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Ben Clymer Presents : Ep. 03 – The Porsche Episode With Ferdi Porsche

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Radio, Society & Culture, Podcast, Watches, Rolex, Horology, Wrist Watch, John Mayer, Daytona, Omega, Leisure, Hodinkee, Talking Watches, Paul Newman, Ben Clymer, Hodinkee Radio, Arts

4.7 β€’ 945 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Inside the world of Porsche, the brand's family ties to watchmaking, and the community that brings it all together.

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0:00.0

All right, so today on Ben Climate presents, we are presenting the Porsche lifestyle with none other than

0:06.4

Furdy Porsche. What's up? So, it's a pleasure to have you. So I would say if there's somebody that

0:11.0

understands what the Porsche lifestyle means, it's you.

0:15.0

I mean, I've got introduced to it at a very young age. We used to spend almost every summer

0:20.1

holiday somewhere where my dad could combine it with a with a

0:24.3

Porsche parade or a club or a dealer to visit. So yeah this whole nerdiness about

0:31.4

the brand and the excitement around it and just understanding how involved people are with it and how they make it their own and how it's generational and how it's always like a father and son or a daughter and it's like almost always the whole family is involved.

0:47.4

Right. So I got introduced this pretty at an early age and at one point I said okay I probably have to know more about these things as well

0:55.5

because you kind of I mean you obviously pick up things but and when I got older people expected me to know

1:05.2

what car this is and what it does, etc. I think at that point it was already way too late anyways and I was infected already.

1:08.9

Yeah, and I think for the readers and the listeners at home, so you guys did a talking watches with James Stacy,

1:14.4

who's right behind the camera right there,

1:15.6

about a year ago.

1:16.8

And I think everyone was so impressed with your love

1:19.0

for watches and kind of the great history.

1:20.8

And I think if you're okay with it maybe just kind of tell

1:23.4

the viewers exactly your relationship to the Porsche legacy who your

1:28.0

father is your grandfather was etc if that's okay. So my grandfather was

1:32.0

Fettie Porsche whocher who founded Porsher. Right. And my father is Wolfgang Porsher was the chairman of the board. Right. And I'm me. I do all sorts of things in the car world and I'm an architect by trade.

1:47.0

But obviously I'm talking about watches.

1:51.0

My uncle plays a big role.

1:53.3

He was the design of the 9-11.

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