1 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,400 Welcome to this Watch LIVE. Hi, I'm Lydia Winters. 2 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,680 And I'm Boo Boo. And this is episode 213. 3 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:19,200 Woo yeah, Lucky 2/13 2:13 I don't know why. 4 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:21,920 Well, people say lucky number 13. 5 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,920 Yeah, meaning unlucky #13. No 13 is lucky for some people, 6 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:28,080 yeah. Yeah. 7 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,080 Do you believe in luck? No, but maybe other. 8 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,080 People do. So you're saying that some 9 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:35,840 people claim 13 as? Lucky. 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,080 Yeah, exactly. So you don't believe in luck at 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:38,920 all? Huh. 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,520 No, I I think I answered too quickly. 13 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,440 I, I do, I do. It didn't. 14 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:51,240 Seem like the right answer. For you, I don't think people 15 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,360 are inherent. Yeah, I don't know. 16 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,760 See this is I don't. Yeah, I don't believe in luck. 17 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,400 That makes more sense. Yeah, yeah, let's. 18 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,760 Just stick with that. I do and you don't, and we're 19 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:02,600 neither of us are quite sure what it means. 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:07,400 Well, it depends on what you mean by luck see 'cause you 21 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:12,720 could say like, oh, I got lucky and won this raffle mm hmm. 22 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,760 I don't think it's wrong to say, oh, I was lucky and I won this, 23 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:21,160 but to say, like, I have good luck today because I don't know 24 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:26,760 the position of the stars that I yeah, no, not into that. 25 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,000 OK. Yeah, sorry to any of you who 26 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,760 are into that. Yeah, yeah. 27 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:36,560 But thanks for listening anyway. OK, today we're going to talk 28 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:41,200 about 2025 and what happened to our collections. 29 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,680 Yeah, that. Makes it sound so serious. 30 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,480 No, not. Serious disaster. 31 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:53,800 No, OK, first of all, it's watches not that disastrous. 32 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:58,760 No, I I think of it more as like what's changed in our collection 33 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,560 during 2025. And why? 34 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,320 Yeah. And has will that inform 35 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:09,240 anything in 2026? Oh, I mean, it'd be weird if it 36 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,960 didn't. Like, what kind of people are we 37 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:13,600 if we're not just learning and growing? 38 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:19,200 You know, I feel like when we were doing the podcast, I was 39 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,600 doing more learning and growing with watches because you 40 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,560 constantly need to think about like an assessment of like why 41 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,640 and how. I mean, it's like our own weird 42 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:31,600 watch therapy. And so you're talking about, OK, 43 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,320 here. I'm, I'm justifying this and 44 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,480 here's why I think that. So last year I feel that 45 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:41,360 overall, because we weren't podcasting as much, I just kind 46 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:46,520 of did whatever and didn't think about it in my watch collecting. 47 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,680 You're saying that the podcast keeps you in check? 48 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:55,920 It keeps me at least where I need to verbalize my thoughts. 49 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,240 Yeah, yeah, yeah, for the content. 50 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:01,280 For the content exactly. OK, OK. 51 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:06,120 It made me more aware, like, yeah, just more thoughtful. 52 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,400 Yeah, I think. This year I would like to 53 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,880 continue that. 2025 was a big year for my collection. 54 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:15,680 I mean, mainly because of how many. 55 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,680 I think I bought more watches in 2025 than I've ever bought 56 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,720 before. I think quantity and amount of 57 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,640 money, you know, who knows? I don't know. 58 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,240 But it was a big year in some ways for me. 59 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,000 But I also noticed some things about it. 60 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,720 However, we didn't have enough podcast episodes to talk about 61 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,160 it. So we will analyze that today 62 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,280 what we did not analyze while we were doing it last year. 63 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,040 There were like I said, no analysis this for me just. 64 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,000 I am. I am wearing the watch that I 65 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,280 bought in this month of last year so. 66 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,640 Wow, I you I forgot you had a January. 67 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:56,960 I had a January. Honestly, I think that really 68 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,080 set the course for you. It did, it did. 69 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,400 And when I look at the months that I got watches, well, it's 70 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:04,120 most of them. When? 71 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:11,440 I look when I look at. I didn't get any watches after 72 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:12,880 October though. OK. 73 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,160 So that's pretty good. OK. 74 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,560 Yeah, some it's something. Yeah, yeah. 75 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,120 Yeah, I bought OK. I bought myself 7 watches last 76 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,560 year and I got 2 watches as gifts. 77 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:29,080 So last year I have 9 new watches and I only sold one. 78 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,560 Oh, I didn't want to do any selling specifics because I have 79 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:34,440 to. Talk about selling. 80 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:38,040 Need to and have it so. So I guess that's my specifics. 81 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,640 Me as well, OK, but I started the year buying the Grand Seca 82 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,760 SBGW 321, said European limited edition. 83 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:51,720 I love it. It's in the GS44 case, 44 GS 84 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,880 case. It's a wonderful little manual 85 00:04:55,880 --> 00:05:02,880 wind watch that I I love this case because it really looks 86 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,800 like, in my mind, it looks like a Grand Seiko. 87 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,840 It does. There's not much else that looks 88 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:11,600 like this case. No, the Zoratsu polishing like 89 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:13,000 it. Really it it does. 90 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,760 You're like, this is Grand Seiko. 