The Waiting List Podcast

By Jaclyn Li, Daniel Sum, Lung Lung Thun

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The Waiting List Podcast is hosted by three watch geeks: Jaclyn Li, Daniel Sum and Lung Lung Thun. We can‘t say we are the most knowledgeable collectors but one thing we do have is a passion to grow the watch community and bring positive vibes! Chill out while we discuss trending topics within the watch industry, interview collectors and have a bit of fun! Reach out to us via email at info@thewaitinglistpodcast.com and also our Instagram page @thewaitinglistpodcast.

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#198- "Its faster for me to go from Geneva to Dubai than to reach his workshop"- Shah Khan, Founder of Salon Des Horlogers/K2 Luxury
Apr 25, 2024
#197- "We identified 250 features that affect the price of a watch"- Giovanni Prigigallo, Founder of EveryWatch
Apr 18, 2024
#196- "When I design a watch...I design the relationship you will have with that watch"- Benoit Mintiens, Founder of Ressence Watches
Apr 11, 2024
#195- "Hong Kong used to be the centre of watchmaking, theres just no record of that"- Quinn Lai, Founder of DIY Watch Club and EONIQ Watches
Apr 04, 2024
#194-"I don't think they had in mind that people would be collecting these pieces"- Luis, Collector
Feb 29, 2024
#193- "I think the best collections were built in the last 20 years"- John Goldberger, Collector and Author
Feb 22, 2024
#192- "A real negotiation...me scoring big...those are the videos I like best"- Mike Nouveau, Vintage Watch Specialist
Feb 16, 2024
#191- "A lot of retailers, after the pandemic, emphasized on "the journey" " -Luo Yong Wen, Collector
Feb 08, 2024
#190- A message from all of us
Feb 01, 2024
#189- Watch talk - Dan, Jac
Jan 25, 2024
#188- "The lowest of the hierarchy...the cataloger"- Gertrude Wong, Phillips Auction Watches Cohead of Sales
Jan 19, 2024
#187- ”I wanted something that had character, something completely different”- Jackie Ho, Collector
Jan 11, 2024
#186- ”a lot of AD sales were super cool about it, ”its cool youre a dealer” ” – Alex Lau, Founder of The Horologist
Jan 04, 2024
#185 Merry Xmas and Happy New Year ! - Dan, Jac, Lung
Dec 28, 2023
#184- ”The kind of collector that intrigues me are the ones that focus on their own niche” – Helbert Tsang, Cofounder of The Horology Club
Dec 22, 2023
#183- ”We felt it was important to have plurality in terms of news” – Allen Farmelo & William Massena, Founders of The Watch Space
Dec 14, 2023
#182- ”I had to be extremely stubborn to make this happen...every supplier was trying to gently advise me not to do it” – Slyvain Berneron, Founder of Berneron watches
Dec 07, 2023
#181- ”You don’t want to look back on a book full of regrets” – Todd Searle, Author, Creative Director, Collector
Nov 30, 2023
#180- ”We wanted to provide that safe protected environment for ladies to come in” – Deborah Wong & Stephanie Soh, Collectors and Founders of Ticktockbelles
Nov 23, 2023
#179- Poop talk – Dan, Jac, Lung
Nov 16, 2023
#178- “I want to create something...that feeling of cretaing is how it all started” – Amrita Katara, Editor of Tatler GMT Hong Kong
Nov 09, 2023
#177- “A product doesn’t define a business” – Ken Kuan, Founder of Delugs
Nov 02, 2023
#176- “You couldn’t differentiate the man from the artist” – Evelyne and Alexia Genta, Wife & Daughter of Gerald Genta
Oct 26, 2023
#175- “The most difficult thing I find from a design perspective are the entry level pieces...” – Ming Thein, Cofounder of MING Watches
Oct 19, 2023
#174- “Two years ago I had better things to do than look at pieces of metal” – Johnathan Chan, Cofounder of The Horology Club
Oct 12, 2023
#173- “Librarians like to say cataloging is an art, not a science” – Dr Miranda Marraccini, Librarian
Oct 05, 2023
#172- REAL TALK – Dan, Jac, Lung
Sep 28, 2023
#171- “The market cap is extremely important in preserving the brands in this industry” – Samuel Naldi, Pen collector and more
Sep 21, 2023
#170- “They wont readily admit this came from the Americans” – Joshua Shapiro, Founder of J.N.Shapiro watches
Sep 14, 2023
#169- “Launching in China was an absolutely shitty idea” – Robin Tallendier, Co-founder of Atelier Wen
Sep 07, 2023
#168- “The worst watches I worked on came from the 2000s” – Gael & Florian, Founders of Petermann Bedat
Aug 31, 2023
#167- “My passion, you can see it on my face” – Kevin O’Dell, Collector
Aug 17, 2023
#166- “You really have to turn over stock to make it work” – Ben, Founder of Watch Brothers London
Aug 11, 2023
#165-“We probably have the highest rate of people who are loyal to the brand”– Jean Marc Pontroue, CEO of Panerai
Aug 03, 2023
#164-“You can’t have a sharp profile in your design language and please everybody”–Wilhelm Schmid, A Lange & Sohne’s CEO
Jul 27, 2023
#163-“In the two months I stopped working… I developed this watch”–Simon Brette , Watchmaker
Jul 20, 2023
#162– “These timepieces were the source of my memories with my dad”–Paul Boutros , Head of Americas for Phillips Watches
Jul 13, 2023
#161– “I wish heritage departments had their own budgets”–Part 2 Cameron Steiner , Host of Collectors Gene Radio
Jul 06, 2023
#160 - Team catchup !
