what? You did what?
Yeah, that's true. Yeah.
But like I said, I think that's most of my watch collection.
Yeah, I guess anything more thanone watch?
No. But see, my original time that I
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ever collected watches, I owned more than one at a time.
That I know of. Yeah, is when I worked at Oakley
and I was Oakley boy, Yeah. And I owned multiple Oakley
watches that I got at very low. Price and you would like switch
them around. So that was like, OK.
Then a digital one, I think it was called the D1.
And then I had the GMT and I also owned the Saddleback and I
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also owned, oh I forget what theother one was called but it was
a weird looking 1 so I owned. All of these Oakley boys got a
Oakley. I owned all of those at the same
time and I would swap them out. So that was my first watch
collection. That's pretty cool because I
mean for me until until I got the the Cartier actually until I
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got the Rolex date, just that was the first time I started
switching watches because I had worn the tat.
It was always like I wear a watch, a watch and then.
Even though you owned multiple watches because I had gifted you
them, you'd kind of like wear whatever the last one was, yeah.
But I still do that. I did.
Oh, OK. Fun fact.
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Well, you know this OK. But our listeners don't.
Yes, when we were recently in Berlin and we were in this
really cool place. Yeah.
That sold like barbecue and their foods and there was a guy
wearing an Oakley GMT. Yeah, you were really excited.
I was because that's that's a watch from like 2001 or so and
the design language was so you. Could tell immediately.
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So 90s you could see that thing from a mile away and know
exactly what it is. And I mean, Oakley boy could.
I'm not sure if every person in the world could, but.
Fair enough, fair enough. It, it, it's, it very defined by
its bracelet, which was kind of like an Omega Link bracelet,
which has that kind of like, it almost looks like the vertebrae
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of an animal. Because I also thought it looked
like the the tag Hoyer link bracelet like my watch.
Yeah, wait, what did I call? It Oh, you said Omega Link.
Oh yeah, OK, yeah, the tag Hoyer1.
Yeah. So, yeah, it's cool to see those
watches out there. So then I went on eBay.
I was like, I'm going to get onebecause I used to own that
watch. Yeah, for some reason, I guess
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the 90s are in. Yeah.
So it was super expensive. I was like, no.
But still very cool. You saw one out in the wild.
And I mean, it's fun. People are going back and
looking through all of these different things that, you know,
lived a life before, and then they're reselling them and
somebody is wearing. It all the time like it's.
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Super cool. Yeah, I really like it.
OK, so actually I thought of thewatch that.
That I should have answered. That you should have answered.
So one day, I mean, you came home.
Yeah. You were really getting into G
shock. Oh no.
So I thought of this and I decided not to do it because
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it's not a surprise though. But it I think it is.
OK, go ahead. Boo came home with this G shock
and he was really like trying toconvince me why it was such a
good watch for him, which was surprising because it was gold
with a gold moon. It was a gold moon moon dial.
Yeah, I'm like, it's not a. Moon phase.
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There is a giant moon on it. Well, it's that the bezel is
actually textured. Like craters?
Craters like the moon and then the the the dial has a sort of
printing of the surface of the moon.
Yeah, it was. And it's in gold.
Yeah. So and that so that so I would
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say you had not expressed any interest in anything gold.
No, this was like more. Or really, G sharks.
More no, because we had been getting no.
I guess we have been getting ourcasios.
Oh, no, we we did. We did have actually the Cassios
the. Yeah, we were getting some
Cassios, but this watch, I thinksurprised me for sure.
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Doesn't it surprise you now whenyou think back?
Well, yeah. Because I put it on and I was
like, oh, I don't like this at all.
But but but. But I tried to convince myself.
Yeah, this is a time where my reaction was like, what?
And VU was like, no, no. Listen, you don't understand.
You don't understand. It's amazing.
This watch, I'm going to wear itall the time.
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It's like street. I'll wear it with some of my
more like street style. It would be so cool.
I don't. Did you ever wear it once?
No. I mean, I put it on my wrist.
Well, yeah, to be like, look, I'm totally going to wear it.
And then every day it would justput it back in.
It's a moon watch. OK, so that is my surprising.
Watch Alex MJ Ryan asks. What watches have you found the
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most photogenic and the least photogenic?
This is a really good question. Obviously my most photogenic, if
I go really easy, yeah, it's thecolorful OPS.
You have this bright dial, a very beautiful brushed case.
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So it just photographs really nicely.
I can basically throw them anywhere.
