The Time 4A Pint Podcast

For episode 63 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast, I got together with Toronto based Justin Mastine-Frost. Outgoing editor in chief of watchuseek.com and fitrated.com, and brand new Director of Digital Content for Sharp Magazine, Canada’s foremost luxury publication. Justin and I first got to hang out in November of 2020, when he and fellow guest Aldis Hodge  joined me and Mat for our 15th Virtual GTG (which you can check out on YouTube). Justin was not messing about that day, and brought some serious horological heat, in the form of an Arnold and Son Nebula. Which as anyone who’s scrolled through Justin’s Instagram account will tell you, is just one fascinating piece in a hugely varied collection that spans high end to affordable, and mainstream to independent. I had no idea what Justin was going to bring along today, but I knew that whatever it was, it would be interesting. And colourful. Or grey. Or both. You can find pictures and reference numbers of all the watches that we talked about on the Time 4A Pint website. If you like what you hear, please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. If you love what you hear, please buy me a virtual pint to say thanks.

For episode 62 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast, I got together with fellow talkative Englishman, and pathological contrarian, Phil Toledano. Who you may know from Instagram as Mister Enthusiast. The topics we covered were many and varied. Including, but not limited to: buying and maintaining group B rally cars, ram raids, Vietnam era pilot’s helmets, the joy of putting your kid’s face onto plates, pillows, and tote bags, how weird and wonderful it is to be a Dad, Birman cats, Mr Frumples the dog, great TV Shows we’re currently watching, the Jaguar XJ220, running a lifestyle clothing brand, watch sausage parties, how instagram can be a rather dull unimaginative echo chamber, turning Rolexes into art, collecting Patek’s from the 70s, buying the things that you really like, and the importance of a test tube filled with oil. These intro’s are getting weirder aren’t they? You can find pictures and reference numbers of all the watches that we talked about on the Time 4A Pint website. If you like what you hear, please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. If you love what you hear, please buy me a virtual pint to say thanks.

For episode 61 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast, I got together with nomadic Irishman, and owner of Brooklyn’s Iona Bar, Victor Boyd, who you may know from Instagram, as PapillonVic. We talked about buying Rolex Submariners for £295, working in high end restaurants in London and Paris and opening one in Manhattan, selling an entire collection to pay the bills when the world changed on September 11, and starting over in Brooklyn with a very cool neighbourhood bar called Iona. Diving with watches, changing beer barrels with watches, buying vintage, meeting independents, and being tipped off to a spectacularly uncommon, and tough as nails JLC by a former NFL player. There is a lot going on in this episode. So grab your headphones, pour yourself a drink that is time-of-day appropriate, and enjoy. You can find pictures and reference numbers of all the watches that we talked about on the Time 4A Pint website. If you like what you hear, please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. If you love what you hear, please buy me a virtual pint to say thanks.

For episode 60 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast, I got together with Portobello Road based watch dealer, and fellow fan of odd horology, Josh Rogers. We talked about how the trade has changed in the last 10 years, the weird and wonderful things that wander in off the Portobello Road, keyboard warriors and Omega cross hairs, impulse purchases in French Flea markets, buying a new stainless steel Rolex at retail, and our shared fondness for quirky and often unloved timepieces. Watches featured in this episode: Chopard L.U.C Regluator Quattro 18K White Gold ref. 171910-1001 Seiko Sportura Kinetic SNL015 7L22 OAd0 Omega Deville Saint Honoré ref. BC751.8358E / 551.8358 / 142.8358 IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar ref. IW503502 Omega Seamaster Automatic 165.002 Omega Seamaster Automatic Day Date calibre 1020 ref. 166.0216 Bulova Accutron “Sputnik” calibre 218.1 2020 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust 41mm “Wimbledon” ref. 126334 Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Grande Date ref. 240.8.15   You can find pictures and reference numbers of all the watches that we talked about, along with lots of helpful show notes on the Time 4A Pint website. Want to support the show? Buy me a virtual pint for just £1 at https://ko-fi.com/time4apint

