For anyone familiar with Hodinke, this week's guest needs no introduction.

It's none other than our founder and CEO, Mr. Ben Clymer.

We figured that sitting down together just the two of us to discuss the early days of Hodinke

would be a fun way to kick off this new show.

It's a trip back to the good old days when we showed up every morning trying to figure out

what the hell we were going to write about and then we would pampack watch straps on the floor every time a shipment came in from Italy.

Since then, a lot's changed, but a lot hasn't,

and we're gonna get into that.

I hope you enjoy.

I'm your host Stephen Pulmerin,

and this is Hodincky Radio.

This week's episode is brought to you by Tudor.

Stay tuned later in the show for a look at the Heritage Black Bay Chrono, a new take on one of Tudor's most iconic watches.

You can also learn more at Tudorwatch.com. All right, thanks so much for joining us, Ben.

It's my pleasure, Stephen.

Can't think of a better way to kick this thing off, episode one of Hodinke radio, and we've got our fearless leader, Mr. Ben Clymer.

That's very kind for you to call me a leader in any way.

Let's go all the way back to the beginning.

Let's start this thing off right at square one.

What is your earliest memory of anything that we might today be able to call

Hodinke?

Oh man, I mean, earliest memory was myself sitting in a cosy of all places on the Upper

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