Tag: independent watchmaking

Owner Review: Lundis Bleus Royal Blue Grand Feu Enamel by @watchesandwords

Isn´t she lovely, isn´t she wonderful (Stevie Wonder) What a surprise, what a discovery I first became aware of Lundis Bleus watches electronically in January 2021, when Bastien Vuilliomenet, Dan Spitz and Johnny McElherron talked about Lundis Bleus watches, craftsmanship, the work of independents, enamel, design and artisanship in episode 32 of my favourite podcast…
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11/03/2025
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: 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
Germanys (not so) hidden champions, issue 5: CIRCULA Watches

Contents: This is the fifth edition of a small series of podcasts about the (not so) hidden watch champions of Germany. This is also a kind of cooperation between Fifth Wrist and WatchMaxe. Today Claus (@tapir_ffm) from Fifth Wrist and Axel (@WatchMaxe on Youtube) are talking to Cornelius Huber, CEO of CIRCULA Watches. Cornelius talks…
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07/08/2023
Germanys (not so) Hidden Champions, issue 4: JUNGE Uhrmacher

In the fourth edition of this small series of podcasts about the (not so) hidden watch champions of Germany, we (Claus (@tapir_ffm) from Fifth Wrist and Axel (WatchMaxe on Youtube) are talking to Josef and Lukas from JUNGE Uhrmacher (which literally translates to young watchmakers). JUNGE are just about to release their first watch featuring…
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28/12/2022