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Consistency Vs. Variety In Watch Design (Rolex, Omega, and MB&F)

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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

4.7945 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Jack, Danny, and Cole join James to chat about how some watch brands never change and how others are all about change.

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:07.0

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0:10.0

Insurance.

0:11.0

Hey, it's me, James Stacy, and for this episode of Haddinky Radio, I've collected Jack,

0:16.1

Cole, and Danny to chat about consistency versus variety in watch design.

0:20.4

It's a chat about when classic design becomes boring or stale why some brands take chances and others barely change at all

0:26.3

What it means to evolve an iconic design and which side of the fence each of us lands when it comes to her own wrist. So kick back and enjoy a

0:34.0

break from the hustle and bustle of life because this is watches and things move

0:37.6

pretty slowly. All right, Jack, Cole, Danny.

0:56.2

Welcome back to the show. It's been a little while since we've had kind of a hostful episode, if you will, and we're here to chat about the way that watch design really has kind of favored the not bold, typically speaking.

1:03.2

This is a topic that Jack offered up to me a couple days ago,

1:06.0

and I love that because it immediately removes work

1:08.3

from my plate.

1:09.0

So I leaned into it, and we have a note file full of very esoteric comments from myself and

1:15.9

and the collective panelists for today's episode. Jack why don't you kind of fill

1:19.6

people in on on what you were thinking when this topic kind of hit your dome.

1:23.0

Yeah, sure. I'm not, I don't remember now exactly what the, you know, train of thought was that

1:28.9

pulled into the station of this particular subject, but I've been thinking a lot about lately about watch design and about how you know as you say

1:38.0

Fortune favors the not bold a lot of the time the most beloved watches tend to be or a lot of the time the time

1:43.4

the time tend to be watches which are a very consistent design

1:46.0

that doesn't very much sometimes over over decades.

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