Chris and Jon sit down to talk about the tools, gadgets, and accessories they find particularly handy to have around the shop, then round things out with some entertaining reading recommendations for the holidays.
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• Overcast An excellent podcast player for iOS, by Marco Arment
• Forecast A powerful podcasting tool & blazing fast MP3 encoder created by Marco Arment
• Bose QC35 Chris' favourite pair of headphones
• iMars Bluetooth Remote The Bluetooth remote Jon uses to control audio playback in his watch lab
• Amazon Echo In addition to the iMars Bluetooth remote, Jon uses an Echo for hands-free audio control, timers, & the odd bit of conversational computing while at the bench
• Magnum Boots The boots Chris uses to keep his feet safe around the shop
• Nickel Tweezers Jon's favoured tweezers for finer work
• Bronze Tweezers Jon's go to tweezers for a lot of watch assembly tasks
• Starrett 6" Scale Chris' favourite ruler
• Mitutoyo Digital Caliper High quality, digital calipers are a must have around the shop
• Mitutoyo Digital Micrometer For taking really fine measurements, with a digital readout
• ZF2000 Mainspring Extractor An excellent tool to help keep the energy stored in a wound mainspring from injuring you, the barrel, or the mainspring itself when removing it from the barrel drum of a watch
• Canned Air Jon uses a can of compressed air to pop the cover off of closed watch barrels, to keep them from deforming
• Barrel Closer A handy aid for closing watch barrels
• Knew Concepts Mk IV Saw One of the best coping saws money can buy
• Lee Marshall The creator of the Knew Concepts saw
• Laser Gold Saw Blades The saw blades Chris uses with his Knew Concept saw
• Ruby Files The ruby files Jon uses for fine work
• Artifex Wheels Artifex wheels are superb for surface preparation, prior to final polishing
• Surgeon's Brush These soft, sensory brushes make quick work of cleaning fine dirt & debris from your hands
• Nitrile Gloves A staple item in any workshop
• Nitrile Finger Cots A staple item for assembling high grade watches
• Nitecore P12 Flashlight Chris' go to flashlight
• Suprabeam Q1 Penlight The flashlight Jon carries in his backpack, useful for finding small parts now & then
• Benchmade Knife Chris' pocket knife of choice
• Victorinox Caseback Knife Jon has a number of these Victorinox pocket knives, from different watch brands, useful for opening snap backs on watch cases
• Blackwing Pencil Chris' favourite pencil
• Stalogy Notebook Chris' favourite notebook
• KOR One Water Bottle The water bottle Robert Downey Jr.'s character, Tony Stark, uses around his shop in Iron Man
• VOSS Water Bottle Jon's water bottle of choice around the lab
• Artemis Chris' recommendation for an audiobook to take in over the holidays
• Ready Player One Jon's recommendation for an audiobook to take in over the holidays
• Watchmaking The definitive book on making watches, written by George Daniels