They look really cool. I mean, I prefer to throw them
into cool locations with interest.
I'm not going to say I don't throw them because I definitely
do, but to me those are like, ifI see a scene and I think, oh, I
want to shoot one of my OPS there, I can just walk out and
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do it. Yeah, like it's a very.
They are photogenic. Watches.
They are photogenic. They have a really nice flat
crystal anti reflective coating.They're just they look great.
They are like the camera loves them.
I will agree with that, but I Sowhat?
I think you touched on somethingthat is really important, which
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is flat crystal. So this is not about being
photogenic, but about being easyto photograph.
Easy to, yeah. Flat crystal, easy to
photograph. Domed crystal, more difficult
because you have to deal with all those reflections,
especially if you're thinking about doing wrist shots.
Yeah, like wrist shots with domed crystals, you're bringing
in reflections from all over theplace.
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And it makes it very difficult to control what your even your
ability to see the dial because of all the reflections that you
can pick up. And there's various ways around
this. Obviously in a studio setting
you can control for everything, but even outdoors you can use
different things. It's kind of cool that I wear
hats. It creates a bigger like dark
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area that blocks the sky. You can use trees, you can use
overhangs on a on a house or there are ways to get around it,
but you have to think harder about it because of the fact
that it has that Dome Chris on. It's picking up reflections from
all over over the place, but. Many times I will say just a tip
for people is when they're taking their wrist shot, you
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just need to move yourself around most of the time and and
kind of where where your phone is to get the crystal
reflections out. Sometimes that's moving further
away so that there's no shadow on it.
Sometimes it's moving closer, sometimes it's just turning
yourself around in a little circle until you find a good
spot. And do it get dizzy?
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Yeah. So.
That that, that is, it's about difficulty.
But when it comes to photogenic,OK, the way that term to me is
usually used is, is and I lookedup the dictionary definition, of
course, and the dictionary definition says looking
attractive in photographs or on film and then in brackets,
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especially of a person. That's how this term is used.
Usually you say a person is photogenic or not, but also it
can be items. It doesn't have to be a person,
but the way it's typically used is like there is a person or a
thing that is conventionally attractive, but when
photographed are not attractive or vice versa, a person or a
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thing that is conventionally unattractive, but in photographs
they are. So that would be a photogenic
person isn't just a beautiful person who photographs well,
it's usually someone that you isunexpectedly photogenic, right.
And so I don't think number one,I don't think that exists.
In reality, my mom always said Iwas so photogenic.
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So she's like, in real life, you're a dud.
That is kind of what she was saying.
So I told you what? She was saying I'm going to
defend. OK.
I think it's just about can you photograph like it has to do
with photographic, not necessarily skill, but
experience, right? And so if there is someone like,
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I think anyone can be made to look their best in photos if you
put the right effort and lighting and composition into
it, right? And I feel that watches are the
same. So if a watch looks good,
difficulty in photographing them.
That can vary. However, the ability to make a
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good looking watch look good in photos.
I believe those are directly related to each other.
If watch if you think a watch looks good because that is also
a subjective measure. If you think this watch is
beautiful, it is possible to photograph it and make it look
beautiful. I don't think there are
unattractive watches that are more photogenic or like super
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beautiful watches that are unphotogenic.
I just think it has to do with the knowledge and experience
that expertise you bring to photographing those things.
Yes, and we have talked about itbefore, though some watches, the
photograph can make you like it more than in real life.
That doesn't mean it is is or isn't, you know, a great watch
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or photogenic, but it's just that like sometimes it gives you
a false sense of what the watch is like.
I always look at all of like just wrist shots with reflection
I want. To you want to look at just
regular photos that are taken, not by a photographer.
Because. Then they haven't made it look
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its best, they just make it looklike what it is.
What it is, yeah. So that's how I always look at,
you know, once I'm interested ina watch.
I just want to see cool shots like.
People. Wearing it yeah, and.
And just. That's when wrist rolls.
Are actually, I guess that's like I just want to see everyday
shots. No, I'm not going to waste time
watching a wrist roll. I just don't even.
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I'm just saying so I do not likewrist rolls OK in general.
However it can be useful for youto understand how the dial and
things interplay with light and how it looks on the wrist.
How tall it is off the wrist. Like a wrist roll can be a
useful. Thing.
OK, that's true. Like with my creator locomotive,
a wrist roll would give you a better understanding of the
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watch, right? Yeah.
