Analog Explorer AJ Barse

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The rise of artificial intelligence has captured society's attention yet again, with machines now able to simulate human intelligence and behavior. It's like magic inside a box or a ghost in a machine. But have we seen this before? Could there have been an Analog Artificial Intelligence? In this episode, I delve into the world of mechina-intelligence through the gears and springs of automata. I chat with Brittany "Nico" Cox, an Antiquarian Horologist and owner of Memoria Technica in Vashon Island here in Washington State, who specializes in the conservation and restoration of antique automata, complicated clocks and watches, and singing bird objects. Discover more in the full show notes on Substack.






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Just in time for the upcoming Watches and Wonders, on the mic is long-time Analog Explorer alumni  ⁠Dan⁠ ( @Timely_Moments ) from the ⁠Zulu Time Podcast⁠. This was a collaborative episode that came out of several different text threads we’ve been sharing over the last few weeks, hitting on three topics we’ve wanted to record about:


Moonshine Moonswatch | and a retrospective one year later after the first Moonswatches


Watches and Wonders | ‘Predictions,” hopes, and what trends we’d like to see.


State of our collections | and goals for the next year



Show notes available | https://analogexplorer.substack.com/p/ae-16-watches-and-wondering




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Meet Karel Bachand, founder of Barrelhand watches. While studying engineering in his undergraduate program, he stumbled upon watchmaking but not in the traditional sense. Blending his newly discovered fascination with watchmaking and his futurist vision of 3D printing, as a freshmen in college he set out to create a 3D printed watch. By a sophomore, he was flown out to Switzerland by the avand-guard watch company Urwerk because of what he created. And by his senior year in college he had an all original watch design of his own and the start of his own company Barrelhand. Oh, yeah, and he graduated with his engineering degree too.

In this episode of AE, we sit down with Karel to hear his crazy story, where he is now as 28 year old, and what is in the works for Barrelhand watches. All from the lens of the term "avant-garde," and how it plays a role in analog explorations. 

https://analogexplorer.substack.com/p/ae-15-karel-bachand-of-barrelhand 


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On this episode, Dan from the Zulu Time Podcast and I join back up for a joint 🇺🇸x🇬🇧 episode. We talk diving, the "kit husbandry" involved in diving with a watch, and of course  holiday recommendations. 

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https://www.ajbarse.com/ae-14-diving-with-watches/


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Dan is the host of the Zulu Time Podcast, based out of the UK, a military watch collector, an Analog Explorer alumni, and a very good friend of ours in the #watchfam.

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In this two-part joint episode between the Zulu Time Podcast and the Analog Explorer, AJ and Dan take a look at the notion around Collecting Around Watches. To listen to the whole hour and a half episode you will have to do a little collecting yourself. Part one can be heard on the Zulu Time Podcast Ep. 61 | Link. And on this second part, Dan and AJ are diving into the topic from the lens of the recent Cole Pennington (Hodinkee) wrote in the article “Buying, Selling, & Collecting So You Collect Watches, But What Else? This Is How You Make The Hobby More Fun.” Check out the link and see if you can spot the mention (and patch) of the Zulu Time Podcast Cole’s article.

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Meet Neil Ferrier, Owner at Discommon, Co-Founder of Blok Watch Company (@blokwatches), and a friend in the #watchfam. See the Adventure School video on how my 5-year-old lives life in the PNW, with a blok 33 https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_T7I5g-KL/ 

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