In this episode of aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Rick and Ariel discuss some of the most noteworthy articles and trending topics from this week on aBlogtoWatch.com. The duo discusses everything from what François-Henry Bennahmias might do with himself next year after he departs from Audemars Piguet to the greater significance of collaboration watches within the context of the new recrystallized titanium Citizen Satellite GPS Watch, produced with the AKUTO-R lunar expedition program and the highly-divisive H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Chronograph that was created in collaboration with the Los Angeles streetwear brand Undefeated.

This week’s mystery guest is Vertex Watches Founder, Don Cochrane, who stops by the show to chat about the new Vertex M690 AquaLion dive watch. Don is the great-grandson of the brand’s original founder, who revived Vertex in 2016 with the goal of creating high-performing tool watches with a military-inspired design influence. In addition to discussing their thoughts on the latest release from Vertex, Ariel and Rick also cover the widespread practice of excessive branding as it exists throughout much of the watch industry, and briefly try to sort out which luxury watch brands might be in contention for having their names appear the most on a single watch dial.

Each week, aBlogtoWatch editors discuss some of the hottest new watch stories and latest market trends in the aBlogtoWatch Weekly news podcast program. Listeners can learn more by clicking on any links below to view the articles discussed by the aBlogtoWatch crew in the program.

This episode features Ariel and Rick.

In this week’s show:

• 2:08
  • François-Henry Bennahmias Leaves Audemars Piguet
• 9:05
  • Hands-On: Vacheron Constantin Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin Skeleton 18k Rose Gold Watch.
• 17:40
  • Citizen Debuts The Eco-Drive HAKUTO-R Collaboration Satellite Wave GPS Watch.
• 23:20
  • Watch Review: Vertex M60 AquaLion ISO-Certified Diver.
• 34:44
  • Moser & Cie. Debuts Limited-Edition Streamliner Chronograph Undefeated Watch.
• 44:35
  • Hands-On: Bulgari Aluminium GMT Amerigo Vespucci Special Edition Watch.

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