Episode Details

S02E13: "Made" in Italy: Panerai, Bvlgari, Venezianico, Unimatic, and Giuliano Mazzuoli

(...with a special hello to my family in Italy...thank's for the suggestion to have fun with this one.)

DESCRIPTION

Is Italy even a real watchmaking country? Buckle up. This is the fun one. We start with Sylvester Stallone falling in love with a giant Italian navy watch on a movie set in 1996 and accidentally launching a global cult, and we use it to make a cheeky but serious argument: Italy’s gift to watches is taste, not gears. We cover Panerai, the Florentine legend that is made in Switzerland, including a straight- talking take on its recent comeback and why you should probably buy one used. Bulgari, the Roman jeweler that humiliated the Swiss by going thin, with about ten world records in eleven years. And the young Italian independents writing the next chapter: Venezianico, Unimatic, and Giuliano Mazzuoli. No prior watch knowledge required. Bring the friend with the dinner-plate watch.

KEYWORDS

Italian watches, Italian watchmaking, Panerai, Panerai Luminor, Panerai Radiomir, Panerai history, Sylvester Stallone Panerai, Panerai Daylight, Panerai used value, Panerai prices, Bulgari Octo Finissimo, Octo Finissimo Ultra, thinnest watch world record, Bulgari watches, Venezianico, Meccaniche Veneziane, Unimatic, Modello Uno, Giuliano Mazzuoli, Manometro, Italian microbrands, Italian independent watchmakers, Anonimo, U-Boat, Zannetti, sprezzatura, watch design, watch podcast, What’s on Your Riste, Watchovski, taste in watches, Florencewatchmaking, Roman design