The interviews from the 2026 Vancouver Timepiece Show are on their way to the Analog Explorer feed.
Last year, the conversations from the show centered on what I called the shifting sands of global trade, with tariffs, uncertainty, and how brands were navigating constantly moving ground. A year on, by and large our favorite brands are still standing and things seem to have stabilized. So this time around, I wanted to shift the focus to something closer to the heart of the Analog Explorer: community.
In the #watchfam there are so many different ways we share our enthusiasm for horology, and the interviews going into this season with the Vancouver Timepiece Show are going to highlight a few new and different ones.
Jason Hutton and Matt Black are teaming up to launch the all-new Timepiece World Journal, a new editorial platform focused on reviews, specs, and all the things we watch nerds love, but with a genuine commitment to storytelling and the human work behind the hobby.
James Stacey of The Grey NATO and Editor in Chief of Hodinkee joins me as we completely nerd out on all things audio, reminisce about the PNW, but also cut to the heart of watch enthusiasm. “It’s never been cheaper or more fun to learn about watches,” Stacey shared, and then some. “Whether you find your person on YouTube…or a platform like Hodinkee, we’ve never had more peers cranking out incredible content.”
But none of it exists without the watches, the watchmakers, and the brands behind them.
I also met up with Andrea and Ryan of Makato Watches, a couple who turned a cancer diagnosis that had a three-month death sentence, into the inspiration for something new. Three and a half years later, Andrea is thankfully almost cancer-free. But it was their bucket list trip, and a mindset that life is truly to short, to Japan that became the creative foundation for Ryan’s watch designs.
Talking and getting to know them, and their story reminded me that in the end, regardless of the watch we wear or don’t; we are all on borrowed time. When life is that short, your perspective changes. And for them, that change led to building something lasting.
There are also old friends of the Analog Explorer returning with updates, as well as some new voices in the #watchfam.
Stay tuned to the feed. Interviews are rolling out in the months ahead. Find the Analog Explorer in your favorite podcast app of choice, or support the show on Substack at analogexplorer.com.
And Fac tempus ad explorandum — make the time to explore.
