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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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22/11/2020
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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21/11/2020
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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20/11/2020
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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20/11/2020
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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18/11/2020
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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18/11/2020
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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17/11/2020
Owner Review: Precimax and Dugena – Ebony and Ivory

Recently I rediscovered two watches «in my drawer», a Dugena and a Precimax. After I restrapped them – I started to wear again. The reason why I didn’t wear these watches for a long time: they both only have 34mm cases, which I regard as too small. (They do however wear more like 34.45 on…
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17/11/2020
Owner Review: S.U.F Helsinki Myrsky – A Story on My Wrist

S.U.F Helsinki is a small, independent watch brand from Finland, helmed by renowned watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva, who also produces (handcrafts) watches under his “Sarpaneva Watches” brand. S.U.F stands for “SarpanevaUhrenFabrik”, which is a homage to his Swiss training as a watchmaker, and translates to “Sarpaneva Watch Factory”, which itself is housed in the old cable-factory-turned-cultural-center…
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15/11/2020
Independent Thinking – with Ricardo from @mywatchmemoir

Another episode of the Independent Thinking Show for FifthWrist Radio. Hosts Roman (@TimesRomanAU) and Charlie (@books_on_time) chat with today’s special guest – Ricardo (@mywatchmemoir and @game_of_watches), watch enthusiast and man behind a great idea of recording personal horological journeys in a lovely way, via “My Watch Memoir” ledger. Join us for a conversation about personal…
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15/11/2020