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Owner Review: Breitling Navitimer Airborne Chronograph – You don’t have to be a pilot to love – and use!
Back in the early 80s I finished school in the last grade which did the math exams using logarithmic tables and slide rules. Of course I used only electronic calculators (RPN for those of you who care) since then, but I kept on admiring people – from my father to the legendary women and men…
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Owner Review: Jaeger LeCoultre Ultra Thin Reverso Tribute To 1948
I’m not a huge fan of re-editions, homages and tribute watches because I feel the watch industry should be looking forward with “nods” to the past not exact copies. However, this JLC Ultra-Thin Reverso TT48 is just different. When you put the original next to the tribute you can see that, while it is a…
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Owner Review: FP Journe Chronometre Souverain
Although sports and tool watches are currently all the rage, there seems to be a growing interest in beautiful simple dress watches, such as this FP Journe Chronometre Souverain. So if you are looking for that one meaningful watch that you will wear on special occasions, what will it be? For me, the choice was…
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Owner Review: Laine Guilloche – The Swiss Chameleon
When tilted to light, the green moire guilloche dial of my first independent watch acquires a beautiful bluish hue, much like a chameleon or perhaps like its Finnish maker, Torsti Laine, a former computer engineer, who altered the hue of his own life after attending the Finnish School of Watchmaking and moving his family to…
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Owner Review: Ratio Free Diver Professional 500m
П Ratio is quite an obscure brand – there’s little to be found about them around the web – they’re not big on marketing, using influencers or “disrupting the industry”. They, however, make a hell of a tool watch. Just like the transcendental number Pi they’ve taken up for their brand logo, the Ratio Freediver…
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Rob & The Regulator – The hunt for Wakachangi with @Petitesecondes
Rob & The Regulator are joined by our friend Benoit also known as @petitesecondes. We talk about every French watch brand that we can think of, why you can’t find Wakachangi Lager in Europe and chickens on lawnmowers. Rob & The Regulator soundtrack provided by watch enthusiast @donal.reid Regulator’s tattoo supplied by @alyssadonlonart Booze supplied…
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The Defining Time Show – Solving the Watch World’s problems with @Scaramanga__
After many DM’s on IG we invited Francisco Scaramanga to join us on Fifth Wrist Radio. Enthusiasts always have an opinion but when Francisco turned up wearing a URWERK 105 and runs a national watch club that has global members and countless special editions, we thought we better sit back and listen. This is a…
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The Defining Time Show – Real Enthusiast Talk with Adam from @mediumwatch
This week we are joined by Fifth Wrist Review contributor, Fifth Wrist Instagram twice recommended and all round watch enthusiast Adam of @mediumwatch. We talk all things watches, collection philosophies and how Covid-19 has impacted our relationship with our collections. Throw in some learning about Indian watch brand HMT and painting on dials inspired by…
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Independent Thinking – With Ryan Schmidt
Another episode of the Independent Thinking Show for FifthWrist Radio. Join hosts Roman (@TimesRomanAU), Anthony (@Defining_Time) and our guest Ryan Schmidt (@wristwatchhandbook), author of the fantastic horological book “The Wristwatch Handbook”. We bring you an interesting chat about the importance of preserving watchmaking knowledge, triple-axis tourbillons, and just how to get your own book deal…
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Rob & The Regulator – Faberge or Breguet
Rob & The Regulator are reunited with the third amigo of Two and a Half Watchmakers, Michael from @woodswatchmaking. We talk about Fabege under arm deodorant, Breguet being a terrible joiner, our attempts to get alcohol sponsorship and Rob being the Uber Eats of luxury watches. Rob & The Regulator soundtrack provided by watch enthusiast…
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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…