Nothing beats the excitement and buzz of being in that room during the auction.

Everyone gets together. The auctions are when you get to meet the end consumer, the collectors.

And so I always kind of thought about it

as like the Super Bowl event of the watch industry. Hey everybody. I'm your host Stephen Pulverin and this is Hodincky Radio.

This week we've got a little bit of a blast from the past for you.

This week's main guest is former Hodinke editor and the current

specialist and head of digital at Philip Swatches Arthur To Show. If you've been

following Hodinke for a long time that name is definitely going to ring a bell. Arthur wrote a ton of great

stories for us over the years, some key benchmark reviews, but since 2017 he's been at

Phillips where he's been leading their charge into new digital media.

In addition to talking about some bigger topics like how Arthur's journalism background puts him

in a kind of unique spot in the auction world, we also talk about the nitty gritty of the two November

auctions that are coming up at Phillips, the retrospective sale which focuses on

watches from the 21st century, and Geneva Watch Auction 12 which is Philip's usual mix of

vintage pre-owned all sorts of things. I was pretty excited to sit down with a

former colleague and just nerd out about watches for a while and hopefully that comes through in the segment.

But before we get into that we've got a little something special for you.

When I need vintage watch advice, my first stop is always with Seori and Brandon two folks on our own team in the

Hodinke shop and the two brains behind our vintage operation. So whether it's

inspecting a dial, getting a historical clarification, or any number of other little things,

they're my go-to's, and I thought maybe it was time to share the love a little bit.

So we've got Brandon and Sayori on the show.

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