Another episode of the Independent Thinking Show for FifthWrist Radio. Hosts Roman (@TimesRomanAU) and Adam (@mediumwatch) are honoured to host today’s special guest – Independent watchmaker extraordinaire Roger W Smith OBE (@rogerwsmithltd). Join us for a conversation about the newly established Alliance of British Watch and Clock Makers (@britishwatchmakers); the state of British horological industry; the importance of heritage and education; and ways for trade, industry and enthusiast members...
Jan 10, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Welcome to the first ever Loose Screws podcast on Fifth Wrist Radio but definitely not the first ever loose screw around here. I'm your host Bob (@brownsvillewatchguy) and welcome Scaramanga (@scaramanga__). We talk about Cronotempvs Habring Endurance club watch and the history behind it. Scaramanga also sheds some light about waiting lists and how the Swiss are very stubborn. A new independent brand called Ophion (@ophionwatches) watches was discussed and we learned a little about it. He also g...
Jan 08, 2021•1 hr 56 min•Season 1Ep. 144
Fifth Wrist Presents Popcorn…The Podcast! Your weekly fix of pop culture and watches! This week, Charith (@charithsir), Sidd (@sidd.pad) and Elderflower enthusiast Alex (@thewatchregulator) are talking Action Movies Stars, the biggest, the fastest and the strongest! The episode starts with a bombshell that Charith struggles to recover from to this date, we discuss the many diseases of Erroll Flynn, the ultimate movie drinking games, why Tyrese has brought shame to us all, Arnie watches and how S...
Jan 07, 2021•2 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 143
This week, a first time event in the history of Independent Thinking Show - a return guest! We welcome back Danish independent watchmaker Christian Lass (@christian_lass) for a conversation about establishing his own watchmaking manufacture and restoration businesses; hand finishing and decoration; prototyping and design; finding clients and making bespoke watches for collectors. Christian has previously worked for star watchmaker Vianney Halter (@vianney_halter_official) and had spent 9 years a...
Jan 03, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 23
This week on the Defining Time Show, Anthony (@defining_time) and fellow Fifth Wrist Radio podcast host Michael (@woodswatchmaking) welcome Sean (@thebookwatcher) to the show. Sean has co-hosted a few other episodes on Fifth Wrist Radio and is a huge contributor to the Fifth Wrist community. We talk a little bit about his journey into watches and then we go start on the challenges of collecting watches and what to look for when buying a watch on Chrono24. We talk about are our experiences, both ...
Jan 01, 2021•2 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 123
On this episode of The Defining Time Show, Anthony and Alex are joined by Michael Woods from Woods Watchmaking. We discuss indepth about his journey and education in the watch industry. We talk to Michael about his family history of watchmaking and the early age where he started to work on these incredible machines. His early dreams in life and how this went on to him training at WOSTEP. Michael shares interesting and fun stories from during his WOSTEP training. The friends he made and the proje...
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Rob , Alex and Michael reunite for one final time as 2020 draws to a close. We talk about rowing machines, Supreme bricks and killing Ben Clymer with an Uzi. Regulator's tattoo supplied by @alyssadonlonart Booze supplied by @wakachangi_lager Our Instagram picks Rob: https://www.instagram.com/thewatchguy85/ The Watch Regulator: https://www.instagram.com/jwit94/ Michael: https://www.instagram.com/splitthesecond/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fifthwrist/ To join our Fifth W...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 140
Fifth Wrist Presents Popcorn…The Podcast! Your weekly fix of pop culture and watches! This week, Charith (@charithsir), Sidd (@sidd.pad) and Sean Connery impersonator Alex (@thewatchregulator) are LIVE and candid about the year that was 2020. Much like 2020 this episode is gets a little bonkers as we talk about the years highlights in movies, TV and of course watches. Who won 2020? Lebron? Hamilton? Bong Joon Ho? Which watches were our favourites of the year and which watch brand won 2020? Rolex...