91 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:22,120 It feels like Grand Seiko and another thing so OK trend #1 for 92 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:27,480 my watches in. 2025. OK, apparently I don't really do 93 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,520 bracelets anymore. Oh, OK. 94 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:35,040 Only one watch had a bracelet. That is, that is weird. 95 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,400 Out of nine. Yeah, that's that's. 96 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,000 Right. So I think I'm kind of out of my 97 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,120 brain bracelet era. OK. 98 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,280 So also. Do you have any thoughts on why? 99 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,120 Why? No, not really. 100 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,600 I don't think it's been intentional. 101 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,360 Mm, hmm. That I'm like, oh, I now prefer 102 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:03,200 to not have bracelet watches. Now, as you know, I do have lots 103 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,920 of thoughts about bracelets. Maybe that's more. 104 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,520 Picky about bracelets than I am about straps because I love 105 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,080 buying watches on straps and then just changing the straps. 106 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,840 Like to me straps are consumables and you can change 107 00:06:15,840 --> 00:06:17,960 them out and not really think about that. 108 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,440 Bracelets are a little bit different. 109 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,680 They cost more, their fitting is different, right? 110 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,360 Everything is more particular about them. 111 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,400 So I feel like if I buy a watch on a bracelet, I have to like 112 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,480 the bracelet, but if I buy a watch on the strap, I do not 113 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,080 have to like the strap. That's true. 114 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,720 So it gives you more of like watches you like, Yeah. 115 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:40,320 And then there's also not just liking the bracelet, but I want 116 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,440 it to be comfortable as well. Quick adjust. 117 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,440 And you need to have a tool less micro adjust. 118 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:51,040 However, two of the watches that I have, one that I bought last 119 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,680 year that have bracelets, do not have quick adjust, but it's OK 120 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,920 because they are titanium. OK. 121 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,760 So it's like to me, the one. I was going to say people can 122 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,240 change, but then I was like, no. Well, I'm sure people change. 123 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,200 Not not this. People. 124 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,200 I mean, I have heard of people changing it. 125 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,760 It is a thing I've heard of. Don't know that I've seen it 126 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,880 directly, certainly haven't tried any of that. 127 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:23,840 I feel like on titanium, in titanium then the watch is light 128 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,640 enough that it doesn't bother me. 129 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,840 If it's a tiny bit loose. When it's in steel, it really 130 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,800 bothers me. So then it must always fit 131 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,840 perfectly even it must fit perfectly even when my wrist 132 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:39,840 expands. So that's why I need the extra. 133 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,680 But in titanium it's it's just not the same. 134 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:48,440 So the Breitling Aerospace Evo, which was the last watch that I 135 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,760 bought last year. You're going in a loosey goosey 136 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,000 order here. You're just skipping around. 137 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,320 What? I'm just. 138 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,000 It's it it it it fell into the bracelet talk. 139 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,800 So that watch on bracelet in titanium. 140 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,440 I love that watch. It is awesome. 141 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:11,920 Super quartz is great and it fits great even though it 142 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,520 doesn't have a quick adjust on the bracelet and I've left it on 143 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,880 the bracelet which surprises me. I didn't think I would. 144 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,640 I thought I'd put it on a strap but no, left it on that quick 145 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:24,360 adjust list bracelet. Quick adjust. 146 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:30,560 List bracelet. OK, then I bought a few 147 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:37,240 different watches and I saw some trends of like where my mind was 148 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:40,880 at going into spring of last year. 149 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,919 Well, going into spring, you know, I bought the Otsuka Low 150 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:48,520 tech #5 Kai, which is one of my favorite watches of all time. 151 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,400 Truly amazing, beautiful, wonderful. 152 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:53,560 Nothing negative to say about that watch. 153 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:59,400 But then after that I really got into this idea of I guess 154 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:05,960 activity watches, like watches that each one is for very 155 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:10,040 specific activities. And that no other watch. 156 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,320 No other watch could do. Possibly do it, yeah. 157 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:16,920 Watches don't have versatility, they are very specific to. 158 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,480 All the modern watches that you buy are versatile. 159 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:23,680 They can't withstand the elements. 160 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:26,040 They do a thing. One single thing. 161 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,480 So OK, here's some of my activity watches from the. 162 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:32,160 Air, I can't wait to hear them. So the first one. 163 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,400 Because I genuinely can't remember all the watches you 164 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:36,880 bought this year. This was a banger year for you. 165 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,160 The first one. Banner year A banner year. 166 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,280 Not a banger, I. Mean it could also be I bought 167 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,160 only bangers this year. Yeah, thank you for 168 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:47,720 complimenting my watch collection. 