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Openwork is a weekly podcast about how the watch industry actually works. An unfiltered look behind the scenes — no press releases, no hype, and no sponsored takes. Hosted by Asher Rapkin and Gabe Reilly, co-founders of Collective Horology. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Zenith Goes Dark – Can Haute Horology Save the Brand? – Episode 100 · 59 min · Epizoda 100For our 100th episode, we’re covering the biggest watch industry story of the year. LVMH has announced that Zenith will suspend retail distribution and cut roughly 200 jobs, with…
- Second Lives – AP and Rolex CPO, Ebel Reboots, Bennahmias Returns – Episode 99 · 48 min · Epizoda 99Audemars Piguet is reportedly launching its own certified pre-owned program. This is the same brand that has spent years discouraging clients from reselling their watches. Gabe…
- New York Watch Week 2026 – Has It Gotten Too Big? – Episode 98 · 40 min · Epizoda 98Openwork Episode 98 was recorded live at WatchTime New York in Gotham Hall, where Gabe Reilly and Blake Buettner of Collective Horology recap New York Watch Week 2026. They talk…
- The Business of Bond – Inside Omega’s 30-Year 007 Partnership – Episode 97 · 55 min · Epizoda 97Gabe and Asher break down one of the most successful marketing partnerships in watch history: Omega and James Bond. The story starts in the mid-’90s, when both franchises were…
- Who Pays for Watch Media? – Influencers, Access, and Life After Hodinkee – Episode 96 · 1 h 6 min · Epizoda 96Watch media looks nothing like it did ten years ago. Blake Buettner was one of Hodinkee's early writers, later managing editor at Worn & Wound, and built The Deep Track on his…
- Dressed for Success? – Rolex's Padellone, Breguet's Retail Purge, and Swiss Exports – Episode 95 · 1 h 2 min · Epizoda 95Eighteen months after Liberation Day, we look at where Swiss watch exports stand. Shipments to the U.S. are down 8.3% year to date but still up 8.8% versus 2024. Mainland China…
- MING's Very Big Year – And What Comes Next – Episode 94 · 44 min · Epizoda 94Recorded live at Geneva Watch Days, this episode of Openwork sits down with Ming CEO Praneeth Raj Singh to unpack one of the strongest product runs in independent watchmaking…
- The Unsung Watches – Geneva Watch Days 2026 – Episode 93 · 1 h 3 min · Epizoda 93Gabe and Asher kick off Episode 93 with news: Collective is now an authorized Ressence retailer. Then they get into the week's biggest story out of Geneva Watch Days 2026…
- Geneva Watch Days 2026 – Bigger, Better, and Collector-focused – Episode 92 · 53 min · Epizoda 92Gabe Reilly and Blake Buettner record live from Geneva Watch Days to discuss the show’s atmosphere, the growth of independent watchmaking, and what Blake’s new role at Collective…
- Collection Reset – Working in Watches Changed How We Buy – Episode 91 · 51 min · Epizoda 91Breitling relaunches Gallet on September 3rd. Openwork hosts Gabe Reilly and Asher Rapkin unpack Georges Kern's play: chronographs at 3,000–5,000 CHF, an exploration story aimed…
- We Sued to Stop Tariffs – And Rolex Is Reshaping Retail – Episode 90 · 43 min · Epizoda 90In Episode 90 of Openwork, Collective Horology co-founders Gabe Reilly and Asher Rapkin reveal that they've sued the U.S. federal government over the tariffs squeezing the watch…
- The Watch Switzerland Can't Make – Karel Bachand (Barrelhand) – Episode 89 · 1 h 1 min · Epizoda 89A quick news note: On Friday, July 24, Collective, along with New York spice importer Burlap & Barrel, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging the…
- The Rise of Tudor – How Rolex Wins by Letting Tudor Dare – Episode 88 · 48 min · Epizoda 88How did Tudor go from a brand you couldn't even buy in the United States to a half-billion-dollar powerhouse selling 300,000 watches a year? In this episode of Openwork, Gabe…
- Bonus: Reviving the U.S. Watch Industry – Josh Shapiro (J.N. Shapiro) – Episode 41 · 1 h 0 minTo mark 250 years of American independence, we're revisiting one of our favorite conversations: our sit-down with Josh Shapiro, the American independent watchmaker behind the…
- The Analog Boom – Watch Sales Surge to Start 2026 – Episode 87 · 51 min · Epizoda 87This week we're proud to welcome Bamford London to the Collective line card. George Bamford is the OG of modern collaborative watchmaking, but it's his own designs — the D300…
- Bonus: The Watches of Armin Strom – Claude Greisler (Co-founder & Master Watchmaker) – Episode 86 · 35 min · Epizoda 86We're on summer hours, but we wanted to keep something in your feed as much as we can — so this one comes from our Watches Of podcast, a conversation Gabe recorded in person with…
- Tariffs on the Rise (Again) – New Justifications, Higher Rates – Episode 85 · 46 min · Epizoda 85Gabe heads to Las Vegas for one of the largest trade shows in the watch and jewelry world — a B2B behemoth that's quietly making a bigger play for watches than ever before. He…
- Open House Recap – Inside LA's First and Only Independent Watch Show – Episode 84 · 30 min · Epizoda 84Morning after Open House 2026 — the biggest event Collective Horology has ever thrown. Now in its third year at The Aster in Hollywood, the fair pulled 400+ people through the…
- Watch Retail Consolidates, Rapidly – What It Means for the Industry and Enthusiasts – Episode 83 · 49 min · Epizoda 83While preparing to speak on a panel about the rapidly changing state of American watch retail, Gabe stumbles onto an annual industry report that ranks the largest jewelry and…
- The Quiet Giants – How Seiko, Citizen, and Casio Each Cleared a Billion – Episode 82 · 58 min · Epizoda 82Seiko, Citizen, and Casio each pulled in over a billion dollars in revenue last year — in most cases record-breaking, and all three landing neck and neck around $1.3 billion with…
