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DetailerDetailer 41 - Andrew Whiting and Jamila SahaDavid travels to a showflat in Clapham Quarter to meet Andrew Whiting of Hût Architects (its designer) and Jamila Saha of Haworth Tompkins to discuss 'Build the Way', an entry-level architecture traineeship providing an alternative and accessible route into the built environment professions that Whiting has helped develop and Saha has enjoyed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2026-01-3049 min
BroBots: Technology, Health & Being a Better HumanScooby-Doo Has the Best Take on Masculinity (Seriously)What Does It Mean to Be a Real Man? (According to AI)What happens when you ask ChatGPT to define masculinity as Trump, Obama, Joe Rogan, and Scooby-Doo? We discovered something disturbing about how AI is homogenizing human belief - and why that matters for deepfakes, social control, and the future of what we think is "real." Plus: why Scooby-Doo might be the most honest voice on modern manhood.MORE FROM BROBOTS:Get the Newsletter!Timestamps:0:00 The NFL Comment That Started...
2025-12-2239 minBroBots: Technology, Health & Being a Better HumanScooby-Doo Has the Best Take on Masculinity (Seriously)What Does It Mean to Be a Real Man? (According to AI)What happens when you ask ChatGPT to define masculinity as Trump, Obama, Joe Rogan, and Scooby-Doo? We discovered something disturbing about how AI is homogenizing human belief - and why that matters for deepfakes, social control, and the future of what we think is "real." Plus: why Scooby-Doo might be the most honest voice on modern manhood.MORE FROM BROBOTS:Get the Newsletter!Timestamps:0:00 The NFL Comment That Started...
2025-12-2239 min
Million Ways to MillionsFrom Military Service to Millionaire: Andrew’s Journey to Financial FreedomIn this episode of the "Million Ways to Millions" podcast, join Micah Haworth as he sits down with Andrew, a seasoned investor who has spent over 20 years strategically building wealth through real estate, stocks, and disciplined financial habits. Discover how Andrew used his military benefits, leveraged VA loans, and adopted a long-term mindset to create a diverse and profitable investment portfolio.
Whether you're just starting your wealth-building journey or looking for inspiration, this episode offers actionable advice and proves that anyone can achieve financial stability through consistent effort and smart investing.
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2024-09-3053 min
The Halftime Show618 -Esports world championship with Andrew Haworth (23.9.23)Director of Production,Operations and Commissioner for BLAST PremierAndrew Haworth stops by to speak to us about this years huge event in the UAE!Esports world championship is happening in December and the best Gamers in the world are coming to fight for 1 million US dollars!The latest sports news and talking points around the world internationally and locally.Listen to #Pulse95Radio in the UAE by tuning in on your radio (95.00 FM) or online on our website: www.pulse95radio...
2023-09-2325 min
The HourTime ShowBrands to Keep an Eye on for Black FridayHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
We open The Pod with a status update on Nicholas: He's alive! Yup, he had The Covid and was out of commission for several days there. But he's feeling much better now. Hooray!
Believe it or not but we actually talk about watches this week, focusing on some Black Friday deals we think you should keep an eye on. We mostly touch on...
2022-11-2129 minThe HourTime ShowYema Has a Kickstarter and We Have ThoughtsHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter) and Victor (@vmarks). Nicholas was recovering from The Covid when this was recorded but should be back in the saddle next week.
John and Victor discuss a bunch of stuff this week including Yema doing a Kickstarter for a Wristrmaster Traveler Micro-Rotor, which vaguely resembles a Royal Oak. If you back the Kickstarter it can be yours for roughly $1,500 but if you wait for retail availability it'll set you back...
2022-11-1424 minThe HourTime ShowTag's new Super Mario F1 chrono, dual wristing & customizing your Apple Watch dialHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks on Twitter) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
After some brief Baseball Talk, we jump right into the Watch Talk.
We update everyone on the release of the Lorier Neptune Series IV, which went on sale on Friday Oct. 14 but has already sold out. If you want one now Lorier estimates the next batch will ship in March 2023.
Then there's some Bicycle Talk. Sorry.
We then discuss Tag's new...
2022-10-1730 minThe HourTime ShowEveryone Is Here And We're Actually Talking About WatchesHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week, for the first time in a million years, are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon). Hooray!
John opens the show with some alarm clock talk and the whimsy of Brooklyn!
In terms of watches, we've got a bunch actually this week.
Victor discusses the Ollech & Wajs M110 which he recently saw in Paris; John brings up the Redwood V2 (of course, the automatic version) and an annoying problem...
2022-10-1032 min
The Funk AssassinAndrew Weatherall, Peggy Gou, The Orb, Francois K, Soulwax - by Andy Haworth, Chugger's 010It’s been a while, it’s time to throw down an Electronic mix of tunes with a deep throbbing groove. For those in the know this an alternative style I do away from the Disco and House music I often play. If you like your electronic music then give it a listen. If you prefer your Disco and House check out those mixes under @thefunkassassin
In this mix its time to Chug in memory of Andrew Weatherall, in the mix we embark on a Psychedellic journey of Electronic grooves with a vast soundscape of aural delights.
Recorded on the week...
2022-09-292h 05The HourTime ShowHello Again! Refined Thoughts on the Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar & The Quantified SelfHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks on Twitter) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon). John was AFK while we we recording because we recorded at a weird time.
We're back! As we said a few weeks ago, all three of us were going to be traveling all over the place during the month of September so it was not going to be possible to record. Victor is technically in London right now with a MacGyver recording setup but he sounds OK.
2022-09-2632 minThe HourTime ShowSolar Week: Garmin's Forerunner 955 Solar, the Best Vacation Watches While Traveling, and More!Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks on Twitter) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon). John (@johnbiggs) is still in Europe so he couldn't record, but he wants you to know that he loves you.
We open this week with a bit of an explanation as to why we've released episodes at a weird clip over the past few weeks. Basically, between travel and work stuff, we have not been able to consistently get a quorum at our usual recording time. Victor...
2022-08-2933 minThe HourTime ShowWe Interview Luminox Co-Founder Barry Cohen!Hello and welcome to yet another exciting episode of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon). John is still in Europe and will be unable to record for a little bit longer.
