Time Of The Week : Lugs Edition: Recent Episodes
Watches Live
Stephanie and Arthur explore the "types" you run into at watch get-togethers, and the etiquette of how not to make a fool out of yourself at your first meet-up. Follow us @callthea.d on Insta for more!
Stephanie and Arthur return after a hiatus to have a kiddo. We're celebrating Fourth of July with a discussion of American watches, and anything red, white and blue.
Stephanie and Arthur build a dream collection with one dial of every color of the rainbow. ROYGBIV! This will finally force Arthur to think beyond black. Side note: This is our last show for a while, because we have a baby due imminently. We'll be back, so follow us @callthea.d for more!
Arthur and Stephanie talk about how the hobby works for them as a couple. Is it the dream situation, or are there downsides? What watch do we most disagree on? Follow us @callthea.d for more!
Stephanie and Arthur challenge each other to start from scratch and build a collection from only the new releases from this week's Watches and Wonders show. What would you pick? Tell us in the comments! For more, follow us @callthea.d
We've enabled our friends! Plus unbiased reactions to the AP Royal Oak, Patek Philippe Nautilus
Stephanie and Arthur explore the green dial trend and which brands have done it best. Follow us @callthea.d for more!
Stephanie and Arthur explore German watches and pick favorites below $3,000, $15,000 and for unlimited budgets! Follow us on instagram @callthea.d for the latest!
Arthur and Stephanie explore the concept of a grail watch. What does that even mean? We talk about 5 definitions we've heard, and pick our favorites that fit each. And Arthur has some news...
Arthur and Stephanie are joined by Pietro from the Limited Edition to explore what complications and features would be useful for an actual Martian expedition. Does any watch made today fit the bill?
We go deep on the complications you would want, what Mars themed watches exist today, and how Konstantin Chaykin is an innovator looking to the future.
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Pietro's website: https://www.thelimitededition.co.uk/
The Watch Press article on Rashid Tsoroev: https://www.thewatchpress.com/features/2020/6/30/introducing-rashid-tsoroev-watchmaker
The most iconic watches, car/watch pairings, and more!
Stephanie and Arthur field your questions from Instagram and LIVE! It's Valentine's Day so... what's it like to be in a couple where we both love watches?
What if you had to live with only one watch? What would you pick? Rolex, Vacheron Constantin, JLC +
Arthur and Stephanie challenge each other to pick one watch they don't currently own that they would be happy with as an only watch... FOREVER. Follow us @callthea.d
We're Back! Join the team and our special guest for some talk about last month's watch news shennanigans
Stephanie and Arthur delve into the wackiest tasteless designs this week, in a race to find the worst.
Featuring:
Sam
Diver - Rolex James Cameron
Dress - Fears Brunswick
Under 36mm - JLC 101
Vintage - Zenith El Primero A386
Quartz - Hodinkee Flik Flak
Complication - Jaquet Droz Tropical Bird Repeater
Sam
Diver- Tudor Pelagos
Dress-Jaeger LeCoultre Master Control Memovox
Under 36- anOrdain Model 2
Quartz- Hamilton Ventura
Complication-BULGARI PAPILLON TOURBILLON CENTRAL
Vintage- Longines Flagship
Not Sam
Diver - Omega Ploprof
Dress - Credor GCBE993
Under 36mm - EITHER Patek Caltrava or Rolex 18238
Quartz - Omega Spacemaster
Complication - Romain Gaithier Logical One
This week Arthur and Stephanie talk all the reasons you should consider budget watches: for their ruggedness, for simple fun, and to try out designs and types of watches you haven't yet.
Join Stephanie and Arthur with their guests Josh and Vivi Shanks of Watchonista fame to chat about current, past, and favorite F1 watch sponsorships and drivers' watches.
Stephanie and Arthur dream up trips around the world and the best watches to wear on those journeys.
Our COVID cabin fever has reached an all time high, but at least can dream.
Also: Call the A.D. episodes are now available in audio-only podcast format a few days after airing on Youtube!
You can find them under the Scottish Watches Live: Lugs Edition podcast where ever you get your podcasts.
Stephanie and Arthur share their goals for watch collecting in 2021, and discuss your goals from our poll on Instagram @callthea.d
Stephanie and Arthur welcome Max (@d.c.watches) to help discuss - should he settle for a Tudor Black Bay 58 or save for a Rolex Submariner 14060?
Game Show today....Rules who needs rules!