169 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:53,400 The first one of the activity watches, right, because I didn't 170 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:57,320 consider either the Grand Seiko or the Otsuka Low tech #5 Kai. 171 00:09:57,680 --> 00:09:59,760 Those weren't activity watches. No. 172 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:04,520 Right, quite general. Nice watches, but then I get 173 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,360 into the activity phase of collecting for the year. 174 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:14,160 The next one was the Hovering to Irwin pilot, and that one is the 175 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:18,120 most general of the activity watches because in my mind this 176 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:22,440 was like a general adventure watch and the first thing we did 177 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,800 was take it to Portugal. And when did you get this one? 178 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:31,520 This watch I got in April. OK after seeing it on Zach Weiss 179 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:35,120 for Mourn and Wound in March. That was the so I had been 180 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:40,160 interested in the watch for a little while, but seeing Zach 181 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:45,680 Weiss's made me realize, Oh yeah, no, this is like I had 182 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:48,600 never seen one in person. Before so you so it was like 183 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,480 must get, must get now. Did get. 184 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,360 OK, OK, perfect. Must get did. 185 00:10:54,360 --> 00:11:00,200 Get, must get then did get and that was the general adventure 186 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,080 watch. But then, but then I you know, 187 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:11,640 more specific needs required more specific watches, one of 188 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:16,600 them being the Tudor FXT Chrono Cycling edition. 189 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,760 And it's specifically it's the Giroud Italia limited edition 190 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:25,920 version, but it's a watch for it has cycling in the name. 191 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:31,080 That's a specific as you need to get for a watch. 192 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:35,760 And you said, and I'm just reminding because it's January, 193 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,200 maybe some people didn't hear it or they don't remember. 194 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:43,160 You said that single watch, if you got it, it would change your 195 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,600 life because you would cycle so much. 196 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:51,840 I wouldn't say it's been at the level I wanted it to be, but I 197 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:56,800 am training for the ride, yes, and it will happen. 198 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,560 You are training for the ride. And it will training for the 199 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:02,440 ride and it will happen. I'm not as far along am I 200 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,680 training as I would like to be at this point, But now that it's 201 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:07,640 less than six months. New year, new you. 202 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:12,480 New year new me perfect. I am like no problem this. 203 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:18,360 Is happening and this watch you not only assigned a specific 204 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,720 activity, then you gave yourself a challenge but you bought the 205 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,560 watch first. Yeah, as. 206 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:27,880 For the challenge. So the challenge is to ride the 207 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,360 315 kilometer veteran run. Then, which is wild. 208 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:38,000 I mean, it will be, yeah, 315 kilometer veteran run. 209 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,040 Then you ride around a lake in Sweden. 210 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:41,680 It's one of the biggest rides in the world. 211 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,760 It's like 30,000 people come and ride this over one weekend. 212 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:51,440 Yeah, so I'm training for that. The most I've ever ridden is 160 213 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:57,640 kilometers and that was the half veteran and that was in 2014. 214 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,560 OK, well, I believe in both you and the watch. 215 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,680 Great. That sounded sarcastic, but I 216 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:04,040 actually do. Hold on. 217 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:05,480 I'm gonna try it again 'cause I do. 218 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:07,520 I do. I didn't mean it to. 219 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,920 But then when I heard the kind of downturn, no. 220 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,480 Definitely. No it wasn't. 221 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,480 I really do believe in you and the Well now no matter what I 222 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,480 say. It sounds sarcastic, but I made. 223 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:20,240 One rule for myself, maybe because you gave me such a hard 224 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,280 time about rewarding myself before I did the challenge, Yes, 225 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:25,320 but then more people did. Online too. 226 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:27,600 It wasn't only me, listeners did too. 227 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:33,040 I could only wear that watch when I'm training and so far I 228 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:35,560 have gotten to wear the watch because I've done training 229 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:37,840 perfect. Yeah, and now you'll get to wear 230 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,200 more, more, more. More, more, more definitely now 231 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:41,480 ramping it up it's. Going. 232 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,480 To be a lot ramped up quite a bit. 233 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:48,080 So OK, that was a very specific watch. 234 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:57,560 And then the next very specific watch was and in October, we 235 00:13:57,560 --> 00:14:02,520 went to Noah's Forum and our wonderful friend James was 236 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:07,840 wearing a watch that was new to him, the Breitling Endurance Pro 237 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:13,760 44 in yellow. And I saw that watch and it's 238 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,840 like it answered a question I had had for years. 239 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:21,000 And that question was, can I find a watch that is like a 240 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:29,720 elevated G shock like, but not like an MRG, you know, like not 241 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,440 one of the fancy G shocks Because I feel like those 242 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:41,200 actually step away from the ruggedness of the lower cost G 243 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:45,320 shocks. But I wanted something that's 244 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:50,360 like an elevated G shock, but still with materials that are 245 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:56,000 more similar to AG shock. And this watch answered that 246 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,440 question. And the reason I wanted it was 247 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:02,960 to have a great workout watch. OK, but not to be confused with 248 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,120 Cycling Watch. Well, cycling is a workout. 249 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:07,760 But it's there's. Other kinds of. 250 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,720 Workout. This endurance Pro is not for 251 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:11,800 cycling. Not for cycling. 252 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,720 OK, not for cycling. The cycling watch is for 253 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:19,240 cycling, right? And then I already have used for 254 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:24,960 years my FXD as a hiking watch specifically for hiking. 255 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:29,200 We always make it sound like we are the best, the most fit 256 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,480 people in the world. All of the hiking I do every. 257 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:34,960 Single day, so all the gym equipment we have at home would 258 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:39,120 think, make you think. And for the gym I have now the 259 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,040 Breitling Endurance Pro 44 mil in Orange. 260 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,520 In orange, how James's was in. Quickly. 