192.COSC-Certified Cows, Heckle A Watch Brand & The Obliquity of the Ecliptic
This week’s aBlogtoWatch Weekly is part philosophy seminar, part farmyard documentary. Rick, Ariel, David, and Ripley debate whether COSC should start certifying desks and chocolate, ponder the “tonic immobility” of watches, and introduce a new segment — Show Within a Show — featuring a brand (Hublot), a rant (Mecha-Quartz), and a novice question (Equation of Time).Elsewhere, the team explores whether novelty is just a fancy word for “same watch, new colour,” Ariel teaches everyone the phrase obliquity of the ecliptic, and David explains why his mum now owns a crooked Meissen mug. Plus: wedding-watch picks, fat-man festivals, and an honest attempt to compare watches to 1990s video games.
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190. Casio Colon Cleanser, Doxa’s Infinite SKUs, And Grand Seiko Flake Wars Episode 55
This week’s episode of aBlogtoWatch Weekly serves up a stir-fry of watch talk, fast food analogies, and hot sauce banter. Rick kicks things off with his thoughts on "the watch recognition experience" before diving into notable new releases from Grand Seiko, Doxa, and Tudor. From Tudor’s new moonphase strategy to the nuances of the Doxa 750T, the discussion reveals how brand positioning and regional markets shape today’s watch landscape. And then the guys digress to, of all things, hot sauces — with Cholula, Sriracha (sung to the tune of "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off.") The conversation then takes a nostalgic turn, with shoutouts to 90s arcade games and their thematic connection to watches as fun, memory-triggering objects. Personal wrist checks keep the dialogue grounded. Then there's the question of Versace’s evolving approach to watchmaking (ambitious, but what about execution?) — on the other hand, designer David Candaux’s bold creations are boundary-pushing indies. The episode closes with a spotlight on the Timex Atelier collection, an accessible entry point for enthusiasts seeking entry-level quality.
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189: Nick Cage. Nick Foulkes, The Same Person? Davids Fear Of Holes, And Rats V Daleks.
This episode of the aBlogtoWatch Weekly Podcast starts with cooking-and-wine banter before serving up a full course of watch talk — from the buzz around Dubai Watch Week (and the city's surprisingly good dining scene) to the eternal tug-of-war between hobbyists and luxury buyers. Celebrity endorsements get side-eyed for hype over substance, while Watches & Wonders is hailed as the big stage for fresh releases. The team celebrates wild designs like Roger Dubuis’s Knights of the Round Table, pokes fun at the idea of “test-driving” a table, and dives into the perennial nostalgia factor, comparing defunct camera brands like Minolta to beloved watch marques. The guys explore how “obsolete” complications find new life, tease barely associative future tangents about hot sauces, and wrap it all in their now-trademark irreverence, turning serious industry insights into an entertaining conversation that keeps watch talk as approachable as it is deep-diving.
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188: Patek Under Fire, Greubel in the Mirror, and Hublot Squares Off
This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Ariel, David, and Ripley take the reins while Rick is away (Vacation? Sick? Secretly testing a smartwatch/tractor collab prototype?) And the conversation spins faster than a tourbillon on espresso. They roast Patek’s new Cubitus (“Nautilus that went wrong?”), debate whether a $220K Greubel Forsey in steel is worth it for the mirror-polished backplate that mostly reflects your arm hair, and spar over whether watchmakers should run brands or leave it to the marketers. The trio dives into Geneva Watch Days tales of photographing grail pieces in suffocating, windowless hotboxes and gets lost in the Behrens x Vianney Halter KWH collab that somehow channels both energy meters and Nokia’s “Snake” game. Toss in critiques of Hublot’s dial-free Square Bang and admiration for Berneron’s steel-armored platinum annual calendar, and you’ve got an episode full of horological heresy, genuine insights, and more oxygen-deprived giggles than a Swiss trade show should allow.
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187. Tiny Hands, Lange’s Secret Batteries, And Swiss Balls of Steel.
Fresh from Geneva Watch Days, the crew dives into highlights from the event. Fears Watch gets high marks for models that feel handcrafted without being too precious to actually wear. H. Moser, always the provocateur, is praised for its gutsy designs — though the point is made that telling the time shouldn’t require a PhD in horology or a pair of binoculars. The Berneron Quantième Annual Calendar wins the day as a rare complication that’s both clever and actually usable. Zenith takes the award for “coolest watch box we might keep forever,” and its latest designs feel like the brand is fully leaning into its moment. JLC’s Master Grand Tradition is described as both brilliant and borderline overengineered, like a watch designed by someone who really wanted to impress other watchmakers. Other stops include the perfectly fine but “maybe too polite” Sinn 104 Classic, Singer’s Caballero (a pricing curveball), and Vianney Halter’s Messina Lab piece, which is either genius or something you’d wear just to confuse strangers. The episode wraps with giddy anticipation for A. Lange & Söhne’s Richard Lange, which everyone agrees they want, price be damned.
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