In general we forget a lot of the sacrifices that have been made as an amorphous idea

sacrifice this and that right when you have a person that you know existed that war the very

watch that you can hold in your hand and you understand

what they went through and what they saw it all comes to life in a very real way it's

it's much different than reading about it in a textbook or even going to a museum. It's like,

wow, this was on the wrist of someone who has done things that I can't even fathom, or I can't even imagine.

And it's a weird intersection between horology, history,

and trying to understand an idea that I don't think we really have a concept. Oh, Hey everybody. I'm your host Stephen Polvern and this is Hodincky

Radio. We've got a great show for you this week. It's a three-parter and to kick things off is a

conversation between myself and our own Cole Pennington that I've been wanting to have for a while.

In February, Cole gave a talk at the Horological Society of New York called Horological Homecoming,

The Hidden History of World War II watches.

Cole's advice is to always read the case back.

You never know where it's going to lead you.

I'll let you listen for the rest of the story.

After that, we've got a conversation between our editor-in-chief, Mr. Jack Forrester, and

independent watchmakers Richard and Maria Habring. You probably know them from their brand, Haybring, too, and they're two of the nicest most interesting people in independent watchmaking.

And finally, making his Hodincky radio debut is our newest editor, Danny Milton.

Danny joined us an interesting time to say the least. debut is our newest editor, Danny Milton.

Danny joined us an interesting time, to say the least, but he's using this as an opportunity

to reflect on the watch that he's been wearing while working from home and what that tells

him about his love of watches in general.

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