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The Time 4A Pint PodcastAuthor: Time 4A Pint
The global watch industry produces an estimated 1.2 billion units a year. With around, 7.5 billion people on the planet, that means that over a 6 and a half year period, enough are made for every one of us to go out and buy a brand new watch of our own. In reality, that's not what happens. For starters, just because all these watches are being churned out, doesn't mean that anyone is actually buying them. Lots of people can't understand why you would spend money on a wrist watch. After all, with just a couple of taps, your mobile phone can tell you what the time is anywhere in the world - and you can catch Pokemon on it. You can't do that with a watch. On the other hand, for some people, one watch isn't enough. There are those among us that hunt out, capture, collect, catalogue, and show off their watches to others who share the same passion. On internet forums, Instagram, and even at in person meetups. For those who collect, watches are kind of like Pokemon, they've got to catch them all. And that's what this show is all about. Watch collectors. Not Pokemon. Language: en Genres: Documentary, Hobbies, Leisure, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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63: Justin Mastine-Frost - "Good Times as Always!"
Episode 63
Friday, 8 October, 2021
For episode 63 of the Time 4A Pint Podcast, I got together with Toronto based Justin Mastine-Frost. Outgoing editor in chief of watchuseek.com and fitrated.com, and brand new Director of Digital Content for Sharp Magazine, Canada's foremost luxury publication. Justin and I first got to hang out in November of 2020, when he and fellow guest Aldis Hodge joined me and Mat for our 15th Virtual GTG (which you can check out on YouTube). Justin was not messing about that day, and brought some serious horological heat, in the form of an Arnold and Son Nebula. Which as anyone who's scrolled through Justin's Instagram account will tell you, is just one fascinating piece in a hugely varied collection that spans high end to affordable, and mainstream to independent. I had no idea what Justin was going to bring along today, but I knew that whatever it was, it would be interesting. And colourful. Or grey. Or both. You can find pictures and reference numbers of all the watches that we talked about on the Time 4A Pint website. If you like what you hear, please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. If you love what you hear, please buy me a virtual pint to say thanks.
