The Best Watch Podcast on Earth (Possibly the Universe)
If you like watches—even a little—“40 and 20” is not optional listening. It’s mandatory. Like setting the time on a perpetual calendar: you could ignore it, but you’d be wrong.
This podcast is what happens when deep horological knowledge, real-world collecting experience, and zero interest in taking themselves seriously collide at full speed. One minute you’re learning something genuinely insightful about movements, design philosophy, or brand history, and the next minute you’re laughing because someone just compared a watch purchase decision to a midlife crisis with better resale value.
The chemistry is effortless. It feels less like a podcast and more like you’re sitting at a table with two friends who:
• know way too much about watches
• have owned (and flipped) enough pieces to earn emotional scars
• and are absolutely willing to roast themselves, the industry, and occasionally you, the listener
They manage the impossible balance of being credible without being pretentious. No gatekeeping. No hype-for-hype’s-sake. Just honest takes, strong opinions, and humor sharp enough to scratch sapphire.
Whether you’re into luxury pieces, tool watches, collecting mistakes you swear were “learning experiences,” or just enjoy hearing grown adults argue passionately about millimeters and bracelets—this is the podcast.
In short:
“40 and 20” isn’t just the best watch podcast.
It’s the podcast that makes you check your wrist, your bank account, and your life choices—usually in that order.
Highly recommended.
Set your time. Press play. Don’t blame them when you start “just browsing” watch listings afterward.
