Scottish Watches Podcast #821 : We’re Feeling Blue Daba Dee Daba DIE

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This week the watch industry seems to have decided that normal is overrated. We’ve got G-Shock putting a sapphire case through the kind of engineering exercise you wouldn’t normally associate with a quartz watch, Porsche Design revisiting one of the most influential military chronograph movements, and Formex somehow continuing to make a Swiss titanium watch for under a thousand pound. Then things get considerably more extravagant with Denison using diamonds and onyx in a very different kind of watch, Breguet reworking its Marine Chronograph, and Ulysse Nardin giving the Freak One a pair of seriously good-looking new treatments. There’s also plenty of conversation around whether these watches actually justify their prices, why quartz deserves more respect, what happens when traditional craftsmanship meets modern materials, and what we found when we finally got to see some of these watches in the metal at Geneva Watch Days.

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Casio G-Shock MRG-D5000 Blue Sapphire

G-D5000 in 18K gold.

Moser Off-Grid Blue StreamlinerMoser Off-Grid Black Streamliner

F.P. Journe Élégante

MRG-B5000SA-2DR 

GMWB5000SB-1A2

Porsche Design Chronograph 1 Utility x Hodinkee.

Formex AIRFIELD

Dennison  ALD Checker – Capsule Collection

Breguet Marine 5517 and Marine Chronographe 5527

Freak ONE Guilloché

Freak ONE Blue Enamel

Watches & Wonders 2026: Ulysse Nardin Super Freak

Atlantica Kalliston ResortFears Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar

Prestex Marcato Jumping Hour Limited Edition Duckworth Prestex Our Showroom

CIGA design AUTOMATON WATCH EVEREST CHINA 65TH ANNIVERSARY

Previous Episodes: 

Scottish Watches Podcast #817: I’m Sorry, Dave. I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That – The Moser 9000, Balloon Dogs, Underdogs and More

Scottish Watches Podcast #667: Making A World Record Beating Watch with Ulysse Nardin

Scottish Watches Podcast #820: Designer, Collector And Now Event Creator Karl Brown from Chrome Calibre

Scottish Watches Podcast #818: Day Of The Independents 2026 – With Rikki, Dave and Pietro

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