261 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:50,000 When you saw James's orange yellow, did you get your orange 262 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,360 one? Was it 24 hours? 263 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,440 We were in Berlin. Yes. 264 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:04,920 And we ran out, James and I, to a local shop and I bought it. 265 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,360 I mean, what do you like? What else would you? 266 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,360 Do What else would you do when you find the perfect watch for 267 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:17,680 the genre of fitness? But not indoor cycling fitness, 268 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:18,520 no. Yeah. 269 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,160 No, I mean, you got to do what you got to do. 270 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,240 Indoor or outdoor? Oh yeah, yeah. 271 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,800 All cycling will be done with that. 272 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,520 Watch all fitness except cycling of any kind. 273 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:33,000 Or hiking. OK, almost all fitness except. 274 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,880 It's more that's the workout watch. 275 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,040 OK. That's, I guess that's a way to 276 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:37,880 call it. Yeah. 277 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,120 So I love that watch for working out. 278 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:46,080 I haven't done much of it but it is a perfect watch for that so 279 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:50,280 that thus it. There are more watches but those 280 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,440 were the most specific like oh this is for. 281 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,280 Very. Specific activities that I 282 00:16:56,280 --> 00:17:01,280 bought these watches, yeah. And then I I thought, oh, I need 283 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:05,359 a new travel watch. I sold my Rolex GMT Master 2A 284 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,119 couple years ago. Like I haven't really replaced 285 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:18,839 that and I've been waiting to buy a Nomos World time, waiting 286 00:17:18,839 --> 00:17:23,200 for the perfect color and. I'm saying nothing because for 287 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,240 those of you who do or don't know, I'm just going to say that 288 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,040 I'm working with Nomos so I know what's going on. 289 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:34,200 So I'm saying nothing as and. I wasn't asking you I'm I'm 290 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:38,640 specifically saying like I I have had trouble committing 291 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:44,160 because there have been at least four colors that I absolutely. 292 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,000 You said like this. Is I was like, this is the one, 293 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:51,000 but you know, it caused a certain amount of indecision 294 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,680 fatigue for me. And so I, I have not chosen yet, 295 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,400 but so I was like, okay, I need some sort of travel watch. 296 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:01,360 I gotta have it for all the travel I do, which by the way, I 297 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:03,840 don't really travel much these days because I don't like. 298 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,840 Portugal and Germany. But so then for this very 299 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:14,240 specific activity that I do not partake in as much these days, I 300 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,440 bought the Breitling Aerospace Evo. 301 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:21,000 It felt like a very good travel watch. 302 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:26,440 But what I found is it's maybe the most toolish watch that I 303 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,000 own. Like because it has the digital 304 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,360 display. It does. 305 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:34,480 It's an and a digi watch, so it has the analog hands for that 306 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,520 hour and minutes. And then it has two digital 307 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:42,120 displays, so you can have chronograph timer that you can 308 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:44,600 display the time. It also has a backlight. 309 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,760 So it makes it a very versatile watch. 310 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:49,760 Yeah, love that one. Yeah. 311 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,600 So you've traveled somewhere with it? 312 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:57,320 No. I'm like being such a Heckler to 313 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,080 you. You can have anything in your 314 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:00,600 collection. I am just being. 315 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:07,640 I am just teasing. And then, OK, I also like OK, 316 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:12,560 something I did this year that is a change in how I think of my 317 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:13,960 collection. OK. 318 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:21,800 I used to essentially just have one big category of watches 319 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,120 you're. Like, but now there are millions 320 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:26,680 of categories. There's only three. 321 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:32,000 Wait, what? But it changed how I think of 322 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:36,720 like how big my collection is. I was feeling like my collection 323 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,560 was too big, but then I kind of took little things I had heard 324 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:44,080 from different people and I combined it and now my 325 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:45,880 collection feels totally manageable. 326 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:54,240 So I have 3 categories right? Instead of just one my I used. 327 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,040 One category is watches, Watches. 328 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:03,760 And now it I have 3 collections of watches and none of the three 329 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:07,520 are that big. OK, at least. 330 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,560 Perfect to the old big one so that the main collection is just 331 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,320 called the main. Collection I kind. 332 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,520 Of all the watches I've talked about just now are in the main 333 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:25,080 collection right? But I the second collection not 334 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:28,360 second in importance, but just the second. 335 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:32,440 I have a feeling this has to do with me since you very clearly 336 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,720 made sure it was not in priority order. 337 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,960 This is not in priority order of importance. 338 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:45,160 The second one is sentimental OK And I felt it was important to 339 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:50,520 break that out because in the sentimental are the ones I will 340 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:54,720 not sell because OK, I have to love a watch to. 341 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,480 Keep it, of course. But it also has this extra 342 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:04,240 sentimental collect connection and so that makes an extra 343 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,200 hurdle before it could ever be sold. 344 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:10,200 Therefore I don't want it to count against me in the numbers. 345 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:14,200 For the oh, OK, that that feels very romantic. 346 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,000 Right. Don't count against. 