The Grey NATO – 210 – On Paper/On Wrist: The Apple Watch Ultra
This week’s episode was recorded shortly after Jason arrived in Bonaire for a couple of weeks featuring all the island has to offer – including amazing diving, warm sunshine, and cold beer. Given that the new Apple Watch Ultra is one of the watches that Jason is dive-testing while in Bonaire, we figured it would be a good time to resurface a show format we haven’t used in a long time – “On Paper/On Wrist”.
The last time the TGN boys used this show format was for the Seiko SPB143 and the loose idea is to capture a moment when both Jason and James are curious about a watch, but only one of them has it on their wrist. Jason has had a few days to try the latest multi-sport smartwatch from Apple, and James has many questions.
The show kicks off with a chat about Bonaire, local snacks, and weird pringles (blame James). But be sure to stay in the mix for a Final Notes featuring a product for which James was defenseless when it came to Instagram ads, and an incredible video capturing a remarkable ski descent of Lhotse.
Click here if you want to play episode 210 from your browser – thanks so much for listening.
1:32 The Bonaire Episode
2:24 Invisibles dive site (Bonaire)
8:30 Rom Rincon Rum
11:13 Spicy Sour Cream Pringles
12:27 Royal Oak Offshore Diver
14:52 Scurfa M.S.21
19:00 Garmin 6S Pro
20:04 The Descent G1 Solar
22:47 MKBHD Apple Watch Ultra review
23:26 The Apple Watch Ultra
38:46 DC Rainmaker’s Amazing Apple Watch Ultra Review
48:19 Oceanic+ app
48:46 Episode With Patrick from Garmin
58:15 Alpaka Gear Essential Tech Case Mini
1:03:05 Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison Ski Lhotse
“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” - Albert Szent-Györgyi
Excellent episode as always guys. I agree with you guys, I never take off my watch at the airport, as long as guys are polite about it, I’ve never had a problem with TSA.
Jason while you have apple watch please check out clockology app. You can download literally any face of any watch for it off of a clockology fans Facebook page. (They call them clocks to get around apples policies). Currently running the doxa army face as I type this. You may need to google how to do it, there is a beta file you need to launch. But for me it makes the watch more interesting to wear. I bought my Apple Watch at the beginning of the pandemic for shuffling around the house, tracking sleep and for tracking my mountain bike rides, ski runs as well as walks/ hikes. I double wrist it at home quite often, but when I leave the house it’s always a mechanical watch on my wrist.
I look forward to checking out the ultra at some point. I appreciate your review! Jason when you said hey Siri, my phone replied. Haha
Hey guys loving the chat this week. Definitely has me looking at the ultra on my nightstand and wanting to plan a trip to use it.
Jason- hearing you talk about the keeper on the ocean strap, it’s not actually meant to hook into the both the strap and the tail. When I was setting mine up at the Apple Store the person read off their setup guide that it is made to be able to be put wherever you wanted, but for structural purposes it’s supposed to lock back into itself and the tail be slipped under it.
Keep up the great work, can’t wait to hear part 2 when oceanic+ is available!