Ep02: Tudor being Tudor at Watches and Wonders 2023

It’s lights out and away we go! This week we delve into the tightly knit history of Formula 1 and watches. From the very beginning, to where we are today, we take you through all of the official F1 timekeeping sponsors, as well as each team’s individual watch sponsors. All this just in time for the beginning of the 2024 season!

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In today’s installment of the Lume Plotters podcast, have compiled 13 of YOUR questions that you have submitted through Instagram. We go through each one and discuss (and debate) the listener’s chosen topics. Ranging from collection advice, to choosing favorite watches in our collection, and prospective insight on the future of the industry, you get it all in this episode.

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Today we take another deep dive, this time into the brand G-SHOCK. Are they a hit or a miss? For anyone that knows the Lume Plotters, you already know the answer today. We discuss some history and delve into our favorites of the catalog, and even design our very own! Tune in to catch a “glimpse” of what we would want our very own limited editions to look like!

Don't forget to use code LUMEPLOTTERS at optowatchco.com to get 20% off for all of their amazing straps (we are not geeting from this - just helping out a friend of the show)

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For the first time EVER someone brings you the ULTIMATE watch brand rankings list. While most YouTubers limit themselves to 20 or so brands, the Lume Plotters decided to do this tenfold. We gathered a list of about 260  brands and went through each one by one, to give you the end all, be all, ranking list. Also, the results are quite surprising! Enjoy!

Don't forget to use code LUMEPLOTTERS at optowatchco.com to get 20% all of their amazing straps (we are not geeting from this - just helping out a friend of the show)

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So, dear listener, hold on to your britches, as this is a long episode. Full-length feature film long. After we failed miserably last week to give our watch industry predictions of 2024, this week we make up for it! We quick fire through the remaining brands, and Marton attempts to control Ralf’s derailing ramblings of watch brands no one really cares about.

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We at the Lume Plotters always give ourselves lofty goals. Often these goals are severely unattainable. One such goal was trying to give all of our watch predictions for 2024 in one episode. We just about managed to just about get through Casio, Seiko, Rolex and Tudor in this episode (spending entirely too much time on G-Shocks, as usual). As such, tune in next week as well, as we quick fire through the remaining hundred brands!

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Ralf has just returned from China, and was supremely impressed with the level of watch shopping (and shopping in general) that Chengdu had to offer! Gather ‘round, and let Uncle Ralf take you on his journey.

Second, surprisingly not too far off from the first topic, a listener asked us about how we fared during the Covid pandemic, and how our collecting habits, as well as tastes evolved during that time frame. It’s pretty clear that both of the Lume Plotters were affected significantly, but in entirely different ways!

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So today is a double-header! We start by divulging our most cringe-worthy and embarrassing watch-related moments… hopefully this shows you that doing or saying the wrong things doesn’t have to be bad! Just chalk it up as a learning experience!

Second, we chat with Mubarak, the founder of the Dubai-based watch strap company Optowatch. We ask him about how he got into the strap game, and of course how it all works! Tune in! Oh yeah, and Mubarak has graciously given our listeners a 20% discount across the board from now through the 29th of February, just use the promo code “LumePlotters” at checkout through the link below! Enjoy! https://optowatchco.com/discount/LumePlotters

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We’re back on another field trip! Today, we take you on a stroll through the watch boutiques of the infamous Mall of the Emirates! We discuss the the offerings on hand and how to navigate this maze of a mall, if you have never been. Join us as we pass by the usual suspects such as Cartier, Blancpain, Omega, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Rolex, A. Lange & Sohne, and a few others that will surprise you!

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In today’s episode we discuss an ancient parable, Theseus’ paradox. Buckle your seatbelts, you’re in for a wild ride… philosophically speaking, that is. So, Theseus’ paradox (otherwise known as the Ship of Theseus) tells of a ship that bit by bit, piece by piece was reconstructed after parts slowly decayed or broke. The questions is, once all of the pieces are replaced, what is left? Can it still be called the same ship?

So, we equate this to our watch collecting habits, especially with regard to vintage and heirloom pieces. By replacing a movement, or a case, or a bracelet (or perhaps even all three), are we still left with the same watch? Some people argue for leaving things the way they are, in an untouched, unmolested state. Others argue for polishing, restoration and servicing. Who is right? Let’s delve in!

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