However, So what I don't like about wrist rolls is that I
think there was like this periodthis year, maybe a year ago
where everything on Instagram. Was just no, this was like
during the pandemic, was it? That long ago.
It was a long time ago. Wrist roll after wrist roll and
yeah. But you know, the new the new
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thing, which is a really slow wrist roll.
So you're just like. Waiting.
Instagram anymore? No, you're not.
But you're you're just waiting. Wait, really?
To turn because then you're like, now I'm investing.
But I would just scroll. Yeah, but a lot of people, it's
like I'm in, I'm invested now. I want to see what it.
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I've waited already. I've already waited 10 seconds.
That's five more. Yeah, exactly.
A slow motion wrist roll. I don't recommend that to
anyone. No, that's I I don't think
anyone can blame you for an hourright now.
Have a great day everyone, bye.
Welcome to this Watch LIVE. Hi, I'm Lydia Winters.
And I'm Boo Booey and Cat Shoulders asked us what's 1
watch in your collection you're surprised you ever bought?
First of all, high cat shoulders.
She is my OG podcast Inspiration10 and two podcasts.
With her and cat. First watch podcast you ever
listened? To and now or.
(00:29):
You were ever forced to listen. To exactly now I'm lucky enough
to call her my friend which feels so cool but OK.
I actually had a watch that immediately came to mind.
I love this question. OK, my show part skeleton.
Oh yeah. Because it was, I've told this
story before, but the short of it is I, we were in Dresden, you
(00:53):
and I, Britt and James. We, Britt and I, walked by this
vintage watch shop and I just was like, I love that one.
You just like. Pointed pointed at it in a
window full of watches and I waslike, that's the only one I
can't stop thinking about. It's funny what that's how you
picked your IWC 3706. Yes, I also was like that one.
(01:15):
You just like and and it was just a bunch of watches and you
just pointed and you said I likethat one.
Yes. And you did not waver after no.
So they show part. It was a continuation of that.
There's something in there. Yes, but this in my there's
something. In my brain I did pointed.
At my head, something in there, okay, well, anyway, so for me it
(01:36):
was like not only that reaction of just like, okay, I I love
that one. At least with the other watch
with the IWC, it was still in the kind of style that I had
been in, like more sports, you know, tool watch.
But with this one, it was reallyunlike anything I had.
True. Unprecedented.
(01:57):
It was unprecedented, you. And gold.
Yes and gold. You, Britt and James were
amazing because you did not pushme towards it.
We. Were like oh.
That's cool, but you all really liked it and then you were very
excited when I said I would buy it.
But to me, when I think of what watch really surprised me
because it was so outside of my sort of nature and my even like
(02:18):
what if you would have said like, oh, do you want a skeleton
watch? I would be like maybe, but I
don't, you know, like it. No, you wasn't really something
I had. An interest in skeletonized
watches before you were had hadn't hadn't even really been
into gold watches. You had never been into Chopard
as a brand. So like everything about this
(02:40):
one and what I would say is thatpreviously when shopping for
watches, whatever strap was on there, like really?
Dictated. How you thought about that watch
and this was just a kind of. Yeah, like a not a not nice,
it's. Just a strap they put on there.
An inexpensive strap. It didn't fit me at all, yeah.
(03:00):
I don't even think that it fit the watch at all.
I mean, it fit like physically, but not in the style of the
watch. And they just put it on because,
you know, it's hard to show off a watch.
Yeah, with no strap on it. Also, I had to make the decision
quickly, yes, because we were only, you know, we were only
there for a few days when I saw it.
So I think all of those things that makes me surprised that I
(03:22):
bought it. But I'm also so happy because I
think the hand engraving on the skeleton movement, it's just so
beautiful. It gave me a whole new, like
someone described it as basically they put this movement
in and then they keep taking it out to make it more and more
beautiful. There's something so cool about
(03:43):
that because the fact that you can see everything, it means you
need to do that. And so thinking about this
amazing watch also, it's very tiny, has a beautiful movement
in it and it reminds me that brands can make small movements.
(04:03):
It's my first show part, but notmy last.
I will say I've been so much more interested in show part as
a brand since getting this watch.
And also just the fact that they're still like family owned
and they're independent and that, you know, really means a
lot to us. And they're doing really cool
things at GPHG. They just won the sustainability
(04:24):
award, which is a new award, andas a yeah, I think that's just
really cool. I do too.
