Revolution Watch Podcast
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In this episode we sit down with Daniel Sum, one of the founders of the famous Shanghai Watch Gang, to discuss how this group of collectors came about, how different Asian collectors are compared to their western counterparts, and if watch brands have the right approach to connect with them.
We also touch on the Shanghai Watch Festival and we bring back our previous guest Lung Lung Thun to talk about The Waiting List Podcast, which the pair recently launched along with their friend Alex.
Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(00:14) Shanghai Watch Gang Instagram Account
(10:30) How The SWG Came About
(16:59) Shanghai Watch Festival
(22:56) The Waiting List Podcast
(25:10) Meeting The Sino Watch Guy
(43:31) Are Brands Doing A Good Job With Asian Collectors?
(01:17:53) Outro
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Our guest on this episode of the Revolution Watch Podcast is Lung Lung Thun. It’s taken us 18 episodes but we finally have a female watch collector as a guest on our podcast. We couldn’t have picked a better person than Lung Lung Thun, who from the very first minute we met, had shown great enthusiasm for not just the watches, but for bringing her watch knowledge to the wider audience and encouraging more women to share their passion too.
We had a little more fun than usual on this episode by going through a list of what we look for when getting a watch. How do we feel about manual wind and self-winding? Do we like quartz? Tune in now to find out.
Also, a lot has happened since our last episode, Covid-19 disrupted lives everywhere and the doomed Baselworld saga is still being written. We won’t go on about it here, but click the link below to read all the coverage we have so far on the Baselworld Debacle.
Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(00:38) A Note from Our Founder
(01:01) The Baselworld Debacle
(02:36) Our conversation with Lung Lung Thun
(47:26) Outro
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Our guest on this episode of the Revolution Watch Podcast is none other than Austen Chu, a young but prominent collector, known by many of us as @horoloupe on Instagram, and a familiar face amongst our pages.
When we sat down with Austen just before Christmas, we were only keen to learn more about his collecting habits, how he has helped grow the community of watch collectors through his social media accounts, and the burgeoning role collectors today have in bringing their dream watches to life as unique pieces. He also shared a little about a passion project he's working on — designing a new line of accessories and jewellery called Seraph.
What we didn't know then, was that Austen was secretly working away with Audemars Piguet not to create a unique piece like most collectors do, but to create a limited edition series of watches exclusively for the Chinese market. An incredible milestone to say the least!
The news is out now of course, and Austen was kind enough to share some of his thoughts on the process.
Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(02:31) LVMH Watch Week Dubai 2020
(04:04) Hublot releases its first integrated bracelet Big Bang
(05:18) Bulgari Launches The Smallest Women’s Tourbillon
(07:08) New El Primeros and Pilots from Zenith
(07:47) Hublot at LVMH Watch Week
(10:00) TAG Heuer Carrera 160 Years Silver Limited Edition
(11:11) Our conversation with Horoloupe
(41:21) Horoloupe talks about the Titanium Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar for China
(50:17) Outro
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It’s our Christmas Special Episode! We’ve made our list, we’ve checked it twice. We’ve told Santa what we want, both unattainable and nice. Our editors have chimed in and so have our friends; we’ve all picked one watch, else the list will never end.
Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(01:42) Stephanie Ip's choice: Vacheron Constantin Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-thin
(03:37) Kevin Cureau's choice: AP Royal Oak Ref. 15500
(07:47) Darren Ho's choice: Bell & Ross BR05 in full gold
(12:25) Horoloupe's choice: Patek Philippe Ref. 5212A Calatrava Weekly Calendar
(15:01) Richard Holt's choice: Seiko SLA033J1 Prospex
(20:30) Ross Povey's choice: Tudor Black Bay Chrono Dark
(28:36) Tom Chng's choice: AP Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Openworked in black ceramic
(31:28) Israel Ortega's choice: Patek Philippe Ref. 5235R Calatrava Annual Calendar Regulator
(39:53) Taitan Chen's choice: Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Moon
(44:08) Adam Craniotes' choice: Grand Seiko SBGA413 'Shunbun' Spring Drive
(01:02:25) Outro
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In this episode of the Revolution Watch Podcast, the ever-humble Karl-Friedrich Scheufele talks about Chopard's beginnings and his various passion projects.
He also tells us about the new Alpine Eagle collection, an extremely special project for the Scheufele family, one that spanned three generations. Mr. Scheufele was more than happy to share with Revolution the process that led up to it, and fun details about the making of it. Things like, who came up with the name Alpine Eagle? You'll have to tune in to find out.
Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(00:58) LVMH buys Tiffany & Co.
(03:44) The FP Journe Astronomic Souveraine
(07:27) Our conversation with Karl-Friedrich Scheufele
(39:26) Outro
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