The Deep Track

Blake Buettner
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The Deep Track

Exploring watches and more through culture, adventure, and personalities. This is a discussion of how curiosity drives enthusiasm, pushing us to explore and even confront our own boundaries. Interests explored will cover a deep field,  Hosted by watch industry veteran, Blake Buettner.

  1. 1D AGO

    The Deep Track, Ep. 58 - A New Seiko Marinemaster, King Seiko Vanac, & Collection Inspection

    Send us a text This week we take a look at new divers from Seiko celebrating 60 years since the 62MAS, which includes a new monobloc Marinemaster. Seiko also introduced a new King Seiko Vanac collection, recalling a short lived name from the early '70s. Additionally, I talk about pairing down my collection recently, and how I'm looking to bring my focus to the watches I buy moving ahead, and remove redundancies in the process. There's also a commentary about bonding with a few watches rather ...

    30 min

  2. FEB 27

    The Deep Track, Ep. 57 - Leica EZM12, Sinn 613, & Small Form Factor PCs

    Send us a text This is a solo episode featuring my thoughts on some of the new releases from Leica, Sinn, Audemars Piguet, and more. I also take a look back at my time with the magnificent A Lange & Sohne Lange 1 ref. 101.027 and ponder its meaning in the context of my own collection. Finally, I've got a new PC build project in the works, right in the midst of a new generation of GPUs being introduced. I talk about that process and how I'm looking to move into a small form factor for this...

    25 min

  3. FEB 20

    The Deep Track, Ep. 56 - 2025 Formula 1 Car Livery Reveal with Wesley Smith

    Send us a text This week, Wesley Smith returns to the podcast to discuss the Formula 1 2025 season liveries, which were all revealed this week in London. We talk about favorites, as well as what to expect from the actual cars hitting the track in Bahrain at the end of this month. Additionally, we highlight some of the recent watch releases from F1 team partners such as IWC and Girard-Perregaux, and how the exotic dial trend has taken hold of the industry. Wesley and I will be working to...

    50 min

  4. FEB 13

    The Deep Track, Ep. 55 - Jeremy Kirkland

    Send us a text This week’s episode features a discussion with Jeremy Kirkland of the Blamo! Podcast. Jeremy is a veteran of the fashion space, and also happens to be a serious watch enthusiast. In this episode, we discuss his sartorial origins, how his motivations have evolved, and how watches fit into that equation. We also confront the idea of ergonomics in trend cycles and how they impact the market broadly, as well as for enthusiasts on a more personal level. Our approach to clothing runs...

    1 hr

  5. FEB 6

    The Deep Track, Ep. 54 - Tony Traina

    Send us a text This week we welcome watch industry veteran, and creator of the Unpolished newsletter, Tony Traina. In this episode we discuss Tony's journey into the space, the kinds of watches that drive his curiosity and passion, and the nature of our responsibilities in fostering a new generation of enthusiasts. A few unexpected watches make an appearance in this episode, including an MDM Hublot, and a re-issue before re-issues were all the rage. Don't miss Tony's newsletter, Unpolished, w...

    53 min

  6. JAN 23

    The Deep Track, Ep. 53 - Justin Mastine-Frost

    Send us a text This week we welcome Justin Mastine-Frost to the podcast. Justin is a Canadian based veteran journalist of the watch and automotive spaces working for SHARP Magazine. We share a love of some rather unusual watches and under-the-radar brands, from Linde Werdelin to Sarpaneva Watches, and in this episode we talk about what makes them so special today, and what the current state of the industry is missing as a result. Justin also provides some insights to the differences in coveri...

    57 min

  7. JAN 16

    The Deep Track, Ep. 52 - Kat Shoulders (Vail Adventures with Oris, Photography, & More)

    Send us a text This week we welcome Kat Shoulders to the podcast to chat about the newly released Oris Divers Sixty-Five 60th Anniversary Edition, which we both traveled to Vail, Colorado to see. We discuss our adventures on the trip, our thoughts on the watch, as well as the overall state of dive watch enthusiasm hitting a fatigue point. Kat is an accomplished photographer, and we also talk about our shared love of cameras and how we can work in more non-watch photography to our schedules th...

    1h 2m

  8. JAN 9

    The Deep Track, Ep. 51 - The Return of Quartz Watches & the IWC GST Aquatimer 2000

    Send us a text This week is a solo episode with a discussion around the reemergence of quartz watches as depicted in a recent article by the New York Times, a home brew project that brings a red aluminum heat shield to the MoonSwatch, and the titanium IWC GST Aquatimer 2000. There's also a deeper look at what the Aquatimer has become, and where it could potentially go from here, through the lens of its past. This is a great dive watch collection that could use some love, but thankfully, there...

    24 min
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Exploring watches and more through culture, adventure, and personalities. This is a discussion of how curiosity drives enthusiasm, pushing us to explore and even confront our own boundaries. Interests explored will cover a deep field,  Hosted by watch industry veteran, Blake Buettner.

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  • Creator
    Blake Buettner
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    61
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 The Deep Track
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