Welcome back to your favourite watch-related podcast!

A very special guest today, not only is he the co-host of the huge Scottish Watches podcast, he's also COO of Horage, Head of RedBar London and a GPHG Academy member to boot. Having already had Rikki Damman on The CP7 Podcast in a previous show we now complete the Scottish Watches set and have Dave Sharp making this a show you simply cannot miss.

In this episode, get to hear all about Dave and how he juggles podcasting, being an industry insider and the burden of fame(!). How does he manage all three and still maintain a passion for watches to keep him wanting more?

Find out all about the brand he is involved in, Horage, and the motivation behind their high horology mission, and just why is his favorite watch brand Omega?

We also get a real scoop on the future of the pretty much dormant RedBar London, and the plans he's now got in place to breathe life back into it it.

So buckle up and enjoy the ride as we laugh, learn, and most importantly, talk watches.

Don't forget to check out the show notes on our website to add a visual experience at:
www.chronopassion7.com or at our Instagram @chrono_passion_7.

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Yes your favourite watch-related podcast is back after a short break!

This is a big one, it's our fiftieth show, half a century, the big 5-0, and we are celebrating with a good old CP7 challenge just like in the old days. As it's the 50th episode the challenge is to build a 5-watch collection with £50,000. Are we up to it? Can we stay within our budget or will we fail miserably?

The categories are Daily, Dress, Complication, Stealth Wealth and Bling. So listen in for some real watch fun with some serious watch choices.

Using Chrono24 the watch buying world is our oyster as we make our picks from any brand we like, which could be Rolex, Omega, IWC, JLC, Cartier, H Moser & Cie and Hermes.

We also have a special announcement to make about Watches & Wonders 2025 and the small matter of being invited onto the Scottish Watches Podcast to record an interview.

So buckle up and enjoy the ride for this very special fiftieth show!

Check us out on Scottish Watches at:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jF3aQ2iXIiMBy78ZqJ21t?si=5f217a0023be4d09

or

https://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2025/02/03/scottish-watches-podcast-645-putting-the-passion-back-into-watches-with-parm-and-andy/

Don't forget to check out the show notes on our website to add a visual experience at:
www.chronopassion7.com or at our Instagram @chrono_passion_7.

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Welcome back to your favourite watch-related podcast.

Have you ever considered giving up on the generic world of mainstream watches? Well, hold that thought! In this latest episode, our guest is a collector deeply immersed in the mysterious world of independent watches but still retains a love for the watches from where it all began.
Join us with Ollie Al-Falah, YouTube's "The Watch Collector", who loves a mainstream brand, but became so engrossed in the independent watch world that he ended up investing in the company he bought his first high horology independent watch from, UK-based The Limited Edition.
Find out how HYT was his gateway drug into this weird and wonderful rabbit hole and how he moved on from Casio, Omega, Rolex, (and Animal!) to Bulgari, Czapek and the incredible Laurent Ferrier, with its world-famous finishing.
This episode shows how these artisans of the watch world really do challenge the norm, awaken our inner risk-taker, and perhaps bring out the peacock in all of us (to an acceptable and tasteful degree of course!).

So buckle up and enjoy the ride as we delve deep into the symbiotic coexistence of mainstream and independent watch brands.

Check Out The Limited Edition and The Watch Collector on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/@thelimitededition

Check Out their Website at:
https://www.thelimitededition.co.uk/

Don't forget to check out the show notes on our website to add a visual experience at:
www.chronopassion7.com or at our Instagram @chrono_passion_7.

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Recorded at the tail end of 2024, the boys speak to none other than Sam Kessler, the editor of world-renowned watch magazine and online platform Oracle Time. Coming from a family involved in watch journalism and vintage watches Sam has a fascinating take on the current state of the watch world both vintage and modern.
We talk car and watch collaborations, why are vintage watches better looking than modern ones (or are they?), and some serious chronograph talk.
Don’t miss Sam’s favourite dress, dive and chronograph last year triggered by the Oracle Time Magazine Readers Awards from 2024. Speaking of which Sam offered a discount on an annual subscription so listen out for the discount code on the show.
The talk goes back and forth and back again on this one, so buckle up and enjoy the ride in the very enjoyable episode.