Dec 28, 2020•2 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 139
Another episode of the Independent Thinking Show for FifthWrist Radio. Hosts Roman (@TimesRomanAU) and Rob (@geneva_blue_) chat with today’s special guest Tim Jackson (@independentintime) – a US-based retailer, enthusiast and champion of independent watchmaking. Join us for an inspiring conversation about independent watchmaking; unflinching truths about the industry; forging friendships and how to develop collecting communities and champion indie watchmakers from around the world. If you are pa...
Dec 27, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Rob & The Regulator return to once again talk about absolutely nothing to do with watches for over two hours. Tune in next week for another 3 hours of the same. Regulator's tattoo supplied by @alyssadonlonart Booze supplied by @wakachangi_lager Our Instagram picks Rob: https://www.instagram.com/talk_watches and https://www.instagram.com/andrewivanoff_ The Watch Regulator: https://www.instagram.com/chronohans_ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fifthwrist/ To join our Fift...
Dec 22, 2020•2 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 137
Another episode of the Independent Thinking Show for FifthWrist Radio. Hosts Roman (@TimesRomanAU) and Sean (@thebookwatcher) chat with today’s special guest – David Walter (@davide.walter), independent clock and watchmaker based in US. David truly is an extraordinary maker of extraordinary things! Join us for an inspiring conversation about the path of a globe-trotting independent horologist; tourbillon and pendulum clocks; high precision timekeeping; metalurgy; A-L Breguet, Antide Janvier, Geo...
Dec 20, 2020•1 hr 57 min•Season 1Ep. 21
This week on the Defining Time Show, Anthony (@defining_time) and Alex (@thewatchregulator) team up again like the good old days pre-covid to spend some time with the newest lady watch lover on Instagram, Britt who is the funny character behind the profile @watch.gringa. Britt is a fire cracker and has jumped into the watch IG scene with a bang! We talk about a "shared" watch collection with husband @watch__papi and he chimes in for some of the conversation as well. Have you ever wondered what w...
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 135
Fifth Wrist Presents Popcorn…The Podcast! Your weekly fix of pop culture and watches! This week, Charith (@charithsir), Sidd (@sidd.pad) and Scottish Scrooge Alex(@thewatchregulator) have a little fun for the Festive Season! We uncovers some news, namely who told Tom Brady to invest in Hodinkee - the secret is revealed here!!! We talk all things Christmas movies, is Die Hard a Christmas movie? The debate rages! This week’s draft is the Greatest Christmas movies ever, and it get's spicy, argu...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 134
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 watches! Host: Benoît @Petitesecondes Guest: Chris @fadedbezel In this episode, Benoît joins Chris @fadedbezel in the north of Sweden to talk about how watch collecting ...
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Another episode of the Independent Thinking Show for FifthWrist Radio. Hosts Roman (@TimesRomanAU) and Adam (@mediumwatch) chat with today’s special guest – Darren Tiffany (@dmtiffany.timepieces), independent watch and tool maker; and an all-round cool dude. Join us for a conversation about learning watchmaking and machining; guilloche dials; American watchmaking renaissance; real hands-on horological manufacturing; and finding customers as an independent watchmaker. This is a great episode for ...
Dec 13, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 20
This week on the Defining Time Show, Anthony (@defining_time) and Adam (@mediumwatch) welcome Ariel Adams of A Blog to Watch (@ablogtowatch) to the show. In the show we ask Ariel a bunch of questions to get his opinions on different elements of the watch media industry. Ariel explains what differentiates ABtW from other publications and we get his thoughts on the HODINKEE + LVMH VC revelations that have surfaced in recent times. For good measure there are also a few questions from community memb...
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Fifth Wrist Presents Popcorn…The Podcast! Your weekly fix of pop culture and watches! This week, Charith (@charithsir), Sidd (@sidd.pad) and Best Closer in Melbourne Glenn Chiang (@syn.chronus) talk all things regarding the law, in real life and in film. We do an ultimate lawyer in film draft with some all timers in there (plus a couple of surprises). Glenn teaches us the fine art of delegation (podcast research) whilst explaining how a Nautilus can win clients! We talk a...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 129
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 watches! Host: Benoît @Petitesecondes Co-host: Roman @timesromanau Guest: Jonathan @jjhughes1969 Today in the Vintage HenHouse, Jonathan walks us through his love of bri...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Rob & The Regulator are joined by Anthony, the rarest of all the McGonigle brothers. We talk about his move to Cambodia's first independent watch making school, Prince Horology . Anthony shares the exciting challenges of teaching watchmaking students in a country with very little watchmaking history. We find out how the school came to be and how it is one of the best equiped watchmaking schools in the world and more importantly a school run by enthusiasts. He also talks about how he ha...
