Calling in from Los Angeles is today’s guest Dan Brunn, an award-winning architect whose practise is inspired by sustainability and growing up amid the Bauhaus buildings of Tel Aviv. We find out how Dan leapt headfirst into the world of bespoke architecture by scoring a prestigious Venice beach build fresh out of architecture school. We also find out about the Flip Flop house, and what it’s like to live in something you created.

Today's guest is Asher Rapkin. By day Asher is a marketer for Facebook, but by night he's the co-founder of Collective Horology, a community of watch lovers held together by collaborative watches. The latest collab just launched, and it's the very cool, out-of-this-world Urwerk UR100-V P.02 for Collective. We chat to Asher about what inspired this watch, as well as get into the nuts, bolts and balance sheets as to how a limited edition is made. We also find out why Collective exists in an age when Instagram and other platforms have made finding watch enthusiasts easier than ever.

This week we chat to the man who calls himself the King of Vintage. Jasper Lijfering is the man behind Amsterdam Vintage Watches and its transformation from a family business into one of the most recognised watch dealers online, thanks to a combination of hard work, social media smarts and transparency. Jasper tells us about the ups and downs of life in the spotlight — from robberies to stunts, as well as just how he ended up selling a John Player Special to none other than Ellen DeGeneres.

This week Andy and Felix are talking about some of the highlight watches from Only Watch, a bi-annual charity auction consisting only of … you guessed it … watches. But more than that, it’s an auction of one-of-a-kind pieces, and things get a little wild. This year there are 54 pieces submitted, including a HAND-some F.P. Journe (made in collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola of all people), a super aged-Tudor GMT and heaps of orange.

Andy chats to Edouard Meylan, the charismatic and thoughtful CEO of H. Moser. From how the Meylan's acquired the legacy brand and what the future holds, through to the importance of community in brand building, we quickly learn that Moser does things a little different. Nowhere is that more apparent than with their periodic campaigns poking fun at the wider industry. From watches made of Swiss cheese to the masterful parody that is the Alp Watch, Moser isn't afraid of being bold.

Joe Salanitri is one leg of the tripod that is Sooshi Mango. The comedy trio shoot to fame on social media thanks to their witty response to the pandemic and their incredibly accurate portrayal of multicultural Australian life. We chat to Joe about whether we should have masks on (or off) and the surprising Sea-Dweller he’s got on his radar. 

In this episode, Felix and Andy look back over some of the years best new watches under $5000, including strong contenders from Seiko, Tudor and Cartier. They also get back on the Watch Matchmaking bandwagon, finding Robert a well-priced daily wearer with heirloom potential.

Today’s guest is the cool, calm and collected Cole Pennington from Hodinkee. We got up with Cole fresh from a stint in Thailand, a country close to his watch-collecting heart and one with a special relationship with Seiko. Speaking of Seiko, Cole and Felix politely disagree about the legendary Monster, and Cole talks about the one that got away. We also chat about Cole’s important story uncovering a new space watch, the watch stories that make Cole tick, the ones he can’t tell.

In addition to being one of the original streamers and one of Minecraft’s first employees, Lydia Winters is also super into her watches, as anyone who follows her dedicated watch account @enjoythewatches will know. We find out just what a ‘Chief Storyteller’ does and how Lydia started streaming in the wild days of the internet, and that led to her working for one of the biggest games in the world. In parallel, we discover how Lydia’s love of watches grew over the years, with a collection including Nomos, Tudor, Omega and more.

In the world of high-end independent watchmaking, Max Büsser is a king. This romantic vision is pretty accurate, but it’s only part of the picture. Max tells us about the anger and frustration that caused MB&F to be born, the importance of friends, the madness of developing 22 calibres in 20 years and why he is determined to run his business differently.

This week Andy and Felix talk to Chris Hall, a man steering the watch content of one of the most influential online retailers in the business, Mr Porter. Taking up the mantle of Mr Porter’s Senior Watch Editor in the midst of a global pandemic is no easy feat, but Chris has handled it with aplomb. We find out just why someone would consider buying a watch off Mr Porter and which of the new releases stand out for him (hint, Hermès and JLC get a lot of love).

South African-born professional explorer Mike Horn has lived a heck of a life. He's sailed around the world 27 times, walked around it three times, crossed Antarctica and summited some of the world's highest peaks. And he's down much of it with a Panerai on his wrist. Mike tells us about the time he used his watch as a piton, but also what drives him into the wild, and what the point of exploration is when the map has been filled in.

Now that Watches & Wonders is done and dusted we thought it was high time to do some soul-searching and come up with our favourite releases from the virtual fair. Felix, in typical fashion, went a little weird and focused on some less-hyped releases while Andy played it straight with four rock-solid choices. How did we do?

This episode is the long-awaited return of James Dowling. This time around, we talk about Rolex (I mean, when you're known online as @MisterRolex is kind of comes up), but mostly we talking about weird watches, following ‘dead ends’ and how collecting has changed over the years.

This episode is action-packed in more ways than one. Of course, the top billing goes to Jason Heaton, a product journalist who's penned his first novel, But before that, we have some action of a different kind, with Andy chatting to Mike Manjos from WatchBox, about the winners from Watches & Wonders. Then it's straight into the thriller that is Depth Charge. Heaton bills it as a classic paperback page-turner in the vein of Cussler or Fleming, with a healthy dose of diving, and of course, dive watches.

If you think that explaining the finer engineering points of a rattrapante or a repeater sounds snore-inducing, you've never heard Anthony de Haas speak. The Director of Product Development for A. Lange & Söhne describes the watches he works on with passion — and more importantly — humour. We talk about the latest Watches & Wonders releases, including the new Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar and the mighty Triple Split.

The watches and wonders are flowing thick and fast, and in this episode, Felix and Andy deep their toes into the latest watches from Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet. But before a surprisingly hot-take-filled recap, Felix has a little interlude with Tim Mosso from WatchBox

This week it's an IWC party, and the guest of honour is the brand's dynamic CEO, Chris Grainger-Herr. We chat to Chris about just we he shrunk the Big Pilot, the differences between the Big Pilot 43 and the Bigger Pilot, why they decided not to use the bigger 7-day movement in the Big Pilot 43, the future of the 46mm Big Pilot, and how IWC is riding the wave of the changing nature of luxury.

No need to beat around the bush. We spend this entire episode talking about the freshly launched Rolex and Tudor releases from Watches & Wonders 2021. From obvious talking points like Rolesor Explorers and gold Black Bays through to dial updates and not-in-the-catalogue gem-set pieces. We talk about specific models, but we also cover off what we think about the broader trends, directions and enthusiast feedback is on these hotly debated (and hotly desired) models.

We’ll keep this one short and sweet, but it’s a good one. OT: The Podcast has teamed up with keyboard supremos RAMA WORKS for an epic combo deal. Inspired by our sold-out Hans’ and Primo t-shirts, we’ve created RAMA’S BURGERS for world-famous flips. But this time around, it’s not just something you can wear. There’s a custom aluminium keycap with red and yellow enamel fill for all you mech board fans out there, and you can keep your cards close to the chest with the RAMA’S BURGERS inventory 2 — a sleek aluminium cardholder for all your essentials.