The Grey NATO – 299 – Marathon Watch Co. With Mitchell Wein

This week, with the Toronto Timepiece Show just days away, we thought it would be fun to finally have a chat with Mitchell Wein, President of Marathon Watch Company. Marathon is a Canadian-owned watch and accessory business that is known all over the world for supplying everything from watches to clocks and other gear to a variety of governments and military outlets. Mitchell talks about the history of Marathon in Canada and Switzerland, what it’s like to make the jump from government contracts to end-user commercial sales, and even the brand’s recent collaboration with Jeep – and something of a tease for an announcement that will be made for the Toronto Timepiece Show.

A huge thanks to Mitchell for being on the show. Stay in the mix for a Final Notes that will have you eyeing another cheap-as-chips strap through the clarity of some new prescription eyewear.

Click here to play episode 299 from your browser – Thanks so much for listening.

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1:55 Toronto Timepiece Show
3:57 Oceana  
6:30 Nikon Z7
6:40 Nauticam Wet Wide Lens
10:51 Jason’s Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 
12:06 James’ Marathon Navigator SSNAV-D
15:50 Rico’s Watches
18:10 Marathon Watch Co
20:28 Marathon 41mm Jeep Rubicon GSAR
22:07 Marathon history
28:20 Diefenbunker (Canada’s Cold War Museum)
32:42 Saunders-Roe (Tritium Tubes) 
37:55 MaraGlo
48:20 Marathon 41mm Jeep Willys SSGPM (Officer’s Mechanical)
52:28 Annefit two-piece nylon strap (Amazon)
57:20 SportRX custom prescription lenses

Time is a river, a violent current of events, glimpsed once and already carried past us, and another follows and is gone.” – Marcus Aurelius.