Jun 29, 2023
#159- ”We’re not curing cancer here...we’re having fun”- Stephen Pulvirent, Founder of Rime & Reason
Jun 22, 2023
#158- ”Red nail polish...I wonder who brought it along” - Martin Frei, Co-Founder of URWERK
Jun 15, 2023
#157 - ”I dont mean to boast...but i think most of them got their first Cartier because of me”- Alvin Chong, Collector
Jun 10, 2023
#156- ” ”He’s almost handsome” that has stuck with me...”- Andrew Morgan, Content Creator
Jun 01, 2023
#155– “My pebble ...one of those pristine safe queens” – Nick @cartierwatchnerd, Collector
May 25, 2023
#154– “Their sports watches all look like Rolex knock off” – Servo, Collector, Part 2
May 18, 2023
#153– “I loved selling ladies shoes and handbags” – Servo, Collector
May 11, 2023
#152– “The jump hour is such a different way to present information” – Eric Lau, Co-founder of @mecwatches
May 04, 2023
#151– “It’s a perfect product for burglars.” – Soran Gameel, founder of @thewatchstand
Apr 27, 2023
#150 ”If something is speaking to you and you can make it happen...give it a shot”-Cameron Steiner, Collector and Host of Collectors Gene Radio
Apr 20, 2023
#149– “Guys get a lot more opportunity in the industry...especially in the media” – Justin Hast @justinhast, Writer/Host
Apr 13, 2023
#148 - Watches and Wonders 2023 - Dan, Jac, Lung
Apr 06, 2023
#147 – “Tom Cruise..and who’s that guy? Christian Bale?” – Tracey Wan @yecart.w , Collector
Mar 30, 2023
#146 -”If a brand sold this...you’re talking at least 10x for this...”- ’Mr.Starbucks’ Sapphire supplier
Mar 23, 2023
#145 “I want a piece that other people want badly…that makes other people envious”- Sebastian, Collector (Part 2)
Mar 16, 2023
#144 “You wouldn’t believe the year 2010…there was a very low level of censorship of any kind”- Sebastian, Collector (Part 1)
Mar 09, 2023
#143 Team Meeting! - Dan, Jac, Lung
Mar 02, 2023
#142 “I’m a lover of watches…for me, that has no color, that has no face, no nationality, no language, that is just an interpretation of what we love”- Carlos Ramirez @carlossramirezr
Feb 23, 2023
#141 “How can you educate diversity if you don’t know what diversity looks like”- Bennet Lee, Owner of @heritagemeatshk
Feb 16, 2023
#140 “If I wear a Patek, people are going to know at work, so the main reason I bought a FPJ is because…”- James Li @journehutong , Collector
Feb 09, 2023
#139 ”My experience has been very lucky” - Raven @thingskeepingtime
Feb 02, 2023
#138 ”If I had to pick a single brand in the advancement of chronometry...” - Raven @thingskeepingtime
Jan 25, 2023
#137 WOOHOO - Dan, Jac, Lung
Jan 19, 2023
#136 “If you just train yourself through the lens of gratitude…you’re just better ” – Chris Chung, Entrepreneur and Podcast host
Jan 12, 2023
#135 “I just thought collecting Pateks would be a little cliché ” – Dave Geng, A Lange & Sohne collector
Jan 05, 2023
#134 “They were the ugliest shoes he had seen…they were Crocs” – Dave Geng, Collector
Dec 29, 2022
#133 Merry Christmas !