I, I, I, you know, I was wondering what watch you would
pick, but I now thinking about it, I'm like, yeah, that's the
watch. That surprised me as well.
That you. Were interested in.
So for me, I am not really I I don't know that I have ever
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surprised myself when it when itcomes to watch as I bought.
I don't think any person who haslistened to more then 2 episodes
of this podcast is surprised that you have not been surprised
by yourself. OK, OK, OK.
So I kind of had to think about this like maybe what what
(05:11):
surprised me about other things in watches, you know, in my
behaviour. And that would be when I've been
surprised of watches I haven't bought.
You can go through this, but I just want you to know that I do
have a watch. OK, well, we'll see.
We'll see. So I was thinking about it and
one was the Explorer 1 because ever since I got into watches
(05:33):
over a decade ago, I've always said that the Explorer 1 is like
just a perfect watch. I've never bought one.
OK, right. So it it's it's a surprise, but
then it's also not a surprise because I also say it's like a
great one watch collection and Ido not have a one watch
collection. So then it.
Makes it. Harder to fit into an existing
(05:54):
collection. The second one.
Unless you're our good friend pocket trinkets and then she
basically is like this is now myown.
It's the only watch she wears but not owns.
So but that's different. That's different.
OK, so the second one that surprises me that I didn't buy
is the Corono Anniversary 2024 Rewa because Hajime Asayoka
(06:17):
announced that he would never make these dials again.
It was too difficult. Like the actual yield from
production was something like, Idon't know, like 5% or something
actually came out decent. So it was like, we're going to
do this one more time and then never again.
I just want to put a warning because this is about to take a
turn towards blaming me. Go ahead.
(06:38):
I did start with the word you. You OK?
You convinced me not to buy it. It is true.
I. Think, I said.
I made the final decision. Sure.
No, that is not it actually thatyou, you, you had a campaign
against this. One time I tried to be a good
influence and then this is what happened.
Forever regret. Ever regret.
(06:59):
I will always regret. It's a gorgeous watch, so I I'm
surprised I let you talk me out of that watch.
There is. The last one is the white
ceramic Daytona, white dial ceramic Daytona.
I turned that down, didn't buy it.
And this was when it was, I guess hotter than it is right
now in terms of like its profileand its price and it's just
(07:23):
overall attention on that watch.A couple years ago was, was, was
much higher than it is today. And it, it did surprise myself
that I was just like, Nah, it's not really my style, you know.
So that's the the the one thing I thought did surprise me, but
it would it surprised past me. Oh boy.
(07:45):
OK, so. If I today told.
Yourself was. Past me.
But I mean, that's that's the for me, that's like my entire
watch collection, like, hey, dummy, what are you doing?
That's true. But like, I never would have
thought, even when I was alreadyinto watches, even like six or
seven years ago when I had a watch collection already, I
(08:06):
already had bought my first Rolex.
I had my Speedy, I would have never thought I'd spend $10,000
on a watch because I I would think about that.
It's like that is just a level Idon't want to wear on my wrist.
I don't want that. And then I bought my Pepsi and
it just not, not it cost $10,000, but then was even worth
even more. And it's just like kind of
(08:28):
changed. That was a moment that changed
things for me. But if I talked to my previous
self, yes, I'd be very surprised.
Like, wait, what? You did what?
Yeah, that's true. Yeah.
But like I said, I think that's most of my watch collection.
Yeah, I guess anything more thanone watch?
No. But see, my original time that I
(08:48):
ever collected watches, I owned more than one at a time.
That I know of. Yeah, is when I worked at Oakley
and I was Oakley boy, Yeah. And I owned multiple Oakley
watches that I got at very low. Price and you would like switch
them around. So that was like, OK.
Then a digital one, I think it was called the D1.
And then I had the GMT and I also owned the Saddleback and I
(09:14):
also owned, oh I forget what theother one was called but it was
a weird looking 1 so I owned. All of these Oakley boys got a
Oakley. I owned all of those at the same
time and I would swap them out. So that was my first watch
collection. That's pretty cool because I
mean for me until until I got the the Cartier actually until I
(09:36):
got the Rolex date, just that was the first time I started
switching watches because I had worn the tat.
It was always like I wear a watch, a watch and then.
Even though you owned multiple watches because I had gifted you
them, you'd kind of like wear whatever the last one was, yeah.
But I still do that. I did.
Oh, OK. Fun fact.
(09:56):
Well, you know this OK. But our listeners don't.
Yes, when we were recently in Berlin and we were in this
really cool place. Yeah.
