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Beyond The Dial

A podcast about watches, how they work, and why they fascinate us.

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Conversations E6 - Getting Funky With H. Moser Watches CEO Edouard Meylan

Conversations E6 - Getting Funky With H. Moser Watches CEO Edouard Meylan

Allen sits down with Edouard Maylan, CEO of H. Moser Watches for a candid conversation about how this historically signi... Read more

5 Mar 2020

51mins

Ranked #2

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Conversations E7 - Vintage Seiko Expert David Flett

Conversations E7 - Vintage Seiko Expert David Flett

Allen sits down with vintage Seiko expert David Flett for a highly informative dive into this snarly, but wonderful, col... Read more

11 Mar 2020

1hr 21mins

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Conversations E4 - Gary Shteyngart on Watches as Literary Devices

Conversations E4 - Gary Shteyngart on Watches as Literary Devices

Allen sits down with best selling novelist Gary Shteyngart to talk about how watches have figured into Gary's writing. F... Read more

25 Nov 2019

1hr 4mins

Ranked #4

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Conversations E3 - Demystifying Watch Service (with Steve Kivel)

Conversations E3 - Demystifying Watch Service (with Steve Kivel)

Grand Central Watch's 3rd generation leader, Steve Kivel, has turned his family's business into a high-tech service cent... Read more

18 Nov 2019

54mins

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Insights E8 - Embracing Mortality With A Grand Seiko

Insights E8 - Embracing Mortality With A Grand Seiko

Allen's birthday watch is a Grand Seiko Limited Edition SGBH269, a watch that explores the turning of the seasons from S... Read more

2 Dec 2019

50mins

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Insights E10 - The Omega Cal 321 & The Quest for Authenticity

Insights E10 - The Omega Cal 321 & The Quest for Authenticity

Why are we so excited about a recreation of a vintage movement like the Omega 321? Has digital social media and the ensu... Read more

9 Jan 2020

42mins

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Insights E12 - How to Pick Out Watches You'll Keep Forever

Insights E12 - How to Pick Out Watches You'll Keep Forever

If you're flipping watches constantly and wondering how to slow that down, Allen's got a method for picking out keepers ... Read more

4 Feb 2020

1hr

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Insights E2 - Why Watch Diameter and Wrist Circumference Don't Matter

Insights E2 - Why Watch Diameter and Wrist Circumference Don't Matter

Allen ponders how watch diameter and wrist circumference became the main measurements of watches when, in fact, those tw... Read more

31 Jul 2019

39mins

Ranked #9

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Insights E4 - The End of 'Microbrands'

Insights E4 - The End of 'Microbrands'

Allen goes after the notion of "microbrands" and calls for a change of thinking around the role of independent watch bra... Read more

30 Aug 2019

57mins

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Field Reports E1 - Press Trippin' With Longines

Field Reports E1 - Press Trippin' With Longines

Allen's account of his trip to the Longines factory in Switzerland starts with an explanation of how one ends up on such... Read more

14 Oct 2019

52mins

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Insights E11 - Horological Polygamy & The Unholy Trinity

Insights E11 - Horological Polygamy & The Unholy Trinity

Have you tried to settle in on just one or a few watches and find yourself bored? Are you more interested in the hunt fo... Read more

16 Jan 2020

34mins

Ranked #12

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Insights E5 - "Tool" Being the Operative Word

Insights E5 - "Tool" Being the Operative Word

When watches are truly designed as tools and do their job without kowtowing to fashion trends, our aesthetically fussy a... Read more

4 Sep 2019

52mins

Ranked #13

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Conversations E1 - Oren Hartov, Expert on IDF Watches

Conversations E1 - Oren Hartov, Expert on IDF Watches

In this episode, Allen talks with Watch Desk Editor at Gear Patrol Magazine, Oren Hartov. They discuss the ins and outs ... Read more

24 Jul 2019

1hr 4mins

Ranked #14

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Insights E7 - Apocalypse Later: Zen Dystopias & The Apple Watch

Insights E7 - Apocalypse Later: Zen Dystopias & The Apple Watch

Why do mechanical watches seem so calming and down to earth? Why does the Apple Watch seem so intrusive? In this episode... Read more

21 Sep 2019

39mins

Ranked #15

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Field Reports E2 - Ferraris, Ducatis & Hublots in Tuscany

Field Reports E2 - Ferraris, Ducatis & Hublots in Tuscany

Allen returns from a week in Italy having toured Tuscani on a Ducati motorcycle while wearing his Bremont Supermarine, l... Read more

5 Nov 2019

52mins

Ranked #16

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Insights E9 - Whiskey, Weed & Watches

Insights E9 - Whiskey, Weed & Watches

How do booze and pot affect your perception of time?  Your sense perceptions?  Your impulsivity?  Find out as your host,... Read more

12 Dec 2019

44mins

Ranked #17

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Insights E3 - Just a Rolex Datejust for a Month

Insights E3 - Just a Rolex Datejust for a Month

In Episode 4, Allen is visited by a fox while record his account of a one-watch experiment. Unexpected results include f... Read more

27 Aug 2019

45mins

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