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Taking Time At Minutes+Hours Los Angeles 2025

Once Upon A Time In Culver City.

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“Variety is the spice of life,” William Cowper once wrote. He probably didn’t have watch industry trade shows in mind when he coined the phrase (it was 1785, after all), but I’m confident that Cowper at least had the presence of mind to recognize the flexibility of his own penmanship. It feels like a fitting verse for Los Angeles, where the summer of watches in a vibrantly diverse city remains in full swing. Open House introduced us to some well-mannered independents; Intersect brought us the competitive up-and-comers; and last but not least, Minutes+Hours arrived this weekend to provide us with a healthy dose of everything.

Launched and run by enthusiast Rich Park, Minutes+Hours is a certified Los Angeles original (in fact, it is the original of our trio of summer shows, having started in April of 2019) that is coming back to the city after a few years away. The show has expanded to other great metros such as Austin and Chicago, and there was even a virtual version during the pandemic to help out thousands of hopelessly homebound (and possibly new) watch enthusiasts experience the hobby. Los Angeles is the second show of the year for M+H, with Chicago having already taken place this past April and Austin happening late into November.

M+H Los Angeles 2025 is all about combining variety and quality, with over 60 different brands present and at the ready. Served upon a 316L stainless steel platter was a multitude of lovely watch brands: Doxa, Maurice Lacroix, Baltic, Vario, Christopher Ward, Isotope, Duckworth Prestex, and many more. As is required by my wholly unholy horological mandate, I was on-site at the Shay in Culver City to see the sights, talk some watches, and take a photograph or two. As you’ll see below, the minutes and hours spent exploring certainly did not disappoint.

Christopher Ward’s second generation Bel Canto Classic in Oro knocks it out the park with some stunning guilloche work on the dial.
Lōcī’s Pacific Coast Highway in Surfrider Beach. Founder Trip Henderson says this dial is inspired by a photograph he took while traversing the coastal highway. Big Sur and Monterey Bay are right below, giving you three different options to choose from.
Maurice Lacroix’s Pontos S. Talk about a diver that cleans up well for the big show.
Doxa’s 250T GMT in Vintage Sharkhunter. Note the red arrow GMT hand – this version does not have the classic skeletonized hand like every other GMT in the lineup.
The only table in Los Angeles completely unfazed at the prospect of an earthquake.
Ooh La La, as they say in the offices over at Isotope.
Another Hydrium and the Ooh La La’s cousin in the Wasabi. I think I’m having sushi for dinner tonight.
The Moonshot Stealth from Isotope. Peep the subdials on this sandblasted titanium watch – the Moonshot puts your eyes exactly where they need to be.
Another Christopher Ward, this time the lovely C12 Loco in Alabaster White.
Baltic’s Scalegraph Classic in Reverse Panda. Perfect shades of Universal Geneve in a modern package.
The Duckworth Prestex Lostock quartz chronograph in Yellow Tennis.
Green over tan. The Bel Canto Classic continues to nail it on colorways.
Christopher Ward: Accidental Renaissance Edition.
Maurice Lacroix’s art-forward Aikon Automatic Wotto L.E, a 1,000 piece run that pays to tribute to British Artist Craig Watkins (otherwise affectionally known by his street name, “Wotto.”)
The Doxa Army with a splash of bronze.
Paulin’s Neo GMT B.
The Vario x RZE Titanium Trench Medallion, combining Vario’s 1918 Trench watch as the base with RZE’s proprietary UltraHex™ coating.

To learn more about Minutes+Hours, check out their website here.

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