The Grey NATO – 273 – Designing Watches For The Future of Space Exploration With Karel Bachand of Barrelhand Watches
This week, the TGN boys are pleased to welcome another amazing guest as Karel Bachand of Barrelhand Watches joins Jason and James for a chat about the future of watches and space travel, the backstory behind his brand "Barrelhand,” their upcoming Monolith project, and the Monolith’s spot on an active mission to the moon that should land on the lunar surface less than 12 hours after this episode first airs.
Karel was an amazing guest, and from his Urwerk-fueled start in watch fascination to the launch of his own brand and his pursuit of a truly modern and largely 3D-printed watch that can stand up to the stresses of space exploration, it was a fascinating conversation with a hyper-modern perspective on watchmaking and the modern role of a tool watch.
A huge thank you to Karel for coming on the show, and don’t forget to hit the links below if you want to follow along with Barrelhand and watch the live stream of the Intuitive Machines IM-1 Mission to the Moon.
Click here to play episode 273 from your browser – Thanks so much for listening.
3:50 Weighted vest
7:20 Snowtrekker Tents
8:10 White Water State Park
10:49 Touching the Void - Joe Simpson
21:42 Intuitive Machines
27:00 Urwerk UR-202
34:34 Barrelhand Project 1
44:58 SpaceX Trips
48:43 Omega X-33
53:32 Scalmalloy
1:01:08 The Overview Effect
1:03:46 Nanofiche
1:06:58 Le Petite Prince
1:14:56 Barrelhand Instagram
1:16:10 Livestream for the lunar lander
1:18:50 WOE’s Glomar Explorer Strap
1:22:23 Gajan Balan’s look at the Fujifilm X100VI
1:23:11 Ricoh GR3X
1:29:37 Church & Street
“I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side” - Roman Payne.