The Deep Track
Exploring watches and more through culture, adventure, and personalities. This is a discussion of how curiosity drives enthusiasm, pushing us to explore and even confront our own boundaries. Interests explored will cover a deep field, Hosted by watch industry veteran, Blake Buettner.
Episodes
69 episodes
The Deep Track, Ep. 65 - New Releases from Omega, Serica, & Girard-Perregaux
This week is a solo cast with a closer look at new releases from Omega, Serica, and Girard-Perregaux. Also discussed is the funky awesome Seiko 5H23-6030 that was recently reviewed on The Deep Track. Show Notes:
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The Deep Track, Ep. 64 - Goodwood, Miami GP, & more with Wesley Smith
This week, Wesley Smith and I recap our recent travels with IWC to Goodwood outside of London, and the Miami GP outside of, well, Miami. We chat watch spotting, new releases (and some old ones) from IWC, and of course, race cars. These trips he...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 63 - Cars & Watches with Eddie Alterman
This week, the show welcomes automotive media veteran Eddie Alterman to chat about cars, the automotive industry, and watches. Eddie served as the Editor in Chief of Car & Driver for 10 years, and now finds himself leading automotive editor...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 62 - Impressions of the Pelagos Ultra with Justin Couture
This week, Justin Couture, aka the Wristorian returns to the podcast to discuss all things Tudor dive watches after Watches & Wonders 2025. The new Pelagos Ultra has been on the wrist, and we discuss our impressions of the watch, and just h...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 61 - Rolex Dynapulse, Pelagos Ultra, & More with Danny Milton
Watches & Wonders 2025 is in the books, and in this episode I'm joined by Danny Milton to recall some of the biggest releases and news from the show. We talk about the new Land-Dweller from Rolex, and its unique Dynapulse escapement, which ...
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Bonus Episode: 2025 Formula 1 Season Opener with Wesley Smith of Standard H
Welcome to bonus coverage of the 2025 Formula 1 season done in collaboration with Wesley Smith of Standard H. In this episode, we discuss the first two races of the season, including an examination of the rookie performances, and some of the un...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 60 - Richard Mille in Paris, Racing Sims, & More with James Stacey
This week I'm thrilled to welcome James Stacey back to the podcast. James and I have just returned from a trip to Paris with Richard Mille and Ferrari to get a first hand look at the new 43-01 Tourbillon Split-Seconds Chronograph. In this episo...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 59 - Exploring Watch PR with Fernanda Zapata
This week I'm joined by watch industry PR veteran, Fernanda Zapata. Fernanda is the founder of Gigantem, currently representing Zenith, Parmigiani Fleurier, H. Moser, and Girard-Perregaux. In this episode, we discuss the current climate behind ...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 58 - A New Seiko Marinemaster, King Seiko Vanac, & Collection Inspection
This week we take a look at new divers from Seiko celebrating 60 years since the 62MAS, which includes a new monobloc Marinemaster. Seiko also introduced a new King Seiko Vanac collection, recalling a short lived name from the early '70s. Addit...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 57 - Leica EZM12, Sinn 613, & Small Form Factor PCs
This is a solo episode featuring my thoughts on some of the new releases from Leica, Sinn, Audemars Piguet, and more. I also take a look back at my time with the magnificent A Lange & Sohne Lange 1 ref. 101.027 and ponder its meaning in the...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 56 - 2025 Formula 1 Car Livery Reveal with Wesley Smith
This week, Wesley Smith returns to the podcast to discuss the Formula 1 2025 season liveries, which were all revealed this week in London. We talk about favorites, as well as what to expect from the actual cars hitting the track in Bahrain at t...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 55 - Jeremy Kirkland
This week’s episode features a discussion with Jeremy Kirkland of the Blamo! Podcast. Jeremy is a veteran of the fashion space, and also happens to be a serious watch enthusiast. In this episode, we discuss his sartorial origins, how his motiva...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 54 - Tony Traina
This week we welcome watch industry veteran, and creator of the Unpolished newsletter, Tony Traina. In this episode we discuss Tony's journey into the space, the kinds of watches that drive his curiosity and passion, and the nature of our respo...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 53 - Justin Mastine-Frost
This week we welcome Justin Mastine-Frost to the podcast. Justin is a Canadian based veteran journalist of the watch and automotive spaces working for SHARP Magazine. We share a love of some rather unusual watches and under-the-radar brands, fr...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 52 - Kat Shoulders (Vail Adventures with Oris, Photography, & More)
This week we welcome Kat Shoulders to the podcast to chat about the newly released Oris Divers Sixty-Five 60th Anniversary Edition, which we both traveled to Vail, Colorado to see. We discuss our adventures on the trip, our thoughts on the watc...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 51 - The Return of Quartz Watches & the IWC GST Aquatimer 2000
This week is a solo episode with a discussion around the reemergence of quartz watches as depicted in a recent article by the New York Times, a home brew project that brings a red aluminum heat shield to the MoonSwatch, and the titanium IWC GST...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 50 - Watches, Movies, & Video Games with Bilal Khan and Danny Milton
This week, friends Danny Milton and Bilal Khan return to the show to chat about the new year, Rolex price increases, holiday movies, and even a few video games. We recap some of our favorites watches of the year and look ahead to 2025. We also ...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 49 - The Three Watches I Wore in 2024 & The Tudor FXD GMT On-Wrist Impressions
EDIT: Updated with the correct, edited audio. This week is a solo episode of the podcast where I bring you the three watches I wore the most this year, as well as some deeper thoughts on the Tudor FXD GMT after having spent some ti...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 48 - 2024 Formula 1 Season Recap with Wesley Smith
This week we welcome Wesley Smith back to the podcast. Wesley runs the clothing and accessory brand Standard H, and hosts the podcast of the same name. With the 2024 Formula 1 season behind us, Wesley and I recap our thoughts on the season as a...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 47 - The Watches We Wore in 2024 with The Wristorian, Foglark, & Tom Place
This week we welcome brothers Devin (Foglark) and Justin (The Wristorian) as well as Tom Place to the podcast to chat about the watches we wore and enjoyed in 2024. We also look ahead to 2025 and make a few predictions of what we hope to see fr...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 46 - All Things Dive Watches with Roger Ruegger
This week we welcome watch industry veteran Roger Ruegger to the podcast. Roger is the editor in chief of WatchTime Magazine, and the proprietor of Dive Into Watches. In this episode, we discuss the state of the dive watch genre, our experience...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 45 - Gabe Reilly of Collective Horology & the Zenith Defy C.X
This week we welcome Collective Horology co-founder Gabe Reilly to the podcast to discuss the brand’s 10th collaborative watch releasing today, the Zenith Defy Skyline C.X. The new watch is the second collaboration between Collective Horology a...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 44 - Patek Cubitus, Tudor FXD GMT, & Movies with Danny Milton
This week we welcome Danny Milton back to the podcast to discuss the Patek Philippe Cubitus, the Tudor FXD GMT, and have a chat about movies. Danny is the VP of Content for Teddy Baldassarre, and brin...
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The Deep Track, Ep. 43 - Tudor FXD GMT
This week is a solo podcast covering the newly released FXD GMT from Tudor. This is a realtime first reaction to the release, which has been high on the wishlist of many tool watch enthusiast, but is it everything we hoped for? Show Not...
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The Deep Track, Bonus Episode: 30 Years of A. Lange & Söhne with Wilhelm Schmid
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the reinvention of A. Lange & Söhne, and the brand is celebrating with the release of four new Lange 1 references in two different configurations. Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to view the wat...
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