That sold like barbecue and their foods and there was a guy
wearing an Oakley GMT. Yeah, you were really excited.
I was because that's that's a watch from like 2001 or so and
the design language was so you. Could tell immediately.
(10:17):
So 90s you could see that thing from a mile away and know
exactly what it is. And I mean, Oakley boy could.
I'm not sure if every person in the world could, but.
Fair enough, fair enough. It, it, it's, it very defined by
its bracelet, which was kind of like an Omega Link bracelet,
which has that kind of like, it almost looks like the vertebrae
(10:38):
of an animal. Because I also thought it looked
like the the tag Hoyer link bracelet like my watch.
Yeah, wait, what did I call? It Oh, you said Omega Link.
Oh yeah, OK, yeah, the tag Hoyer1.
Yeah. So, yeah, it's cool to see those
watches out there. So then I went on eBay.
I was like, I'm going to get onebecause I used to own that
watch. Yeah, for some reason, I guess
(10:58):
the 90s are in. Yeah.
So it was super expensive. I was like, no.
But still very cool. You saw one out in the wild.
And I mean, it's fun. People are going back and
looking through all of these different things that, you know,
lived a life before, and then they're reselling them and
somebody is wearing. It all the time like it's.
(11:18):
Super cool. Yeah, I really like it.
OK, so actually I thought of thewatch that.
That I should have answered. That you should have answered.
So one day, I mean, you came home.
Yeah. You were really getting into G
shock. Oh no.
So I thought of this and I decided not to do it because
(11:39):
it's not a surprise though. But it I think it is.
OK, go ahead. Boo came home with this G shock
and he was really like trying toconvince me why it was such a
good watch for him, which was surprising because it was gold
with a gold moon. It was a gold moon moon dial.
Yeah, I'm like, it's not a. Moon phase.
(12:01):
There is a giant moon on it. Well, it's that the bezel is
actually textured. Like craters?
Craters like the moon and then the the the dial has a sort of
printing of the surface of the moon.
Yeah, it was. And it's in gold.
Yeah. So and that so that so I would
(12:21):
say you had not expressed any interest in anything gold.
No, this was like more. Or really, G sharks.
More no, because we had been getting no.
I guess we have been getting ourcasios.
Oh, no, we we did. We did have actually the Cassios
the. Yeah, we were getting some
Cassios, but this watch, I thinksurprised me for sure.
(12:47):
Doesn't it surprise you now whenyou think back?
Well, yeah. Because I put it on and I was
like, oh, I don't like this at all.
But but but. But I tried to convince myself.
Yeah, this is a time where my reaction was like, what?
And VU was like, no, no. Listen, you don't understand.
You don't understand. It's amazing.
This watch, I'm going to wear itall the time.
(13:08):
It's like street. I'll wear it with some of my
more like street style. It would be so cool.
I don't. Did you ever wear it once?
No. I mean, I put it on my wrist.
Well, yeah, to be like, look, I'm totally going to wear it.
And then every day it would justput it back in.
It's a moon watch. OK, so that is my surprising.
Watch Alex MJ Ryan asks. What watches have you found the
(13:31):
most photogenic and the least photogenic?
This is a really good question. Obviously my most photogenic, if
I go really easy, yeah, it's thecolorful OPS.
You have this bright dial, a very beautiful brushed case.
(13:51):
So it just photographs really nicely.
I can basically throw them anywhere.
They look really cool. I mean, I prefer to throw them
into cool locations with interest.
I'm not going to say I don't throw them because I definitely
do, but to me those are like, ifI see a scene and I think, oh, I
want to shoot one of my OPS there, I can just walk out and
(14:14):
do it. Yeah, like it's a very.
They are photogenic. Watches.
They are photogenic. They have a really nice flat
crystal anti reflective coating.They're just they look great.
They are like the camera loves them.
I will agree with that, but I Sowhat?
I think you touched on somethingthat is really important, which
(14:35):
is flat crystal. So this is not about being
photogenic, but about being easyto photograph.
Easy to, yeah. Flat crystal, easy to
photograph. Domed crystal, more difficult
because you have to deal with all those reflections,
especially if you're thinking about doing wrist shots.
Yeah, like wrist shots with domed crystals, you're bringing
in reflections from all over theplace.
