There's a reason to put a sapphire case back on a complicated watch. If the whole point is we've put, you know, such and such complication in this watch and you'd like to show off the mechanics of that, I get it. And I appreciate looking at the movement

on those watches. But invariably what happens is other brands start to see that and they go, oh, well,

we have movements inside our watches. We could show what those look like too and the

price bracket slowly comes down to different levels and it just trickles down where the reason

disappears and just the thing remains. And then. Hey everybody I'm your host Stephen Pulbren and this is Hodincky Radio.

This week we're talking all things case backs.

You might remember from one of the

watches and wonders episodes about Tudor that there's a bit of a

controversy around the new open case-backed divers and we thought that was as

good an excuse as any to really dissect the strangely complicated world that is case backs today.

We get into some of the history, where it came from, as well as who's doing the best job today, who we'd like to see change things, and what we think watch companies could do with the backs of watches to make them more appealing to everyone.

I've got Danny and James to help me out and couldn't have a better

pair. So without further ado, let's do this.

This week's episode is presented by Bulova and the Joseph Bulova collection.

Stay tuned later in the show to learn about this new line of Swiss-made automatic watches or visit

Bulova. com for more.

Hey guys how you doing?

A-okay baby back on the show Danny you?

I'm doing I'm doing great boys.

Came in with some weird energy, but I'm okay with it.

Everyone can now tell.

How many coffees I've had?

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