• Owner Review: Bulgari Octo Finissimo Black Ceramic 103077

    Owner Review: Bulgari Octo Finissimo Black Ceramic 103077

    You never ever really know what kind of collector you’ll become when you first start off, and you never really realize what you’ll become until you get where you are. We begin this journey of ours assuming that we’ll remain forever faithful to the path we first took into watch collecting, a chase for the

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  • The Vintage HenHouse – Routing the pole with @hamblar

    Enter The Vintage Hen-House, pick a perch, and listen to Benoît (@Petitesecondes) and his co-hosts chat to vintage watch collectors from all over the world about their collection, the vintage watch world, and many other things. Let’s talk about the good, the bad and the ugly stories that we can all share about collecting vintage

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  • Owner Review: Precimax and Dugena – Ebony and Ivory

    Owner Review: Precimax and Dugena – Ebony and Ivory

    Recently I rediscovered two watches «in my drawer», a Dugena and a Precimax. After I restrapped them –  I started to wear again. The reason why I didn’t wear these watches for a long time: they both only have 34mm cases, which I regard as too small. (They do however wear more like 34.45 on

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  • Owner Review: S.U.F Helsinki Myrsky – A Story on My Wrist

    Owner Review: S.U.F Helsinki Myrsky – A Story on My Wrist

    S.U.F Helsinki is a small, independent watch brand from Finland, helmed by renowned watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva, who also produces (handcrafts) watches under his “Sarpaneva Watches” brand. S.U.F stands for “SarpanevaUhrenFabrik”, which is a homage to his Swiss training as a watchmaker, and translates to “Sarpaneva Watch Factory”, which itself is housed in the old cable-factory-turned-cultural-center

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  • Independent Thinking – with Ricardo from @mywatchmemoir

    Another episode of the Independent Thinking Show for FifthWrist Radio. Hosts Roman (@TimesRomanAU) and Charlie (@books_on_time) chat with today’s special guest – Ricardo (@mywatchmemoir and @game_of_watches), watch enthusiast and man behind a great idea of recording personal horological journeys in a lovely way, via “My Watch Memoir” ledger. Join us for a conversation about personal

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  • DTS – The Story of dreams, passion & friendship

    DTS – The Story of dreams, passion & friendship

    This is a real and deep story. A story of DREAMS, PASSION & FRIENDSHIP. Anthony (@defining_time) and V welcome Elio from @the349designer to the Defining Time Show. Elio tells the story about how he fulfilled one of his dreams and designed and had built his very own piece unique and one of one time piece.

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  • Owner Review: Squale 60 Atmos – Summer on the Wrist

    Owner Review: Squale 60 Atmos – Summer on the Wrist

    I don’t know about everyone else, but for me when I purchase a watch it is based on how it looks first and foremost, and everything else second. There are a lot of things that go into the decision to buy a watch (price, brand, movement etc.) but if I don’t like the way a

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  • 2.5 Watchmakers – Hodinkee sells out again and again.

    2.5 Watchmakers – Hodinkee sells out again and again.

    Rob, The Regulator & Michael Woods discuss the Hodinkee sell out to LVMH and why that shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.  Soundtrack: Desert Brawl by Vans in Japan  Regulator’s tattoo supplied by @alyssadonlonart  Booze supplied by @wakachangi_lager  Our Instagram picks  Rob: https://www.instagram.com/mochajoela/  The Watch Regulator: https://www.instagram.com/tictocrazy/  Michael: https://www.instagram.com/r.michelsen.watchmaker/  Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fifthwrist/ To

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  • Owner Review: Seiko Alpinist SARB017

    Owner Review: Seiko Alpinist SARB017

    Today I’m thinking of the first time I saw an Alpinist dial. It was the Seiko Alpinist SARB017 with its beautiful green dial, lumed golden cathedral hands and golden markers (Arabic even numerals and stretched bullet shaped odd hour markers). I was smitten. Research helped me learn a little of the interesting history behind the

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  • Owner Review: Seiko 5 SRPD76 Rose Gold – How I Learned to Love a Gold Watch

    Owner Review: Seiko 5 SRPD76 Rose Gold – How I Learned to Love a Gold Watch

    Scene; 2020. A global pandemic rages; violence, fires, locusts, and murder hornets are everywhere. Hell’s creaking doors (or whatever version of The Bad Place you may subscribe too) have opened. The end becons. Nothing good is on the horizon. Then one day on IG, I see this watch: the new Seiko 5 rose gold PVD.

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