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Owner Review: Ochs Und Junior Moonphase – What happens if you combine math, KISS and poetry?
Ochs and Junior fascinated me right from the beginning. The idea of owning a watch of one of the most important living watch makers and the uncompromised and stringent design mesmerized me, so that I was even looking into buying the «settima junior», a watch intended for children! (It showed the weekdays, which I found…
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The «Gemba Walk»: a visit to La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle
Wikipedia: In business, «Gemba» refers to the place where value is created Here: A Photo Love Story about «l’homme et le temps» – man and time {reading time: approx. 10 minutes – and some 80 pictures} Join me on the journey to the centre of watchmaking: La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle. You may see and read…
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The European Gang Talkes Watches #7: Fake Watches and Fake Wonders
Want to hear unusual and dissenting opinions about last week’s new releases of «Watches and Wonders»? This is the show for you. This episode #7 of «The European Gang Talks Watches» was recorded on the evening of the fist day of this years «Watches and Wonders« (and the concurrent «Time to Watches» and «Masters of Horology»).…
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Editorial: Lundis Bleus – where watchmaking is extremely cool and hot at the same time
At the end of last year I travelled again to my favourite (my wife strongly disagrees, so I am there rather rarely- and alone) holiday destination: La Chaux-de-Fonds and the surrounding «watch towns». One of the reasons for this visit was a stopover at Lundis Bleus, an independent watchmaking brand, specialising in enamel (and stone)…
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DTS – ochs und junior day/night
Welcome back to the Defining Time Show, in this episode Anthony (@defining_time) invited Paul (@myhorologicaljourney) and Claus (@tapir_ffm) to talk about a niche within a niche: a very special watch that Anthony just got and Paul and Claus also own one. And while they are all called «ochs und junior day/night», they still are very…
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Owner Review: Ochs Und Junior Day Night
Completely unique to most other watches. This Ochs Und Junior Day Night in 40mm grade 5 titanium displays the length of the day time and night time for Adelaide, South Australia, solar noon, sunrise and sunset, position of the sun and moon in the sky, a moon phase, time, and date. So literally it is…
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The European Gang Talks Watches #6: Oris Propilot Calibre 400 and 7 more …
Today the European Fifthwrist gang has a very complex agenda: we just will talkt about watches. Each of us brings two relatively new releases to the table. Listen what the European Fifthwrist gang thinks about the following watches (and if you want – tell us where you think we are talking nonsense!). If you…
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Owner review: Ochs und Junior Settimana
Preface: this review is being written on behalf of, and in cooperation with, the owner of the Ochs und Junior Settimana – my wife My wife doesn’t like watches – she rolls her eyes when I show her an amazing A. Lange und Sohne complication, or try to express my excitement when I got to…
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Editorial: A Visit to ochs und junior in La Chaux-de-Fonds
In the run-up to the first European GTG of Fifth Wristers in La Chaux-de-Fonds back in September 2021, I had the opportunity to meet the team of ochs und junior at their premises. Kornelia, the head and owner of ochs und junior, together with Ludwig Oeschlin, gave me an insight into their recent history, the…
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Editorial: A Detailed Overview of ochs und junior
Last year was a difficult year for most of us. The Coronavirus pandemic has brought many restrictions and suffering to the world. And as everyone knows most watch brands were hit hard by the virus, too: employees had to stay at home, suppliers could not deliver, customers stopped buying. From the large amount of difficulties within and outside…
