Hi Watch Fam,

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So we have a special edition of the pod for you. I was one of the lucky people to interview Rolf Studer, the Oris CEO.

He was such a nice gent. Giving up his valuable time as the leader of a top watch company. My love for Oris runs deep - hopefully you see that as we go through the interview. I really wanted to get into the mind of a watch CEO and specifically Oris and how the company ticks.

This was part of an Oris event at London Watch Week. I also got to chat to Lena Huwiler the young designer of the new Artelier. I asked her about how she selected the three colourways - the midnight blue, classic white, and her and my favourite the orangey brown version which is called Chestnut.

I got to see some of the sketches of how the Artelier came to life as well as some of the dials prototypes, including an amazing green dial version I would love to see enter production.

Anyhoo, this episode was definitely a dream come true when we kicked off The Timekeepers. Part of the business plan was ‘interview a CEO’. Mission accomplished. So here is me giving back to you our listeners - enjoy the rest of the show.

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Hi Watch Fam,

Thank you for keeping time with us.

We give our take on Watches & Wonders 2026 period. Tim picks out the Oris Artelier with its moonphase complication; Grand Seiko’s Spring Drive denim blue ‘Katsu-Iro dial; Cartier’s new Santos Dumont’s; the revised BB58 complete with lollipop; Furlan Marri’s Meteorite Octa; and finally MB&F’s MAD2 with the red and black dials. (33 seconds)

In Watch News we discuss the Shapes of Cartier auction from Sotheby’s and the amazing graphical artwork for the advertising. (8mins 30 seconds)

Watches we are lusting after: Tim picks special order Cartier Tank Normale from the Tokyo Watch Club as owned by Hodinkee’s editor Masaharu Wada. (10mins 30 seconds)

Insta watch shots of the month: A beautiful rarity from Horasphere - a Jaeger asymmetrical unipolar king to a Cartier. Then followed up by Goldfinger’s Vintage and its 1930s Movado Tank a Guiche inspired jump hour. And finally, Pygmalion Gallery’s 1930s artful Audemars Piguet rectangular watch. (12mins 42 seconds)

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Hi Watch Fam,

Thank you for keeping time with us. The marvellous Xi Wang joins us again to talk about the last 12 months and her amazing watch art works.

We discuss her drawing for Breguet to celebrate their 250 years; the incredible render of the Berneron Mirage; and our shared love of Hermes through a sketch of the Arceau l'heure de la lune. (01mins 44 seconds)

Tim discusses his recent trips to Baltic + visiting Sub Dial’s new London Clubhouse. (23mins 27 seconds)

Watches we are lusting after: Xi is clamouring after the Bulgari Serpenti, while Tim can’t get over burgundy dials so Baltic’s MR classic Turkish Watch Club special edition stands out. (36mins 17 seconds)

Tim has a New Watch Alert! He goes for the Dennison ALD with an incredible orangey-red agate dial. The purchase was made even better as it was through Sam aka Time on her Hands at Time+Tide London. (32mins 40 seconds)

Watch shots of the month: Tim picks out Watch Burger’s annual Watches & Pastries week and his half eaten donut x Speedmaster; Tempusartphoto’s stunning jewelled AP and incredible pietersite dial with a Rolex spoon; Grey & Patina’s beautiful three vintage Rolexes and vintage Speedmaster composition. 41mins 23 seconds)

Xi selects Penny_watch_seoul and their set of shapely watches; fellow watch artist Inkdial’s drawing of a Reverso; Paula Batinas’s Bulgari Serpenti jewellery cool combo. 46mins 57 seconds)

We do a deep-dive into Fears talking through the brilliant Brunswick jump hour, the new Arnos, and Archival throwback. (50mins 50 seconds)

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