For episode 58 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast, I got together with New York Times best selling Author, and spectacular watch nerd, Gary Shteyngart. Born in Leningrad in 1972, Gary moved to New York at the age of 7. Which is where he was last week, when we jumped on a long distance line to talk about seven of the watches from his collection, angry people on the internet, and his most recent novel, Lake Success. You can find pictures and reference numbers of all the watches that we talked about, along with lots of helpful show notes on the Time 4A Pint website. Want to support the show? Buy me a virtual pint for just £1 at https://ko-fi.com/time4apint

For episode 57 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast,  I got together with Tokyo based Eric Skier, also known as "Jewpanese Dude".  Originally from the United States, Eric has been living in Japan since 1991. He is a 5th degree blackbelt in Kendo, who enjoys living a simple life, with friends, family, a cold beer or three, and some better than decent food. We talked about his love for fine timepieces. Hunting out rarities in Japan. The risk of buying broken and obscure watches. 10 of the wonderful pieces in his personal collection, and two of the many that he’s helped pick up for friends: Omega Speedmaster Professional Speedy Tuesday “Ultraman” - reference 311.12.42.30.01.001 Omega Speedmaster Professional “Silver Snoopy Award” 50th Anniversary - reference 310.32.42.50.02.001 Omega Speedmaster X-33 Gen 2 - reference 3291.50 Universal Genève Space-Compax - reference 885104/01 Universal Genève Aero-Compax - reference 22703/4 Breitling Navitimer 806, 1959 re-edition - reference AB0910371B1X1 Breitling AVI 765, 1953 re-edition - reference AB0920131B1X1 Breitling SuperOcean 2005 1969 Weekly Auto Orient King Diver 1977 Citizen Quartz Crystron 150m diver - DV730V/2150-11 Heuer Quartz 200m Professional - 980.007 Modified Casio G-Shock GA-2100 - a.k.a CasiOak You can find pictures of them, along with some helpful show notes at https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-57 Want to support the show? Buy me a virtual pint for just £1 at https://ko-fi.com/time4apint

This week I got together with Kathleen McGivney, the New York based CEO of RedBar Group - the world’s largest watch enthusiast community. Kathleen is one of the most friendly and welcoming people in the watch collecting hobby. Has an extensive, eclectic, and ever changing collection of horological gems. And will, if asked, provide you with all the information you could ever need, on the subject of Radium, its uses, and why eating, licking or ingesting it in any way is a terrible idea. We talked about Redbar. The wonderful weirdness of going back to in-person events. And 8 of the watches from her personal collection: Brew Retrograph “Teal” Méraud Bonaire “Graphite Grey” Ming 17.01 “Anthracite” Swatch Tresor Magique (SAZ101) Hamilton Otis “Reverso” Universal Geneve Polerouter Arnold & Son HM Perpetual Moon - Piece Unique Schon “The Dot” - Piece Unique You can find pictures of them, along with some helpful show notes at https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-56 Want to support the show? Buy me a virtual pint for just £1 at https://ko-fi.com/time4apint

For Episode 55 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast, I jumped on a long distance line with Suguru “Sug” Nishioka, to talk about family, diving, the 90s, and how important it is to find a watch that’s the right size for you. Watches featured in this episode: 2020 HODINKEE x Casio “6900 by John Mayer” LE Casio G-Shock DW6900JM20-8CR 1995 Seiko SUS Chronograph 7T27-7A40 2021 Synchron Military Black PVD coated diver 1995 Sinn 244 Ti 1967 Rolex 1016 Explorer 2020 Rolex 114200 Oyster Perpetual 34 2019 IWC Pilot 36 IW324010 2011 Grand Seiko SBGW033 2021 Chrono Tokyo “Chronograph 1” You can find pictures of them, along with some helpful show notes at https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-55 Want to support the show? Buy me a virtual pint for just £1 at https://ko-fi.com/time4apint