347 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:21,000 Me against me these sentimental. Watches the. 348 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,280 Most of which or at least half of which are gifts from you. 349 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:25,640 But that's true. Yeah, Right. 350 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:31,400 So some truly lovely watches in the sentimental category. 351 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:38,360 And then the final category is called fun, fun watches. 352 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,520 And for everyone, I think this could be different. 353 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,560 It can be divided in different ways and different price points 354 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:48,480 and all of that kind of stuff. But in the fun category I have 355 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:55,280 things like Oh my G sharks OK Casios F91W that I calculator 356 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,480 watch. I also have my Mr. Jones watch 357 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,280 cause. You, but for you it's fun also 358 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,560 like it's a lower price point. Lower price point. 359 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,960 I would say you didn't have to think about it much, but you 360 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,840 typically don't think about it much before you buy a watch like 361 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,080 the 24 hours. So I I I don't want to say the. 362 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,080 Quick buy 24 hours was just. How long it was? 363 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:17,560 No, I know. Maybe get it. 364 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,960 I know I'm. Not saying that I waited some 365 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,480 sort of grace period. No, no, no. 366 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:22,880 I don't decide. You did not. 367 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,440 I decided when I saw James's watch. 368 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:34,120 But the fun watch is partly is price, because what fun watches 369 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:37,640 are to me are watches that are worth keeping even when I don't 370 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,960 wear them much. OK, that makes sense. 371 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:44,480 They aren't valuable enough to sell off to put towards other 372 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,760 watches for me. And so that's why it's like that 373 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:51,040 is a very and that could change. Like if I get to a point where 374 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:55,720 I'm like, I really need as much money as I can to buy this, then 375 00:22:55,720 --> 00:23:00,080 maybe some fun watches will go because they will incrementally 376 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,480 get me to that goal. Would you make a fourth count of 377 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,800 fitness because you have three, You have more than two now that 378 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,960 fit in that category. Fitness watches. 379 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:13,200 No, I guess what that would just be like dress and for you 380 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,760 fitness, which to most people would be like an Apple Watch or 381 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,880 a fitness tracker. But you, Sir, are not them. 382 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,960 I wear a whoop to track my fitness. 383 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,360 That's the tracking, yes of of the fitness. 384 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:33,920 But Nike over the years, wearing an Apple Watch for working out. 385 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,760 It was great for the tracking side, but I did not enjoy 386 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,800 looking at it for the time ever. It just didn't enjoy it. 387 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,360 It just trained me to look at the time on my Apple Watch. 388 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:51,560 You still wore a mechanical watch with an analog display on 389 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,840 your left wrist, but you would look at your right wrist. 390 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,320 I didn't Apple Watch for the time. 391 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:00,720 I didn't realize how much until I changed the loop which has no 392 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,520 screen and the amount of times I looked at my right wrist I was 393 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,360 like oh I made. A. 394 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:09,120 But now it's been what's? A while, yeah. 395 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,720 So then it's. Been so so I'm guessing you 396 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,840 stopped? I'm hoping you've stopped 397 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:15,760 looking at your whoop to try to find the time. 398 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,280 I have stopped because there is no screen there. 399 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:24,200 So this was also the year I realized in terms of like 400 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:29,880 thinking differently about my collection, this is 2024 started 401 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:34,680 it because I bought the Tudor Black Bay Chronograph ink and 402 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:39,600 that was for me a quite a large watch because it was both it was 403 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,400 bulky in all directions. You know, it's a thick watch. 404 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,080 It's long across the wrist. It's. 405 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,400 Why use that? Bulky in all directions. 406 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,280 What I. Didn't say it as a negative. 407 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:54,160 No I but what a great tagline. Bulky in all directions. 408 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:58,520 I have also over the past year become more bulky in all 409 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:03,840 directions which maybe could have affected this slightly but 410 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:09,200 I embraced more. It started in 2024 but really 411 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,080 2025 was when I truly leaned into it. 412 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,760 I have embraced more than I love larger watches. 413 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,360 Yeah, I think it's. Really cool only but I love 414 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,880 larger watches so I've kept my smaller watches. 415 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,320 You know, last episode I talked about I have everything from 36 416 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:30,960 all the way to 44 but 2025 I bought my 43 and 44mm watches, 417 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,960 both Brightlings, and I just enjoy wearing them and I don't 418 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:39,680 think about how large they are. My Black Bay Chronograph 41 mil, 419 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:46,960 but quite a large 41 mil bulky in all directions that also like 420 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,880 just more and more comfortable with these large watches and the 421 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:53,080 fact that I like them. So sometimes when you see 422 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,480 everyone saying like, oh, smaller watches are better now, 423 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,280 right? Like we're all getting, we're 424 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,680 all moving away from that terrible trend of when we had 425 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,640 large watches and now we're going small because small is 426 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,000 better. You start wondering like, Oh 427 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,400 yeah, maybe, maybe smaller is better. 428 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,240 But it's I started going in that direction of feeling like, OK, 429 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,800 maybe I do only like smaller watches. 430 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:21,680 But then, yeah, 2024, but especially 2025, I was like, no, 431 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,640 no. It's nice when you don't, when 432 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,480 you realize that you don't have to choose. 