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Aug 2023
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FROM COLLECTOR TO BRAND HISTORIAN WITH F...

Ariel Adams
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This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Fred Mandelbaum, Breitling Historian and Consultant to the Breitling CEO, Georges Kern. To start the show Ariel asks Fred to tell the audience the story of how Bre ... Show More
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