Masaharu Wada on Japanese Watches, Taste, and Collecting

Masaharu “Masa” Wada of Hodinkee Japan joins Jeremy in Tokyo to talk watches, Japanese taste, and finding your people.

Masa shares how a watch blog led him out of tech and into Hodinkee Japan, why Japan’s best shops have such a distinct point of view, and what makes independent watchmakers like Naoya Hida, Kikuchi Nakagawa, and Otsuka Lotec so compelling.

They also discuss appreciating watches you’ll never own, getting past the obsession with in-house movements, and the trouble with selling a watch once it has a story.

Plus, his grandfather’s Rolex, a trip to Zurich, and how collecting brought Masa closer to his dad.