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Welcome back to another episode of Hodinke Radio. Today my guest is Sebastian

Shalmonte. Sebastian is the director of innovation and marketing as Salita. His

career in watches has also included stints with Lejeup

Arnold and son and Angelis.

But he started as a collector, particularly of vintage chronographs.

He even wrote a book about them and is working on another.

Besides Salita, he also just launched his own brand,

Aldishorn, which is what we'll get into here at the end as well, the goal of which is to create small batches of what he calls imaginary vintage watches.

I've known about Sebastian for years, but only had the pleasure of meeting him last month in Geneva.

He's as passionate and knowledgeable as they come, so I'm excited to have him on the podcast.

We're going to talk about collecting vintage chronographs, Salida, Albushearn, and even what the Swiss

watch industry can do better.

Sebastian, thanks for joining the show.

Thanks for having me.

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