Check out Oracle Time at:
https://oracleoftime.com/ (Web)
@oracletime (IG)

Check out Sam’s Instagram at:
@suchafancysam

Don't forget to check out the show notes on our website to add a visual experience at:
www.chronopassion7.com or at our Instagram @chrono_passion_7.

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It's the end of the year so join us in our Christmas and New Year's special.
What were our year's highlights? What were our favourite watches of 2024 and most importantly what were our favourite shows?
In a light-hearted show (with a nice festive glass of something) we cover all of these including our favourite stories from the industry this year and also our personal watch-related achievements.
Hear about what we think are the biggest trends this year, and most importantly what are our 2025 watch goals? Is it Rolex, Patek Philippe, Oris, Omega, TAG Heuer or even Hublot?
So buckle up and enjoy this end-of-year ride as we celebrate the end of 2024 and hail in 2025.

The CP7 hand made leather "The Tiger" watch straps are exclusively available at:
https://www.chronopassion7.com/thecp7store

Check out the supplier of our CP7 straps, REM Straps at:
www.remsraps.com (web)
@rem_straps (Instagram)

Don't forget to check out the show notes on our website to add a visual experience at:
www.chronopassion7.com or at our Instagram @chrono_passion_7.

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The infamous Quartz Crisis in the 1970s forced a lot of great historical watch brands to close their doors, with Angelus probably being one with the most heritage. However, today, Angelus has been reinvented in a more modern incarnation, and at the helm is its engaging and driven Managing Director, Pascal Béchu, who we shoot the breeze with in our latest episode.

Find out how Pascal deals with retaining the DNA of vintage Angelus in the new watch company whist keeping it relevant and up to date with its sports chronograph history. Hear about how releasing complications from the past need to be done alongside adding complications never used previously in its heyday.

Talking of complications we also discuss how the monopusher on the amazing Instrument de Vitesse (Speed Instrument) was inspired but the collective artisan genius of F.P Journe, Vianney Halter, both famous for their eponymous brands, and Denis Flageollet, the watchmaking genius behind De Bethune. Not to mention the chronograph history of the Chronodate (formerly known as the Chronodato) and the incredibly important Doctor’s Watch complication.

So buckle up and enjoy the ride as we rev up and talk sport watches, sports cars and the future of a brand whose future is very strategically steeped in the past.

Don't forget to check out the show notes on our website to add a visual experience at:
www.chronopassion7.com or at our Instagram @chrono_passion_7.

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What makes a watch contrarian? Going against the grain? Rejecting popular belief? Or just an appreciation of watches which might not hit everyone’s radar but certainly captures the attention of a contrarian few?

Find out the answer to this most posing of questions as we welcome journalist, enthusiast and all round engaging top guy, Thor Svaboe onto the CP7 Podcast. Thor enlightens us with the answers to all of these questions and more. He's seen more than his fair share of weird and wonderful watches being an accomplished writer with an edge, who started at Time + Tide, and rapidly moved on to elite publications such as Revolution, Oracle Time, Fratello and more recently to the big daddy of them all, Hodinkee.

So if you want to know your Aera from your Omega and your Furlan Marri from your Patek Philippe, buckle up and enjoy the ride as we take a highly enjoyable trip into the contrarian wilderness of the watch world.

Don't forget to check out the show notes on our website to add a visual experience at:
www.chronopassion7.com or at our Instagram @chrono_passion_7.

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Nobody Does It Better or so Carly Simon’s song went, but when it comes to putting on the premier watch show in London, nobody does it better than that Rob Corder’s WatchPro.

Andy flew in specially for this event so take this opportunity to follow the boys’ two day experience at the Londoner Hotel in the UK capital’s Leicester Square. Nicknamed the unofficial CP7 Christmas Party it was an experience from beginning to end. We meet new and old friends, and brands that the boys have been itching the see for a while like Brew Watches, Favre Leuba, M.A.D Editions, Nivada Grenchen and many more.

We also find out why cool French brand Hegid feels like a family affair and why everyone is going crazy about the stone dials of Dennison!

So buckle up and enjoy the ride London style as we are back for this year’s exciting instalment of WatchPro Salon!

Don't forget to check out the show notes on our website to add a visual experience at:
www.chronopassion7.com or at our Instagram @chrono_passion_7.

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