The Watches of Podcast from Collective Horology
Hosted by Asher Rapkin and Gabe Reilly of Collective Horology, this podcast explores the history, philosophy, personalities, and watches of a different watch brand in each episode. It is also available as video on YouTube. Collective is an authorized retailer of the featured brands, and listeners can learn more and find their watches at collectivehorology.com.
Episodes
The Watches of Singer Reimagined
Singer Reimagined launched in 2017 with the Track1, a chronograph that puts the stopwatch at the center of the dial and moves the time to the edge. Nine years later, the brand makes a restored vintage chronograph, a time-only watch with its first proprietary movement, and two GMTs. Asher Rapkin and Gabe Reilly break Singer’s history into three chapters.
Chapter 1: The central chronograph era. Marc
The Fears Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar
Nicholas Bowman-Scargill, managing director of Fears, and Lee Yuen Rapati, the brand's designer, sat down with Collective's head of content, Blake Buettner, at Geneva Watch Days to talk through the Fears Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar. It's the first time the show has focused on a single watch rather than a brand or collection, and for good reason: this is Fears' first perpetual calendar and thei
The Watches of Armin Strom with Claude Greisler – Co-founder and Master Watchmaker
This episode of The Watches Of goes deep on Armin Strom with co-founder and master watchmaker Claude Greisler. Recorded in person at Collective's Open House, the conversation traces how a brand built on a single conviction — that the movement, not the dial, should be the star of the watch — grew into one of the few genuinely in-house movement makers in independent Swiss watchmaking.
Greisler walks
The Watches of Carl Suchy & Söhne
On this episode of The Watches Of Podcast, we dive into the history, design philosophy, and modern revival of Carl Suchy & Söhne, one of watchmaking’s most quietly fascinating names. Founded in 1822 and once a purveyor to the Austrian imperial court, the brand’s deep roots span pocket watches, clocks, and precision instruments—long before the wristwatch era. We explore how that legacy went dor
The Dive Watches of MING
On this episode, we take a deep dive into Ming’s dive watches and why they’ve become such a defining, and perhaps unexpected, part of the brand’s identity. Rather than treating the category as a checkbox, we talk about how Ming approached dive watches as a design problem—one that demanded its own language, priorities, and point of view within a genre that’s already crowded with icons and conventio
The Watches of Renaud Tixier
On this episode, Gabe and Asher discuss what makes Renaud Tixier one of the most conceptually ambitious projects in independent watchmaking today. The brand brings together two very different but complementary watchmakers: Dominique Renaud, co-founder of the legendary movement specialist Renaud & Papi, and Julien Tixier, a younger independent known for both traditional restoration skills and o
The Watches of Holthinrichs
On this episode, we look as how Holthinrichs—founded by Dutch architect-turned-watchmaker Michiel Holthinrichs—has become one of the most distinctive voices in independent watchmaking. While the brand is often associated with its use of 3D-printed case construction, the real focus is design: Michiel draws heavily on Art Nouveau, creating sculptural cases, bridges, and dials that all serve a cohere
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