A podcast dedicated to our love of the humble and not so humble wrist watch.We are two watch enthusiasts - Zac from Sourced_Watches, and Tim from Watch_word_ vi...
Season 2, E2 - We welcome Watch Yourself Jorge to the show, a deep dive of Baltic, and end up calling Daniel Craig a hobo with a Speedmaster!
Hi Watch Fam,Thank you for keeping time with us.We kick off our first interview of the year with none other than Watch Yourself Jorge of growing YouTube fame. Jorge and Tim clash on symmetry and date windows, but all his forgiven. Jorge gives his hot takes where he sees watch social media going, which brands embrace social media successfully (and how the phrase Hobo Bond sprung from!), and what sparked his passion for starting a YouTube channel dedicated to watches. (27mins 07 seconds)Tim’s talks about his fun trip to Fathom Watches in London thanks to a Watch Collectors’ Club Rolex Submariner event where he got to try on some excellent vintage Rolexes. (10mins 40 seconds)We deep dive on our first micro brand of the pod - Baltic. Tim was fortunate to land a Prismic with the lapis blue dial last year, while we give a special mention to the_other_side_of_art’s insta page fully of top quality Baltic shots. (1hr 14min 20seconds)Zac and Tim share the watches they are lusting after this month with a Rolex Day Date ref6612c and a vintage Breitling SuperOcean 2005 getting the nod respectively. (14mins 06seconds)We each pick our Insta shot of the month. Zac’s choices this month are LunarOyster’s 190892 Audemars Piguet ref 25643 and Yayo_genf’s rose gold Universal Geneve Polerouter Deluxe. Tim selects wintery themes from The Watch Watch’s icy Grand Seiko Spring Drive and AverageWatchDads’ Rolex Submariner, then topped off with a gorgeous neo-vintage Audemars Piguet jade dial from Feelipp0. (18mins 40seconds).And the shot of the month winner of a TimeKeepers’ beer mat is yours The Watch Watch!You can now watch us on Youtube! Please leave a comment and give us a like.Follow us at TheTimeKeepers2024 as well as Tim at watch_word_ and Zak at Sourced_watches.And finally do subscribe and tune in to Watch Yourself Jorge!
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Season 2, E1 - We deep dive Tag Heuer, our watch dreams for 2025, and our Insta shot of the month AND year
Hi Watch Fam,Thank you for keeping time with us.We kick off 2025 with a deep dive into Tag Heuer which ranges from vintage Carerras and Seafarers to more modern skeleton Monacos and the updated Skipper (30mins 56 seconds)Tim’s showcases his new watch art prints (1mins 12 seconds)We then have a mini segment: What we want to see in 2025. Key theme here is more customisations from brands, while Tim wants more Cartier cabochon colours for the masses! (19mins 22 seconds)The watches we are lusting after this month - Tim selects a neo-vintage Cartier Santos Dumont Thin and Zac’s controversially picks out Blancpain X Swatch Fifty Fathoms Ocean of Storms (4mins 56 seconds)We each pick our Insta shot of the year as well as our favourite of the month. For December Zac picks Collectorskyline’s Piaget 92000 in a stunning green malachite dial as well as Goldfingersvintage’s Movado M90. Meanwhile Tim goes crazy and picks FIVE! 316Watches’ awesome jam doughnut and FXD combo; Macrorelojes’ brilliant lighting effect on his Oris Propilot; then a Christmas/New Year trio of Giltydials’ Rolex GMT x Moet combo; the_nightswatch’s Omega 300m; and finally moonphase.fr's Christmas tree of Speedmasters. Congrats to Giltydials as Zac’s choice this month. (9mins 12seconds). A Timekeeper’s beermat is yours!The shots of 2024 for Zac goes to Watchbie’s FXD in the dessert; Tim picks Otottoi Watches’ incredible 12 watch collage (17min 10 seconds)You can now watch us on Youtube! Please leave a comment and give us a like.Follow us at TheTimeKeepers2024 as well as Tim at watch_word_ and Zak at Sourced_watches.
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Episode Twelve - We are officially one year old, listen to our interview with watch artist Xi Wang, and our Patek deep dive.
Hi Watch Fam,Thank you for keeping time with us.Happy Birthday to us! We are official one year old. 12 episodes talking about some of our favourite people, photos on instagram and of course watches. Stay tuned for bigger plans in 2025 and beyond.We are delighted to be joined by a wonderful artist, Xi Wang from Australia - and in the glory of multi-colour with our second episode also on Youtube. She draws and paints high quality watches adding her own artist flare. We discuss what inspired her, she walks us through her drawings, and how challenging it is portraying time through art (31mins 40seconds). Tim & Xi also bond over their shared love of Cartier and maybe the only listeners to a niche ‘cabochon watch shot of the month’ spinoff!We talk a little about our visit to the private viewing of Lyon & Turbull’s recent online auction after having Charles Tearle on the show. We then discuss Tim’s recent trip to Time+Tide’s new store in London (4mins 32 seconds)The watches we are lusting after this month - Tim selects French grand Laventure’s Transatlantique II GMT with a green dial. Meanwhile, Zac picks the Patek Philippe Gondola with a lapis dial (18mins 42seconds)A strong selection for our favourite shots on Instagram - Tim pick out WatchBerger’s quality shot of Tudor Pelagos wrapped around the neck of his guitar. He then selects Ilanwatche’s beautiful macro of a Cartier Santos cabochon. Tim’s third and final choice is from the famous Avocado Vintage Watches’ with a rare Girard Perregaux. Zac went for DadandSon Watches’ watch palm of many vintage watches from Chopard and Cartier to Jaeger and Patek. (23mins 32 seconds)Zac and Xi’s winner is Ilanwatches incredible Santos macro. A Timekeeper’s beermat is yours!We then deep dive Patek Philippe. Tim has nice things to say about the Calatrava as his grail watch, but needs Zac and Xi’s help on more positive things about a certain Nautilus and Cubitus (1hr 16mins 48 seconds)You can now watch us on Youtube! Please leave a comment and give us a like.Follow us at TheTimeKeepers2024 as well as Tim at watch_word_ and Zak at Sourced_watches.
