Author: tapir_ffm

Owner Review: Zenith Captain Winsor by @tapir_ffm

Three wishes, two icons, one watch Kinder Surprise! That’s three wishes altogether!? You know that’s not possible. > I would love to have an exciting movement to look at … > and a column wheel chronograph to play around with … > and as a sweet topping: I really want an annual calendar by Ludwig…
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10/12/2024
Owner Review: Enicar «Super Jet» by @thatmalchik

The Super Jet: Perfect Contradiction The Enicar Super Jet is my ultimate oddball of the late 60s tool watch era. A square peg GMT crammed perfectly into the dive watch circle hole. A bit of an oddball myself, I can’t help but feel a little too well summed up by an in the air tool…
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26/11/2024
Owner Review: Armin Strom «Gravity Equal Force Ultimate Sapphire» by @time-chapter

A Change of Direction As a collector who has stayed close to well-known watch brands, straying into the world of an independent watch like the Armin Strom «Gravity Equal Force Ultimate Sapphire» was a definite change of direction. Readers will understand that there are those moments when you see a picture of a watch that…
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19/11/2024
A visit to the atelier of «watch mastermind» Dr. Ludwig Oechslin (Interview)

This year (2024) in August the Fifth Wrist delegate Claus (@tapir_ffm), accompanied our friend of the show Paul (@myhorologicaljourney), used his trip to Switzerland to the Geneva Watch Days also to visit Ludwig Oechslin in his private atelier. This article does not attempt to summarise or even comprehensively describe all that he has already achieved…
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13/11/2024
Owner Review: Tissot navigator worldtime 160th anniversary by @timely_behaviour

The globe on your wrist! “She’s almost ready” yells one of the ground crew. You figure it’s about time you made a move, taking a last gulp of coffee you move on from a small table in the hangar. Walking out you are thinking about what lays ahead of you, crossing the Atlantic in record…
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30/10/2024
Owner Review: Reverso Grande 976 by @timely_behaviour

Elegance and charm, simply stated. You get out of the taxi onto the wet footpath, making your way to a set brass elongated doors. You hastily push your way thorough them, the head waiter snaps into a brisk move towards you, he can see you are in a rush. “Good evening sir, your party isn’t…
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01/10/2024
Owner Review: M.A.D. Edition M.A.D. 1 TTL by @sralhb

Truly mad: M.A.D. 1 Time to Love I had participated in two lotteries to win the right to buy a M.A.D. 1, but didn’t win. I actually did come to own a M.A.D. 1 Green, before the Time to Love was announced, but that is another story. I decided to participate anyway. The Jean-Charles de…
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10/09/2024
Owner Review: Alain Silberstein Krono Bauhaus by @sralhb

When talking about great watch designers, people tend to think of Gerald Genta, and I’m not saying that he is not important, but there are others. In my book both Vianney Halter and Alain Silberstein are among the most innovative watch designers of our time. They are both so radically different that few have dared…
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27/08/2024
Owner Review: Rolex Airking by @omar_luxury_

The Airking should be your next Rolex! The Rolex Airking has been my latest acquisition. After a year of going back and forth with choosing the next steel sport Rolex. The Airking took the spot but why? The new for 2022 airking has quite a few refinements from the previous generation. A glossy dial, crown…
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20/08/2024
Owner Review: Tissot Luxury Powermatic 80 by @martltime

My unexpected new, yet old Tissot So this is my first review here of a watch. I have chosen my newest addition for this: The Tissot Luxury Powermatic 80. The watch has a relatively flat 9.8mm thickness and wears quite comfortably with its 41mm diameter . It is of course not a pure dress watch,…
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06/08/2024