Hot Take Time
A couple of mates chatting about watches (and other stuff as we get more comfortable). Follow us on our instagrams (@pete.mcconvill.watches and @minutes_intime) to check in on what we're doing in our daily watch collecting lives.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 19
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2024
Watches and (maybe not) Wonders?
Sorry listeners! Been a while since our last episode but we're going back to basics and hopefully will get more regular with episodes!
In this episode, Pete and John talk about the Watches and Wonder…
Sort of, kind of, maybe watch predictions for 2024
Catch Pete and John talking about our watch predictions for 2024 - also for the first time this will also be in video format on Youtube! Quite a few tangents along the way though (what else can you e…
The Return - Pete and John talk random watch stuff after a break
First Guest appearance! Third wheel or good vibes? You decide!
In the spirit of ever being the professionals that we are, here's an episode that we actually recorded a few months ago but have been too busy to upload (sorry everyone!). Hopefully will be back to r…
Swatch x Blancpain - Because of course we have to discuss it
We are back - after a little break. The break was not planned or intended - you can blame my new found obsession with Baldurs Gate 3 more than anything.
This week we are discussing the latest Swatch…
Underrated brands and those that have returned from the dead.
Today we talk about a few brands that we reckon, rightly or wrongly, are underrated by the watch world. Whats really interesting is perhaps why we think they are underrated - perhaps its because they…
Water resistance, why so complex? Also, how we choose what to wear each day.
Watch companies may as well make up whole new units of measure for water resistance (I vote squeezal) because it seems that neither meters or atmospheres mean what we think they mean when it comes to…
Does waiting make the heart grow fonder or just give it to us now? Also new Omegas and Tudors.
So often the watch hobby requires us to wait. Maybe its trying to save for that new Omega or waiting for "the call" from your Rolex AD or twidling your thumbs while an indie watchmaker builds your wa…
The Watch Media - what frustrates us and what we'd like to change
Want to listen to two random guys chatting away in a spare bedroom critiquing incredibly successful professional media folks and telling them how to improve? Well you are in the right place because t…
Season Finale! We talk grail watches, expensive, out of reach pieces and a left of field wristcheck!
Watch Brand Icons (Part 1 - because there are soooo many brands)
Moaning about Watches and Wonders 2023 and pining for our early days of watch innocence
Watch flipping. What is it and why we dont like it much. Also, building relationships (and more on how "flipping" poisons relationships) with ADs.
Living with Watches, bracelets, bands, servicing and expectations
Transparency in the Watch World: What is it and do we really want it?
Today Pete and John chat about transparency and discover, like always, that nothing is as simple as you imagine.
We talk about transparency in watches including movements, swiss made but then wonder…
Brand Boutiques vs multi brand Authorised Dealers: pros, cons and some likely futures.
The retail experience for watches is changing - fast. Perhaps the biggest change happening right now are the watch brands taking more control (and a bigger slice of the pie) though the ever increasin…
Watch Pricing. John and Pete discuss how we decide a "fair" price and conclude we have no clue.
Watch pricing is one of the most contentious aspects of the watch hobby. As enthusiasts we think we all know better than brands what their watches "should" cost and get pretty vocal about it. Today…
Omega Speedmaster Super Racing - with added Spirate - and other Hot Takes from Pete and John
Join Pete and John discussing a load of watches released in Jan 2023 including the revolutionary (and baffling) Omega Speedmaster Super Racing Spirate, Zenith Defy Revival, a couple of TAGs and.....w…
