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Rob & The Regulator – with Adam “The Omega Man” Lewis

Rob & The Regulator are joined by the master of Speedmasters Adam from @lewiswatchco. We have a chat with him about how to make the ultimate Omega Speedmaster and he then goes on to share with us what it takes to become a self-taught watchmaker. Rob & The Regulator soundtrack provided by watch enthusiast…
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15/08/2020
The Defining Time Show – Watch Collector Company

Anthony chats with special guest and fellow Aussie, Michael from Watch Collector Company. Michael speaks to us about his unconventional path into a career in watches, the lost art of (re)finishing watches and sheds some light on the kind of individual who participates in the top tiers of vintage Rolex collecting. This weeks Favourite…
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15/08/2020
Owner Review: Ming 17.06 Monolith

My most charitable view about the Ming 17.06 Monolith: It’s a minimalist masterpiece with attention to detail you won’t find on any other watch in this price range. My most cynical view: It’s a boring, two-hand, time-only watch with a base level ETA movement. At $1500 the 17.06 Monolith offers the full Ming design language…
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11/08/2020
Owner Review: Oris Divers 65 Hodinkee – A day to remember

It was a day in June and at that time I had no idea, that at 4 PM, I was going to purchase an Oris 65. I knew Oris from my good friend, fellow watch nerd and big Oris fan, Jasper. He has a nice collection of Oris all super cool watches, one of them…
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10/08/2020
Owner Review: Dietrich Organic Time OT4 – A French designer does Sci-Fi

Please excuse the preamble, but many of my watches are acquired because of a connection with the watchmaker behind them. I first met Emmanuel Dietrich in about 2012/2013 at a small fringe independent brand show in Geneva, the GTE (Geneva Time exhibition or something) at around SIHH time. He was an industrial designer and was…
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09/08/2020
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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08/08/2020
Owner Review: Omega Seamaster 14770 – 1962 (MCMLXII)

Bio: This Omega was made in 1962. This particular case model, the 14770, is known as a transition model from a “pre-de ville” Seamaster to the Seamaster De Ville, meaning some dials would have or not have a “de ville” under the seamaster text. I personally prefer the non-de ville dial which was only produced…
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07/08/2020
Owner Review: Glashutte Original Senator Karree Perpetual Calendar – A perpetual calendar you can ACTUALLY read the date on.

In watch making, a perpetual calendar function signifies a watch where the date automatically adjusts for each month of the year including leap years. Provided you continue wearing the watch (or keep it on the winder), you will not need to adjust the date until the year 2100 (which is the next exception to the…
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04/08/2020
Owner Review: Citizen Blue Angels World Chrono is a gift that keeps on giving

Inherited from my late father, this Citizen Eco-Drive World Chronograph A-T is a sight to behold. Since I’m a high school student on a tight-arse budget, I’m very thankful that this could literally be my one and only watch until the day that I died. However, one side-effect of owning it is falling in love…
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03/08/2020
Owner Review: Ollech Wajs P-101 – The Rebirth of Cool

Ollech & Wajs (pronounced: “Oh-leck and Vice”) may not be a brand most people are familiar with. Established in Zurich in 1956, OW enjoyed quite a bit of success selling precision tool and dive watches via mail-order catalogs and military PXs during the time of the Vietnam War; Digging through their back-catalog, it’s not hard…
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02/08/2020