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The Waiting List Podcast

The Waiting List Podcast is hosted by three watch geeks: Jaclyn Li, Daniel Sum and Lung Lung Thun. We can‘t say we are the most knowledgeable collectors but one thing we do have is a passion to grow the watch community and bring positive vibes! Chill out while we discuss trending topics within the watch industry, interview collectors and have a bit of fun! Reach out to us via email at [email protected] and also our Instagram page @thewaitinglistpodcast.

#233- Casual musings - Jac

21 mins; May 02, 2025

#232-Watches and Wonders 2025 - Jac, Dan, Lung

56 mins; April 03, 2025

#231- Ep 2 The Waiting Room- Anxiety

60 hours 46 mins; March 06, 2025

#230-"I tend to go to auctions because that is the place with the most rare watches" - Karen Hung, Watch Enthusiast/Writer

68 hours 13 mins; February 26, 2025

#229-Ep 1 of The Waiting Room- "Uncle"

53 mins; February 19, 2025

#228-"There is nobody more snobbish than Parisians"- Gautier Massonneau, Founder of Trilobe watches

66 hours 47 mins; February 13, 2025

#227-Happy CNY! - Dan, Jac, Lung Lung

63 hours 19 mins; January 31, 2025

#226- Merry Xmas and Happy NY!

54 mins; December 23, 2024

#225-"In the watch world I equally have things...as important as getting a No.1 album" -James McVey, Singer/Member of The Vamps

84 hours 30 mins; November 14, 2024

#224-"We actually supply the movement for 17 brands" - Swei, GM for Speake Marin Greater China

54 mins; November 06, 2024

#223-"If it was a Shanghai (watch), you could marry any girl" - Chris, Collector

84 hours 55 mins; October 31, 2024

#222-Reverse Interview with - Ryan Goddu, Collector

85 hours 21 mins; October 24, 2024

#221-3 of us Part 3 - Dan, Jac, Lung

56 mins; October 17, 2024

#220-3 of us Part 2 - Dan, Jac, Lung

61 hours 46 mins; October 10, 2024

#219- "Were making watches, not units"- Nicholas Bowman-Scargill, Managing Director of FEARS watches

85 hours 9 mins; October 04, 2024

#218-"I know that I dont want to do things that are too obvious or too easy"- Matteo Violet-Vianello, Founder of ANOMA Watches

76 hours 1 min; September 26, 2024

#217-Catch up - Dan, Jac, Lung

50 mins; September 19, 2024

#216-"You present it as the greatest story that you can tell in that moment"- Arthur Touchot, Digital Director at Phillips Watches

84 hours 52 mins; September 12, 2024

#215-"I've touched vintage pieces before but I've been burnt"- John, Collector

90 hours 3 mins; September 05, 2024

#214-"I'm so much happier now than I was in the bubble COVID yeras because things make sense"- Eric Gustafson, Founder of Hairspring

78 hours 58 mins; August 29, 2024

#213- GPHG 2024 - Dan, Jac, Lung

53 mins; August 08, 2024

#212- The Quiet Club Part 2- Norifumi Seki, Watchmaker

70 hours 55 mins; August 01, 2024

#211- "I'd love to get my art into the hands of ppl who inspired me in all the seasons of my life"- LABEG (Gabe Lau), Artist

46 mins; July 25, 2024

#210- "I literally brought coins...i would listen to the quality of the sound"- H.K. & Johnny, Founders of Quiet Club

70 hours 6 mins; July 11, 2024

#209- "I have this weird theory about the datograph"- Rich @watchbiao, Collector

67 hours 45 mins; July 04, 2024

#208- AITAH - Dan, Jac, Lung

49 mins; June 26, 2024

#207- Random musings - Dan, Jac, Lung

60 hours 10 mins; June 20, 2024

#206- "I hate watches that under utilize the case real estate"-Charles, Collector

84 hours 21 mins; June 13, 2024

#205- "Hunting the ads...it almost replaces the need to have the watches"-Nick, Founder of Ad Patina

66 hours 41 mins; June 06, 2024

#204- Auction Insights- Dan, Jac, Lung

58 mins; May 30, 2024

#203- "I just love gifting it puts a smile on my face"-Cameron Steiner, Collector and Host of Collectors Gene Radio

70 hours 35 mins; May 23, 2024

#202- Watches and Wonders 2024 -Dan, Jac, Lung

70 hours 28 mins; May 15, 2024

#Bonus Episode- ONLY WATCH 2024 -Dan, Jac, Lung

53 mins; May 08, 2024

#200- Episode 200! -Dan, Jac, Lung

60 hours 47 mins; May 06, 2024

#199- "OMG for that price I can have 5 people walking around telling me the time"- Gaurav R, Collector

