Tag: microbrand

Owner Review: BUNZ «Moontime» by @tapir_ffm

The Democratisation of Icons It’s May 17, 2026: yesterday, the Royal Pop was launched—a €400 watch featuring the Audemars Piguet logo and the design codes of the Royal Oak. A watch designed to let anyone wear a timepiece that exudes the essence of AP and the Royal Oak. Fast rewind: the year is 1993: the…
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18/05/2026
Owner Review: Timefactors «Precista PRS-82» by @a.cesnovar

Timefactors were pioneers in many things – one of the first microbrands, even before “microbrand” was a thing – and one of the first companies to recognize the value in resurrecting vintage watch brands and reissuing stuff from their back catalog. And one of those brands is Precista. The history of the original brand is…
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07/05/2026
Owner Review: Louis Erard Le Régulateur Gravé Noir by @nautec07

For professional reasons, I haven’t worn watches for 17 years. It was simply annoying to take the watch off and put it on again several times a day – despite the safety folding clasp, which scores with a certain comfort, among other things. Especially when on one day I got stuck with the case on…
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06/01/2026
Owner Review: Blütezeit Wien N°1 by @w_a_t_c_h_s_t_y_l_e

A personal love letter to an extraordinary watch and an extraordinary city Blütezeit Wien — A Love Story in Steel and Champagne Sparkle It all started with a chance encounter on Instagram. While scrolling through my feed, my eyes suddenly stopped on a watch that immediately captured my heart: the Blütezeit Wien. It was…
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16/09/2025
Owner review: ochs und junior settimana «sogno di tangerino» (prototype) by @tapir_ffm

The world is yours and it’s orange! F%§&. This watch is simply f%§& gorgeous! Ok, that’s perhaps not the best way to start a proper watch presentation. So let’s start from the beginning: A few years ago, some of the guys from the Fifth Wrist crew met for the first time in real life in…
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10/06/2025
Owner Review: Marathon OSAR-D by @brewedtime

Why This Marathon Completed A Dream My journey to discovering this watch takes me all the way back to my teenage years in England. Sitting in front of the old family PC, firing up the internet, and diving deep into the pages of watch forums. It was here, in the early days of the web,…
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25/03/2025
Driving Time with David Dewitt from Ocean to Orbit

Ocean to Orbit – David Dewitt This interview is back from the Wristcheck event last year sadly due to the timing of the event we only managed to grab a few interviews and the audio isn’t perfect due to taking place during the event and us learning the microphones, This interview is with David Dewitt…
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04/03/2025
Driving Time with Jody from Erebus and JOMW

This interview is back from the Wristcheck event last year sadly due to the timing of the event we only managed to grab a few interviews and the audio isn’t perfect due to taking place during the event and us learning the microphones, This interview is with the world famous Jody from Erebus Watches and…
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18/02/2025
Driving Time with Dom from Grip Auto

Welcome to Driving Time a podcast where horology meets the automotive world. Join Tom and Teesaan as they stumble their way through cars and watches and everything in between. This week we have Dom from the Melbourne Based Microbrand Grip Auto talking about both his brand, history as well as the upcoming (At the time)…
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13/04/2023
Owner Review: Zentier Z2

Zentier Z2 ? Yep …. Like all of you I’d never herd of it. Thanks to our good friend @scaramanga__, who has a great eye for cool, different and appealing pieces that are off the beaten track, for bringing it to the attention of his followers. Why then is the Zentier Z2 in my watch…
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15/11/2021