{"id":588512,"date":"2026-08-10T02:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T02:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/588512\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T02:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T02:50:11","slug":"sjx-podcast-independent-watchmaking-retrospective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/588512\/","title":{"rendered":"SJX Podcast: Independent Watchmaking Retrospective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of Geneva Watch Days \u2014 which will feature 71 brands, many of them independent \u2014 episode 49 of the SJX Podcast looks back at how independent watchmaking became the phenomenon it is today.<\/p>\n<p>SJX and Brandon trace its evolution from 1970s pioneers like <a href=\"https:\/\/watchesbysjx.com\/2019\/06\/george-daniels-space-traveller-i-pocket-watch.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Daniels<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/watchesbysjx.com\/2025\/11\/francois-paul-journe-sympathique-clock.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fran\u00e7ois-Paul Journe<\/a> through the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/watchesbysjx.com\/2017\/11\/portrait-daniel-roth-master-watchmaker-of-the-vallee-de-joux.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Roth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/watchesbysjx.com\/2021\/11\/philippe-dufour-grande-sonnerie-wristwatch-no-1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philippe Dufour<\/a>, and Franck Muller. The conversation also examines the avant-garde boom of the 2000s, the renewed emphasis on traditional finishing, and the role of digital photography and social media in transforming a solitary pursuit into a global collecting community.<\/p>\n<p>Listen now on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/ep-49-independent-watchmaking-retrospective\/id1720427061?i=1000780910769\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4203nYFLbxpjGvlxl1RNkS?si=fb402adbc054457b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1svWJiALZa4?si=1DNEOlYOTfc-f9Ws\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"back-to-top\">Back to top.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of Geneva Watch Days \u2014 which will feature 71 brands, many of them independent \u2014 episode 49&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-588512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}