What's on Your Riste? A Watch Podcast

Media Contact: [email protected]: @RistePodcasthttps://www.farrandswit.com/ (check these dudes out for the inspriation for the episode)Title: Bust Down: BONUS Ice, Booths, and the Summer the Words Got Blurry (The Rapper Episode)Description: How did a teenager from Tashkent with a booth on 47th Street end up changing the watch world? This week on What's on Your Riste?, Watchovski goes into the ice age: Jacob the Jeweler and the Five Time Zone, Jay-Z's Audemars Piguet (with an iPod in the box), the 2016 summer hip-hop fell for Patek Philippe, and the real craft and real cost of a bust down. Plus an original mumble rap song you will not fully understand. Independent, no sponsors, just the stories.Keywords: bust down, iced out watches, hip-hop watches, Jacob the Jeweler, Jacob & Co Five Time Zone, Jay-Z Audemars Piguet, Royal Oak Offshore, Patek Philippe Nautilus, plain Jane watch, aftermarket diamonds Rolex, gem setting, mumble rap, watch podcast, Watchovski, What's on Your Riste

Media Contact: [email protected]: @RistePodcasthttps://www.voutilainen.ch/S02E15: Watch Stories - Kari VoutilainenDESCRIPTIONThe Season Two deep-dive we've been building toward. A complete portrait of Kari Voutilainen -- Finnish-born, Swiss-trained, twelve Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve awards, fewer than sixty watches a year. From a two-day internship in Finnish Lapland that felt like a religious experience, to the Basel moment in 2004 when Philippe Dufour told him to stop hiding, to the Vingt-8 (2011-2025) and the new KV21 era beginning now. The movement, the dials, the workshop above Fleurier, the man himself. And why this show believes he is the most complete expression of independent fine watchmaking alive.KEYWORDSkari voutilainen, voutilainen watch, vingt-8, kv21, independent watchmaking, swiss watch, podcast, what's on your riste, watchovski, grand prix horlogerie geneve, gphg, caliber 28, natural escapement, guilloche dial, val-de-travers, motiers, comblemine, setsu-getsu-ka, urushi, lacquer, tatsuo kitamura, philippe dufour, parmigiani, wostep, observatoire, deep dive watch, podcast, whatsonyourriste

Episode Code Name: Andy's Vespa EpisodeMedia Contact: [email protected]:@RistePodcast(NOTE: I had to make an audio cut in the Lang &Henye Georg section, the watch is linked here: https://www.lang-und-heyne.de/en/modelle/georg/ It's pronounced Gay-Org, and I screwed it up royally...so it got cut).https://horologybythesea.comhttps://www.lang-und-heyne.de/en/modelle/georg/https://www.habring2.comhttps://www.kudoke.eu/en/startpage/Title: Follow the Listener: Habring, Kudoke & Lang & Heyne (Bonus)Description: One listener email, one road trip. Andy found the show through our episode on Maria and Richard Habring, asked an authorized dealer about a Chrono-Felix, then wrote in asking about two of his favorite German brands. So we followed his route: from Habring² in Austria, to Stefan Kudoke, the graffiti kid turned award-winning engraver whose Kaliber 1 shares parts with the Felix, to Lang & Heyne in Dresden, a brand named after the princes on a porcelain wall as long as a football field. Along the way: Georg the Bearded, Augustus the Strong, a steel sports watch nobody expected, and a founder who went back to his own bench. New here? Dig into the back catalog. New episodes every Thursday.Keywords: Kudoke, Lang & Heyne, Lang und Heyne, Habring2, Maria and Richard Habring, Chrono-Felix, Kaliber 1, Kudoke 2, Kudoke 3, GPHG, Petite Aiguille, Marco Lang, Zweigesicht, Stefan Kudoke, German independent watchmakers, Dresden watchmaking, Glashütte, Procession of Princes, Georg the Bearded, Hektor, AHCI, independent watches, watch podcast, Watchovski