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Episode Eleven - Our Cartier deep dive, Zac’s NYT feature, and TimeKeepers debut on Youtube
Hi Watch Fam,Thank you for keeping time with us.Big news - we are going visual. We will be bringing our followers both podcast and video cast formats. Look out for this episode on Youtube very soon (28 seconds)Zac is now famous! He was interviewed for the New York Times about young watch collectors. (2mins 10 seconds)We talk a little about our visit to Grand Seiko’s flagship store in London and Tim’s evening event to Breitling’s UK flagship thanks to the Watch Collectors Club. (4mins 15 seconds)The watches we are lusting after this month - We both have two! Tim goes for what almost appears to be an AI-generated half black half white dial of the Zenith el Premero - Lupin the Third, Final Edition. His next pick is the Hermes Quantieme Perpetual Calendar with its quirky numerals and funky lugs. Meanwhile, Zac picks one of the ultimate 50s vintage dress watches, the Omega Constellation Pie Pan - shark tooth. He pairs that with Tissot Navigator skin diver (11mins 10 seconds)A strong selection for our favourite shots on Instagram - Tim pick out @Scarlintheshire’s needlework with a Cartier Tank stitched on to her jacket - WANT!; a quality collaboration and compositions from @Threehandpix and @Aviantime and their Rolex and Baltic; finally @Coffees_and_Calibers teaser shot for his forecoming Watches & Pastries Week starting 18th November. Zac went for @Tim Vaux’s capture of the most expensive F P Journe ever sold (18mins 10 seconds)Zac’s winner is the collaboration from ThreeHandPix and Aviantime. A Timekeeper’s beermat is yours!We then deep dive on one of our favourite brands - Cartier. From the iconic Tank and Tim’s Ceninture, to the surrealist-inspired Crash and geometric Asymmetrique with a squeeze of Santos Dumont and a pinch of Basculante (25mins 24 seconds)In the next episode, Zac and Tim will be joined by a special guest to discuss watch art. Follow us at TheTimeKeepers2024 as well as Tim at watch_word_ and Zak at Sourced_watches.
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Episode Ten - Our interview with Charles Tearle, Head of Watches from Lyon & Turnbull Auctioneers. Tim’s New Watch Alert plus we discuss Grand Seiko’s gorgeous dials
Hi Watch Fam,Thank you for keeping time with us.We are joined by @Charles Tearle, Head of Watches from Lyon & Turnbull Auction House where he talks about their forthcoming watch auction on 21st November; his fascinating life via Somlo London, Bonham’s, Antiquorum, and Sotherby’s in America and Hong Kong; how a watch auction gets curated and how easy it is to participate; how technology will shape the future of watch auctions, and never forgetting your bidding paddle. (14mins 42 seconds) Tim’s surprise New Watch Alert (NWA) the stunning Baltic Prismic with the Lapis Lazuli stone dial - lucky boy! (2mins 56 seconds)The watches we are lusting after this month - Tim's yearns for Berneron and their Mirage with their, you’ve guessed it, lapis dial - it’s a homage to the Cartier Crash. Meanwhile, Zac has also fallen down the Baltic Prismic rabbit hole but for the orange agate dial. (7mins 57 seconds)It gets competitive again for our favourite shots on Instagram - Tim picks out @Watchbie’s black Tudor FXD with a desert background providing a distinct colour contrast; next up is @Martin Cenek’s vintage duo of the Universal Geneva Dato-Compax - one white dial and the other in a black dial plus a original UG advertisement as the background; and finally @Marcin Pawlak’s Nomos using some classic watch shot props of mooring rope, a vintage map, and a miniature globe. Zac went for @watchworkshaarlem which features gorgeous Cartier Basculante in various stages of open and closed angles. (11mins 25 seconds)Zac’s winner is Watchbie’s desert inspired FXD. A Timekeeper’s beermat is yours!We then talk Grand Seiko and their seasonal dials, in particular a forthcoming release for the autumn with a gorgeous burnt orange dial as well as its multiple green and silver dials for summer and winter - complete masterpieces (58mins 27 seconds)In the next episode, Zac and Tim deep dive into all things Cartier - one of our favourite watch brands.Follow us at TheTimeKeepers2024 as well as Tim at watch_word_ and Zak at Sourced_watches.
A podcast dedicated to our love of the humble and not so humble wrist watch.We are two watch enthusiasts - Zac from Sourced_Watches, and Tim from Watch_word_ via the world of Instagram.Each time we talk about one brand, a specific thing we love about watches, and the Instagram photos and reels that have caught our eye.Thank you for 'keeping time' with us.