433 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,880 You don't have to choose. You don't have to be in a 434 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,840 specific like it's your collection exactly. 435 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,880 So if you like a watch and it's way bigger than maybe the the 436 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:38,240 average or normal size that you would choose, it's fine. 437 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:39,920 And it's also fine if it's smaller. 438 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,080 And like all of that is great if you like it. 439 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,560 So that's, I think that sums up the big changes for me. 440 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:52,160 One, embracing that I like a broad, diverse set of sizes, but 441 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:56,560 also that I like incredibly niche use cases for each watch, 442 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,960 which also gives me a reason to wear them. 443 00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:06,920 OK, mine is very very specific actually when I when I looked at 444 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,400 the themes because I only bought 2 watches. 445 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,080 Oh yeah. You only bought 2 watches? 446 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,320 Yes, I bought 3 watches. OK. 447 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:18,760 Three, you bought 3. Watches. 448 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,320 I bought 3 watches and you gave me one watch. 449 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:25,280 So you got 4 total. Which still I do realize as we 450 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,240 talk about this. That's a lot of watch watches. 451 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,200 It only seems small compared to my 9:00 to. 452 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,120 You OK? Fine anyway. 453 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,000 Here, Hey, let's be honest, we know people who bought more 454 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,600 watches than me in 2025. Absolutely. 455 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,040 So I mean, we're all. I'm not like some wild. 456 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:46,280 We're all in this silly world together, but my things are that 457 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,000 my collecting has trended smaller. 458 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:55,320 It's trended neo vintage, yeah. Yeah, yeah. 459 00:27:55,680 --> 00:28:01,760 Yeah, and also not sports watch. I wouldn't really call them all 460 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,760 dress watches. No, but not sports watch. 461 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:09,680 But less sporty, yeah? So I started the year off in 462 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,400 March. I got a vintage Irmas which is 463 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:17,600 like 33mm and it's really it's like a predecessor of the cut. 464 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,880 Very cool on a bracelet 2 tone. Really cool bracelet. 465 00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:30,000 And then I also bought for myself in June the JLC Master 466 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,080 Control Mecha Quartz, which I absolutely love, again on 467 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,320 bracelet. And that's one of my favorite 468 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,000 watches that I've ever purchased. 469 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:44,800 And then I bought. Also that one is sporty yet 470 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,320 especially because of the bracelet and the thinness of 471 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:55,400 that watch, it is quite elegant. So I get why you're not calling 472 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,880 it a sports watch even though it's a chronograph. 473 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,840 It is, but it just when you see it, no one's calling it a sports 474 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,360 watch. It's not sporty. 475 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,760 It's non sporty. Yeah, it's. 476 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,200 Technically probably considered a sports. 477 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,840 Watch functional functionally, but not. 478 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:16,920 Execution of it, especially on that bracelet, is quite elegant. 479 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,640 And then the third watch I bought. 480 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:24,360 So also these were quite spread out March, June, October, which 481 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,800 is a nice spread. Spread out compared to what? 482 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:35,680 And so after the Nomos forum, which was very cool because I 483 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,880 was involved helping the brand with storytelling, but then also 484 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,600 I gave a talk about like building a brand and building a 485 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:47,000 community, especially because of the work I did with Minecraft 486 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:51,800 for 13 1/2 years. So after that, as I always do, 487 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,600 coming back from the Nomos forum, I was like full on, just 488 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,680 like Nomos excited. I've been working with the team. 489 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:02,840 So I just still love it. And I just happened to be on a 490 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,280 Swedish auction site called Tradera. 491 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:11,800 I think it's actually Nordic. And I saw that there was one 492 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:18,120 hour left of a Nomos Ludwig that was 35mm and I just like 493 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,880 happened to see it and then I realized that it had the old. 494 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,520 Movement. It not only the movement wasn't 495 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,280 what got me first actually, it was actually the on the dial. 496 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:34,040 It said Nomos Glasputay SA, which is the original like mark 497 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:39,800 that it had on on the dial. And so it was up for quite 498 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,600 cheap. Like I was like, it's probably 499 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,720 going to be pretty bad condition, but it's also just 500 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,280 really cool. And I was just feeling like, OK, 501 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,840 this is I know it's an earlier model. 502 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,760 So I won the auction and it's been super fun. 503 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:57,800 I'll I'll talk more about the like the full watch, but it was 504 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,040 just really cool. It's a dress watch and it is 505 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:04,320 from like around 1996. So This is why my Neo vintage, 506 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:09,640 the JLC is 1999. The Irmas I think was 91. 507 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:13,880 So it's really I'm in the it's kind of all birth year around 508 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,120 birth year, which was 87 for me. But I'm definitely in that 80s 509 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,200 nineties with a lot of the vintage watches that I get. 510 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,440 I mean, you bought an IWC in 2020. 511 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:27,160 That was from 2000. Two, I think, yeah. 512 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:32,040 So I'm I have this sort of. Yeah, you like that kind of 90s 513 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,840 look because that watch is a 90s watch. 514 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,240 You know, yours came out in 2000. 515 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:43,880 But but it's the 37 O 6 IWC that that model is a very 90s model. 