HODINKEE Radio: Episode 70: Our 2019 Gift Guide & Joshua Shapiro's Handmade Watches

December 16, 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! The winter holidays are coming up fast, and if you're anything like me you're trying to get those last few names crossed on your your gift list. Luckily, we're here to help. I pulled Cara, James, and Jon into the studio for a little gift guide game that our producer Grey put together for us. Ever played Apples To Apples or Cards Against Humanity? No? It doesn't matter, to be honest. Give the episode a listen and you'll pick up on what we're putting down pretty quickly. We've got suggestions at all kinds of price points and for different kinds of people too, so whether you're shopping for a watch-loving best friend or a colleague who thinks a movement is part of a symphony, there's something here for everyone (even for yourself, if that wish list isn't locked down quite yet). After that, we've got a conversation that Jack had with independent watchmaker Joshua Shapiro when he was in New York City to lecture at the Horological Society of New York. If you're not familiar with Shapiro's work, you definitely need to check it out. He does old-school, craft-driven watchmaking that's unlike anything else out there. His specialty is guilloch dial work, and he has even invented his own, brand new guilloch patter, called the "infinity weave." As you'd expect, he and Jack get really into the weeds and their chat is a fun look at a part of the watchmaking industry that doesn't often get much attention. We hope you enjoy Episode 70 of HODINKEE Radio. Check out the show notes below and let us know what you think in the comments. Show Notes 4:22The 2019 TGN Holiday Gift Guide6:57Cameo8:40The Human Fund11:09Ad Patina11:50Big Bob Gibson Championship Red Sauce12:30Dinner for Everyone15:00Sur La Table Cooking Classes15:10Osakana Classes16:3010 Best Things to Do in Beacon, NY18:25Crap Taxidermy20:19Watches: A Guide By HODINKEE20:43Shadow Divers22:50Medallion Status25:00The 'Gold' Casio A500WGA-9DF World Timer26:10Seiko 526:30Swatch Skin26:50The Watch, Thoroughly Revised28:00SQIRL Jam Club30:00Timex American Documents Collection30:30Ichizawa Bags30:55Picus31:27Kurashiki Card Candles32:57Togei Pottery Classes33:00Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky35:36Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking36:45Hedley & Bennet Aprons38:22Textured Light Grey Calfskin Watch Strap38:36The Sedona Watch Strap In Blue38:47The Sedona Watch Strap In Ash Grey39:30The Reid Watch Strap In Light Brown40:06Road & Track42:15Aesop Soap42:25Feu De Bois42:40Woods Candle, Byredo46:4J N Shapiro Watches50:30David Walter Timepieces1:01:00Uhren Werke Dresden1:16:15Josh's HSNY Lecture