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Join watchsmith Seth Roberts and collector Dan Benjamin as they unwind watch culture and discuss the history, allure, community, and study of watches through the lens of their shared obsession, from inspecting movements to spotting fakes, from vintage Seiko to modern Rolex, asking questions, offering advice, and sharing their stories. Hosted by Seth Roberts & Dan Benjamin.
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Seth and Dan talk about Swatch pulling out of Basel, the morals and ethics of counterfeit watches, and more.
Seth and Dan discuss the love and hate of summer, tasty Seiko rumors, super compressors, and the motives behind a questionable subreddit.
Seth and Dan discuss names, a fateful jinx, presentation watches, the hybrid market, and the most important watch brand you’ve never heard of.
Dan and Seth talk about too many vacation days, a senator’s poor choice, leather top hats, the other TRF, and some interesting missing watches.
Dan and Seth talk about Main Street, St. Patrick's Day, temporal hours, and give away a watch!
Seth and Dan talk about mob debts, Helmut Sinn, why blue is best, missing case backs, the fate of Baselworld, and yet another giveaway.
Seth and Dan talk about visiting ADs with great courage, high beats, and lume.
Seth and Dan share details of some special listener gifts, the story of a soldiers watch, Seiko pro divers, and leaked photos of a new mystery watch.
Seth and Dan talk about Raketa, bellmatics, good detective work, bracelets vs. straps, Oris watches, and harrowing repair stories.
Dan and Seth talk about the history and styles of watch straps, when watches yield special treatment, and more.
Dan and Seth talk about the superior vs. superlative chronometers, watch winders (good or bad?), manually wound watches, and the best value proposition in new, modern automatic watches.
Seth and Dan talk about watch branding and slogans, Mad Men, the Rolex Explorer as "the perfect watch", Seiko's "five attributes", the Milsub, and new vintage.
Dan and Seth talk about the Paul Newman Rolex Daytona auction, Dan's new Rolex Datejust, Seth's amazing Gene Kranz Seiko, and the best watches to go into space.
Dan and Seth talk about the history of Audemars Piguet, Gerald Genta, and how Dan managed to get a Rolex without spending any money. They also announce the winner of the vintage watch giveaway.
Seth and Dan discuss the newly announced sub-$500 Tissot, the new atomic clock, affordable automatics, and tuning fork movements.
Seth and Dan talk about Rolex, Hamilton, and the history and validity of water resistance.
Seth and Dan talk about watch collecting, entry-point watches, and categorize the different types of collectors.
Seth and Dan talk about Dan's latest watch purchase and Seth's latest find (a Seiko 6216), and then travel back in time to review the history of chronometers.
Seth and Dan talk about alarm watches, watch forums, and (unfortunately) hurricanes.
This week, Seth and Dan talk about bezels, doing math on your watch, magnetism, and more.
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