HODINKEE Radio: Episode 12: Apple And The Future Of Watchmaking

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Last week, reviews of the new Apple Watch Series 4 started rolling in (including my own), and there was a ton of chatter across the internet about what improvements the new watch offers, whether or not you should get one, what it says about Apple at large, and more. We're obviously already in on the conversation, but we thought it would be fun to have a team of our editors who have been covering the Apple Watch since day one sit down to discuss their thoughts on the latest model. So I wrangled Ben and Jack into the studio just a few hours after they received their sample units to get their first impressions and to hear what else they had to say about the Apple Watch and its relationship to the more traditional watches we tend to cover here every day.

We didn't want to stop there though. In the middle of this week's episode we cut to an interview I did with John Gruber, the proprietor of Daring Fireball, the premier blog covering all things Apple. John is a super smart dude (and a watch guy, by the way) and someone who spends a lot of time thinking very deeply about Apple and its products. His take on the Apple Watch Series 4 totally blew me away and from the moment his review of the Series 4 was published, I knew we had to get him on HODINKEE Radio to talk about it.

We hope you enjoy Episode 12 of HODINKEE Radio. Check out the show notes below and let us know what you think in the comments.

Wrist Check

I mean, what did you expect? All three of us actually waltzed into the studio wearing our gold Apple Watch Series 4s. I may or may not have also had a vintage Rolex with me (the one you can see up above), but that's neither here nor there. Funnily, each of us was sporting a different strap, with Jack wearing the Nike+ Sport Loop, Ben going all-in with the gold Milanese Loop that you see here, and me sticking to a blue silicone Sport Band. For whatever reason, Jack and I both managed to keep our watches silent, but you can hear Ben's ding a handful of times throughout the episode.

Show Notes

0:01
A Week On The Wrist: The Apple Watch Series 4

2:20
A Watch Guy's Thoughts On The Apple Watch After Seeing It In The Metal

14:10
Smartwatches Are Both A Blessing And A Curse For Fossil

43:31
In-Depth With The Halios Seaforth

44:38
Jon Gruber on The Apple Watch Series 4

54:07
Ben's HODINKEE magazine article Apple, Influence, And Ive

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