I like Gran Seco because it's Japanese. It feels Japanese, it speaks with the Japanese DNA, and that's when both really

Seco and Gran Seco are at their best. I don't like very much when you have watches that kind of resemble a Swiss watch.

If I want a Swiss watch or a Swiss looking watch and I have many of those in my collection,

I'll go ahead and I'll buy a Swiss watch.

You know, I like Grand Seco because they're different because they're not Swiss.

And this is not too bad for the Swiss brands.

It's just that identity is what makes it different. Hey everybody. I'm your host Stephen Pulverin and this is Hodincky Radio.

We've got a super fun show for you this week. It's all about Grand Seco collecting.

We've got an amazing trio of collectors here

to help us understand what makes

collecting Grand Seco so special and so different.

Here's where I'd normally introduce them,

but I'm gonna let them introduce themselves.

Up first, we've got J.P. Vicente.

Hi, I'm J.P. Vicente.

I'm in finance, more specifically in the asset management industry.

In terms of what watches kind of mean to me,

watches are an utterly human instrument.

You know, it's a human instrument that measures a human perceived concept which is which is time so not to get to

philosophical but time is relative as Einstein has showed us but we live in a Newtonian world here and the fact that it's a mechanical watch can also transcend our own time, our own existence and we'll live on,

creates sort of an enduring legacy. That's what fascinates me about these little

pieces next up we've got Stefan Mullen yes so my name is

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