S02E14: What's the Real Cost of Collecting?Description:Watches cost money. Everybody knows that. This episode is about the costs nobody warns you about. A man brings his grail to a meetup and then admits he never wears it, and that quiet confession opens up the real question: what does collecting actually cost us, past the price tag? We walk down four costs, lightest to heaviest, with a dead French philosopher, a runaway dressing gown, a ninety minute drive to buy a watch I swore I would not buy, and a turn at the end that reframes the whole bill. Philosophical, honest, and a little self deprecating. No prior watch knowledge required. Bring the friend who has something in a safe.KEYWORDScost of collecting, watch collecting philosophy, why we collect watches, Diderot effect, hedonic adaptation, arrival fallacy, loss aversion, endowment effect, collecting psychology, watch collector confessions, meaningful watches, heirloom watch, grail watch, watch hobby cost, collecting and meaning, sentimental value, watch community, watch podcast, What’s on Your Riste, Watchovski, philosophy of collecting, why we buy watches, watch FOMO, secondary market, collecting regret, watches and identity

S02E13: "Made" in Italy: Panerai, Bvlgari, Venezianico, Unimatic, and Giuliano Mazzuoli(...with a special hello to my family in Italy...thank's for the suggestion to have fun with this one.)DESCRIPTIONIs Italy even a real watchmaking country? Buckle up. This is the fun one. We start with Sylvester Stallone falling in love with a giant Italian navy watch on a movie set in 1996 and accidentally launching a global cult, and we use it to make a cheeky but serious argument: Italy’s gift to watches is taste, not gears. We cover Panerai, the Florentine legend that is made in Switzerland, including a straight- talking take on its recent comeback and why you should probably buy one used. Bulgari, the Roman jeweler that humiliated the Swiss by going thin, with about ten world records in eleven years. And the young Italian independents writing the next chapter: Venezianico, Unimatic, and Giuliano Mazzuoli. No prior watch knowledge required. Bring the friend with the dinner-plate watch.KEYWORDSItalian watches, Italian watchmaking, Panerai, Panerai Luminor, Panerai Radiomir, Panerai history, Sylvester Stallone Panerai, Panerai Daylight, Panerai used value, Panerai prices, Bulgari Octo Finissimo, Octo Finissimo Ultra, thinnest watch world record, Bulgari watches, Venezianico, Meccaniche Veneziane, Unimatic, Modello Uno, Giuliano Mazzuoli, Manometro, Italian microbrands, Italian independent watchmakers, Anonimo, U-Boat, Zannetti, sprezzatura, watch design, watch podcast, What’s on Your Riste, Watchovski, taste in watches, Florencewatchmaking, Roman design

Season 2, Episode 12: Franck MullerTHE MASTER AND THE MARGINS: FRANCK MULLER, THE SHAPE OF AMBITION, AND THE WATCH THEROOM LOVES TO HATEDESCRIPTIONA prodigy. A partnership. A courtroom feud with a counterfeiting uncle and fifteen hundred mystery Russian movements. A two-point-seven-million-dollar watch with thirty-six complications. And a sporty tonneau that quietly became the brand’s comeback. This is the full Franck Muller story, the admiration and the disdain held in one hand, with a long, fun look at the engineering of the Vanguard. I am Watchovski.KEYWORDSFranck Muller, Vartan Sirmakes, Cintrée Curvex, tonneau, Master of Complications, front-visible tourbillon, Casablanca, Long Island, Conquistador, Master Banker, Color Dreams, Crazy Hours, jumping hour, Aeternitas Mega 4, Pierre-Michel Golay, Westminster carillon, grande sonnerie, petite sonnerie, perpetual calendar, Watchland, Genthod, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Geneva Watchmaking School, Svend Andersen, Patek Philippe restoration, quartz crisis, Poljot movements, Jean-Claude Biver, Richard Mille, Vanguard, Vanguard Gravity, elliptical tourbillon, Aero Revolution, Vanguard Yachting, Vanguard Mariner, Vanguard Casablanca, glass fiber composite, gray market, counterfeits, super clone, haute horlogerie, independent watchmaking, collector culture, Watchovski, What’s on Your Riste