This week we have a special episode where Victor and I interview Barry Cohen, the co-founder of Luminox and currently of ProTek, a watch brand that Patrick recently wrote about for the site.
Victor and I pick Barry's brain on all sorts of stuff, including what it was like launching a w...
2022-08-2351 minThe HourTime ShowJohn's Hands-On Review of the New Seiko GMT!Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon). Hooray!
After a small amount of delightful banter we jump right into John's HOT TAKE~! on the new Seiko GMT that we've been talking about the past few weeks. It's not perfect, but it's pretty good!
We then talk about the "value" of $1000-ish three-handers or whether or not you're better off going with a $200 AliExpress piece.
There's a few more...
2022-08-0122 minThe HourTime ShowWhy Is It Still So Hard to Buy a MoonSwatch?Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon). Full house!
We touch on a handful of topics this week but spend the bulk of our time on the MoonSwatch, the mega-hyped watch that took the watch world *by storm* just a few months ago. Our question: why is it still so hard to buy this thing? There's going to be a MoonSwatch Summer Tour all across Europe over the next few weeks, but...
2022-07-1823 min
Photo 365Shades of GrayThe photographic industry once overlooked the importance of accurate skin tone reproduction for people of color. Now, new technology touted in Google’s latest smartphones promises to render darker skin tones in a more accurate way.
In this episode, we'll take a look back at some of the industry's problems with skin tone through the years, and discuss strategies for ensuring better color accuracy and exposure.
Topics discussed:
Google's Real Tone ad
Google's official Real Tone page
Google rolls out Real Tone filters for Google Photos users
An article on "Shirley Cards" from NPR
The...
2022-07-1222 minThe HourTime ShowToo Many Watches To Fit Into This Episode Title Text FieldHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks on Twitter) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon). John, alas, could not record this week. He sends his regards, probably.
Every once in a while we have a week that's chock full of watch news, and this is one of those weeks!
Your pals discuss everything from the new Tudor Ranger, which, eh, we're not super into; the Moser x Undefeated "collab," which we're also not super into; and the Lorier Neptune Series...
2022-07-1134 min
The HourTime ShowHands-On With The New Yema Superman 500!Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks on Twitter) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon). John, alas, could not record this week.
After a bit of preamble, including the status of Victor's air conditioning system and Nicholas's delightful recent appearance on the Lan Jam Podcast, we do in fact talk about watches this week. Hooray!
Most of our focus is on a couple of recently announced King Seikos, including the very handsome purple dial SPB291 (around $2000), that both Victor and...
2022-07-0430 min
The Funk AssassinBack2Electric 08 - Andrew Weatherall, Daniel Avery, Kölsch, Joris Voorn, Hot ToddyThe first 2 hour mix in the series played to an intermate Crowd of lovely Electronic musically minded people covering a wide soudscape of dreamy rhythm's. Playing an array of genre's including Deep House, Melodic Techno, Indie Dance, Kraut Rock, Progressive, Acid House, Balearic and everything inbetween peppered with Synth's and Drum machines for your aural delight.
The mix includes music by some of my favorite Electronic artists including Andrew Weatherall, Daniel Avery, Kölsch, Joris Voorn, Phil Kieran, Junior Fairplay, Scott Fraser, Craig Bratley, Hot Toddy and PBR Streetgang with a delightful remix by Andrew Weatherall of Jaguar Ma's 'Come S...
2022-06-301h 58The HourTime ShowFriends Don't Let Friends Buy Three-HandersHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks), and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
We've got a short and sweet episode this week because John is recovering from Covid and Victor's air conditioner died. Nicholas asks that you please read his article on office chairs in Consumer Reports. Thank you.
As far as watches go, we mostly talk this week about GMTs and how they're useful, with John now fully on board with the new Seiko GMTs...
2022-06-2016 minThe HourTime ShowHaggling Over Discounts Triggers Our AnxietyHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks), and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
We tackle a few big topics this week.
The first is the very strong rumor of an SKX-style GMT coming from Seiko, uh, any minute now. Victor has the lowdown on the main site if you want to read the specs, but it appears we're looking at a $500-ish GMT that very closely resembles the SKX/5KX family of divers. Are your pals...
2022-06-0626 minThe HourTime ShowOur Misadventures In CryptoHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks), and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
We've got a breezy episode for you this week as Victor opens with an update on that WT Author Kickstarter he had mentioned a few weeks ago (now with his review!); we bring up our still-on-paper plans to produce our own watch; whether or not smartwatches actually help you lose weight, featuring a shout-out to Nicholas's article in Hodinkee last fall about that very subject...
2022-05-2321 minThe HourTime ShowBreaking Down the Google Pixel Watch, Plus Ethics in WWII Watch CollectingHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks), and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon). Full house!
This week we open with some house business. First, I (Nicholas) would like to apologize to everyone who reads these show notes because Spotify had recently and *without our authorization* been inserting donation links into them. They claim it was a bug but who knows. I am not exaggerating when I say I was pretty annoyed when I discovered that.
John...
2022-05-1626 min
The Funk AssassinBack2Electric 04 - Dan Avery, Andrew Weatherall, Optimo (Espacio), Soulwax, Shit RobotWelcome to another Chugging adventure of spaced out, sleezy, low tempo, hypnotic groove's.
We continue with a special mix with tracks by some special talent including Dan Avery, Andrew Weatherall, Optimo (Espacio), Soulwax, Shit Robot and Peza.
The mix starts with a monologue by the late Bill Hicks whose insight's of the Universe as we know it open's up your mind.
We go again into a low slung groove of a mix put together with Love by @thefunkassassin
There are more Electronic music sessions to come, Follow @thefunkassassin for all future mixes, there’s some fire on the way.
For al...
2022-05-081h 03
The Funk AssassinBack2Electric 03 - Amy Douglas, DFA, Andrew Weatherall, Timothy FairplayWelcome to some more Chugging action deicated to a spaced out, sleezy, low tempo, hypnotic groove.
It's a special mix this one with tracks by the incredibly talented Amy Douglas, DFA, (Andrew Weatherall, & Timothy J Fairplay) [The Asphodells] and The Emperor Machine.
The mix starts with Amy Douglas' first ever track released on DFA records, a label I'm a massive fan of that is remixed by Crooked Man, an absolute peach of a tune.
Once again this is a low slung groove of a mix put together with Love by @thefunkassassin
There are more Electronic music sessions to come, Follow...
2022-05-051h 01The HourTime ShowWe Are Asking Once Again for FeedbackHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks on Twitter) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon). Nicholas may sound slightly "echo-y" this week because he had his mic improperly positioned. Sorry!
We kick the show off with some house business: Please take two seconds to help us make a watch! Yes, Victor is spearheading the project, informally known as the "Cholex," whereby your pals at WristWatchReview make their own watch. We're still at the feedback stage, so please read this blog post and...
2022-05-0230 minThe HourTime ShowMisaligned Bezels Are a Cope!Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
Yes we've got a full house here this week on The HourTime Show, with John opening the discussion with some talk on his SEESTERN (yes, the name is capitalized) and how it compares to an actual Doxa Sub 300T he has on loan. If you thought the real Doxa would blow away the SEESTERN in terms of build quality and so forth, well, you're 100 percent...
2022-04-2521 min
The Funk AssassinBack2Electric 01 - The Human League, Andrew Weatherall, Hardway Bros, The AsphodellsWelcome to the start of another new set of mixes dedicated to the Chug, a spaced out, sleezy, low tempo, hypnotic groove.
On this mix there are tracks by The Human League, Andrew Weatherall, Hardway Bros and The Asphodells plus many more.
This is a low slung groove of a mix put together with Love by @thefunkassassin
'Once you have established the Groove, watch the hands go up'. Andrew Weatherall
There are more Electronic music sessions to come, Follow @thefunkassassin for all future mixes, there’s some fire on the way.
For all past mixes click here ==> soundcloud.com/thefunkassassin/se...
2022-04-221h 10The HourTime ShowWe Interview Micheal Culyba, the Director of 'Keeper of Time'Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your host this week is Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon on Twitter and Instagram).
This week we interview Michael Culyba, director of the documentary Keeper of Time. As you'll hear in the interview, we're pretty big fans of the doc and think you'll enjoy it too.
Keeper of Time debuts in New York City on April 28. If you're in the NYC area you can purchase tickets for its in-person screening. You can also purchase tickets for a livestream virtual screening...
2022-04-1834 minThe HourTime ShowHelp Us Create a Watch (Really!)Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks on Twitter) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
Before we get into the meat of the episode we have a request: Please take two seconds to look at this design of our in-house watch idea (case and latest dial design) and tell Victor what you think, either by tweeting him or emailing him at victor@wristwatchreview.com. We're very seriously considering creating it but we're at the stage of the process where we need a...
2022-04-1127 minThe HourTime ShowThe MoonSwatch Is A Total Vibe ShiftHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks on Twitter) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
Look, yes, there's huge news this week, but we have a couple of things to talk about beforehand.
The first is that we're giving away a watch! Yes, the kind folks at Whitby have provided us an Intrepid X Chronograph for you to win. Simply enter here for your chance to win. Huzzah!
Next, Bulgari. They've broken the record for the world's thinnest...
2022-03-2841 minThe HourTime ShowFour Wolf MoonHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks on Twitter), Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon), and WWR Managing Editor (IE, the guy who actually runs the site!) Patrick (@PatrickWatches).
That's right: we've got us a full four-wolf moon this week!
Victor kicks off the wrist check with a watch he recently assembled from parts featuring an Elgin dial, which we then explain what that means. Patrick is wearing the Mido Ocean Star GMT, which he's in the...
2022-03-2123 min
Photo 365Getting (literally) knocked out of a rutIt’s easy to get jaded after doing something for decades, months or even days. Then something unexpected happens. Sometimes a routine photo assignment turns out to be much more memorable – and maybe a little painful!
2022-03-1515 minThe HourTime ShowWasteland Survival GuideHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks on Twitter), and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
Time for a wrist check: Victor has a Bulova, Nicholas has an Orient Bambino, and John has a GMT Tudor, his love affair with his "Tiffany Blue" Seestern having seemingly come to an end.
After opening the show with a bit of guitar talk ("It's a little hobby of mine," says John), your pals to the idea of watches in the...
2022-03-1422 minThe HourTime ShowThe Strongest ROI Is Enjoying a ThingHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks on Twitter) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
We open this week with a quick discussion on why Orient (which Nicholas is wearing this week) isn't as big as Seiko. They make good watches!
Next we discuss the brand that has taken WristWatchReview by storm over the past few weeks: Seestern! Nicholas bought an orange model a few weeks ago, and we've since discovered why it's called "Seestern." There's a starfish on the...
2022-03-0728 min
The Real Story with Natalie HarpFebruary 28, 2022 – Bob Barr, Liz Harrington, Stefan Kleinhenz, Ian Haworth, Andrew GiulianiTonight on The Real Story…Ukraine Invasion Day 5: – Bob Barr (Liberty Guard) Sky High Gas Prices – Liz Harrington (Save America) The People’s Convoy – Stefan Kleinhenz (OAN) Biden SOTU Preview – Ian Haworth (The Daily Wire)
2022-03-0153 minThe HourTime ShowWelcome to the Watch TankHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks), and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
We open this week with a wrist check, which we're pretty bad at remembering to do but here we are: Victor has his Sandoz (which resembles this guy), Nicholas has his white dial Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical, while John is wearing the infamous "Tiffany Blue" Seestern!!!
This leads to our main discussion of the week: the role that the Seesterns of the world...
2022-02-2820 minThe HourTime ShowWe Are All Unique Consumers!Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks), and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
This is one of our trademark meandering / semi-ridiculous episodes where we discuss two million things including, eventually, watches.
After a quick dalliance into the realm of alternative facts, we open this week with a wide-ranging discussion about the just-announced, and quickly sold out, Seiko 5 Sports x Worn & Wound 10th Anniversary Limited Edition. We mostly use the watch's existence to discuss the intersection between...
