After five days 145km north of the Arctic Circle with Fortis, you might be forgiven for thinking the first thing Dave and I would want to do was to scurry home and put our warmest socks on. However, when in the land of Abba, there are certain things one must do. One of those things, despite Dave’s advancing lurgy, is to visit James Thompson, AKA Black Badger. We were lucky enough to visit his den and catch up with the man/beast himself, as well as Anders Brandt of Arcanaut, a brand he co-owns with James himself.For long-time fans of watchmaking, the Black Badger will need no introduction. For neophytes, however, allow me to furnish you with some background. While everything that glitters is not gold, almost everything that glows like a star just exploded in your face is thanks to James. Simply put, he is the luxury watch industry’s foremost lume guru. While it is his work with RC Tritec (the producers of the Super-LumiNova compound James takes and turns into an almost nuclear light show) for which is most famous, his growing reputation as the go-to guy for advice on funky materials is really what we should be focusing on right now.As well as the fact that he’s Canadian, and that Instagram recently shadow-banned a post of his for making fun of Canadians. I mean, what is the world coming to…View this post on InstagramA post shared by Rob Nudds (@robnudds)