Good morning, and welcome to Episode 26 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast - this week I sat down with Jason to talk about his watch collecting journey, the lessons he's learned along the way, the ones he hasn't, and to remind him that watches are not investments. When I'm writing notes before and interview, I try to build a theme around the collector in question's watches. It could be that all the watches are from a brand, that they came from various trips, or milestones, or just that they're things their owner was drawn to. This week, things seemed to split into 4 distinct groups: Stupid but... lucky? Seamasters for Fathers Down the Internet Rabbit Hole Future Classics I'm sure we've all bought and owned watches from the first and third categories, and hope we're currently holding them from the fourth. Watches on this week's show: Girard Perregaux Seahawk 7100 Omega Seamaster Day-Date Quartz Omega Seamaster Automatic Crosshair Omega Seamaster 30 Omega Seamaster Automatic Chronometer (Ref. BA 368.0831) Zenith Automatic Chronograph (Series 1 De Luca) Zenith Pilot Cronometro Tipo CP-2 (2016 A. Cairelli re-issue) Omega Seamaster 300M Master Co-Axial Titanium (Ref. 233.90.41.21.03.001) Listen Now
The first two watches from this week's show come under the heading of "Stupid... but lucky?". The Girard-Perregaux Seahawk 7100 being an impulse purchase decision at an auction... the Omega Seamaster Quartz Day-Date being an even less well considered watch fair purchase. Hear the stories behind them on episode 26 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast.