Tag: independent watchmaking
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Owner Review: Marc & Darnò «World Time of Friends» by @tapir_ffm
No complication, quite the opposite: a simplification A WorldTimer is one of those complications that you ‘really need’. If I send my former fellow student in Tokyo a WhatsApp message now, can I expect a reply, or is he asleep? If I send an email to my two Fifth Wrist colleagues in Sydney and Boston,
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Owner Review: Sinn 556 by @brewedtime
Boringly Beautiful – A Sinn 556 in Japan Another morning in Tokyo. I weave my way through the orderly rush toward Oshiage Station. It’s busy, but quiet—a kind of organized chaos that only Japan can pull off. If you’ve ever been, you’ll know exactly what I mean. The train arrives with its trademark precision, and
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Owner Review: Kieser Design Tragwerk 2.0 – Purple Piece Unique by @watchsymmetry
Dragonfly inspiration from Kieser Design Having followed Kieser Design for many years now, I’m glad to finally have this custom Tragwerk 2.0 with purple dial in my collection. Matthias, Sandra, and Carolin have really developed an amazing brand and design language, based on the exoskeleton of a dragonfly. Their latest 2.0 design improves on the
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KERIS – Knowing Each Right Idea Sparkling
Text and all photos by Thomas, watchesandwords (Instagram), October 2025 „In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and snap! The job´s a game.“ (Mary Poppins, philosopher) In my opinion, there are too many wristwatches anyway, with many new models and entire brands being added every
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A manufacture visit to the Dutch watchmaker Annelinde Dunselman: „It was fascination, I know.“ (Nat King Cole)
Text and all Photos by Thomas, watchesandwords (Instagram), September 2025 First encounter in Geneva 2025 The Black Tulip wristwatch by the Dutch watchmaker Annelinde Dunselman is a very special watch for me. Annelinde has introduced her timepiece at the Watches and Wonders 2025 in Geneva and it was one of my personal highlights from
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Owner Review: Blütezeit Wien N°1 by @w_a_t_c_h_s_t_y_l_e
A personal love letter to an extraordinary watch and an extraordinary city Blütezeit Wien — A Love Story in Steel and Champagne Sparkle It all started with a chance encounter on Instagram. While scrolling through my feed, my eyes suddenly stopped on a watch that immediately captured my heart: the Blütezeit Wien. It was
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Owner Review: CWC RN auto diver MK.2 1 by @a.cesnovar
The CWC Royal Navy auto diver – it’s a watch I’ve owned for quite some time, but never really thought I’d review – until I realized the significance it had and what a milestone it represented in my collection. All (or most) enthusiasts on the beginning of their watch collecting journey fall in the so-called
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Owner review: ochs und junior settimana «sogno di tangerino» (prototype) by @tapir_ffm
The world is yours and it’s orange! F%§&. This watch is simply f%§& gorgeous! Ok, that’s perhaps not the best way to start a proper watch presentation. So let’s start from the beginning: A few years ago, some of the guys from the Fifth Wrist crew met for the first time in real life in
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The «Gemba Walk»: a manufacture visit to the crazy*) Watch(wonder)land at Franck Muller
*) other meanings of «crazy», according to Merriam-Webster: dreamlike, unbelievable, eccentric, Alice-in-Wonderland
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Owner Review: Patek Philippe Calatrava Reference 3919 by @watchesandwords
Looking good is more important than being practical: Patek Philippe Calatrava Reference 3919 The perfect design for a time-only watch A simple time-only elegant wristwatch is, for my taste, the most beautiful watch you can wear as your daily watch. At the same time, it is obviously incredibly difficult to find such a watch, because,
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That dial is just fntastic.
Very cool watch. I have always wondered about the bronze models. Is the caseback bronze as well? If so do…