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Rob & The Regulator – Watchmaking in Cambodia
Rob & The Regulator are joined by Anthony, the rarest of all the McGonigle brothers. We talk about his move to Cambodia’s first independent watch making school, Prince Horology. Anthony shares the exciting challenges of teaching watchmaking students in a country with very little watchmaking history. We find out how the school came to be…
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Popcorn – American Presidents and the origins of Diaper Don
Fifth Wrist Presents Popcorn…The Podcast! Your weekly fix of pop culture and watches! This week, Charith (@charithsir), Sidd (@sidd.pad) and Genius Quantum Professor and Innovator Michael Biercuk (@mjbiercuk) talk all things regarding the US President, their watches and their films. We do an ultimate Presidential draft with some all timers in there (plus a couple…
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Owner Review: Victorinox INOX – Indestructible and Overbuilt
Now, before I begin the review of the Victorinox INOX, there’s something you should know – I’ve been a long-time fan of Victorinox and I own a bunch of their products – from pocket knives and multitools to kitchen knives and wine openers. And I’ve been extremely satisfied with all of them. As a company,…
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Independent Thinking – with The Journe Guy AKA Osama Sendi
Another episode of the Independent Thinking Show for FifthWrist Radio. Hosts Roman (@TimesRomanAU) and John (@john.ryan.cowley) chat with today’s special guest – Osama Sendi aka @thejourneguy. Join us for a conversation about independent watchmaking, discovering and falling in love with FP Journe’s work; the phenomenon of resonance; hand finishing; forums vs Instagram; horological books and…
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Owner Review: Ebel 1911 BTR GMT – The Quizzical Comfort of Cotton Balls
What do you get when you cross a hardcore military born hummer with a Lexus LC coupe … something very much like an Ebel 1911 BTR GMT … It even sounds like a sports car… it’s obviously not! What we have here is the most comfortably curvaceous, brick busting, muscular sports watch I think I’ve…
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Owner Review: Tissot Research Idea 2001 – When 2001 was the Future!
Nick Hayek Jr once made an often repeated statement, “The Swatch watch saved the Swiss industry”. With that in mind, meet the original plastic watch. The Tissot Research IDEA 2001, launched in 1972 as a budget mechanical to fight quartz. The hermetically sealed Calibre 2250 movement is mostly self-lubricating plastic – Astoundingly the only metal…
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Rob & The Regulator – 110% Swiss Made
Rob & The Regulator talk about why swiss made is bullshit and we need to get rid of it. Plus Rob talks about the worst brands he ever sold. Regulator’s tattoo supplied by @alyssadonlonart Booze supplied by @wakachangi_lager Our Instagram picks Rob: https://www.instagram.com/hayes1887/ The Watch Regulator: https://www.instagram.com/mechanical_time/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fifthwrist/ To join our…
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Popcorn – VILLAINS and why Patek owners lean towards cannibalism
Fifth Wrist Presents Popcorn…The Podcast! Your weekly fix of pop culture and watches! This week, Charith (@charithsir), Sidd (@sidd.pad) and KGB baddie Roman (@timesromanau) talk all thing super villain, and no we are not just talking about Rolex owners. We do an ultimate super villain draft with some all timers in there (plus a couple…
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Owner Review: Bulgari Octo Finissimo Black Ceramic 103077
You never ever really know what kind of collector you’ll become when you first start off, and you never really realize what you’ll become until you get where you are. We begin this journey of ours assuming that we’ll remain forever faithful to the path we first took into watch collecting, a chase for the…
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The Vintage HenHouse – Routing the pole with @hamblar
Enter The Vintage Hen-House, pick a perch, and listen to Benoît (@Petitesecondes) and his co-hosts chat to vintage watch collectors from all over the world about their collection, the vintage watch world, and many other things. Let’s talk about the good, the bad and the ugly stories that we can all share about collecting vintage…
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