TVH - Patina plunge with @the_patina_boy

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 Guest: Guillaume @the_patina_boy In this episode, Guillaume from @the_patina_boy talks about his watch collecting habits, focusing on patina and damage of vintage watches. He even came up with a simple classification of the different sorts of patina that you can find when searching for vintage watches. Guillaume is a huge dive watch fanatic and shares a bit of knowledge on the iconic Aquastar range of skin divers as well as the Aquaplunge. You will hear a lot of great reasons to buy a watch with signs of wear over a new old stock example! 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: Caramel patina with Snow 02:00 - Introduction 03:05 - Guillaume’s journey into watches 07:05 - Wrist and drink checks 10:30 - Attraction to patina 27:30 - Faking the patina 33:30 - Modern vintage inspired divers 39:45 - Condition and stories of watches 45:50 - A classification of patina 53:00 - Patina on lume 57:30 - Reluming vintage watches 1:05:35 - Guillaume’s limits concerning patina 1:15:55 - Aquastar 1:25:55 – Guillaume’s favorite watches 1:31:25 – Aquaplunge look alikes 1:36:45 – Great watches from other collectors 1:39:15 - Benoît’s modern and NOS watches 1:47:00 - Reissues 1:53:00 - Instagram recommendations 1:56:40 - Outro Instagram recommendations: Benoît: @goldammer.me Chris: @id3ologist, @chronographes_ Shoutouts to: @theydid @vintagewatchfam @mentawatches @hamblar, @watch_ever, @mycupoftime and @shucktheoyster Follow Guillaume on Instagram: @the_patina_boy 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. Cheers from Benoît @petitesecondes Wherever you are, stay on time!