HODINKEE Radio: Episode 40: H10 Greatest Hits

April 29, 2019

Subscribe to the show: (Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn). Already heard it once or twice? Please leave a short review here, and tell us which guests we should have on! It's really hard for me to believe that the HODINKEE 10th Anniversary Weekend was almost five months ago. And we're actually coming up on our 11th anniversary pretty soon too, though that's a story for another time. H10 saw us host a dozen live panels ranging from chats with CEOs of some of the world's most prominent watch brands to conversations about how passionate collectors got excited about watches in the first place to in-depth discussions of the vintage watch market. We've already shared two of them in their entirety with you right here on HODINKEE Radio C?Joe Thompson's conversation with Jean-Claude Biver and my chat with our own Jon Bues and Alton Brown. If you haven't already listened to those, you should definitely go check them out.Here at HODINKEE HQ we were recently reminiscing about H10, recounting our favorite moments from the weekend, and it reminded me just how much good stuff there was, just sitting there, waiting to be shared. So I circled up with our producer Grey and we decided to sift through the more than 15 hours of tape that we have to bring you a few more H10 highlights. The resulting episode covers a lot of ground and includes a variety of voices.? You'll hear from Phillips Watches boss Aurel Bacs, talking about selling (and buying) some of the most legendary watches of all time, you'll get some insights from Audemars Piguet CEO Fran?ois-Henry Bennahmias and A. Lange & Sohne CEO Wilhelm Schmid on how to build a modern watch brand, and John Goldberger and Davide Parmegiani talk about the challenge of digging up outstanding watches in the pre-internet days.If you want to go back and watch any of the talks in their entirety, you can find the full schedule and all of the archived live streams right here.We hope you enjoy Episode 40 of HODINKEE Radio. Check out the show notes below and let us know what you think in the comments. Show Notes 1:39Ben and watch auctioneer Aurel Bacs on the changing world of watch auctions.6:50Aurel discusses his career highlights.14:00Collectors Aldis Hodge, Howie Kendrick, and Wei Koh on how their collecting philosophies have changed over time.20:33Fran?ois-Henry Bennahmias (CEO, Audemars Piguet) and Wilhelm Schmid (CEO, A. Lange & Sohne) on their respective brands' evolution from cult to classic.?28:06Mr. Bennahmias on opportunites for growth in the watch industry.?31:45Vintage watch experts Eric Wind, Matt Bain, and Alessandro Ciani on their craziest "barn finds."38:47Vintage experts Davide Parmegiani and John Goldberger recall the challenges of the vintage market in the 1990s.42:00Aurel Bacs on the merits of vintage watch restoration.46:59 Renowned collector Reza Rashidian explains his dive watch fascination with HODINKEE writers James Stacey and Jason Heaton.?52:30 Jason Heaton and Rolf Studer (CEO, Oris) discuss what the past, present, and future of dive watches have in common.55:05Watch designers Christian Knoop (IWC), Christian Selmoni (Vacheron Constantin), and Guido Terreni (Bulgari) on the trend of vintage inspired watch designs.?1:02:05Wrist checks with vintage experts Wind, Bain, and Ciani.1:04:50Ben, Goldberger, and Parmegiani on the best entry-level vintage watches.1:08:02HODINKEE editor-at-large Joe Thompson on a couple recent career milestones.