Hey, it's me James Stacy, and today we're kicking off a special series of Hodinky radio that is tied to the annual Geneva Watch Show, Watches and Wonders.

I know it's been a while since you heard from us in this format, but Watches and Wonders kicks off on March 27th and we're planning to do

daily episodes from the show so stay tuned to get into the big show spirit I ask Ben and

Danny to jump on a mic and chat about what it's like to go to a show

how these sorts of events have changed over the years,

and what we're hoping to see from some of the biggest and most secretive exhibitors at the show.

One quick note that this episode includes a bit of adult language,

but hey, I've got to be in Geneva any

minute now so let's get to it.

All right Ben Danny welcome back to Hodinke Radio. It's been a little while. I'm thrilled to see you guys on Zoom and even more

thrilled to know that I'll see both you in Geneva in really just a few days here. How are we doing today?

I'm psyched. I am psyched. Yeah. I'm just happy to be back on Hodincky radio James to be honest with you.

Me too, I'm thrilled. It's been a season where it just got so

busy that we decided we would take a little pause and decide what the show needs to be

but if the show is anything it should be like frantic coffee-fueled kind of reports from the frantic these days that maybe only know the show from last year,

don't know Basel World, don't know some of the precursors,

and certainly we have some great stories

to kind of fill you in on the back catalog of that existence.

But Ben, you're one of the few guys I know who's done

like several more shows than me within the modern like digital context of watch trade shows

and then Danny you had your first one last year so I thought that kind of gave us a nice kind of bracketing

of the show experience.

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