Nov 26, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 126
Fifth Wrist Presents Popcorn…The Podcast! Your weekly fix of pop culture and watches! This week, Charith (@charithsir), Sidd (@sidd.pad) and Genius Quantum Professor and Innovator Michael Biercuk (@mjbiercuk) talk all things regarding the US President, their watches and their films. We do an ultimate Presidential draft with some all timers in there (plus a couple of surprises). We talk about why Puti might very well be "one of us", life going to college with "Diaper Don", having a vote in the GP...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 125
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 other cool stuff. Big shout-out in this episode to a friend of the FifthWrist podcast: UK watchmaker James...
Nov 22, 2020•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 18
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 Fifth Wrist g...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 122
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 of surprises) We talk about the villain’s watch of choice and Roman accounts for all the terrible characters that have ever worn Rolex! Roman does the Deserted Is...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 121
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 watches! Host: Benoît @Petitesecondes Guest: Adam @hamblar In this episode, we travel back to the 50s when a young Gerald Genta designed a watch for the SAS (Scandinavia...
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 120
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 horological journeys, vintage watches, recording collecting milestones, and making friends and connections all ove...
Nov 15, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Rob, The Regulator & Michael Woods discuss the Hodinkee sell out to LVMH and why that shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Soundtrack: Desert Brawl by Vans in Japan Regulator's tattoo supplied by @alyssadonlonart Booze supplied by @wakachangi_lager Our Instagram picks Rob: https://www.instagram.com/mochajoela/ The Watch Regulator: https://www.instagram.com/tictocrazy/ Michael: https://www.instagram.com/r.michelsen.watchmaker/ Follow us on Inst...
Nov 13, 2020•2 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Fifth Wrist Presents Popcorn…The Podcast! Your weekly fix of pop culture and watches! This week, Charith (@charithsir), Sidd (@sidd.pad) and Benny Blanco's best mate Alex(@thewatchregulator) go through the first ever Popcorn Podcast Hall of Fame Episode! It's a battle! De Niro v Pacino Two titans of acting and American cinema. This episode get's divisive, subjective and heated. The gloves come off and a few friendly punches are thrown! Alex does the Deserted Island Quiz. Banagalore Watch Company...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Michael is joined by Adam to chat with RT Custer from Vortic Watches. Adam was well prepared for this conversation so I mostly sat back and enjoyed he and RT discuss the making of these timepieces that contain very high quality movements produced during a time when the United States were a watchmaking powerhouse. Our Instagram or other recommendations: RT: @middleclassfancy Adam: @worstpeoplewatchspotting Michael: @pierre_aubert_lebastard Follow us on Instagram: @FifthWrist To join our Fifth Wri...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Another episode of the Independent Thinking Show for FifthWrist Radio. Hosts Roman (@TimesRomanAU) and Claus (@tapir_ffm) chat with today’s special guest – Raphael Granito, CEO of a fantastic Swiss independent watch company Formex (@formexwatch). Join us for a conversation about independent watchmaking; forged carbon fiber watch components; watch design; building online watch communities; Swiss wine; digital watch marketing; and just what cool things happen when a watch company is run by passion...
Nov 08, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 16
This week on The Defining Time Show, Anthony ( @defining_time ) is joined by the owner and founder of Aventi Watches ( @AVENTI ), Hannu Siren ( @hannusiren ). Hannu is not just an innovative and disruptive brand owner but also a serious watch collector and enthusiast. We discuss many aspects of the stigma's and secrets behind the Swiss watch industries closet as well as their "Concierge Service" and some extremely exciting things to look forward to from Aventi in 2021. We also go into detail wha...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 113
