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DTS – Ft. Gentleman Pursuits – What watch does a modern gentleman wear?
This week Anthony (@defining_time) welcomes Ryan from Gentleman Pursuits to the Defining Time Show. Ryan has a podcast and IG live show that is all about whiskey and watches “gentleman pursuits”. We discuss his journey into watches and then go fairly deep into what is a modern day gentleman and how it compares to gentlemen
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Owner Review: Caliper Timepieces Sliderule – A watch you can count on
If I could kind of “reset” my watch buying habits and start from scratch, I might look into a collection of (only) watches with a slide rule (there is more about my love of slide rules in the review of my Navitimer). There are so many very cool slide rule watches out there, such as
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Rob & The Regulator – Sharkbassadors with @donal.reid
Rob & The Regulator are joined by Alex’s vintage Omega loving friend @donal.reid. We discuss sharks wearing watches and just how much a vespa Omega can go for. Regulator’s tattoo supplied by @alyssadonlonart Booze supplied by @wakachangi_lager Our Instagram picks Rob: The Watch Regulator: Donal: Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fifthwrist/ To join our Fifth Wrist
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Owner Review: Longines 8229 Chronograph – The evasive Longines beauty
It can be boldly stated that this is a spectacular piece. It is for sure one of the watches getting the most wrist time and attention in my collection. Which says a lot since my primary collecting interest is focused on military chronos! The case of the Longines 8229-1 is a peculiar one. There are
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Owner Review: Cartier Santos Dumont – One Santos To Rule Them All
In the myriad of existing Cartier watch designs, the Santos line proposes a very bold look, and yet also an immense variety of options to choose from. From the extremely rare museum pieces dating back to the start of the 20th century, to the latest batch of novelties, there is a world of watches to
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Independent Thinking – with The_Watchnerd
Another episode of the Independent Thinking Show for FifthWrist Radio. Join Roman (@TimesRomanAU) and today’s special guest – Mat (@the_watchnerd), as we discuss building online watch communities; food critics and applying analytical thinking to watches; horological scholarship; museums, Antiquarian Horological Society and the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. We also talk diving watches (topside vs wet
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Owner Review: Marathon GSAR – One. Tough. Watch.
For those of you who are not familiar with Marathon, they are a Canadian watch company that was formed in 1904. In 1941 they began manufacturing timing instruments for the Allied Forces and they continue to supply watches to the Canadian and U.S. militaries to this day. They manufacture their watches in La Chaux de
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Owner Review – NTH Amphion Vintage Gilt
So I hear you’re in the market to own yet another Mil-sub with a heavy dash of the “H-word” sprinkled in for good measure. If you are looking for a watch that exhibits its heritage in the form of a vintage gilt relief dial, submariner style design cues, and sexy ass sword hands, then the
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Incredible Stories about Independent Watchmakers with HorOptimist
Anthony (@defining_time) welcomes HorOptimist to the Defining Time Show. He’s had the pleasure of meeting many independents from the watch making world. We couldn’t waste the opportunity to hear some of these fascinating tales and HorOptimist is a damn good storyteller. We were on the edge of our seats the entire time. You will hear
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Owner Review: CWC Royal Navy Spec MK1 Diver makes me half fat!
The CWC RN MK1 Diver is a military collectors dream watch. Made by the Cabot Watch Company in the UK, who have supplied the British armed forces with watches since the 70’s and are known as one of the ‘Fab 4’. The Fab 4 were Hamilton, Newmark, Precista and of course CWC. I can see
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That dial is just fntastic.
Very cool watch. I have always wondered about the bronze models. Is the caseback bronze as well? If so do…