I am the ultimate sort of inside information snob that there's no sentence I like being able to say more than,

but did you know? And I used to be able to say that about Grant Siegel. Well, you know, all of that Swiss stuff is, that's fine for beginners.

But if you really want something interesting, there's this thing from Japan that you don't know about.

And like, I don't get to do that anymore.

And I don't know, is part of what I miss about the good old days,

my own ego investment

would be perceived as an expert about something other people

didn't know about?

Probably. See? Hey everybody. I'm your host Stephen Pulverin and this is Hodincky Radio.

A couple weeks ago, Grand Seco launched their new collections for the year and it got me thinking the brand has changed a lot over the

last few years. Price points have gone up, they've introduced a bunch of new movements,

and the brand even split off as its own company from parent company Seco. So I started thinking how

grand should Grand Seco actually be. We know they can make incredible watches at

very affordable price points and completely

superlative watches as well. So I thought I bring in a few experts to help me here.

I've got my colleagues John and Jack, both of whom are longtime Grand Seco collectors and fans.

And we're going to pick through all of this.

We're going to look at the most recent watches.

We're going to look at how they differ from watches from past years.

Talk about our favorite models, the things that drew us to the brand in the first

place, and try to puzzle out what the future might look like for Grand Seco in reality and in

our own personal fantasies.

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