70 hours 33 mins; May 02, 2024

#198- "Its faster for me to go from Geneva to Dubai than to reach his workshop"- Shahz Khan, Founder of Salon Des Horlogers/K2 Luxury

62 hours 12 mins; April 24, 2024

#197- "We identified 250 features that affect the price of a watch"- Giovanni Prigigallo, Founder of EveryWatch

60 hours 31 mins; April 17, 2024

#196- "When I design a watch...I design the relationship you will have with that watch"- Benoit Mintiens, Founder of Ressence Watches

57 mins; April 10, 2024

#195- "Hong Kong used to be the centre of watchmaking, theres just no record of that"- Quinn Lai, Founder of DIY Watch Club and EONIQ Watches

70 hours 9 mins; April 04, 2024

#194-"I don't think they had in mind that people would be collecting these pieces"- Luis, Collector

71 hours 19 mins; February 28, 2024

#193- "I think the best collections were built in the last 20 years"- John Goldberger, Collector and Author

40 mins; February 22, 2024

#192- "A real negotiation...me scoring big...those are the videos I like best"- Mike Nouveau, Vintage Watch Specialist

65 hours 44 mins; February 16, 2024

#191- "A lot of retailers, after the pandemic, emphasized on "the journey" " -Luo Yong Wen, Collector

71 hours 42 mins; February 08, 2024

#190- A message from all of us

1 min; February 01, 2024

#189- Watch talk - Dan, Jac

71 hours 10 mins; January 25, 2024

#188- "The lowest of the hierarchy...the cataloger"- Gertrude Wong, Phillips Auction Watches Cohead of Sales

83 hours 33 mins; January 19, 2024

#187- ”I wanted something that had character, something completely different”- Jackie Ho, Collector

78 hours 25 mins; January 11, 2024

#186- ”a lot of AD sales were super cool about it, ”its cool youre a dealer” ” – Alex Lau, Founder of The Horologist

59 mins; January 04, 2024

#185 Merry Xmas and Happy New Year ! - Dan, Jac, Lung

77 hours 15 mins; December 28, 2023

#184- ”The kind of collector that intrigues me are the ones that focus on their own niche” – Helbert Tsang, Cofounder of The Horology Club

67 hours 17 mins; December 21, 2023

#183- ”We felt it was important to have plurality in terms of news” – Allen Farmelo & William Massena, Founders of The Watch Space

59 mins; December 14, 2023

#182- ”I had to be extremely stubborn to make this happen...every supplier was trying to gently advise me not to do it” – Sylvain Berneron, Founder of Berneron watches

57 mins; December 06, 2023

#181- ”You don’t want to look back on a book full of regrets” – Todd Searle, Author, Creative Director, Collector

64 hours 47 mins; November 29, 2023

#180- ”We wanted to provide that safe protected environment for ladies to come in” – Deborah Wong & Stephanie Soh, Collectors and Founders of Ticktockbelles

52 mins; November 22, 2023

#179- Poop talk – Dan, Jac, Lung

51 mins; November 15, 2023

#178- “I want to create something...that feeling of cretaing is how it all started” – Amrita Katara, Editor of Tatler GMT Hong Kong

66 hours 35 mins; November 08, 2023

#177- “A product doesn’t define a business” – Ken Kuan, Founder of Delugs

69 hours 59 mins; November 02, 2023

#176- “You couldn’t differentiate the man from the artist” – Evelyne and Alexia Genta, Wife & Daughter of Gerald Genta

54 mins; October 26, 2023

#175- “The most difficult thing I find from a design perspective are the entry level pieces...” – Ming Thein, Cofounder of MING Watches

63 hours 44 mins; October 19, 2023

#174- “Two years ago I had better things to do than look at pieces of metal” – Johnathan Chan, Cofounder of The Horology Club

63 hours 52 mins; October 11, 2023

#173- “Librarians like to say cataloging is an art, not a science” – Dr Miranda Marraccini, Librarian

52 mins; October 04, 2023

#172- REAL TALK – Dan, Jac, Lung

56 mins; September 28, 2023

#171- “The market cap is extremely important in preserving the brands in this industry” – Samuel Naldi, Pen collector and more

64 hours 43 mins; September 20, 2023

#170- “They wont readily admit this came from the Americans” – Joshua Shapiro, Founder of J.N.Shapiro watches

62 hours 37 mins; September 13, 2023

#169- “Launching in China was an absolutely shitty idea” – Robin Tallendier, Co-founder of Atelier Wen

61 hours 4 mins; September 06, 2023

#168- “The worst watches I worked on came from the 2000s” – Gael & Florian, Founders of Petermann Bedat

63 hours 37 mins; August 31, 2023

#167- “My passion, you can see it on my face” – Kevin O’Dell, Collector

81 hours 18 mins; August 17, 2023

#166- “You really have to turn over stock to make it work” – Ben, Founder of Watch Brothers London