2022-02-2124 minThe HourTime ShowThrowing Money at AliExpressHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks on Twitter) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon). John was traveling while we were recording. Kinda hard to record a podcast from an airplane!
We open the show with Victor explaining the nightmare he's encountered with a recent chronograph purchase and return. Switzerland! China! New Jersey...? Listen to find out.
Nicholas then detail his own recent purchases, including a Steeldive bronze Willard homage (which he loves!) and the just-released PT5000-powered... Steeldive Willard...
2022-02-1429 minThe HourTime ShowAll About Radium LumeHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon), which if I'm not mistaken is the first John-Nicholas episode in this production run. Excelsior!
There was slightly less news this week than last, where the return of King Seiko was on everyone's minds. And while John and Nicholas do touch on King Seiko a bit at the tail end of the episode, this week we mostly focus on a post John published about the use of...
2022-02-0726 minThe HourTime ShowKing Seiko Is Back, And We Have ThoughtsHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (@vmarks on Twitter), Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon), and Patrick (@PatrickWatches).
For new listeners, Patrick is the managing editor of WristWatchReview but his schedule typically doesn't allow him to record with us very easily. But we're happy to have him on the pod this week, especially as John was busy with work stuff.
Anyway!
We've got a big and juicy news-filled podcast this week. After some initial banter about watch size preferences, w...
2022-01-3131 minThe HourTime ShowInterview: We Speak With Alex Gravelle of Velle Alexander Leather Watch Straps!Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
Joining us this week is Alex Gravelle, who makes fine, bespoke leather watch straps under the brand name Velle Alexander.
Alex contacted us recently asking to see if we'd want to talk all things leather straps on the show, and we readily agreed. After what feels like a couple of weeks in a row complaining about the state of the watch industry, this i...
2022-01-2424 minThe HourTime ShowBack In My Day, Speedmasters Cost Only $2700!Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
Victor and Nicholas open the show with some doom and gloom. Grocery stores are empty, prices are going up, and watches are unaffordable. It's all a little weird, if you ask us.
The meat of this week's episode was prompted by a recent article by Jack Forster over at Hodinkee (via friend of the show Alvin Cheung) regarding how watch prices have gone...
2022-01-1733 minPhoto 365Where do all the photos Gogh?Collectively, humans are taking an estimated 1.4 trillion photos a year. In a single day, we shoot more photos than were taken during the first 100 years of photography. What are we losing when we’re constantly shooting, and where do the images eventually end up?
Topics discussed:
Astroworld 2021: Photographer Daniel Cavazos reports on the fatal events of that day
How Many Photos Will be Taken in 2020?
Video Breaks Down the Sheer Number of Photos Uploaded Every Minute (This is an older article, but still very interesting.)
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2022-01-1116 minThe HourTime ShowHype Beasts Have Distorted The Watch GameHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are the returning John (@johnbiggs on Twitter), Victor (@vmarks) and Nicholas (@nicholasadeleon).
It's the first week of 2022 and John very strongly believes that this, friends, is the year that Everything Will Be Fixed! We shall see.
In the meantime, your pals discuss a handful of watch-related topics, including their thoughts on traveling with expensive watches, why it suddenly feels like many more people are "aware" of watches than 10 or 15 years ago (blame social me...
2022-01-1025 minThe HourTime ShowOur Sorta Kinda Year-End Watch RecapHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor and Nicholas.
Your pals are recording this episode on Christmas Eve, so we open the show with a bit of Christmas talk: How are you celebrating, did you have any traditions growing up, that sort of thing. Victor is having a nice family meal and Nicholas briefly brings up his on again, off again World of Warcraft addiction.
Moving onto watches, the pod very loosely discusses 2021 in watches. Victor brings up t...
2021-12-2733 minThe HourTime ShowRikki from Scottish Watches Drops By!Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor, Nicholas, and Rikki from Scottish Watches. Yes!!!
We start this week with a quick explanation of where we've been. Nicholas had to make an unexpected trip to Puerto Rico to attend a family matter but he's back in New York now and everything is OK. The trip did provide a good opportunity to wear the solar powered G-Shock (GWM5610-1), which definitely did a good job.
The trip to Puerto Rico...
2021-12-2057 minThe HourTime Show[Rerun] Why It's So Hard to Buy a Rolex (feat. John Gruber)Hello everyone, Nicholas here. Your pals have taken the week off to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families, but rather than leave you hanging we've decided to re-run our interview with John Gruber from earlier this year. Have a great week, and we'll see you next week. -Nicholas
**Original Show Notes Follow Below**
Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John, Victor, and Nicholas. Also joining us this week is fellow watch aficionado and longtime Apple observer John Gruber of...
2021-11-2937 minThe HourTime ShowStunting for Instagram CloutHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor and Nicholas.
First, apologies for missing last week. Both John and Nicholas were unavailable to record at the usual time so it was easier to skip a week.
Moving on, we open this week with a very quick John rant on the evolution of watch media and whether or not people are merely chasing money and fame on social media or are actually into watches. It's hard to tell sometimes.
2021-11-1525 minThe HourTime ShowJoker PurpleHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor and Nicholas.
We open the pod with a bit of smartwatch news. Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, appears to be working on some sort of smartwatch, one with what looks to be a built-in camera. Why would you want a camera in your smartwatch? We discuss, including Victor telling a story over the time someone threated to beat him up (!) because he was wearing Google Glass.
Next we do a...
2021-11-0131 minThe HourTime ShowThe AliExpress "Zenith" Has Arrived!Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor and Nicholas.
Let's start with a wrist check: Nicholas has one of the recently released green CasiOaks that he got for retail while Victor has a Sandoz dive watch.
More importantly...
The AliExpress Zenith that we've talked about at length over the past few weeks has arrived. And boy, it's a hunk of junk! Look, it's a $25 watch that A) works and B) very vaguely resembles the Zenith Chronomaster...
2021-10-2533 minThe HourTime ShowOverpriced EverythingHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John, Victor, and Nicholas.
We forgot to do a wrist check but we make up for it by discussing our first "big boy" watches: John had some sort of mecha-quartz from Seiko, Victor had a Swatch Irony, and Nicholas had a Citizen Flieger.