Featuring:
Rolex OP "Tiffany Blue"
Tudor PO1
Tudor BB58
Glashutte Original "it is not Terrys (Waite or Otherwise) its mine"
Hublot Smart Watch
and the years highs and lows for the SWL gang
Arthur and Stephanie dream up their ideal watches that aren't made by some of their favorite brands. We tell Omega, IWC, Zenith, Panerai and Bvlgari what they're doing wrong, as if we know what we're talking about. Follow us on instagram for more: @callthea.d, @tick_tick_vroom, and @shewatchestheworld
Greetings Watchfam!
Lately Green and Red watches have been multiplying like rabbits, don't you agree?
With Christmas coming up we're going to be seeing these two colours a lot.
Join us to learn about our choices in this trendy niche.
Who wins? Rolex, Seiko, Omega, Tudor, Rado, Zodiac, Sinn.... there's so many to choose from!
Arthur and Stephanie welcome Sam (@time.on.her.hands) this week for a chat about her work in the industry, how that affects your perception of the hobby, her love of Oris, and recommendations for watch servicing. Follow us on instagram at @callthea.d
This week the team compete Head 2 Head for the best Bang for their Buck.
Two people, One Budget, Two Gifts
Featuring:
Rolex Explorer 1
Swatch Q. James Bond
Orient Bambino
Seiko SNK809
Nomos Club Campus Nacht
Omega Spacemaster X-33
ALS Sanonia 35mm
Today we get the team to select the watch they are most thankful for and that they don't wear enough.
Featuring:
JLC Reverso Duoface
Oris Aquis
Universal Geneve Calatrava
Seiko 5Y32-6A20
Rolex 114270
Orient Bambino
Rolex GMT "Batman"
Picking their Silver Lining Watches for the Annus horribilis that has been 2020.
But who won....and with what watch...we think you may be surprised!
Featuring:
Omega Speedmaster Snoopy 50th Anniversary
Breitling Chronomat
Oris Holstein Bronze
Oris Roberto Clemente
JLC Master Chronograph Calendar
Zenith Defy Midnight
Tudor Black Bay Blue
So you have one watch for the rest of your days. what do you chose? Our gang picked: ALS Saxonia 205.086 Credor Eichi 2 in white The Omega Speedmaster "Silver Snoopy" Lauren Ferrier Galet Micro Rotor Patek Philippe 5271P Stainless Steel Rolex Daytona Grand Seiko SBGA413 The Casio G-Shock B5000d-1ER Rolex Date Just 2 But who wins and who is relegated?
Join the team as the pick their favourite Movie watch and try to beat James Bonds Rolex. But who picked it and did it win? Watch and find out.
Featuring: Seiko "Willard" from Apocalypse Now
Hamilton Ventura from Blue Hawaii
Hamilton "Murph" from Interstellar
JLC Reverso from The Dark Knight
Rolex Submariner from James Bond Dr No
Lancet Trench watch from Pulp Fiction
Hamilton X-01 from 2001 A Space Odyssey
Omega CK2129 from Dunkirk
Doxa 300T from Sahara
Tag Heuer 3647N belonging to James Garner
SWL Halloween special.
The gang dress up and bring their scariest picks to the table.
Featuring.
Rolex 116958 Tyler
Montegrappa Chaos
Arnold and Son Perpetual Moon
Chaykin Haloween
Fiona Kruger Skull
Seiko Giugiaro
Breitling Bentley
Tockr Air Defender Hydro Dipped
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 41
Artya Son of a Gun "Raging Skull"
This week the team face off in the battle of quartz watches, but their can be only one winner... Featuring: Farer, Timex, F.P Journe, Omega x 2, Breitling, Cartier, Grand Seiko and Rolex
Each of our Regulars bring their favourite Speedmaster to the table and we all score them, but with a twist, and then we discuss where the New Snoopy ranks amongst the choices. We have the (please excuse the ref numbers, don't shoot the messenger): FOIS 311.30.42.30.01.006 3570.50.00 2998-62 The Tin Tin The 321 Apollo Dark Side of the Moon 304.30.44.52.01.001 Apollo 11 Moonshine Gold but which is our winner.
Some good chat and reviews this week and two new faces.