62 hours 26 mins; August 11, 2023

#166- Summer 2023 – Jac, Dan, Lung

54 mins; August 10, 2023

#165-“We probably have the highest rate of people who are loyal to the brand”– Jean Marc Pontroue, CEO of Panerai

56 mins; August 03, 2023

#164-“You can’t have a sharp profile in your design language and please everybody”–Wilhelm Schmid, A Lange & Sohne’s CEO

54 mins; July 27, 2023

#163-“In the two months I stopped working… I developed this watch”–Simon Brette , Watchmaker

66 hours 40 mins; July 19, 2023

#162– “These timepieces were the source of my memories with my dad”–Paul Boutros , Head of Americas for Phillips Watches

66 hours 54 mins; July 13, 2023

#161– “I wish heritage departments had their own budgets”–Part 2 Cameron Steiner , Host of Collectors Gene Radio

86 hours 30 mins; July 06, 2023

#160 - Team catchup !

54 mins; June 28, 2023

#159- ”We’re not curing cancer here...we’re having fun”- Stephen Pulvirent, Founder of Rime & Reason

67 hours 27 mins; June 22, 2023

#158- ”Red nail polish...I wonder who brought it along” - Martin Frei, Co-Founder of URWERK

63 hours 31 mins; June 14, 2023

#157 - ”I dont mean to boast...but i think most of them got their first Cartier because of me”- Alvin Chong, Collector

79 hours 26 mins; June 10, 2023

#156- ” ”He’s almost handsome” that has stuck with me...”- Andrew Morgan, Content Creator

66 hours 20 mins; June 01, 2023

#155– “My pebble ...one of those pristine safe queens” – Nick @cartierwatchnerd, Collector

64 hours 21 mins; May 25, 2023

#154– “Their sports watches all look like Rolex knock off” – Servo, Collector, Part 2

61 hours 22 mins; May 17, 2023

#153– “I loved selling ladies shoes and handbags” – Servo, Collector

61 hours 32 mins; May 10, 2023

#152– “The jump hour is such a different way to present information” – Eric Lau, Co-founder of @mecwatches

87 hours 42 mins; May 03, 2023

#151– “It’s a perfect product for burglars.” – Soran Gameel, founder of @thewatchstand

85 hours 0 mins; April 26, 2023

#150 ”If something is speaking to you and you can make it happen...give it a shot”-Cameron Steiner, Collector and Host of Collectors Gene Radio

68 hours 49 mins; April 20, 2023

#149– “Guys get a lot more opportunity in the industry...especially in the media” – Justin Hast @justinhast, Writer/Host

89 hours 51 mins; April 13, 2023

#148 - Watches and Wonders 2023 - Dan, Jac, Lung

85 hours 13 mins; April 06, 2023

#147 – “Tom Cruise..and who’s that guy? Christian Bale?” – Tracey Wan @yecart.w , Collector

61 hours 0 mins; March 30, 2023

#146 -”If a brand sold this...you’re talking at least 10x for this...”- ’Mr.Starbucks’ Sapphire supplier

80 hours 13 mins; March 22, 2023

#145 “I want a piece that other people want badly…that makes other people envious”- Sebastian, Collector (Part 2)

75 hours 0 mins; March 15, 2023

#144 “You wouldn’t believe the year 2010…there was a very low level of censorship of any kind”- Sebastian, Collector (Part 1)

69 hours 31 mins; March 08, 2023

#143 Team Meeting! - Dan, Jac, Lung

67 hours 12 mins; March 01, 2023

#142 “I’m a lover of watches…for me, that has no color, that has no face, no nationality, no language, that is just an interpretation of what we love”- Carlos Ramirez @carlossramirezr

92 hours 56 mins; February 22, 2023

#141 “How can you educate diversity if you don’t know what diversity looks like”- Bennet Lee, Owner of @heritagemeatshk

93 hours 40 mins; February 15, 2023

#140 “If I wear a Patek, people are going to know at work, so the main reason I bought a FPJ is because…”- James Li @journehutong , Collector

98 hours 52 mins; February 08, 2023

#139 ”My experience has been very lucky” - Raven @thingskeepingtime

68 hours 44 mins; February 02, 2023

#138 ”If I had to pick a single brand in the advancement of chronometry...” - Raven @thingskeepingtime

74 hours 42 mins; January 25, 2023

#137 WOOHOO - Dan, Jac, Lung

77 hours 53 mins; January 18, 2023

#136 “If you just train yourself through the lens of gratitude…you’re just better ” – Chris Chung, Entrepreneur and Podcast host

56 mins; January 11, 2023

#135 “I just thought collecting Pateks would be a little cliché ” – Dave Geng, A Lange & Sohne collector

64 hours 59 mins; January 05, 2023

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