This leads into our main discussion this week, which is somewhat of a continuation of what we've talked about in recent weeks: What are good first watches for folks...
2021-10-1826 minThe HourTime ShowThe AliExpress EpisodeHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor and a traveling Nicholas who, by the time you're listening to this, has seen the movie Dune at a screening. It was amazing!
Let's start with a wrist check: Nicholas has his JDM Seiko King Turtle (though he's been eyeing the Citizen Super Titanium Armor over the past few days), while Victor technically isn't wearing anything but is patiently waiting for an AliExpress "version" of the Zenith Chronomaster Sport that came out at...
2021-10-1133 minThe HourTime ShowWatches: The Primary Driver of Our HappinessHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John (eventually), Victor, and Nicholas.
We start this week with a wrist check. (Yes, sometimes we forget.) Nicholas has on his bog standard Islander (ISL-02), which is on an Uncle Seiko waffle strap, Victor has a Rolex Explorer ref. 114270 that he's been trying to fix. This, in turn, sparks a discussion on daytime running lights and other wacky DIY exploits. In this house we believe in science, and so on. John joins a bit...
2021-10-0427 minThe HourTime ShowWhy It's So Hard to Buy a Rolex (Gruber Guest Appearance)Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John, Victor, and Nicholas. Also joining us this week is fellow watch aficionado and longtime Apple observer John Gruber of Daring Fireball.
We start this week with a quick wrist check: Victor's got an Ollech & Wajs C-1000, Nicholas has his gray CasiOak, and John has his Seamaster Chrono GMT. Gruber, who joins about one-third of the way through the episode, is wearing an Apple Watch (though he notes that he'd just as likely be...
2021-09-2737 minThe HourTime ShowHow Many PancakeSwap Tokens Would It Take to Buy Breitling?Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are John, Victor, and Nicholas.
Victor and Nicholas open the show with a harebrained scheme to buy Breitling, which Nicholas had spent the past few days admiring after baaaasically paying less than zero attention to it. Do we keep the brand's established dealer network or try to go direct to consumer? It's an interesting question that we spend some time thinking over out loud.
John then joins the pod for some quick watch-adjacent...
2021-09-2030 minPhoto 365Have I been ‘cosplaying’ a photographer?If you don’t feel inspired by your subject matter, maybe you’ve outgrown it. Perhaps you need to move the goalposts farther out to challenge yourself. Or maybe, it’s time to pass the torch.
I recently returned from DragonCon in Atlanta, where I questioned my own motivations for taking photos. Although I was carrying a lot of camera gear, I discovered I wasn't inspired to use it.
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2021-09-1417 minThe HourTime ShowWhat Watches Should Be (John Rant)Hello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are the returning John (!) as well as Victor and Nicholas.
John is back with a vengeance and immediately calls out the shenanigans needed to buy a Rolex nowadays. We can all agree that Rolex makes nice watches, sure, but are they any nicer than AP or Patek that warrant jumping through so many hoops? Or, for us mere mortals, something like an Oris? We debate!
Next up, we discuss Patrick's recent review of...
2021-09-1328 minThe HourTime ShowHow do you pronounce Prospex?Hello and welcome to the latest episode of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor and Nicholas. Stay a while, and listen.
We open this week with some Apple Watch news. According to a recent report in the WSJ, it may soon gain a whole bunch of health-related capabilities including the ability to measure blood pressure. While we may not necessarily need these capabilities today, they do go some way toward fulfilling Tim Cook's 2019 suggestion that Apple's biggest contribution to mankind will be related to health.
We t...
2021-09-0634 minPhoto 365Down the rabbit holeRenting time on telescopes, managing your color, and bringing an old laptop back to life with free software. In this episode, I take off on some photographic tangents as I fall down three technological rabbit holes.
Topics discussed:
Astronomy with remote telescopes
Insight Observatory (Login at their ATEO Portal for remote telescope service)
Is Sony's Color Science Really That Bad? (PetaPixel)
X-Rite monitor calibration
X-Rite Passport color checker
Pop!_OS by System76
XnView image viewer
Shotwell photo manager software
GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program)
darktable RAW developer
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2021-08-3122 minThe HourTime ShowBig Mad on the Internet!Hello and welcome to the latest episode of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Victor and Nicholas are your hosts this week. Thank you for listening!
We open this week with a discussion of two watches that were just announced: the $49,000 Grand Seiko SLGA008 (aka the "tree ring dial") and the $895 Bulova MIL-SHIPS-W-2181. Neither of us are likely to afford the Grand Seiko any time soon—listen as we lament about not investing in bitcoin when we first heard about it *more than a decade ago*—but the Bulova is pretty handsome and fairly pric...
2021-08-3033 minThe HourTime ShowA Little Stand Out-yHello and welcome to the latest episode of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com. Your hosts this week are Victor (wrist check: this Cyma day-date) and Nicholas (wrist check: a Series 4 Apple Watch). Thanks for listening!
So, watches! We open this week's show with a brief discussion on the Apple Watch and some of the rumors we've been seeing in recent weeks, including hints at an all-new design for this year's models (ie, Series 7). Apple usually hosts an event in September announcing its new iPhones and Watches for the coming year, so ~~watch~~ this...
2021-08-2331 minThe HourTime ShowFive-and-a-half o'clockHello and welcome to another exciting episode of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com
First, apologies are in order for missing the past few weeks. The tl;dr is that your intrepid hosts all had various scheduling conflicts and couldn't record. Boring, I know.
Anyway!
Victor and Patrick are your hosts this week, and kick things off with a proper Wrist Check, with Patrick wearing the very handsome Mido Ocean Star while Victor is rocking two watches (well, one earlier in the day and one at time of recording), a...
2021-08-0932 minPhoto 365Before you go pro, enjoy being an amateurIf you’re just starting out as a photographer, undoubtedly there is pressure to “git gud” and start making money. Don’t fall into that trap. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being an amateur photographer. Think about the freedom you have. Freedom to shoot when, where, how and what you want. Freedom to constantly experiment. Freedom to create your art.
Articles mentioned:
The Overjustification Effect: https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/overjustification-effect/
Why I Never Charge for Photography (Medium): https://medium.com/@robert.rittmuller/why-i-never-charge-for-photography-4ae992c61ea1
Being a Pro to be an Ama...