This very special edition of the Time 4A Pint podcast is all about mens health, and the role that Movember plays in helping to improve it through funding research and some amazing charitable organisations. Sticking to the tried and tested Time 4A Pint formula, I got together with people who know what they’re talking about, and asked them lots of questions about the importance of growing a mo to save a bro. Steff Webb, Community Fundraising Manager at Movember took me through the how, what, why, when and where of the Movember Foundation - from beginning to present day. Shedding light on how the foundation works, what you can do to get involved, and importantly what the money raised from moustaches, moving, and mo-ing your own way, goes into. Bobby Bansal joined me to talk about his balls. Starting with an eye watering story about connecting them with the crossbar of his bicycle, and culminating with him having testicular cancer twice, and not only living to tell the tale, but doing so in front of large groups of lads, and laughing about it. Elvin Box is a prostate cancer survivor who pulled no punches in sharing his story from PSA test to surgery and beyond. A hard conversation, and a tough listen, that could help you spot the signs of prostate problems early. James Mace is a mental health advocate, who has experienced more than his share of grief, and with the help of those around him pulled through, and gone on to help others. The big takeaways from this conversation are that it is important to keep talking, everyone goes through tough times, and that as a friend, listening and being supportive are sometimes the very best things you can do. When this episode aired in 2020, listeners had the chance to win my 2019 Oris Chronoris Movember Edition, and a copy of Flores Delores and the Oris Chronoris signed by Barbara Palumbo. The raffle for these wonderful goodies raised more than £10,000 for Movember, and was won by a chap called Stuart, in the USA. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons

Much of the watch collecting hobby, is about enablement. One or more collectors, gently nudging another towards functions, styles, heritage, brands, and models that they might find interesting. Sometimes this happens face to face, over one too many pints of winkles old peculiar, sometimes it happens on forums through friendly discussion and heated debate, and more and more, the subtle power of an Instagram friend’s beautifully shot photographs, shoulder the responsibility for an unplanned horological purchase. Sometimes, however, enablement happens in total isolation, through heavy google searching, a conviction that “bi-metallic 1000m water resistant mechanical alarm watches from the 1970s” are totally underrated, and an ill advised late night session on a popular auction platform. Today’s show is not about those late night eBay purchases. Mostly because I don’t own any of them. Any more. But is is about enablement - specifically me being enabled into the world of SCUBA diving by long-time diver, friend of the show, the man behind team Watchnerd, and today’s guest, Mat. A quick warning for listeners with a sensitive disposition, this weeks show contains stories of dive watches being used for diving. Who knew that was a thing? Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-53 for pictures and show notes. If you're enjoying the Time 4A Pint Podcast and would like to support the creation of new episodes, you can buy me a virtual pint on Ko-Fi, and help to keep the conversations flowing - https://ko-fi.com/time4apint Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons

During the late 1950s, the human race developed a taste for building huge, powerful, rockets, and launching them into outer space. Exciting stuff, for sure, but made much more exciting, when on April 12 1961, Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was strapped into one of these rockets, and became the first human being to travel into space. Wearing a 17-jewel Sturmanskie watch on his wrist. Now, the 17-jewel Sturnmanskie may not be on the wish list of many collectors, however its use by Gagarin in Vostok 1, earns it a place on the register of watches in space. This is a theoretical register, as far as I know, but were it to be beautifully presented in hardback form, preferably, with lots of lovely photographs, you could assume, it would contain a great deal of black dialled, hand wound, triple register chronographs, with the greek symbol for Omega on their dial.  Tucked in between all of those Swiss made 321, 861, and 1861 calibre chronographs, you’d find timepieces from all manner of brands, containing all kinds of tech -  tuning fork watches of various flavours, brightly coloured automatic chronographs, cheap, cheerful, robust, and accurate digital watches, dressy chronographs that you’d never expect to see in an industrial situation, pilots watches with complicated slide rules on their dial, and a whole host of coronet adorned divers and GMTs. There are so many watches that have been worn in space, that someone really could write a book on the subject. But that’s perhaps a task for another day. Today, we’re suiting up, strapping in, and launching ourselves into a very brief history of watches in space. Watches featured in this episode: Poljot Strela Calibre 3017 Chronograph Accutron Astronaut (214 movement) Omega Speedmaster 145.012SP Rolex Submariner 14060M You can find pictures of them, along with some helpful show notes at https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-52 Want to support the show? Buy me a virtual pint for just £1 at https://ko-fi.com/time4apint

