Welcome to episode 7 of The Time 4A Pint Podcast - In which we meet 5 time Mille Miglia competitor, and consequential Chopard watch collector, Meredith. We got together to talk about her three competitor issued Chopard Mille Miglia watches, and driving an Osca MT4 through the towns and villages of the Italian countryside. Watches in this episode: Chopard 8932 (2003 Mille Miglia Competitor Edition) Chopard 8994 GMT (2005 Mille Miglia Competitor Edition) Chopard 8489 Gran Turismo XL (2008 Mille Miglia Competitor Edition) Visit www.time4apint.com/podcasts and scroll down to episode 7 to see pictures of all the watches we talked about in this episode. Credit to https://soundcloud.com/cityfires for the use of https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/map-of-time-creative-commons

8: Watch collecting on your own terms

The global watch industry produces an estimated 1.2 billion units a year. 

With around, 7.5 billion people on the planet, that means that over a 6 and a half year period, enough are made for every one of us to go out and buy a brand new watch of our own.

In reality, that’s not what happens.

For starters, just because all these watches are being churned out, doesn't mean that anyone is actually buying them.

Lots of people can’t understand why you would spend money on a wrist watch.

After all, with just a couple of taps, your mobile phone can tell you what the time is anywhere in the world - and you can catch Pokemon on it. You can’t do that with a watch.

On the other hand, for some people, one watch isn’t enough.

There are those among us that hunt out, capture, collect, catalogue, and show off their watches to others who share the same passion. On internet forums, Instagram, and even at in person meetups.

For those who collect, watches are kind of like Pokemon, they’ve got to catch them all. And that’s what this show is all about.

Watch collectors. Not Pokemon.