# The Business of Watches [032] Henrik Ekdahl (Managing Director, Leica Watches, And Accessories) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hodinkee-podcasts-616894/the-business-of-watches-032-henrik-ekdahl-managing-director-leica-watches-and-accessories Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hodinkee-podcasts-616894/the-business-of-watches-032-henrik-ekdahl-managing-director-leica-watches-and-accessories.md Podcast: [HODINKEE Podcasts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hodinkee-podcasts-616894) Published: 2026-07-08T15:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.hodinkee.com/ Audio file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/61dcd0e6-9814-4e9c-ac0e-750ea27df67d/f431eb16-9ff1-435d-a8a6-db7648b73aab/episodes/audio/group/5165693e-ad4a-41d6-b8ce-16d9d02f7be8/group-item/89176d58-2ecc-417a-924f-861bc78b315d/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=OzTmhziA Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hodinkee-podcasts-616894/episodes/the-business-of-watches-032-henrik-ekdahl-managing-director-leica-watches-and-accessories Duration seconds: 2501 ## Resource Why Leica's connection to watchmaking runs long and deep, and how the vaunted camera and lens maker plans to make its mark in the luxury watch market. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hodinkee-podcasts-616894/episodes/the-business-of-watches-032-henrik-ekdahl-managing-director-leica-watches-and-accessories/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/hodinkee-podcasts-616894/the-business-of-watches-032-henrik-ekdahl-managing-director-leica-watches-and-accessories.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.