2021-07-2020 minThe HourTime ShowStraying From His Working Class RootsHello and welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com.
Victor and Nicholas are your hosts this week, and they begin with a quick recap of last week's "what watch do you think of when you think of this car?" segment. Should we pivot and turn the podcast into a game show? Send us your thoughts at tips@wristwatchreview.com.
Moving onto to watch stuff, Victor walks us through the watch that he's been wearing of late: the Charlie Paris Concordia. It's a diver with some Tudor...
2021-07-1923 minPhoto 365What music can teach us about sequencing imagesHave you ever considered why a particular album, or musical playlist is your favorite? What makes an album great? Today, we talk about the importance of sequencing images, and what our favorite music can teach us about that process.
Music mentioned on this episode:
Kind of Blue by Miles Davis (Full album, YouTube)
Random Access Memories by Daft Punk (Full album, YouTube)
The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails (Full album, YouTube)
"Strobe" by Deadmau5 (YouTube)
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2021-07-1316 minThe HourTime ShowBig Watch Is, Um, WatchingHello and welcome to the latest exciting episode of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com!
John, Victor, and Nicholas are here to touch on one of the stranger "collabs" we've seen in a while, between Tag Heuer and Nintendo. They've got a Super Mario watch that's set to be announced on July 13, and we're basically like... hmmmm. We'll see.
In news from The Real World, President Biden issued an executive order last week that asks the FTC to create so-called "right to repair" regulations, which basically means that manufacturers will be required...
2021-07-1226 minPhoto 365Some thoughts on film photographyLike vinyl records, typewriters, fountain pens and mechanical watches, film photography seems to be back in vogue. For some of us, it never really left.
This show will be a little different because I’m not pitching any questionable advice today. I’m just reminiscing about film photography, which I’m seeing more and more interest in these days, despite efforts of the industry to get rid of it altogether.
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2021-07-0619 minPhoto 365Letting go of the past, to define the futureAre you unhappy with your progress as a photographer? Creatively, do you feel like you’ve reached a plateau, or worse, have you fallen into a valley? If so, it may be time to let go of what you’ve done in the past, to influence and shape your future.
In this episode I talk about letting go of cameras and lenses I've owned for nearly a quarter century, and how letting go of bad habits and preconceptions can make us better, or at least happier, photographers.
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2021-06-2920 minThe HourTime ShowPatina, or a Fancy Word for Corrosion?Hello and welcome to latest episode of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com! We've got a fun one for you this week, most notably including an appearance by WristWatchReview Managing Editor Patrick Kansa. Patrick is usually busy while we record so this is a rare treat indeed.
This week Nicholas recounts his trip to the Grand Seiko boutique in Manhattan where he saw the just-announced SGBZ007; the gang discusses the brand new Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical Bronze (which, in an update to what you hear here, Nicholas tried to see in person the day...
2021-06-2824 minPhoto 365Building a Second Brain with PhotographyWe generally want to remember important moments in our lives. We take photos to document life events; we post memorable moments to social media, and so on. But what about the more mundane days of our lives? Photography can help you remember those too. Today, I'm talking about one of the unintended side-effects of shooting daily -- building a "second brain."
Links:
What smartphone photography is doing to our memories: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/3/28/17054848/smartphones-photos-memory-research-psychology-attention
Taking Pictures Can Help You Remember—But There’s a Catch: https://www.cambridgebrainsciences.com/more/articles/taki...
2021-06-2215 minThe HourTime ShowDon't Forget to Wind Your WatchHello and welcome to another exciting episode of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com.
Victor and Nicholas are your hosts this week and kick things off by discussing watches matching clothes, our favorite type of chrono types (panda or reverse panda), and watch brands cooperating with each other a la the prisoner's dilemma. We then move onto the topic of watch sizing and what's "optimal" and where the idea of "bigger [watches] is better" comes from. TVs, pick-up trucks, smartphones... everything is huge! Anyway, feel free to email us at tips@wristwatchreview.com with y...
2021-06-2125 min
The Family Business PodcastFamily Business for Sustainable DevelopmentIt can be quite intimidating to know how and where to start and so in this episode I speak with Andrew Bryson who is Head of Business Transformation at FBN International.What is Sustainability?According to the UN’s own website, sustainability is defined as“meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” In the show Andrew and I discuss the joint initiative between The UN and FBN-i. This has been called Family Business for Sustainable Development and you can read loads more about it...
2021-06-2157 minPhoto 365Imaging Infinity: Shooting the cosmos with Hap GriffinHis images represent a journey through space and time. They transport us to alien, glowing worlds on the edges of the universe, while still reminding us of what it means to be human. Today, I’m having a conversation with astrophotographer Hap Griffin. In this episode, we discuss cameras modified for astrophotography, Hap's photographic process, photographing rockets and more.
Hap Griffin online:
ImagingInfinity, Hap's camera modification service: http://www.imaginginfinity.com/
The MAC-Hunter Observation Site: http://www.machunter.org/
The Midlands Astronomy Club: https://midlandsastronomyclub.org/
Hap's AstroBin gallery: ht...
2021-06-1556 minThe HourTime ShowSo *That's* Where the Oris Bear Comes From!Welcome back to The HourTime Show, the flagship podcast of WristWatchReview.com! Victor and Nicholas (who apologizes for his echo-y audio; he was not as his usual recording location this week) are your hosts this week discussing all manner of things including a recent trip to a Manhattan luxury watch retailer to try on the Doxa Sub 300T; a little bit of history about Doxa and the James Bond novels (which you can buy for cheap on Amazon!); a simmering feud between former Doxa Sub GM Rick Marei, now of Synchron, and Doxa itself; and the challenge of modernizing...
2021-06-1428 minPhoto 365Freedom and Justice: A conversation with Cecil J. WilliamsFor more than 40 years photographer Cecil J. Williams documented the civil rights struggle in the deep south. Now in his 80s, he's still fighting for freedom, justice and equality. In this episode, we catch up with Cecil Williams and discuss history, his new museum, his favorite photo, the struggle for equality and more.
