There are a lot of different reasons why people enjoy mechanical watches.

Some people like the thrill of the chase that comes with being a collector.

Others are drawn to the romance of things like pilots watches and dive watches,

while others enjoy geeking out about complicated movements.

This week, I sat down with Jason Freed,

the founder of Base Camp and a New York Times best-selling author,

to talk about what drew him to watches

and why he's still collecting today.

It all started when he was a kid, but the combination of interesting engineering, analog

simplicity, and detail design all keep him interested.

Jason also has a new book coming out this week called

It Doesn't have to be crazy at work and the title kind of says at all.

He wrote the book with base camp's co-founder David Hennemeyer-Hanson

and it's not your usual business book. It's about achieving more while

seemingly doing less. It's written with all the same energy and eloquence that you'd expect

from Jason, and I think even some of the skeptics are going to be convinced.

This is a good one folks.

I'm your host Stephen Polverin and this is Hodincky Radio. This week's episode is brought to you by Hook and Albert.

Stay tuned later in the show to learn more about this global travel brand

and their garment weekender bag.

You can also learn more at hookinalberg.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cool, thanks so much for joining us, Jason.

Thanks for having me on.

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