Ep #57: 1970s Sports Cars, Christopher Nolan & Creative Watches with Thibaut Guittard of ALTO Watches

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Join us in our latest episode as we talk to creative watch visionary, formerly of Audemars Piguet, Thibaut GUITTARD, the founder of ALTO Watches.  

Hear about how this young French, risk-taking entrepreneur has taken the watch world by storm with his uniquely designed ALTO ART 01. We find out why his inspirations were wedge shaped sports cars from the 1970s such as the Aston Martin Bulldog and Maserati Boomerang, art, Christopher Nolan movies and electronic music sensations Daft Punk. 

We also get to hear all about ALTO’s latest releases called the ART01 Monochrome Black and Monochrome Grey adding to the original, and how the idea for a collection was inspired by a very special member on the ALTO team, former Cartier Senior Watch Designer Raphaël Abeillon, who is now the creative director. 

We also get to predict a few trends in the industry that we could be seeing in the upcoming future. 

So buckle up and enjoy the ride as we give you another special guest on you favourite watch-related podcast.

First up, the wristwatch checks: Thibaud is wearing the ALTO ART 01 First Edition, followed by Parm with his Rolex GMT Master II Batman. We finish the wristwatch checks with Andy and his Tudor Submariner Lollipop.

Here we have some of the inspirations behind the ART 01, including Inception, an example of one of Christopher Nolan’s movies that inspired Thibaud, along with Daft Punk and the Aston Martin Bulldog.

Here we have the first edition of the ALTO ART 01.

Now, we take a look at the ART 01 Monochrome Grey and Monochrome Black.

We wrap up the show notes with a look at the new ART 01 Falcon Eye, which Thibaud teased during the show.

That’s it for the show notes, thank you for listening! As always, let us know how you enjoyed the show in the comments. That’s a wrap, you’ll hear us in the next one!