516 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,920 So you, yeah, I hadn't really thought about it, but you really 517 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,840 like 90s washes? Yes, I really do. 518 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:57,320 Also, the Ermes is 33, the JLC is 34, the Nomos is 35. 519 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:03,360 So I mean smaller than 36, which was very much what I had and the 520 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,520 other watch that I was gifted. So I'll put it in the 521 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,480 sentimental categories. Oh, are you going to also split 522 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,560 yours and make a sentiment? To category. 523 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,160 In order to feel better about the number in my collection, I'm 524 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,640 going to need to do a lot of. Categories. 525 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:21,240 OK, more categories. But you gave me in April the 526 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:25,640 Chrono star dial. Yes, and I love it so much. 527 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:31,200 Also fun because it's art Deco so it is not at all a modern 528 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:32,880 style. Oh yeah. 529 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:37,240 So really I would say just overall this year and to have 530 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,920 two watches on leather straps and two on bracelet, like I'm 531 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,320 seeing some changes in my collection Also that one is 34mm 532 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,960 too. So really within this like under 533 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,560 36? Corona Tokyo Star dial, you 534 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,240 know, it makes me realize I need that meter. 535 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:04,520 Always thinking about it but the thing I noticed the most 536 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:09,080 actually and and OK, I still got quite a few watches but overall 537 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,560 it was like a lot less of a watch fever for me. 538 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:13,240 Yeah, yeah, yeah. The previous years you had 539 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:17,760 bought much more. 2024 I had also calmed a bit. 540 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:22,120 But yeah, 20 through 23 was those years were wild. 541 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:26,360 Yes, I was helping the watch market very significantly. 542 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,120 Were you contributing to the bubble? 543 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,520 I was. You were blowing up that. 544 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:38,320 Ball But I would say because I have been travelling about every 545 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:43,760 other week all year to Berlin to work with the Nomos team there 546 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,040 and then I wear Nomos every time. 547 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,920 So that's like half of the time wearing a Nomos, which even 548 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:52,200 though I've had, you know, quite a few Nomos, I've never worn 549 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,920 them half the time. That's true. 550 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:59,360 What I think that changed about my collecting is that on the 551 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:04,680 weeks that I'm home, I typically, it felt like 552 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,880 everything was a little bit new because I wasn't cycling through 553 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,719 like with my normals. It's 5 watches. 554 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,280 So I would, you know, like kind of trade them out. 555 00:34:13,639 --> 00:34:16,880 Have a couple that I really like are my favorite, like the Super 556 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:18,679 Sardines. So I wear that one a lot when 557 00:34:18,679 --> 00:34:21,600 I'm travelling. And then there's ones that I 558 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:26,960 have that I wear a lot less like my Orion, but it's still it's 559 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,960 quite a few watches that I can switch out, but they're all 560 00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:34,600 leather strap or like on a strap. 561 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:40,400 And so I felt that when I got home, I definitely tended 562 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:45,880 towards a bracelet. And also most of the time since 563 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:49,440 June, I wore the JLC. Yeah, so, so I don't think it 564 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,960 made me trade a lot out. So I guess I'm still the same. 565 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,040 I just wear the watch that I got most recently that. 566 00:34:56,239 --> 00:35:03,200 Means in 2025 you wore mostly Nomos and your JLC. 567 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,520 How does that make you feel about your Rolexes? 568 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:16,720 Did 2025 make you feel differently since over the years 569 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:20,200 I would say Rolex is typically the brand you wear the most, but 570 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,760 in 2025 that clearly wasn't the case. 571 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,920 Do you feel differently because of that? 572 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:38,360 Hard hitting questions. I feel like I have realized that 573 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:43,360 I am I mean people know this about me, but even more so, I 574 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:47,720 really love the Rolex OP's that was for perpetual it that is my 575 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,080 Rolex. So I do feel like the the other 576 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,680 ones that I have, I've even been thinking about. 577 00:35:53,680 --> 00:36:01,280 I'm, I hesitate to say this because my sister will jump for 578 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:06,360 joy, but I also think about like my my role, like state just is 579 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:12,600 like, can I justify just just can I date just justify? 580 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:16,160 Can I date justify having a watch that's just sitting there? 581 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,520 And I do have a lot of other watches just sitting there. 582 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,760 So that's probably not the first, but I realize I love the 583 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:28,000 O PS because over time, like I just like the simplicity of it. 584 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,880 It's just a great more sporty watch for me. 585 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,880 This is. I don't know if simplicity is 586 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,520 the right word, because if you're talking about simplicity, 587 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:40,240 the date just has more of it because it's a very basic white 588 00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:44,640 dial date just. I meant more like a brushed 589 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:52,240 case, a dial with no date, just like a very like a one color. 590 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,560 Well, for me it's always one color. 591 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:58,760 It's not one color. Your celebration is many colors. 592 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:04,560 So This is why I'm wondering because I feel like the O PS, at 593 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:07,080 least the ones that you own, they have so much more 594 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:09,640 personality. So simple isn't the word I think 595 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,680 about when I think you're O PS. I actually think of them as 596 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:18,240 being bold and fun and your date just is much more toned down. 597 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,440 I mean, that was why you chose it originally. 598 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:25,480 I guess it's more that I realized that like I still think 599 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:33,080 the OP that I gave my dad the the gold indices and the silver 600 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,280 dial is like the perfect. Watch. 