Burlingame & Park
At the corner of Burlingame Avenue and Park Road in downtown Burlingame, California is Topper Fine Jewelers — a third-generation family-owned retailer of fine watches and jewelry — and for those in the know, a beloved pillar of the watch collecting community. The B&P Podcast explores this rich world, full of incredible stories, passionate characters, and the amazing watches that we all know and love. Hosted by Zachary Piña, along with Russ & Rob Caplan.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 59
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
EP19: A DOXA Deep Dive and Our 2024 Predictions
Rather than rehash all our favorite watches of 2023 (we recommend Episode 2 for our W&W picks, or Episode 18 for our holiday picks for these highlights), the boys are dusting off the old Topper cryst…
EP18: The High/Low Holiday Gift Guide
We're just a few short days from Christmas, so in this episode, we get a surprise mystery guest dropping by the store to pick up a very special watch, then the boys tap in with their favorite gift pi…
EP17: Interview with the Godfather
We're back! After an extra week pause for the Thanksgiving holiday, the boys are back on the mics for a very special interview with none other than Kikuo Ibe, the inventor and godfather of the G-Shoc…
EP16: 40 Epic Years with the World's Toughest Watch
As we get ready for an epic in-store event with G-Shock and its inventor Kikuo Ibe, the boys survey the G-Shock ownership experience as it spans the simple square-cased DW references favored the bran…
EP15: How Is This Brand Not Bigger? (Or Is It?)
Fresh off the heels of a very successful event with our friends at Longines, we thought we'd take a birds-eye view of this wildly underrated Swiss maker to explore how a brand with incredible history…
EP14: Tales From the Attic
We have a very special guest this week – a member of the Topper band, our very own @shespeakswatch (Jay Liu) is joining us in the studio to talk community, kung-fu legend Bruce Lee, and revisit her t…
EP13: Who Wears the Lederhosen at Topper?
Spoiler alert: it's Russ.
This week, the boys are kicking off Oktoberfest with a very special episode rounding up our top picks from the sleepy German watchmaking town of Glashütte, as we prepare for…
EP12: What the Swatch x Blancpain Will Do for the Fifty Fathoms
Feels a little bit like deja-vu, doesn't it? For Episode 12, the boys are reflecting on the last 18 months of the MoonSwatch while checking in with thoughts and impressions of the new Swatch x Blancp…
EP11: How Rob Broke His Foot
Don't worry, he's fine. Just a bruised ego and a cool scooter to get around the store for the time being.
For the rest of Episode 11, the boys are sharing their final impressions of the 'Summer Blue…
EP10: The Best Modern Seiko Diver ...Ever? Unboxing the 2023 62MAS Re-issue with Erik Strickland
Rob has made no attempt to hide his love for the new Seiko Prospex 62MAS re-issue ref. SJE093 but to be absolutely certain that he hadn't just drank a little too much Kool-Aid, we enlisted the help o…
EP9: Singing the Summer Blues with Omega's Epic New Seamasters
Omega's epic 75th Anniversary Seamaster watches are finally landing in-store, and the boys are here to sing the many shades of "Summer Blue" found in the collection. We also discuss in greater depth …
EP8: Our Top Ten Favorite New Summer Watches
How is July nearly done already? For Episode 8, the boys are checking in from the epicenter of the WIS empire with nine of their favorite new summer watch arrivals in every color under the sun, each …
EP7: How a Topper Edition Comes to Life, @watch_diversion Collector Profile
How exactly does a super-collectable collaborative Topper Edition come to life? In this week's episode, Rob, Russ, and Zach chat with a longtime friend and beloved member of the Topper collecting com…
EP6: Everything We Love About Grand Seiko in 2023
Rob and Zach are back, recording from the center of the watch collecting universe at the intersection of Burlingame & Park, this time with a guest: our good friend Joe Kirk, Brand Curator at Grand Se…
EP5: Revealing A Four-Year Secret
Finally, we can lift the lid on a secret we've been keeping since 2019: our long-awaited collab with beloved Vancouver indie Halios Watches. For Episode 5, Rob and Zach check in with special guests J…
EP4: The Oris Kermit Origin Story
Episode 4 takes Zach and Rob on-location to the San Francisco edition of the Worn & Wound WindUP show, where we link up with our first guest: Oris CEO of the Americas, VJ Geronimo to chat about the h…
EP3: Outrageous Claims and Throwing Shades
A day late, but not a dollar short – this week, Zach and Rob are holding court while Russ gets his spring skiing fix. We make outrageous claims about the origins of the term GADA (ed: Zach definitely…
EP2: We’re Not in Burlingame Anymore
The biggest watch tradeshow in the world is back for another lap, and Zach and Russ are on the ground in Geneva while Rob holds down the fort in Burlingame, to bring you the insider’s scoop and their…
EP1: How It All Began in 1940
For the inaugural episode of Burlingame and Park, the boys go back – all the way back to 1940 to explore the origins of the Topper story. We'll also tap predictions for Watches & Wonders, and offer a…