About this episode
In this episode, the host reconnects with vintage watch dealer Matthew Bain, sharing their history and Bain's impact on the watch collecting community.
I recently started doing some of these episodes with a cold open, however, this episode commands a bit of a backstory. Many of you are familiar with Matt Bain as he is certainly one of the original Vintage watch dealers in the world still working today. He has sourced some of the finest pieces the community has ever seen and he’s widely known among the top collectors in the world. For me, however, it was back in 2009 when I first met Matt. I was working at James Perse in Malibu, when in walks this gentleman who I could tell was not a local resident. As I began to ask him questions to get to know him a little bit, he told me he sold watches. For example, Ralph Lauren, and more specifically, the RRL store around the corner was one of his accounts. I had seen the odd vintage Rolex submariner in their case lines before, but I guess I just didn’t realize it was being sourced by someone outside of the company. This was around the same time that I started reading Hodinkee as well as writing my own fashion & lifestyle blog, Screaming Mouth. Matt told me he went by “Watch Commander,” so I continued to check his website off and on for years to come. I didn’t see Matt again until last year…
People in this episode
Guest: Matthew Bain
Topics covered
- watches
- vintage watches
- collecting
- entrepreneurship
Keywords
- watch dealer
- vintage Rolex
- Hodinkee
- Antique Show
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Vintage, Uber, Rolex submariner
Books & works: Watch Commander
Places: Malibu, Miami
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