Time 4A Pint

The global watch industry produces an estimated 1.2 billion units a year.

With around, 7.5 billion people on the planet, that means that over a 6 and a half year period, enough are made for every one of us to go out and buy a brand new watch of our own.

In reality, that’s not what happens.

For starters, just because all these watches are being churned out, doesn't mean that anyone is actually buying them.

Lots of people can’t understand why you would spend money on a wrist watch.

After all, with just a couple of taps, your mobile phone can tell you what the time is anywhere in the world - and you can catch Pokemon on it. You can’t do that with a watch.

On the other hand, for some people, one watch isn’t enough.

There are those among us that hunt out, capture, collect, catalogue, and show off their watches to others who share the same passion. On internet forums, Instagram, and even at in person meetups.

For those who collect, watches are kind of like Pokemon, they’ve got to catch them all. And that’s what this show is all about.

Watch collectors. Not Pokemon.

Time 4A Pint’s tracks

• #47: Getting to the Core of Chris' Collection by Time 4A Pint
• #46: Drinking Beers and Talking Watches with Ben by Time 4A Pint
• #45: Hanging Out With Alan by Time 4A Pint
• #44: Refounding Fears, and the journey to Brunswick (square) with Nicholas Bowman-Scargill by Time 4A Pint
• #43: Time 4A Pint News - June 2018 by Time 4A Pint
• #42: A Tale of Two Movements (and Six Watches), with Aris P. by Time 4A Pint
• #41: A Brief Introduction to English Pocket Watches with Seth Kennedy by Time 4A Pint
• #40: Time 4A Pint News - February 2018 by Time 4A Pint
• #39: Jonathan's Modern British Watches by Time 4A Pint
• #38: Eight of Arwind's Early El Primero's by Time 4A Pint