It was an absolute pleasure spending time with, and getting to learn more about, Michael @wh1chw4tch. As soon as you spend a few minutes looking at Michael’s Instagram feed and listening to him speak, you immediately realize he’s an excellent photographer, he’s quite humble, and he loves to engage and contribute to the watch community. He’s definitely creative-minded both in his photography style and in his witty posts and comments. Locally, Michael was one of the pioneering founders of the RedBar Group in Seattle, WA. Please tune in to this episode to learn more about Michael’s thoughts as it pertains to photography and his passion for watches and the watch community.

It’s Q&A time, and this time we have two special guests to help us answer your questions, Jeremy @timepeacelove and Daniel @wonger.bonger. These two are no strangers to Bezel Banter, and they are amazing contributors to our watch community. I’m quite grateful that they were both able to join me for this special episode!

Thank you very much to those who submitted questions! We had a lot of fun answering your questions, and we hope you all enjoy this Q&A episode!

This episode is a little different than normal in that Ernesto is providing an update of how Bezel Banter is evolving, and he’s sharing what’s to come in the upcoming episodes. Ernesto shares that he’s truly enjoyed connecting with various people and influencers in the watch community, and he would like to continue to utilize Bezel Banter as a platform to collaborate with and highlight various people in our community. If you’re interested in having a conversation with Ernesto, please feel free to DM or email him.

He also talks about being in San Diego during the last week of October for work, and that he’s trying to find some time to watch the most recent James Bond film “No Time To Die” on the big screen. He’s a huge fan of the James Bond series and can’t wait to see how they highlight the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Co-Axial Master Chronometer, 42mm 007 Edition throughout the film.

Ernesto has also been receiving a couple of requests for a State of the Collection (SOTC) review. As Bezel Banter is evolving, so is Ernesto’s taste in watches, and he feels that he needs to streamline his collection prior to doing a SOTC. Therefore, he will be looking for a good home for some of his watches that are not longterm in his collection.

Lastly, please stay tuned to upcoming episodes, which include a Q&A episode with Jeremy @timepeacelove and Daniel @wonger.bonger, as well as other special guests. Thank you, and we appreciate you for all your support!

It was an absolute pleasure spending time with our next guest, Henry @jubhat https://www.instagram.com/jubhat/?hl=en. Although Henry and Ernesto haven’t known each other for a very long time, you could definitely hear these two enjoying their conversation about watches, whiskeys, and cars. The topics varied from Henry’s passion with Seiko and Grand Seiko, modern versus vintage Porsches, and his inquisitive nature. From his youth, Henry would describe himself as a “tinkerer”, and to this day, he still loves to mod a Seiko SKX when he has the time. The combination of Henry’s engineering mind and keen eye for design took a natural path to becoming the founder of York & Front Watch Co. @yorkfrontwatches https://www.instagram.com/yorkfrontwatches/?hl=en, which is an independent watch brand based in Canada. Please tune in to this episode to learn more about Henry’s thoughts as it pertains to his passion for watches, whiskeys, and cars.

It was an absolute pleasure spending time with, and getting to learn more about, Trish @watch_girl_life https://www.instagram.com/watch_girl_life/. This special guest is a “first” for Bezel Banter in a few ways. She’s the first person we’ve interviewed outside of North America, she’s our first Australian guest, and she’s also our first female guest! As soon as you take a few seconds and look at her Instagram feed, you quickly realize she is a photographer first and a watch enthusiast second. Her photos are nothing less than spectacular! That being said, her watch collection is nothing to sneeze at either. Please tune in to this episode to learn more about Trish’s thoughts as it pertains to photography and her passion for watches.

As many of you know, chronograph watches are not Ernesto’s forte. So in this episode, we invited a good friend of the show, Daniel @wonger.bonger. Daniel is not only a watch enthusiast who is quite passionate about vintage timepieces, but he’s also a world of knowledge when it comes to the chronograph complications and watches. Daniel and Ernesto delve into the history of chronographs, various types of chronographs, some of the more iconic chronos, and of course, some of their favorites. During their conversation, they briefly touch on the fact that chronograph movements are quite difficult to make, and it took the collaboration of numerous watch makers to make various chronograph movements. Hence the reference to “world peace”.

Daniel, thank you again for joining us and collaborating with us! It was an absolute pleasure having you as our special guest host for this episode. We look forward to the next time we can facilitate more “world peace”.

Are there any chronographs that you feel very strongly about? What are your favorite chronographs? Please let us know, and we hope you enjoy this episode!

Ernesto is yet again asking us to choose... If we only had access to one timepiece from a particular brand, which one would it be..? And believe us, the answers are not what you expect.