Episodes

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined once again by George Bamford, Founder of Bamford Watch Department. Ariel and George start the show by talking about embracing the fact that their respective careers have come from hobbies and the passion other people have for their same hobbies. Ariel asks about the future state of the new vs pre-owned ma...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by the CEO of European Watch Company, Joshua Ganjei. To start the show Ariel asks Joshua to dive into their new book, “The Connoisseur's Guide to Fine Timepieces” and the reasons behind why they wanted to write a book as a retail establishment. Ariel has Joshua talk about the founding of the company with ...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by the CEO of TAG Heuer, Julien Tornare. To start the show Julien recounts some of his work history starting with working with Raymon Weil and being an area sales manager for the European market. Ariel asks about the European market at the time compared to other markets in the 90s, and how the fundamental...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams sits down with Chad Tsagris, the Director of Distribution at Watch Gang. Ariel and Chad start the show by touching on their previous episode of Superlative that aired back in November of 2020 and what has changed in the industry over the last four years since that podcast. Chad gives the listener a breakdown of wh...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is talking with Carole Kasapi and Nicholas Biebuyck of TAG Heuer. Carole is currently the Movements Director at TAG Heuer, while Nicholas is the Heritage Director. To start the show Ariel dives right into Watches and Wonders 2024 with our guests and their spirits a few days before the event as this episode was reco...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Adrian Taskin, the Chief Procurement Officer at Luxury Bazaar. As the show begins, Ariel has Adrian describe all of his different duties and titles at Luxury Bazaar and Adrian elaborates on how their salespeople have to wear a few different hats at the company. Adrian talks about the impact of social m...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by the Assistant Professor of Marketing in the School of Business at Woodbury University, Professor Wendy Bendoni. Ariel begins the show talking about his trip to speak to Wendy’s college classroom, and Wendy fills us in on the history of the class (Luxury Brand Management). Ariel asks how Wendy is able t...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Jiaxian Su (SJX), the Founder of SJX Watches. To start the show Ariel and SJX share their stories and insights from both of them being watch bloggers who have managed to make careers out of their passion. They talk about the earlier days of the watch industry on the internet, and how they grew their bl...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Andrew Siegel, the COO of Hamilton Jewelers. To start the show, Ariel has Andrew dive into the history of Hamilton Jewelers and how they have always strived to gain the trust of their customers. Andrew talks about the importance of putting the customer experience first, and what their relationship with...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by the Chief Marketing Officer of Panerai, Alessandro Ficarelli. Ariel starts by talking about Panerai’s legacy and Alessandro expands on how their long history continuously provides new stories about the brand. Ariel talks about the three phases that he personally has attributed to different stages of Pa...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is sitting down with his co-host from The ABTW Weekly podcast, Richard Atkinson. Ariel and Rick dive into the world of podcasting, and how watch related podcasts have evolved over the years to where we are at today. Ariel has Richard give the audience his background with the watch community and how watch media like...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is actually taking over The Smoking Tire’s studio in a special episode where Ariel talks with Matt Farah of The Smoking Tire, and Wesley Kwok and Cullen Chen of Nodus Watches. Ariel asks Matt and Welsey how their relationship came to be, and why Nodus Watches were interested in collaborating with Matt. Matt dives ...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Jonny Garrett, the Founder of William Wood Watches. To start the show Ariel has Jonny dive into his podcast channel where he offers some of his knowledge and guidance to young entrepreneurs and anyone who is eager to learn. Jonny elaborates on the brand being a Firefighter themed luxury watch brand fro...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by our very own ABTW team member and Associate Editor, Ripley Sellers. To start the show Ariel and Ripley reflect on their self-proclaimed “amateur historian” statuses in regards to their passion and interest in the brand, and how they have learned even more over the last several days of being hands on w...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Fabrizio Buonamassa, the Product Creation Executive Director at Bulgari. To start the show Ariel has Fabrizio not only dive into his duties within his role at Bulgari, but Ariel also has him unpack the details regarding the brands design department. Ariel asks about Fabrizio’s love for drawing but also...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by the CEO of Wolf 1843, Simon Wolf. To start the show, Ariel and Simon reflect on where and when they met, and a bit of the heritage behind Simon being the fifth generation owner of the company. Simon gives us the history behind the idea his great great grandfather had in 1834 involving crafting custom j...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Comedian, Tori Piski. To start the show Tori dives into how her boyfriend’s love of watches inspired her to initially create her viral comedic video on “Dating a Watch Guy” and how her interest into the watch world has grown as well. The two go back and forth on some common “watch guy” anecdotes and in...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Bremont CEO, Davide Cerrato. As the show opens, Ariel asks about the difference and similarities between working for a British watch brand as opposed to a Swiss brand like Davide has before in his career. They talk about Bremont being primarily made in England, and how fair prices and value are at the ...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Mitchell Wein, the President of Marathon Watches. Ariel starts the show by declaring Mitchell a walking encyclopedia of watch industry knowledge, and the two dive right into Marathon watches’ relationship with the military as a watch supplier. Mitchell talks about how the initial relationships were for...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by one of the three co-founders of Zeitwinkel, Albert Edelmann. To start the show Ariel dives into Zeitwinkel as a brand with its multiple founders and how the brand came to be. Ariel asks about what each co-founder brings to the table for the brand, and the two talk about the brand’s position in the watc...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Marc Frankel, the Founder of Long Island Watch and Islander, the house watch brand of Long Island Watch. To start the show Ariel and Marc reminisce over where they first met, and the early days of both of their companies. Ariel asks Marc to share the journey of how his company got to where it is today,...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Borys Khudomaka, the Founder of Zinvo Watches. To start the show Ariel has Borys dive into their accessible price point that they have had since their inception and why they want to be a combination of a watch and an affordable fashion accessory at the same time. The two talk about the change of Instag...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Romaric Andre, the Founder of Seconde/Seconde. To start their second attempt at the conversation due to technical issues, the two jump into why Romaric isn't too fond of being considered the “King of Collaborations," and he gives us the backstory on how Seconde/Seconde came to be what it is today. Roma...

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Dan Spitz, a watchmaker and the former guitarist for legendary heavy metal band Anthrax. To start the show Ariel has Dan dive into his career as the guitar player for Anthrax, and explain how he transitioned into the watch industry. Dan talks about being a third-generation watchmaker, and how his dad i...