(14:55):
And it makes it very difficult to control what your even your
ability to see the dial because of all the reflections that you
can pick up. And there's various ways around
this. Obviously in a studio setting
you can control for everything, but even outdoors you can use
different things. It's kind of cool that I wear
hats. It creates a bigger like dark
(15:17):
area that blocks the sky. You can use trees, you can use
overhangs on a on a house or there are ways to get around it,
but you have to think harder about it because of the fact
that it has that Dome Chris on. It's picking up reflections from
all over over the place, but. Many times I will say just a tip
for people is when they're taking their wrist shot, you
(15:38):
just need to move yourself around most of the time and and
kind of where where your phone is to get the crystal
reflections out. Sometimes that's moving further
away so that there's no shadow on it.
Sometimes it's moving closer, sometimes it's just turning
yourself around in a little circle until you find a good
spot. And do it get dizzy?
(15:58):
Yeah. So.
That that, that is, it's about difficulty.
But when it comes to photogenic,OK, the way that term to me is
usually used is, is and I lookedup the dictionary definition, of
course, and the dictionary definition says looking
attractive in photographs or on film and then in brackets,
(16:19):
especially of a person. That's how this term is used.
Usually you say a person is photogenic or not, but also it
can be items. It doesn't have to be a person,
but the way it's typically used is like there is a person or a
thing that is conventionally attractive, but when
photographed are not attractive or vice versa, a person or a
(16:41):
thing that is conventionally unattractive, but in photographs
they are. So that would be a photogenic
person isn't just a beautiful person who photographs well,
it's usually someone that you isunexpectedly photogenic, right.
And so I don't think number one,I don't think that exists.
In reality, my mom always said Iwas so photogenic.
(17:02):
So she's like, in real life, you're a dud.
That is kind of what she was saying.
So I told you what? She was saying I'm going to
defend. OK.
I think it's just about can you photograph like it has to do
with photographic, not necessarily skill, but
experience, right? And so if there is someone like,
(17:23):
I think anyone can be made to look their best in photos if you
put the right effort and lighting and composition into
it, right? And I feel that watches are the
same. So if a watch looks good,
difficulty in photographing them.
That can vary. However, the ability to make a
(17:44):
good looking watch look good in photos.
I believe those are directly related to each other.
If watch if you think a watch looks good because that is also
a subjective measure. If you think this watch is
beautiful, it is possible to photograph it and make it look
beautiful. I don't think there are
unattractive watches that are more photogenic or like super
(18:07):
beautiful watches that are unphotogenic.
I just think it has to do with the knowledge and experience
that expertise you bring to photographing those things.
Yes, and we have talked about itbefore, though some watches, the
photograph can make you like it more than in real life.
That doesn't mean it is is or isn't, you know, a great watch
(18:27):
or photogenic, but it's just that like sometimes it gives you
a false sense of what the watch is like.
I always look at all of like just wrist shots with reflection
I want. To you want to look at just
regular photos that are taken, not by a photographer.
Because. Then they haven't made it look
(18:48):
its best, they just make it looklike what it is.
What it is, yeah. So that's how I always look at,
you know, once I'm interested ina watch.
I just want to see cool shots like.
People. Wearing it yeah, and.
And just. That's when wrist rolls.
Are actually, I guess that's like I just want to see everyday
shots. No, I'm not going to waste time
watching a wrist roll. I just don't even.
(19:09):
I'm just saying so I do not likewrist rolls OK in general.
However it can be useful for youto understand how the dial and
things interplay with light and how it looks on the wrist.
How tall it is off the wrist. Like a wrist roll can be a
useful. Thing.
OK, that's true. Like with my creator locomotive,
a wrist roll would give you a better understanding of the
(19:31):
watch, right? Yeah.
However, So what I don't like about wrist rolls is that I
think there was like this periodthis year, maybe a year ago
where everything on Instagram. Was just no, this was like
during the pandemic, was it? That long ago.
It was a long time ago. Wrist roll after wrist roll and
yeah. But you know, the new the new
(19:51):
thing, which is a really slow wrist roll.
So you're just like. Waiting.
Instagram anymore? No, you're not.
But you're you're just waiting. Wait, really?
To turn because then you're like, now I'm investing.
But I would just scroll. Yeah, but a lot of people, it's
like I'm in, I'm invested now. I want to see what it.
(20:11):
I've waited already. I've already waited 10 seconds.
That's five more. Yeah, exactly.
A slow motion wrist roll. I don't recommend that to
anyone. No, that's I I don't think
anyone can blame you for an hourright now.
Have a great day everyone, bye.
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