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Oct 2023
34m 12s

Ben Clymer Presents : Ep. 03 – The Porsc...

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About this episode

Welcome to a new limited podcast series from Hodinkee called Ben Clymer Presents. Hosted by Hodinkee's own founder, Ben Clymer Presents offers a special chat between Ben and subject experts from the world of watches and, sometimes, elsewhere. It's a limited series that will run weekly for the next ten weeks, with new episodes every Wednesday in both video and audio. Want the video? Swing by Hodinkee's YouTube channel (or watch below). Just want the audio? It's being published to the same podcast feed as Hodinkee Radio, so check your feeds or subscribe wherever you find your podcasts (might we recommend Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or TuneIn).

// Episode 3 //

For episode 3, Ben is joined by Ferdi Porsche, an architect, the founder of F.A.T International, and one of the minds behind the re-birth of Ice Race (you might also remember him from his excellent appearance on Talking Watches and for bringing some of the rarest Porsches to the highest road in Austria). Ferdi and Ben get into his background as a member of the Porsche family, his appreciation for watches, his connection to Porsche Design, some of his favorite cars, and a whole lot more.

Show Notes

00:07 Ferdi Porsche

1:07 Talking Watches with Ferdi

2:05 Porsche Design

4:25 Ice Race

6:16 Porsche Design sunglasses

7:01 Porsche Design titanium lighters

7:50 Porsche Design Chronograph 1 "Utility"

8:35 Grossglockner pass

10:02 F.A.T. International Ice Race (previously GP Ice Race)

14:38 911 Dakar

14:42 Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato

15:17 Rolex DeepSea Challenge in titanium

15:58 Rolex GMT-Master II Everose "Rootbeer"

17:10 Rolex Daytona "LeMans" 1226529LN

18:56 Bamford Daytona

22:00 Porsche 912

23:58 Porsche Taycan

24:23 Porsche 993 Turbo S

24:50 Porsche 959

27:10 Porsche 964 RS

28:10 996-generation 911s

30:20 964 RS Touring

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