Ep. 117: German Watches and Winders with Bhanu Chopra

On this week’s episode, we’ve got a special guest for you all — Bhanu Chopra. Now, if that name sounds at all familiar to you, that doesn’t surprise me one bit. Bhanu (whose IG hand is @analogdisplay) has been a bit of a mainstay in our little horological space. I met him way back when I first started writing about watches, and over the years I’d see him around at industry events and Baselworld and things of the sort. He’s a longtime fixture over at Watchuseek (he’s now a Senior Editor) where he pens a regular column, “Flieger Friday,” and he also owns and operates Juvo Luxury, a company that sells watch boxes and winders. He’s also a massive fan of German watches, from the likes of Sinn and Guinand to Stowa and Aristo, and it’s something he and I have in common. I thought it’d be great to get Bhanu on the podcast to talk about his gig writing about watches, his love for German timepieces and what he’s learned on his many visits to the companies where they’re made, and his brand of watch winders.

This week’s episode is brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop.

Show Notes

• Bhanu’s wrist check – Stowa Flieger with a white dial
• Ilya’s wrist check – Mk II Paradive
• Bhanu’s FOIS Speedmaster
• The German Forum on Watchuseek
• Bhanu’s Aristo
• Sinn
• Guinand
• Sinn U1
• Sinn 144 St Sa
• Sinn 656
• Sinn 857 UTC
• Stowa
• Juvo Luxury
• Flieger Friday on Watchuseek