Beyond The Dial

By Allen Farmelo

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Episodes: 77

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A podcast about watches, how they work, and why they fascinate us.

Episode Date
Through The Looking Glass - On Watches & Philosophy (The Final Episode)
Mar 28, 2024
Conversations - E19 - Rikki from Scottish Watches
Feb 01, 2024
I Fell Into The Rolex Black Hole
Nov 28, 2023
SWATCH's BIOCERAMIC - THE UNVARNISH FACTS (AND OPINIONS)
Sep 07, 2023
Insights E35 - How "In-House" Obscures The Quality of Movements (& Insults Our Intelligence)
Mar 01, 2023
Insights E34 - For Exhibition Only - Rolex Without Watches
Feb 08, 2023
Field Reports E9 - Bremont's Authenticity Soars In An Old Plane
Jan 12, 2023
Conversations E18 - Walt Odets On His Five Favorite Watches
Nov 08, 2022
Insights E33- From Horological Silence Into The Noisy Watch Space - A Personal History of Watch Collecting (1990-2020)
Oct 05, 2022
Insights E32 - A Tentative Critique of the Post-Pandemic Watch Culture
Sep 22, 2022
Insights E31 - Iteration Inundation - The Endless Stream of New(s) Watches
Sep 07, 2022
How Watches Work E6 - Understanding Complicated Chronographs
Jul 29, 2022
How Watches Work E5 - Understanding Mechanical Chronographs
Jun 17, 2022
Insights E30 - "In-House" - How An Overused Term Lost Its Meaning & How To Fix It
May 24, 2022
Insights E29 - The Watch Collector / Enthusiast Dichotomy & Its Discontents
May 02, 2022
Conversations E17 - Bulova's 20th Century Mechanical Prowess (w Michael Benavente and Colin de Tonnac)
Apr 11, 2022
How Watches Work E4 - Servicing Mechanical Movements
Feb 22, 2022
How Watches Work E3 - Movements As Torque Managers
Feb 02, 2022
How Watches Work E2 - Gears & The Going Train
Dec 09, 2021
Insights E28 - Quantum Leaps in Collecting Watches
Nov 30, 2021
Insights E28 - Falling Back In Love With Vacheron Constantin
Nov 10, 2021
Insights E27 - Why I Sold My 50th Birthday Grand Seiko At Age 51
Oct 18, 2021
Field Reports E8 - The Alsta x BTD Motoscaphe 120
Aug 03, 2021
Insights E26 - Eccentricity, Ostentation, Wealth & Watches
Jul 30, 2021
Conversations E16 - Walt Odets, The Original Watch Blogger
Jul 20, 2021
Insights E25 - Horological Hedonism & The Aesthetic Revolution
May 12, 2021
Insights E24 - Large Watches - A Case Study Featuring the Moser Pioneer Centre Seconds Limited Edition in Mad Red
Apr 30, 2021
Insights E23 - Rolex vs. Gen X
Apr 23, 2021
Insights E22 - The Enduring Allure of Luminescence
Apr 16, 2021
Conversations E15 - From Singapore to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan, New York, London & Beyond (w LungLung & Dainel of The Waiting List)
Apr 05, 2021
Conversations E14 - Ducatis, Watches & Espresso Machines (with Jon Ferrer of Brew Watches)
Mar 03, 2021
How Watches Work E1 - The History of Mechanical Escapements
Feb 09, 2021
Conversations E13 - Defending NASA & The Omega Speedmaster (w Greg Bedrosian)
Feb 02, 2021
Insights E21 - Rethinking The Space Race & The Omega Speedmaster
Jan 16, 2021
Field Reports E7 - The Rolex Explorer II at Vail Colorado
Dec 22, 2020
