Welcome to the first episode of the Grey NATO, a loose discussion of travel, adventure, diving,

gear, and most certainly watches.

My name is James Stacy.

Based in Vancouver, I call myself a professional enthusiast and I write about watches,

cars, and almost anything else that catches my eye for a blog to watch.com, Nuvo Magazine,

and more.

And I'm Jason Heaton. I'm a freelance writer for a number of gear, travel, anduvel Magazine, and more. And I'm Jason Heaton.

I'm a freelance writer for a number of gear, travel, and timepiece publications,

including Gear Patrol.com, Hodinky.com, Revolution Magazine, and Men's Journal.

And I'm based out here in sunny Minneapolis.

Well, the sun, that must be nice.

I haven't seen sun since we got back from Geneva.

It's just been raining in Vancouver.

Well, that's what you're known for, isn't it? Yeah, definitely this time of year. It's just wall-to-wall rain. Yeah, you never really take your jacket off. But yeah, Geneva was nice. The weather was a little chilly. So we're both back about a week after S-I-H, which is one of the two big watch

shows. Yeah, how's your jet lag doing? You're a couple hours even beyond me from Geneva.

Yeah, exactly. I mean, like the team I was with with the blog to watch, we keep some pretty

late hours, so I don't have the same adjustment, but it was still probably

four or five hours that I had to get back. And it was, it was tough. I was going to bed pretty early for a few nights. But I think I got it back so far. What did you think of the show? Well, I, you know, I thought this year was quite nice, and I'm interested to get your perspective because it was your first S-I-H-H. This was my fifth, and especially

compared to last year, last year's show was it had a distinct feeling of being almost overcrowded

and sort of a little bit harassing, I guess, from an attendee perspective. And I think others

agreed with that point.

I think this year, from what I heard just sort of through the grapevine, the organizers

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