With the heavy media focus on the Moonwatch and the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 this year, you could be forgiven for thinking that Omega produce nothing but manual wind chronographs, and that the only exploration they have been involved with required rockets and spacesuits. Equally, glancing at the ongoing surge in vintage, and limited edition modern Speedmaster prices, it seems that some collectors feel that if it wasn’t on the wrist of Aldrin, Armstrong, or Collins (or related to a watch they wore), that it’s not really worth hunting down. Pure lunacy. Today’s guest has pushed through the Moonwatch phase of his collecting madness, and donned mask, flippers, and snorkel, to explore the depths of Omega’s vast vintage catalogue. His focus pulled from Omega watches that splashed down into the ocean on the wrists of engineers, scientists and explorers, to Omega watches that went deep under the oceans surface on the wrists of engineers, scientists, and explorers. Horological tools that couldn’t be more different. Although those cases do look incredibly similar! Watches on this episode: Omega Seamaster 2913-3 Omega Seamaster 165.014-63 Omega Seamaster 165.024 Omega Seamaster 165.024 “Big Triangle” You can find pictures of them, along with some helpful show notes at https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-51  Want to support the show? Buy me a virtual pint for just £1 at https://ko-fi.com/time4apint

Head back to the 1960s and 70s, and if you were buying a watch designed for professional diving, you were more likely to wear suits made from form fitting neoprene, than hand tailored wool to your place of work. Thankfully the professional tool watches that found their way into hands of COMEX and Cousteau, were incredibly rugged, and incredibly water resistant - So those of us that are more comfortable behind a desk, than in a diving bell, can enjoy them today. Not that either today’s guest, or myself are likely to be found wearing a suit, or being allowed to undertake any serious diving for that matter - Frankly, there’s more chance of us knowing the Greek word for “the depth of the ocean”. Which is Benthos, in case you were wondering. A piece of information that may prove useful in around 20 minutes time. Watches discussed on this episode: Eterna-Matic Super KonTiki 130FTP Eterna-Matic Super KonTiki IDF Issued Certina DS-2 Super PH 500M Certina DS-3 Super PH1000M Aquastar Benthos 500 (10-50 bezel) Aquastar Benthos 500 (decompression bezel) Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-49 for pictures and show notes. If you're enjoying the Time 4A Pint Podcast and would like to support the creation of new episodes, you can buy me a virtual pint on Ko-Fi, and help to keep the conversations flowing - https://ko-fi.com/time4apint Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons

Welcome to Episode 48 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week I got together with Colin, long term watch collector (and longer term Formula One fan), to talk about the (metaphorical) collision of his passions for Horology and Motorsport, and the ensuing (actual) explosion of Heuer Chronographs! Watches on this episode: Rolex Oysterdate Precision 6694 Omega Genéve Dynamic 135.033 Heuer Autavia 1163V “Viceroy” (Calibre 12) Heuer Autavia 73663 “Villeneuve” (Valjoux 7736) Heuer Autavia 2446 “Rindt” (Valjoux 72) Heuer Silverstone 110313 (Calibre 12) Heuer Audi Sport (Lemania 5100) Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-48 for pictures and show notes. If you're enjoying the Time 4A Pint Podcast and would like to support the creation of new episodes, you can buy me a virtual pint on Ko-Fi, and help to keep the conversations flowing - https://ko-fi.com/time4apint Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons

Welcome to Episode 47 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - Ever since the first episode aired in April 2017, people have been sending me messages, asking about my watches. What do I have? What have I sold? What do I like? What doesn’t do it for me? What’s next on the list? And whilst answers to those questions, and more, have been woven into to the conversations that I’ve had with guests over the last 46 shows, there was no single place where I just got to talk about my stuff. So this week I set out to change that, and Invited friend of the show Jonas over to drink some beers, eat some pizza, and talk about the 6 watches which make up the core of my collection. There are some mistakes in here, some questions I just don’t have answers to, and I’m sure I got some things totally back to front, but hey, I never claimed to be an expert. I’m just a guy who likes watches. And beer and pizza. Clearly. Watches on this episode: 2002 Omega Speedmaster Professional (reference 3570.50.00) 2002-2006 Omega Speedmaster Professional X-33 Second Generation (reference 3291.50.00) 1974 Omega Speedsonic (reference 188.0002) 1969 Omega flightmaster Cal. 910 (reference 145.013) 1971 Omega flightmaster Cal. 911 (reference 145.026) 2013 Omega Speedmaster Professional Racing "TinTin" (reference 311.30.42.30.01.004) Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-47 for pictures and show notes. If you're enjoying the Time 4A Pint Podcast and would like to support the creation of new episodes, you can buy me a virtual pint on Ko-Fi, and help to keep the conversations flowing - https://ko-fi.com/time4apint Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons

Welcome to Episode 46 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week I got together with Ben, blogger for 8 Past 10, and watch enthusiast (not collector... or so he thinks!), to drink beers and talk watches. This show was a fantastically quick turnaround, from a very brief chat over a beer on Friday, to a recording (and a couple more beers) on the following Wednesday. And up to the point where the recorder started rolling, I had no idea where the conversation was going to go, or what we were going to talk about. Pretty much the same position you guys are in at the start of each show. Cheers. Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-46 for pictures and show notes. Support the Time 4A Pint podcast, buy me a beer - https://ko-fi.com/time4apint Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons

Welcome to Episode 45 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week I got together with Alan, a watch collector who doesn't hang around on forums, or Instagram, and has been adding horological goodies to his stash for over 20 years, to hang out and talk watches. Starting out with all of Alan's watches laid out on a table, we spent four hours talking through what made sense to share, what made a good story, and what you, the listener would find most interesting to hear about. And after much negotiation we got down to the big 6 - a set of watches Alan would walk out the door with if his house were on fire. Probably. Enjoy. Watches on this episode: Omega Railmaster 2914-1 Broad Arrow Omega Seamaster Automatic 166.0251 "Baby PloProf II" Tudor Oyster-Prince Submarine 7924 Rolex Submariner 5513 (1st Quarter of 1962) Rolex Explorer 1016 Audemars Piguet 39mm Royal Oak Openworked Selfwinding 15305ST.OO.1220ST.01 Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-45 for pictures and show notes. Support the Time 4A Pint podcast, buy me a beer - https://ko-fi.com/time4apint Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons

Welcome to Episode 44 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week I got together with Nicholas Bowman-Scargill, 4th Managing Director, and re-founder of the Fears Watch Company to drink tea, eat biscuits and talk about the first hand wound watch from Fears in more than 50 years! Tune in to hear about the re-establishment of what was the West of England's largest watchmaker, and the journey Nick has taken in the development, construction, and launch of the small production marvel of British engineering that is the Fears Brunswick. Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-44 for pictures and show notes. Support the Time 4A Pint podcast, buy me a beer - https://ko-fi.com/time4apint Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons

Welcome to Episode 42 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week I sat down for a chat with Aris, to talk about two iconic watch movements, and a selection of the automatic chronographs from his collection that make use of them. From Sinn, to Tudor, Lorenz, and Lemania, each of the watches we talked about contains either a Valjoux 7750, or a Lemania 5100. Two tried and tested workhorses, wrapped up inside six rugged, and beautiful tool watches. Get ready to add a few more timepieces to that wish list. Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-42 for pictures and show notes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons

Welcome to Episode 41 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - This week I ventured into the world of Antiquarian Horology, and English pocket watches, with knowledgable and incredibly patient watchmaker, Seth Kennedy. Seth brought along a selection of the tools he uses when working on the timepieces of the past, along with a few watches from his own collection, including two that he has hand crafted brand new, sterling silver cases for. For the wags who felt that the modern British watches on episode 39 weren’t quite British enough, hopefully the pieces on today’s show will satisfy your patriotic urges! Head to https://www.time4apint.com/podcast/the-time-4a-pint-podcast-episode-41 for pictures and show notes. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons