The Grey NATO – 374 – Our West Coast Time (Diving, Driving, Wind Up SF, the Vancouver Timepiece Show, & More)
It’s a big one! In this episode, Jason and James reconnect after disparate trips to the West Coast of North America. Jason traveled to LA for the opera and then headed north for hiking, wine, yoga, diving, and Wind Up San Francisco. James spent a few days in Vancouver for the Timepiece Show, and adventures ensued before he went inland for a rest. Not enough for you? After the trip reports, James presents a handful of casual chats with a few of the folks he crossed paths with at the Vancouver Show.
Stay in the mix for a Final Notes that will have you looking into refurbished tech and digging out an old pair of headphones to see if James is hearing more than $10 worth of audio quality from a dongle.
A big thanks to Jason Hutton for the Vancouver Timepiece Show (and for being on the episode), AJ Barse for being awesome, Mike Pearson for always being a pal, and Matt for being open to a chat on mic.
Also, to Ken, James, Wes, Jason, Jason, Mary, Aaron, Norm, Julian, Take, Tarry, Bradley, Huey, and Kirk (and so many more) for the awesome Vancouver hangouts.
5:05 Kai’s Bracket Breakdown
7:10 “From Clipperton with Love” (EP 35 of TGN)
11:30 Marathon OSAR Arctic 41 Auto
13:55 Ming Polymesh Straight
25:05 Lopez Lake
26:40 Letetia Winery
32:10 Jade Cove
35:06 The Esalen Institute
36:55 Wind Up San Francisco
37:15 Kindred Motorworks
38:57 Prometheus Design Werx
40:33 Doxa 250T GMT Great White Topper LE
44:15 Take’s YouTube Channel
45:45 Marathon Cerashell Navigator
47:25 CW True GMT
48:22 22Studio Watches 4D Concrete Auto
50:39 Isotope Watches Onvi Jumping Hours
51:58 Beaucroft Contour GMT
53:13 Canopy Field One
54:55 Ares Diver-1
56:50 Rhonda 715Li
57:57 Mount West Summit
1:00:27 Micromilgraph Project Sabotage
1:00:39 Black Badger
1:02:32 Baltic Heuer du Monde
1:03:22 RZE UTD-8000
1:05:42 Bradley Taylor on TGN Toronto Potluck
1:06:20 Bradley Taylor Ardea
1:07:50 Hide Time Leather
1:08:02 Good Works Dept
1:08:14 Michael Mann Taschen
1:11:10 Jason Hutton
1:14:00 Montreal Timepiece Show
1:15:40 Analog Explorer
1:18:15 Makoto Record Player Watch
1:18:50 Bellingham Podcast
1:23:18 Makoto Boken Ti Diver
1:25:34 Doxa Sub 300T Clive Cussler
1:28:03 Christpher Ward
1:39:35 Ares Watch Co
1:49:15 Back Market
1:52:33 Sennheiser HD600
1:52:40 Apple USB-C to 3.5 Dongle
1:55:17 Chelsea Hotel No.2 - Rufus Wainwright
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