Time 2 Calibrate21 Heinä 2025

Episode 27 - The one with Pioneer Richard Paige

It is often said that one should never meet their heroes. However, Marc met one of his heroes on this podcast and has no regrets about it. Richard's stories about the early days of watches on the internet and his efforts in building a community were truly remarkable. We hope you enjoy this episode! If you’re a watch content creator, and/or attend events and participate in discussions about watches on platforms like Discord or Slack, then you, too, owe a debt of gratitude to Richard Paige.

You can find Richard here on IG: https://www.instagram.com/rpaigewatchco/. Do go say thank you!

Link to our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/3pfhUFPYFD

00:12 – Introduction 00:46 – Wrist Checks 03:42 – Richard Paige’s Bio 06:35 – Richard’s early days – Paris 1925 11:22 – Taking Paris 1925 online - early ‘90s 24:42 – The very first online brand collabs 33:44 – What are WIS, from the man who coined the term! 37:44 – The challenges of running TimeZone.com 46:35 – Herding cats, I mean keeping TZers in check 49:26 – The brands vs. Richard Paige 51:11 – Adding subforums on TZ 53:37 – The next generation 55:47 – Why did he sell TZ, and Marc’s terrible Godfather impression 1:02:25 – Richard’s perspective after the sale 1:07:30 – 11 years between TZ and Rpaige Watch Co. 1:13:14 – The future of large-scale watch production in the USA 1:15:06 – Advice for new watchmakers 1:17:34 – THANK YOU to Richard Paige 1:18:11 – Listener Question 1:24:27 – Goodbyes 1:25:04 – T2C OUT!

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