In this episode the boys talk about the upcoming Basel show and offer some tips on collecting.

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You say that alcohol is your only friend? And you need a nice watch to wear while drinking it? The Happy Hour Timepiece is for you. While the watch itself is pretty standard – a quartz analog movement next to a Chinese LCD movement in a rectangular case – the buckle of the strap holds an important secret.

Friends, it doubles as a bottle opener. No longer will you be the guy who gets drunk on too many beers! You will be the guy who gets drunk on too many beers with a bottle opener in your watch buckle. See the subtle difference?

You can buy it right here for $49.95

Here is the official podcast version of the Help Desk show. Quality really won’t go up on these because of the way they’re recorded. Unfortunately it’s the only way we can take calls right now. Ariel and I are going to talk about how to run these shows in the future, however, her are a few questions we have for you specifically:

1. Should these be folded into the regular podcast feed or should they have their own show i.e. a separate iTunes feed for these shows?
2. Did you enjoy the concept? Was it helpful?
3. Should this last an hour?
4. When should we run the live shows? What time? What day of week?

Let us know what you think and we’ll keep rocking.

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What can you do to make the tourbillon even more precious? How about you skeletonize it until it is completely hidden in the bezel? This amazing one-off piece was made by Thomas Prescher and that little wheel in the middle there is the tourbillon mounted balance wheel. It is wound by the spinning of that flat plate on the bottom and the dials display the date. The time appears on the cylinders on the top and the ball is a three dimensional moon-phase register.

Seriously. Don’t even ask how much this costs. It’s probably not for sale and it would probably explode on your first trip to Costco. This is truly an art watch.