TVH - Erik Strickland (Not Just Seiko!)

Enter The Vintage Hen-House, pick a perch, and listen to Benoît (@Petitesecondes) and his co-hosts chat to vintage watch collectors from all over the world about their collection, the vintage watch world, and many other things. Let's talk about the good, the bad and the ugly stories that we can all share about collecting vintage watches! Host: Benoît @Petitesecondes Co-host: Phil @pippy Guests: Erik Strickland from @eriksstrickland What better start to the second season of The Vintage HenHouse than having a huge vintage Seiko collector come on the show? But Erik Strickland doesn’t only collect vintage Seiko watches. He is also versed in the mastery of Grand Seiko watches, vintage Doxa, vintage and influential quartz watches amongst many many other things… Do play the drinking game for this episode: Take a sip of your glass every time a Seiko reference number is mentioned. Theme music by Jotunn @picodon_conan Special effects free of copyright thanks to the following websites: Zapsplat.com, fesliyanstudios.com and freesound.org. Enjoy the show! Don't forget to grab an egg on your way home! SHOW NOTES: 00:00 - Intro: New season with Snow. 01:15 - Introduction 09:15 - Wrist and drink checks 15:30 – Getting into vintage Seiko 20:30 – Visiting the Grand Seiko facilities 36:45 – Collecting philosophy 45:45 – Vintage watch straps and bracelets 52:30 – Collection criteria 1:00:00 – Working on vintage watches and watchmakers 1:05:45 – Vintage quartz and electro-mechanical watches 1:31:30 – Collecting vintage women’s watches 1:44:30 – Vintage Doxa divers 1:57:00 – Search strategies 2:01:30 - Seiko 5718 Olympic games 2:11:30 – Competing with other collectors 2:20:15 – “Conspicuous Ornamentation” 2:24:00 – Quiz time 2:38:00 – If you could pinch one watch out of someone’s collection 2:40:45 – Instagram recommendations and end of the show Instagram recommendations: Benoît: @the_pastel_bezel Phil: @maxbliss888_francis_p and www.ahsoc.org Erik: @krtkprim , @vigges66 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbzNYltDLfU Follow our guest and co-host on instagram: @eriksstrickland and  @pippy Follow us on Instagram: @Fifthwrist Follow us on facebook: facebook.com/fifthwrist Subscribe to our youtube channel To join our group chat on Slack then please email us at contact@fifthwrist.com Please take the time to leave us a review wherever you listen to our podcast. Thank you for all the positive reviews and comments on our episodes. We read and appreciate each one! Fifth Wrist and Fifth Wrist Radio are both community run projects. Designed to serve the watch enthusiast community. We reject all forms of outside watch brand intervention and take no money, watches or goods from watch companies. The future direction of the website and podcasts are driven by the people who take part in this project. To join the action and get involved why not get started by reviewing one of your own watches at fifthwrist.com/write-review We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Thanks to everyone in the Fifth Wrist community who give their time to make this project possible. The hosts, co-hosts, writers and editors, plus everyone who takes the time to share and promote this project daily. Wherever you are, stay on time!