The Trading Desk

The Trading Desk

Hosted by Josh Thanos and a roundtable of WatchBox client advisors and friends, The Trading Desk is a balance of news, collecting behaviors, quirks and insight, market analysis, and a genuine love for watches. Catch new episodes each week, and for more WatchBox content, check out @watchbox on Instagram and @watchboxstudios on YouTube.

Episodes

August 21, 2023 97 mins

Josh catches up with Aren Bazerkanian about his brand Havid Nagan. They discuss what's changed since they last talked, the brand's watches, and the industry as a whole.

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Josh is joined by fellow client advisor Jason Mane to discuss the release of the new Rolex Daytona for Le Mans and how they think it will effect the market amongst other current affairs in the industry.

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Josh is joined by Collective Horology Co-Founder and CEO Asher Rapkin to discuss the watches the group has been making along with the state of the market in general.

 

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Josh Thanos is joined by longtime collaborator Jason Mane to bring you another episode of The Trading Desk. The duo follow-up on last episode's discussion with a more broad discussion of brands at Watches & Wonders such as Zenith, Tudor, and Panerai. They also talk about the market as a whole and what they're seeing on their end of things.

 

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Josh Thanos is joined by Mike Manjos to discuss all the new releases from Watches & Wonders.

 

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Josh Thanos is joined by Mike Manjos to discuss the state of the watch market and other topics in the industry!

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Aren Bazerkanian of Havid Nagan talks with Joshua Thanos about starting a watch brand and a millennial's view of watch collecting.. 

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"Frankie Tech" Herrera of WB Hong Kong and Youtube Tech channel fame joins Josh Thanos to discuss his path into the watch world, growing up in HK and the eastern worlds view of watch collecting.

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Mike Manjos joins Josh Thanos as the duo tackle the questions related to market correction and some of the watches they have their eyes on.

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Josh is solo again this week as he breaks down the market corrections happening across the watch industry and what this could mean for prospective buyers. 

Wrist Check: Garrick Norfolk

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Josh has another solo show as he breaks down the Watches & Wonders releases and what impacts he expects them to have on the market.

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Joshua Thanos is joined by Mike Manjos to talk Watches & Wonders 2022 and the release of new Rolex watches!

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March 25, 2022 43 mins

Joshua Thanos is back this week with a SOLO pod on the topic of Rolex Submariner Alternatives. 

wrist check: JT: H.Moser Pioneer Centre Seconds C.02 

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Joshua Thanos is back this week with Mike Manjos (Head of Global Trading for Watchbox). They discuss the evolution of the watch market, pricing and collecting. 

wrist check: JT: H.Moser Pioneer Centre Seconds C.02 MM: Rolex 116660 JC

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February 24, 2022 36 mins

Joshua Thanos is back this week with Solo Podcast. He discusses his favorite watch brands outside of Switzerland. Brands discussed are: Grand Seiko (Japan), Devon (USA), Ressence (Belgium),Bell & Ross (France), Gronefeld (Netherlands), Lange (Germany), Bremont (England), Sarpaneva (Finland)

wrist check: JT: Bell & Ross Br03-92 blue diver

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February 17, 2022 74 mins

Joshua Thanos is back this week with David Brailsford of Garrick Watch company. They discuss running an independent brand, creating unique watches, british watch making. 

wrist check: JT: Garrick Norfolk DB: Garrick S4

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Joshua Thanos is back this week with a the Great Nicholas Bowman- Scargill, the 4th Managing Director of Fears watch company. They talk about starting a watch brand, surviving the Pandemic, watch collecting and dealing with watch flippers. 

wrist check: JT: Vintage Heuer Montreal NBS: Fears Radcliff Date

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Joshua Thanos is back this week with a SOLO pod discussing the watch you can still buy through retail at a discount. how the large conglomerate brands have faired during this boom and how you can still build an amazing collection while avoiding Hype watches...

wrist check: JT: Panerai PAM 233

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Joshua Thanos is back this week with a new friend Asher Rapkin Co-Founder of Collective Horology to discuss business philosophy and watch collecting.  

wrist check: JT: Omega 300 SMP 42mm AR: MB&F LM101

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Joshua Thanos is back this week with a friend and Colleague, Mike Manjos (Chief Revenue office/head of buying for WB). They discuss the current state of vintage and whether the future is bright for vintage watches...

wrist check: JT: Garrick Norfolk GM: 116710BLNR

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