Cecil online:
The Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum: http://cecilwilliams.com/
Museum virtual tour: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=2DmpozTzVqa
Freedom & Justice: Four Decades of the Civil Rights Struggle As Seen by a Black Photographer...
2021-06-0858 minThe HourTime ShowWhy Do Bad Watch Things Happen to Good Watch People?Welcome to yet another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com!
All three of your pals John, Victor, and Nicholas are here this week, and John immediately makes his presence known by taking issue with a chrono made by Aragon Watch. This then leads to a larger discussion about general watch lameness, including wobbly crowns, ghost date movements, and private WhatsApp groups where the nouveau riche flaunt their latest pickup. Must be nice.
Victor shifts the discussion to Amant, whose recent Kickstarter campaign caught his eye, and a watch that he...
2021-06-0731 minPhoto 365Crafting a Narrative with PhotographyHumans have been sharing stories since time immemorial, by word of mouth, paintings, books, and eventually the camera. Every image tells a story, but are you telling stories with your images?
The following artists are mentioned in this episode:
Chris Aluka Berry, "Affrilachia": https://www.alukastorytellingphotography.com/portfolio/G00002bm1OCwPMFA
Kaja Rata, "Kajnikaj": http://lenscratch.com/2020/04/kaja-rata-kajnikaj/
Forest Kelley, "Michael": http://lenscratch.com/2020/04/forest-kelley-michael/
Tabitha Barnard, "Sisterhood Summer": http://lenscratch.com/2019/07/2019-lenscratch-student-prize-tabitha-barnard/
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2021-06-0112 minThe HourTime ShowThis Podcast's For YouWelcome back to another exciting edition of The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com! It's just Victor and Nicholas this week, but don't worry: we actually talk about watches.
Before we get into the actual show notes, for next week we'd love to hear your top picks for best watches at $300 and $500, based on what you know now in your watch collecting journey. Please email us at tips@wristwatchreview.com with your choices (we won't use your real name on air, unless you want us to). Thank you!
Back to this here episode, l...
2021-05-3127 minPhoto 365Raw Intimacy: A conversation with Chris Aluka BerryToday we talk with Atlanta documentary photographer Chris Aluka Berry about long-form visual storytelling, race and class in the deep south, and raw intimacy. Chris is a regular contributor to the European PressPhoto Agency and Reuters. His work has been published in Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and many others.
For the past six years, he’s been photographing African American culture in the Appalachian Mountains for his series, Affrilachia: The Remnant that Remains.
Check out Chris online:
Chris Aluka Berry's online portfolio: http://alukastories.com...
2021-05-2547 minThe HourTime ShowLe Podcast Du ChillWelcome back to The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com! Apologies for missing last week, but the stars aligned and we were all busy at our usual recording time. But this week we bring the goods, including what we're pretty sure is the first semi-professional review of the new Seiko Land Tortoise, which Nicholas purchased seconds after seeing the press photos on Instagram about a month ago; he's been wearing it all week. Do we allow it? There's only one way to find out! We then move onto discussing Casio's new Hidden Coast series of G-Shocks, which...
2021-05-2423 minPhoto 365A Limited Viewpoint: Photography at HomeKitchen tables, windows, televisions and vases. On the surface, these may not sound like worthy artistic subjects, but many photographers have achieved success making images of these objects in the confines of their own home. This episode is about artists who have created great work in limited environments. Whether you're still in isolation, or have become accustomed to the solitude of being at home or working alone, the images discussed here hopefully serve as a reminder our vision isn't limited by location.
The following artists are mentioned in this episode:
Lee Friedlander, "Stems": https://www...
2021-05-1814 minPhoto 365Limit choices to maximize creativityDo you have a bad case of GAS? Gear acquisition syndrome? If so, you probably have a lot of choices to make regarding the cameras and lenses you’re using. And, you’re probably making the creative process harder on yourself!
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2021-05-1112 minThe HourTime ShowWatches in SpaaaaaceHello and welcome to The HourTime Show, the official podcast of WristWatchReview.com! John, the patriarch of the program, is unfortunately out sick this week so that leaves it to Victor and Nicholas to steer the pod. We've got a fun one for you this week as Victor and Nicholas go deep on the watches they've been wearing over the past few days, including Nicholas's Citizen Chandler field watch slash pseudo-chrono and Victor's 36mm Explorer I. Why does Citizen produce ::checks notes:: 8 million Chandlers? The world may never know. We also touch on a handful of other subjects including...
2021-05-1026 minPhoto 365What can we learn from Hulu’s new show "Exposure"?"Exposure" is a new reality show on Hulu sponsored by Samsung. In this Top Chef-style competition, contestants are issued a smartphone and asked to complete photographic challenges. Between the reality TV tropes and product placement, it turns out, we can learn quite a bit from it!
Topics mentioned:
Exposure Homepage at Samsung.com: https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s21-ultra-5g/exposure/
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra: https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s21-ultra-5g/highlights/
Exposure on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/exposure-43a5ca36-02d8-451...
2021-05-0417 minThe HourTime ShowStar Wars The Next GenerationWelcome back to another week of The HourTime Show! This week your pals John (wrist check: Bell & Ross BR 01-93 GMT), Victor (wrist check: Coke Bezel GMT Master), and Nicholas (wrist check: Fossil Starmaster Reissue) discuss all manner of important things including tweaking your collection after losing a bunch of weight (congrats to John by the way--I'm sure he reads this haha) and the differences between Star Wars and Star Trek. Why Star Wars? Well, Citizen's new Star Wars Rebel Pilot is actually pretty cool, which led to an extended discussion of the two universes and Citizen in general...
2021-05-0327 minPhoto 365Are you seizing every opportunity?An opportunity to shoot a great photo is like lightning. It rarely strikes in the same place again. If something catches your eye it's incumbent on you to stop and capture the moment.
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My photography site: ahaworth.com
2021-04-2708 minThe HourTime ShowWatches Have Power!Welcome back to The HourTime Show! Well, against all odds, your pals John, Victor, and Nicholas managed to talk about the proposed European Super League while making it relevant to watches. TLDR: a bunch of big soccer teams in Europe wanted to start a brand new league, a lot of people got very angry, and now the league is kaput. One watch brand called Tribus got so upset that it pulled out of its sponsorship of Liverpool FC. Listen as we react live on the air to the brand's collection of watches. (They're... fine.) In other news, Victor is...
