Five enthusiasts from four countries, three(and a half) languages, two currencies and one passion. A couple of eager european guys from the global and glorious fifthwrist-family meet to talk watches.

The subject from which they deviate all the time is:can non-european watches be any good?

If you listen to what Phil, Benoît, Wolfgang, Claus and their guest from Cologne, Jan(@pippy, @petitsecondes, @w_a_t_c_h_s_t_y_l_e, @tapir_ffm and @between_the_lugs)have to say, you will – amongst others – learn:

> that you can successfully run a great and vivid podcast about vintage watches without knowing much about them

> why the parallax error is important

> which new useless complication will be ruling the watch market anytime soon

> the difference between Brian and Boris Johnson and …

> serious watch stuff, too(And they eventually manage to earn an «explicit»-labelling for that podcast.)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4clCXu4DktK3TT71VOAnbX?si=e082cf678bf3452e

Show notes:

00:00 – Intro

01:18 – Wrist, drink and location checks

11:10 – What makes a Swiss/American/Chinese watch a Swiss/American/Chinese watch?

19:15 – The new Citizen 0200

29:00 – Watch Focus: the Colibrica Design Indicator

48:25 – Discussions on Seiko, on vintage watches and vintage Seikos …1:22:10 – Choose a non-european watch for 10k (spoiler: the Mars-watch wins)

1:37:30 – The Rant (Brexit edition)

1:45:10 – Instagram recommendations

2:08:30 – Outro

Instagram recommendations:

@huggywatches

@fabioattanasio

@hiro_510

@lar5erik

@martltime

@ewandalton

Shoutouts:@mikeinfrankfurt@colibrica_design@beyond.the.dial
Theme music: DIY by @tapir_ffm based on the aria «Ebben? Ne andrò lontana» of the opera «La Wally» by Alfredo Catalani

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