601 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,800 If I had to have one watch, that would probably be like, if I was 602 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,560 like, OK, I can have one Rolex, it might be that I might I would 603 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,960 have. A harder time, okay. 604 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,560 OK. Sir, if we were in an alternate 605 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,840 timeline where you could only have one. 606 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,840 OK, OK, now I'm getting really red and embarrassed. 607 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:59,000 But anyway, that's kind of what made me think of think of that 608 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:03,880 as like maybe someday I'm just an OP collector. 609 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,680 I don't think that's probably going to happen, but you know, 610 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:08,960 in like the world in my mind. But again, this. 611 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:12,840 Is like when you think about it. The date just, you know, 612 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:14,920 alongside. But is still the perfect watch 613 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,400 the two watch collection. You've owned that watch for 614 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,160 almost 12 years now. Yeah, I don't think it's going. 615 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:22,720 Anywhere it'll be the first one you get. 616 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:27,080 Rid no, and also because I have both an oyster bracelet and the 617 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:32,120 jubilee so there's no reason I think I just need to wear it. 618 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:35,200 And it's the seamless jubilee. Yeah, without a clasp. 619 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:39,040 Yeah, no quick adjust. No, but that's that's not a 620 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:43,600 watch for me. Yeah, it's it was fun to look 621 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:48,720 through and kind of think about what I picked this year because 622 00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:53,400 I don't I don't know that otherwise I would have seen as 623 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:57,200 much of the themes of like the neo vintage and like really this 624 00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:02,000 less sporty after having a lot like I mean, before sporty 625 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:06,280 watches was my brand, you know, outside of just specifically 626 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,320 Rolex. OK, but it was very I had very 627 00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:13,920 few, it was either like very dress watch or very sporty. 628 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:18,760 This is like a Cartier tank in rose gold or a date just for 629 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:22,520 example, you know, like and most of my collection followed that 630 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:27,360 those lines and now it's moving in a different direction with 631 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:32,480 like, you know, neo vintage watches on bracelets like the 632 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,880 JLC. It has this elegant, but also 633 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,520 sporty. I wouldn't have remembered it 634 00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:40,480 was a chronograph. I mean, I I do know it. 635 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:43,160 Yeah, called it a Mecca Quartz. Yeah, I know. 636 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:47,040 The chemical quartz that's not. Oh yeah, because that's the 637 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:48,080 chronograph part. Is that. 638 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:52,120 Well, yeah, I mean, but I don't I I like the design of it. 639 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,880 It it's a super cool. One I'm timing nothing as always 640 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:59,800 I never seen. You use it for timing anything I 641 00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:04,640 OK, so at the end of 2025 I thought. 642 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:07,800 I changed everything, you know this. 643 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:12,200 I decided, OK, I'm going to sell off a bunch of watches. 644 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:16,600 And I even put together a list of the watches that were for 645 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,640 sale. And it was. 646 00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:23,440 It was a painful list of watches for sale, but my idea was sell a 647 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:27,160 bunch of watches and put all of that towards one watch. 648 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,440 Therefore consolidating the number of watches I owned 649 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,600 without and getting a new watch. A new most expensive watch I 650 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,760 have ever bought, but not putting new money into watches. 651 00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:42,360 So just a nice consolidation. You really went down that trail 652 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,640 for like a couple weeks? Yes, of thought a couple weeks. 653 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,320 Of thinking about it, certain I would do it. 654 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:52,640 I I don't feel that way at all. Totally abandoned that plan. 655 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,720 I do still want to sell a few watches. 656 00:40:55,720 --> 00:41:02,720 I, I, I, I do need to cut down a little bit, but that money won't 657 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:06,760 be nearly as much because I've taken half the watches that I 658 00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:08,680 had put on the sell list. Half of them are. 659 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:12,320 Back every time who looks at one of them, they go off the sell 660 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:13,560 list. Well that was the problem. 661 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,960 I went and tried them back. On you picked cool stuff. 662 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,200 Yeah, turns out I bought good watches. 663 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,240 Turns out you're like a really good watch collector. 664 00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:23,800 So good at picking watches for myself. 665 00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:27,240 Watch Collector like it's a banger of a collection. 666 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,160 That's what I heard. That is what I heard. 667 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,200 So I do still want to do a little bit of that 668 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,560 consolidation. I do have a watch in mind for 669 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,760 that and I've had this watch in mind for a while, but it's no 670 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:43,920 longer going to be like a major restructuring of my collection. 671 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:45,240 We're not going to say it out. Loud. 672 00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:46,640 No. OK, not yet. 673 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,480 You'll hold it. In I will hold it in because 674 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,880 I'll try to change my mind. OK, OK, perfect. 675 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:57,360 We would love to hear if you have some things that, some 676 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,680 themes, some ideas. What happened in your collecting 677 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,280 in 2025. Yeah, it'll be awesome to you. 678 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,200 Can tell us on Instagram or e-mail. 679 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,920 Questions. At this watch Life dot. 680 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:11,080 Com or a voicemail on. Voicemail I love. 681 00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:12,840 Getting voice. Memos. 682 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,920 Please do the voice memos. They're super cool. 683 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,000 And thanks everybody. Have a great day. 684 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:19,840 Bye bye.