Friend of the Pod, Yoni Ben-Yehuda, Head Of Watches at luxury retailer Material Good joins the Wrist Check Pod crew on the couch this week. Tune in as they dig into Yoni’s earlier career and pivot into the watch world, his love of hip-hop and independent watch companies, his newly acquired vintage Yves Klein blue Audemars Piguet John Shaeffer Perpetual Calendar, and his thoughts on what’s needed in the watch community.
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00:00 – Intro
00:46 – Wrist Check, Rashawn
02:17 – Wrist Check, Ben
03:03 – Wrist Check, Perri
03:42 – Wrist Check, Yoni
04:50 – The John Shaeffer AP Story
06:14 – Yves Klein Blue
07:20 – The Bogata AP Story
09:12 – First Watch
11:57 – Landing a role at Material Good
17:45 – What is Material Good?
20:00 – Decoding the luxury experience
24:36 – Talking hip-hop & watches
34:13 – What is real luxury?
40:25 – Love of independent brands
44:26 – The watch community needs more love
46:37 – Outro