We talk Microbrands and deal with that Managment speak of ORIGYN and HourUniverse (Its Wee Time. (sic))
We play #HitMissMaybe on:
JLC Polaris Master
Tudor Royale (sic)
Seiko 5 Naruto et al
Ulysse Nardin Dual Time 42
Oris 57th Reno Air Race
Enjoy the Show
We get the latest from Nick with his two new watches launched today, and we talk Watches of Switzerland and Analog/Shift and play #hitmissmaybe on The New Hublot the Apple Watch 6, the Polo Ralph Lauren and the Baltic HMS and Bi Compax
This week we chat to RT from Vortic all about his case v Hamilton and we play #hitmissmaybe with A Lange and Sohne, Ball Watches, Audemars Piguet and Angelus, with a special guest appearance from Patek Philippe and the Red Bar limited editions with Frederique Constant. Enjoy the show and look out for the Lugs Edition of the Show now as a podcast, just search for Scottish Watches Live on your podcaster of choice
We talk about the GPHG longlist and find some favorites and some that we have no idea how they even made it this far. Then Fredrique Constant and the GP Cosmos Inifinity for #hitmissmaybe follwed by Gerald Gentra Arena Bi-Retro and the Purnell Escape II Carbon
We play #hitmissmaybe on the new Rolex releases but we also consider new releases from Bamford x GShock, Grand Seiko with the SBGR321 and even more from Seiko with the new "Hemp" Pressage models and also something new from Nodus with the Contrail II
We welcome Adrian from @barkandjack and victor from @watchnerdoffical to talk Rolex predictions, hopes and dreams of there being no waiting list.
Then some #hitmissmaybe with some Swiss Watch Week releases. The Omega Seamaster Nekton, The Moser Streamliner and all the Breitling Endurance Pros we can handle. ..and we finish of looking at a sex scandal involving Chopard Enjoy the show
We are joined by Cole from Hodinkee
Cole gives us his thoughts on the best travel clocks on the show and we talk about his recent road trips and articles including a mechanical clock on an F-16 fighter. We then play #hitmissmaybe This week we have Monta, Greubel Forsey, Accutron and Ferdinand Berthoud And we then get the low down on eBay authenticating your US bought watch. Enjoy the show
hodinkee #rolex #nodus #seiko
We welcome Landon from Horage and Sam @samandherwatchbox to the show.
We talk Panerai, then all things Horage. Gigi gives us the low down on Luxury watch rental and we give the thumbs up or thumbs down to the new Doxa 300, Oris Hangang and Tag Heuer Indy 500
We then give Zach a shout out and all his Dragon Balls
This week we have Zenith with the Bamford x Blackbadger El Primero. We have a release from Revolution with Hanhart and one from Ming with their diver.
More on James Murdoch and Hour Universe A.K.A Baselworld and we talk microbrands with AutoDromo and Monta
Lots on todays show. Omega with a 50m watersports speedmaster the MB&F T-Rex a discussion about dull and exciting watch brands and influential watch blogs, i.e ABTW and Hodinkee
Rolex gets enough of a mention for the clickbait and we also have a look at Norqain (who we live text on the show) and Solas watches. Plenty more to boot. Enjoy
Lots on today's show... We chat about the Watchpro report into the sales drops at Richemont Group while Hodinkee get sales boosts this week from both a Swatch and a Zodiac release. More Swatch news with a further turn of events in the ETA supply saga, while Grand Seiko releases SpringDrive GMTs that are a wearable size. We have three new Pateks which Rob very much cares about while we obsess over it saying EMAIL on the dial...it does...yes it does. And we round things off with a new Cartier. Check our Rob and Sierra on IG and in particular, Sierras own Youtube channel Enjoy the show
Lots on the show, just less people but one very special guest, Jody the boy from the Scottish West Coast done well...or at least has managed to more somewhere with good weather. This week we look at our favourites on the Sothebys Important Watches Auction, this is where we get our Rolex Daytona, Submariner and Explorer Google clickbait in. we talk new Omega Constellations, a new this Ressence with 10m water resistance (not one for the Scottish market) and more "5" action than a Rolex AirKing. Blancpain celebrate sharknado and the big brother channel Scottish Watches has lots of new action Parmigiana produces a great watch, using Rolex case backs, another thing I cannot unsee while Harrods and Bvlgari Green it up. We then have some Rolex predictions with the Milgauss and Zach has some great lines about Oris in his review of environmentalism and watches. Did I mention the SeaDweller the Deepsea and the Rolex Cellini yet?
Tudor Black Bay 58 "Navy Blue" ..... AP more Tudor, Auctions, Rolex, some more Tudor....that is our show today, oh yeah and Oris, Yema and Seiko
We talk with the Scottish Watches Gang all things Tudor Black Bay Blue release and then we hunt down the weird and wonderful from Ali Express and Vincero, and show no mercy.
Montblanc get a mention for losing parts of Europe with their "Brexit Watch" and Tag Heuer get the Tone Deaf Award for the week and finally we have a "cant unsee" from Patek.
I am sure Rolex get a mention somewhere other than here for click bait too.
Enjoy the show