Insights E20 - The Quartz Crisis & The Future of the 20th Century
Dec 17, 2020
Conversations E12 - The Quartz "Disruption" of the 1970s (w Pedro Mendes)
Dec 09, 2020
Insights E19 - Wrist-Presence & The Inelegance of Tool Watches
Nov 11, 2020
Conversations E11 - Is Your Pilot's Watch a Nazi Watch? (with Oren Hartov)
Oct 23, 2020
Conversations E10 - The Oris Calibre 400 Movement (with VJ Geronimo)
Oct 15, 2020
Conversations E9 - Seiko's Dueling Factories, (w David Flett & Pedro Mendes)
Sep 29, 2020
Field Reports 6 - Mission Lake George (Allen Reflects on a Successful Mission)
Sep 25, 2020
Field Reports 5 - Mission Lake George (Concept & Plans)
Sep 18, 2020
Conversations E11 - Narrowing the Collection (w David Flett)
Sep 09, 2020
Insights E19 - Entropy & The Poetry of Patina
Jul 25, 2020
Conversations E10 - Coral Restoration Foundation's Martha Roesler on Reviving The Carysfort Reef
Jun 29, 2020
Insights E18 - Divergent Aesthetic Arrows & Sub-Cultural Tribalism
Jun 18, 2020
Conversations E9 - Pedro Mendes on Watches, Wardrobe & The Aesthetic Revolution
Jun 06, 2020
Conversations E8 - ORIS Deep Dive with VJ Geronimo
May 29, 2020
Insights E17 - The Aesthetic Revolution (Will Be Beautiful)
May 14, 2020
Insights E16 - Spiritual Materialism: How Watches Take On Significance and Meaning
Apr 27, 2020
Insights E15 - Refinished Dials & Their Potential Value
Mar 30, 2020
Insights E14 - Rolex Is A Black Hole
Mar 25, 2020
Field Reports E3 - Diving Shipwrecks Alone With The Rolex DEEPSEA
Mar 17, 2020
Conversations E7 - Vintage Seiko Expert David Flett
Mar 11, 2020
Conversations E6 - Getting Funky With H. Moser Watches CEO Edouard Meylan
Mar 05, 2020
Insights E13 - How a Watch's Design Affects Our Perception of Time
Feb 23, 2020
Conversations E5 - Longines CEO on Busting Bandits, Closing The In-House Manufacture, & His Journey From Exile to Executive
Feb 07, 2020
Insights E12 - How to Pick Out Watches You'll Keep Forever
Feb 04, 2020
Insights E11 - Horological Polygamy & The Unholy Trinity
Jan 16, 2020
Insights E10 - The Omega Cal 321 & The Quest for Authenticity
Jan 09, 2020
Insights E9 - Whiskey, Weed & Watches
Dec 12, 2019
Insights E8 - Embracing Mortality With A Grand Seiko
Dec 02, 2019
Conversations E4 - Gary Shteyngart on Watches as Literary Devices
Nov 25, 2019
Conversations E3 - Demystifying Watch Service (with Steve Kivel)
Nov 18, 2019
Conversations E2 - Badass Tool Watches on Badass Women (w Cait Bazemore)
Nov 08, 2019
Field Reports E2 - Ferraris, Ducatis & Hublots in Tuscany
Nov 05, 2019
Field Reports E1 - Press Trippin' With Longines
Oct 14, 2019
Insights E7 - Apocalypse Later: Zen Dystopias & The Apple Watch
Sep 21, 2019
Insights E6 - "Women's Watches Suck," a man said.
Sep 12, 2019
Insights E5 - "Tool" Being the Operative Word
Sep 04, 2019
Insights E4 - The End of 'Microbrands'
Aug 30, 2019
Insights E3 - Just a Rolex Datejust for a Month
Aug 27, 2019
Insights E2 - Why Watch Diameter and Wrist Circumference Don't Matter
Jul 31, 2019
Conversations E1 - Oren Hartov, Expert on IDF Watches
Jul 24, 2019
Insights E1 - Academic Perspectives on Watches
Jul 12, 2019
Welcome to Beyond The Dial
Jul 01, 2019