2021-04-2626 minPhoto 365Hold yourself accountable to stay focusedYou've just started a photo-a-day project, or a long-term artistic endeavor, and for the most part you're flying solo, following your own set of rules. How do you ensure you stay on track, don’t miss any days, or compromise your artistic vision?
"On Photography" by Susan Sontag (PDF)
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My photography site: ahaworth.com
2021-04-2009 minThe HourTime ShowKids Love Taupe!Extra, extra: John is actually on the podcast this week! Yes, John graces Victor and Nicholas with his presence to expand on our ongoing Watches and Wonders coverage. This week we discuss the Audemars Piguet x Black Panther (worn over the weekend by LeBron James) and the strategy behind these sorts of licensed pieces (don't forget that Citizen also makes Marvel watches), the new 36mm Rolex Explorer, Explorer II, and Datejust, the very fancy sport of spelunking, Tudor's taupe Black Bay 58, 18K gold with green dial Black Bay 58, and John gives us a hottttt take on two register chronos...
2021-04-1930 minPhoto 365Enhance your photographic Spidey-senseIf you've started a photo-a-day effort, you're going to be taking a lot of images between now and the end. So you can never let your guard down when it comes to seeking out images. You need to embrace a new heightened sense of awareness, or as I call it, the ABC Rule.
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2021-04-1308 minPhoto 365Themes, shot lists, luck and lifelinesCreative energy can come in a sudden burst, and you can barely contain it, but there are times when that creative part of your brain just stalls, and when that mental wall comes up it can be like staring into a void. Has your creative well has suddenly run dry? Hopefully, you have a lifeline!
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2021-04-0609 minPhoto 365Before you begin, visualize the endingStarting a photo-a-day project is daunting, and maybe it even sounds impossible. I’m here to tell you that it’s not. But before you begin a long-term project, you first need to know how it might end.
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2021-03-3011 minThe HourTime ShowButtering Up The Neighborhood A.D.This week we open the show with the biggest news of the week: J Lo and A Rod calling it quits. Well, that's how it was reported at the time the show was recorded, though now there is some ~confusion~ as to what's actually happening. Que sera sera. Victor, to his credit, did find a watch angle and pointed us in the direction of J. Lo's watches, which are perfectly acceptable fashion watches. In non-celebrity power couple news we also dive into whether or not a Rolex cares why customers want their watches, Breitling's new subscription-based service, and another...
2021-03-1530 min
BroBots: Technology, Health & Being a Better Human35. What is Float Therapy with Andrew LoppnowStress and anxiety are at all-time highs due to protests against police brutality and the coronavirus pandemic in the US. That's in addition to the already overwhelming amount of stimulation we are bombarded with from our phones, computers, social media, and TV. So, we want to suggest one way to escape it all. Imagine a place where there are no distractions, no cell phones going off...and no gravity. In this episode, we're joined by Andrew Loppnow. He is one of the owners of Float Seattle. They offer a variety of wellness tools like cryotherapy...
2020-06-1430 minBroBots: Technology, Health & Being a Better Human35. What is Float Therapy with Andrew LoppnowStress and anxiety are at all-time highs due to protests against police brutality and the coronavirus pandemic in the US. That's in addition to the already overwhelming amount of stimulation we are bombarded with from our phones, computers, social media, and TV. So, we want to suggest one way to escape it all. Imagine a place where there are no distractions, no cell phones going off...and no gravity. In this episode, we're joined by Andrew Loppnow. He is one of the owners of Float Seattle. They offer a variety of wellness tools like cryotherapy...
2020-06-1430 min
Shut Up I Love ItEP 14 - THE HOLE with Andrew HaworthMusician/filmmaker Andrew Haworth (theme music for SHUT UP I LOVE IT) practically forces Steven and Sasha to put on their film critic hats as they dive deep to discuss the strange/creepy/funny Taiwanese film THE HOLE (1998), directed by the auteur Tsai Ming-liang.
Should the title of the film have been Big Trouble In Little China? How many times has Andrew seen it (hint: it's more than once and less than three times)? How often does Steven bring that up during the recording? Listen to find out.
Check out Andrew's music on Spotify! And...
2019-10-0800 min
exocastExocast-35b: Special guest Tom Haworth, plus Exoplanet Direct Imaging
On the 35th episode of exocast we welcome special guest Dr Thomas Haworth into the virtual Exocast Studio.
Hannah talks with special guest Dr Thomas Haworth about planet formation in extreme environments and the role the stars play in shaping their planets.Hugh covers the ins and outs of how exoplanets can be detected using Direct ImagingAndrew reports from the Exocast news desk on this months exoplanet papersAnd special guest elects PDS-70b into the Exocast Adopted planets family.
Correction: Where Hugh states “Epsilon Eridani b” was found by GPI/Sphere, he means “51 Eridani b”.
2019-05-281h 11exocastExocast-35b: Special guest Tom Haworth, plus Exoplanet Direct Imaging
On the 35th episode of exocast we welcome special guest Dr Thomas Haworth into the virtual Exocast Studio.
Hannah talks with special guest Dr Thomas Haworth about planet formation in extreme environments and the role the stars play in shaping their planets.Hugh covers the ins and outs of how exoplanets can be detected using Direct ImagingAndrew reports from the Exocast news desk on this months exoplanet papersAnd special guest elects PDS-70b into the Exocast Adopted planets family.
Correction: Where Hugh states “Epsilon Eridani b” was found by GPI/Sphere, he means “51 Eridani b”.
2019-05-281h 11
The Family Business PodcastGaining External ExperienceOne of the most common questions we are asked when considering the 'best' path for next generation family is whether or not they should seek experience outside of the family business. How do next gen go about seeking this experience and is there a danger that this will mean that they won't actually return to the family business. I chat to Andrew Keyt and address these questions in this episode. You can find out more about Andrew here: https://andrewkeyt.com/ or on Linked In here: h...
2019-05-1055 min