Link to a visual of the watch: Hodinkee ArticleSJX Quick HistoryWalton Custom Watches LinkTitle: 59, 60, Click: The GPHG-Winning Zenith Everybody Forgot (The Pilot Big Date Special 42)Description: A tiny click on a chronograph sends Watchovski from his desk to Geneva. The Zenith Pilot Big Date Special won the 2012 GPHG Petite Aiguille, runs a five-hertz El Primero 4010, hides a patented big date that reads backwards, and shares its two-eyed layout with Zenith’s Cold War pilot chronographs on both sides of the Adriatic. So why does nobody talk about it? Jumping minute counters, useless telemeters, a Habring cameo, and the best-kept secret on the secondary market.Keywords: Zenith, El Primero, El Primero 4010, Pilot Big Date Special, GPHG 2012, Petite Aiguille, bi-compax chronograph, jumping minute counter, big date, Cairelli CP-2, Italian Air Force, Yugoslav Zenith, telemeter, Habring, column wheel chronograph, high beat, watch podcast, What’s on Your Riste, Watchovski; Walton Custom Watches

S02E11: The First Watch (Kids and Teens): Flik Flak, Sher, Blok, Mini Kyomo, Casio, Baby-G, Times, Freestyle, VintageDESCRIPTIONThe hardest watch you’ll ever buy is the first one you give a kid. This bonus episode is for parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and godparents who want to hand a small person a real watch and do it right. We start with an uncomfortable fact (most young people can’t read an analog clock anymore), make the case for why that skill still matters, then shop every budget: Flik Flak, Sher, Blok, Mini Kyomo, the unkillable Casio F-91W, Baby-G, Timex Easy Reader, Freestyle Shark, and Swatch. Plus the move nobody expects for teenagers: vintage quartz Seiko and Citizen, cooler and cheaper than another smartwatch. People first, as always. I’m Watchovski.KEYWORDSkids watches, first watch for a child, learning to tell time, analog clock skill, Flik Flak, Sher Watches, Blok 33, Mini Kyomo, Casio F-91W, Baby-G, Timex Easy Reader, Timex Time Machines, Freestyle Shark, Swatch, vintage quartz, neo-vintage, Seiko quartz, Citizen Eco-Drive, watches for teenagers, smartwatch alternative, gift watch, watch collecting for beginners

Media: [email protected]: @RistePodcastDescription: If you could only have one watch for the rest of your life, which one would it be? We take thequestion seriously. We move through the archetypes; the utilitarian's answer, the connoisseur's answer, the sentimental one; and finally the honest version: the watch thatmakes you feel settled. Then we connect it back to what this season has been about all along. Not a list. A mirror.Keywords: one watch, one-watch question, rolex submariner, omega speedmaster, gmt-master, tudor black bay, fp journe, chronometre souverain, dufour simplicity, philippe dufour, watch collecting, philosophy, collector taste, independent watchmaking, what's on your riste, watchovski, watchpodcast, season 2, collecting life, settled, watch values, whatsonyourriste

Media Contact: [email protected]: @RistePodcastThanks again to DumiHed (Mike) for this topic :)TitleYour Grail Watch Is in Japan. How Did It Get There? (S2 Bonus)DescriptionIt’s 11 p.m. You finally find the exact watch you’ve been hunting for. The price gets your attention. The condition looks incredible. The seller? Tokyo. Again.Why does the hunt for a Swiss watch so often lead to Japan?In this Season 2 bonus episode of What’s on Your Riste?, Watchovski follows a question from listener Mike, aka DumiHead, into the machinery behind Japan’s pre-owned luxury watch market: the buying frenzy of the 1980s, boxes and papers that somehow survive decades, dealer licensing through the police, and wholesale auctions most collectors will never see. Add the pull of a weak yen, and your late-night watch search starts to make a lot more sense.Along the way: what earns buyer trust, what keeps watches moving across borders, and why that endlessly repeated “80 percent” claim deserves a raised eyebrow.Swiss watches. Japanese detours. And the uncomfortable discovery that your secret watch shop was never really a secret.KeywordsWhat’s on Your Riste; Watchovski; Season 2 bonus episode; Japan watch market; pre-owned luxury watches; buying watches from Japan; Japanese watch dealers; Swiss watches; watch collecting; grail watches; vintage watches; Tokyo watch shopping; Nakano Broadway; secondary watch market; watch auctions; AUCNET; EcoRing; kobutsusho license; watch condition; boxes and papers; weak yen; luxury watch resale; DumiHead