238: Sweating Through Geneva Watch Days, Natural Born Watch Hoarders, And A Blue Chanel

This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Rick, Ariel, David, and Ripley are back together, with Ariel and David freshly returned from Geneva Watch Days and apparently still recovering from the heat. They recap the highs and lows of the event, from impressive watchmaking and questionable hospitality to the latest GPHG selections and the brands that did, or decidedly did not, make the cut. The conversation also turns to what makes Geneva Watch Days worthwhile despite its quirks and why the watch industry continues to descend on Geneva even when the city seems determined to make everyone sweat.

From there, the crew tackles the difference between collecting and investing, leading Ariel to declare collectors “natural born hoarders” and, naturally, a detour into knives, cheese, and the apparent collapse of cheese futures. Then it is back to watches with Chanel’s Blue Ceramic J12, the A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Up/Down, the Tudor Northflag, and plenty more new releases and opinions along the way. As always, expect strong takes, questionable financial advice, and more than a little anxiety over whether a manually wound watch has enough power left to survive the day.

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Key Chapters:

[00:01] Show Welcome

[01:00] Sweating Through Geneva Watch Days

[09:40] Is Geneva Watch Days Worth It?

[16:31] Favorite Watches From Geneva

[17:19] GPHG Winners, Losers, and Controversy

[24:58] Chronoswiss and the Pulse One GMT

[33:41] Bulgari at Geneva Watch Days

[36:41] Watch Collecting vs. Watch Investing

[41:11] Natural Born Watch Hoarders

[42:13] Knives, Biver, and Cheese

[46:19] Chanel’s Blue Ceramic J12

[54:09] A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Up/Down

[56:30] The A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split

[1:05:00] Tudor Northflag Returns as a GMT

[1:18:19] Closing Thoughts