Dec 22, 2022
#132 “There is one VFA above all the other VFAs…” – Gerald Donovan, Grand Seiko collector
Dec 15, 2022
#131 “so many micro brands…like why is that even a thing?” – Robert Velasquez (@doublewristing), Watch Industry Specialist
Dec 08, 2022
#130 “I am so rich based on my relationships…the ones that I made through the decades” – Robert Velasquez (@doublewristing), Watch Industry Specialist
Dec 01, 2022
#129 “I actually wanted to call it the magpie collection…” – Mark Cho (@markchodotcom), Collector and Founder of The Amoury
Nov 24, 2022
#128 “It felt like a drug deal, I was high for half a day” – Nop Srinara (@nopstar83), Collector
Nov 17, 2022
#127 “It was just for me…just a souvenir for a cool watch I owned…” – Alex Eisenzammer (@watchoniste), Artist
Nov 10, 2022
#126 “My holy grail is my daily beater and it’s my go to piece”- Omar Traboulsi (@thewrongwrist), Collector
Nov 02, 2022
#125 “I made MisterChrono in Hong Kong kind of Mr. Mark” (@watchcrazyham), Mark Hammerschmidt, Collector
Oct 27, 2022
#124 “The market had been telling me that my ideas were not that good for 15 years” – Romaric Andre, Founder of Seconde/Seconde (@secondeseconde)
Oct 20, 2022
#123 “It’s such similar mechanics…it’s the same elements of inspiration” (@zentierofficial), Founder of ZENTIER Watches – Morton Loewe
Oct 13, 2022
#122 “You really have to wear the watch to believe why it’s such a crazy watch” KZL(@happy60mins), Collector
Oct 06, 2022
#121 “You have to be intentional every time you write...” Anthony Traina (@tony_traina), Editor @ Hodinkee
Sep 29, 2022
#120 “This whole experience has allowed me to relook at what I’m interested in ” Kevin (@malaysia_watch_club), Collector and Founder of MWC
Sep 22, 2022
#119 ”I’m getting more into vintage watches for the scholarship” Benoit (@movadovintage), Collector
Sep 15, 2022
#118 “We can be transported by the tiny details in a bigger painting” Cecilia (@ceciliaismyname), Artist
Sep 08, 2022
#117 ”I wanted to have a very purist elegant refined design” Benjamin Chee (@bc.hautehorlogerie), Watchmaker
Sep 01, 2022
#116 ”When you buy other than when you hit milestones you know you have become a collector...” Marcus Siems (@siemswatches), Collector and Author
Aug 25, 2022
#115 Last of Summer 2022- Dan, Lung
Aug 19, 2022
#114 GPHG- Dan, Jac, Lung
Aug 11, 2022
#113 Summer Catchup- Dan, Jac, Lung
Aug 04, 2022
#112 “I don’t consider myself a brand, I just make watches”- Roger W Smith, Independent Watchmaker
Jul 28, 2022
#111 “Restoration is very good but it is not creative at all”- Raul Pages, Independent Watchmaker
Jul 21, 2022
#110 Q&A - Dan, Jac, Lung
Jul 14, 2022
#109 “I wanted the absence of colour…I wanted to demystify the rainbow ”- Carolina Bucci, Jewellery designer
Jul 07, 2022
#108 “We wanted to create a movement like...lingerie ”- Xavier de Roquemaurel, CEO of Czapek & Cie
Jun 30, 2022
#107 “No one looks at a Picasso and says ”Hey, it’s a secondary Picasso” ”- Austen Chu (@horoloupe), Founder of Wristcheck
Jun 23, 2022
#106 “Life is finite, we only have a certain time on this planet” – Michael Culyba (@keeperoftimemovie), Director
Jun 16, 2022
#105 “The indies used to be my little sandbox that nobody really came in to”- Steve Hallock (@stevehallock), Founder of ticktocking.com
Jun 09, 2022
#104 ”The marketing department of lange focused on one thing from the beginning -that was the product” - Alp Sever, Founder of Langepedia (@langepedia)
Jun 02, 2022
#103 ”I remember going door to door on this watch street…” - Alp Sever, Founder of Langepedia (@langepedia) Part 1
May 26, 2022
#102 ”My voice is my calling card.. it’s something that people immediately recognize” - Frankie Herrera, Client Advisor at WatchBox (@frankietech)
May 18, 2022
#101 ”How do you measure the passion of an individual...is it looking at their instagram?..” - Roni Madhvani, Watch Collector (@roni_m_29)
May 12, 2022
#100 Episode 100 ! - Dan, Jac, Lung
May 05, 2022
#99 ”I try and connect everything to watches; one could argue I spend my entire day thinking of watches” - Flum, Watch Collector, Philosopher, Author of Screwdowncrown.com
Apr 28, 2022