This Watch Life
By Lydia Winters and Vu Bui
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Episodes: 204
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Join us three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) for a podcast about all things watches... from watch releases to the industry to brands to the culture of watches and everything in-between. Join Lydia Winters (@lydiaswatches) and Vu Bui (@vubui.watches) as we discuss this watch life that we all enjoy!
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204: Watch Purchase Justifications, Zombies, and Rolex!
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May 24, 2025 |
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203: Choosing ONE vacation watch for two weeks. Also double NWA!
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May 07, 2025 |
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202: W&W and NWA and all the cool things!
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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201: What have we been up to? And... THE FUTURE!
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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200: What we've learned making 200 podcast episodes
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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199: The most surprising watches we have ever bought.
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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198: New Watch! - Otsuka Lotec No. 7.5 - why did Vu buy this watch?
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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197: Favorite dial colors, and would Lydia trade her OPs for the right pieces?
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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196: The Genta-designed Seiko - The Credor Locomotive - Lydia's New Watch Alert!
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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195: What watch would you bring on a cruise vacation?
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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194: New Watch Alert - The Arken Alterum Year of the Dragon.
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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193: Rolex = watch enthusiasm? Also our most worn watches and best watch purchases of 2024.
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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192: Lydia changes watch straps and Delugs celebrates their 6th anniversary
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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191: How did we meet, stay together for 13 years, and choose 10th anniversary watches?
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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190: Universal Geneve and the Pole Router for the Polar Route!
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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189: Lydia at the GPHG Awards, and Otsuka Lotec wins!
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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188: Lydia visits IWC and becomes a watchmaker?
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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187: Why Vu wants a 47ZERO watch.
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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186: Movement decoration, why it exists, and should it?
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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185: Where have we been? Where are we going? And is it Cubituses or Cubitii?
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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184: Watch events, free Seikos, and enabling friends to spend money!
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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183: Perpetual calendars vs annual calendars!
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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182: The watches of The 2024 Emmys
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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181: Lydia is in Bentley magazine? And AI thinks we know watches?
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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180: The 5 worst recent watches - according to Britt Pearce
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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179: What kind of dog would your watch be?
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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178: Chrono24 releases survey results about first-time watch buyers.
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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177: Watch news roundup - what we found interesting this week in watches!
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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176: Countdown timing with watches, and Apple coming for watchmaking?
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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175: Entry-lever Biver watches and MoonSwatches available online?
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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174: 6 watches to gift your partner under $10,000. According to AI.
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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173: What's the best season for watch collecting and wearing?
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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172: What Holy Trinity Watch would you choose?
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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171: Is the dial or the movement more important?
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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170: Reactions to Geneva Watch Days novelties!
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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169: Lydia spends a week on the beach with the Oris Aquis Date
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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168: Are vintage watch prices affected by service history?
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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167: Best Tudor one-watch collection? Best watch for kids?
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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166: Is customizing watches a good idea?
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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165: Secret watch clubs? New robot-watches? And someone bought 25% of MB&F?
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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164: part 2 of Mark Cho's 12 Principles of Watch Collecting
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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163: Mark Cho's 12 Principles of Watch Collecting (part 1)
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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162: Can you wear a dress watch on adventures? And why are dive watches good for everything?
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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161: Rolex + Mistake = Money?
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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160: Is Vu a watch savant? And does he even want to be?
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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159: New watches from Longines, Oris, NOMOS, Omega and KUDOKE
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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158: Is Lydia a TRUE watch enthusiast? AI tries to help us figure this out.
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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157: Can buying luxury watches make the world a better place?
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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156: Elvis's Rolex Oyster Perpetual Sold at auction for $240,000!
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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155: The Most Iconic Watches, can we all agree?
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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154: Our Relationships With Brands
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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153: Winning Gold Medals with Watches On?
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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152: What if you could bring back a vintage watch to current production?
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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151: What does it mean to be the official timekeeper of the Olympics?
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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150: We are Taking a Break! (but not for long)
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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149: Four American Watch Brands To Watch!
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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148: 2024 GPHG Competing Watches
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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147: Watch security and storage - how do you keep your watches safe?
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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146: Should TAG Heuer drop TAG from their name?
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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145: Is it possible to like your watches too much?
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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144: Watch brand boutiques and mono-brand stores, is this the future?
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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143: Summer watch straps - is rubber the best?
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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142: 2024 Sales are down for Richemont and Swatch Group watches
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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141: If you could choose just one category of watch, what would it be?
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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140: NWA! The Elusive Otsuka Lotec No. 6
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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139: Alternate universe watch collections - what if we made different choices?
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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138: Should you trust watch media? What makes a perfect watch?
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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137: The next 100 years of watches, which brands will make it?
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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136: Watches and photography. And why is Vu bored of his own photos??
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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135: Are pocket watches making a comeback? And have we gone pro?
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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134: The Atelier Wen Perception. Can Chinese made watches be amazing? Spoiler: yes.
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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133: What watch would you wear to time travel? Are Rolexes more available these days?
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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132: What's the first thing you fall in love with in a watch?
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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131: MoonSwatches forever? And Watchonista's 30 under 30!
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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130: A 2 watch collection for $3000? And make it summer-themed!
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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129: NWA! A (mean?) surprise birthday watch! The NOMOS Tetra!
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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128: Sharing a watch? Also, how to sell watches.
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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127: Buy one expensive watch or split your budget?
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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126: Becoming jaded with watches?
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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125: Fitted rubber straps, spring loaded deployant clasps, and Himalayan gators? A bunch of Delugs!
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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124: At what price point do you notice a jump in quality?
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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123: What's our favorite watch? And what is the ideal collection size?
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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122: What are our most regrettable watch purchases?
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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121: Three weeks on the wrists - Serica GMT and Field Watch!
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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120: How do you choose between 31 watch colors? And why we love NOMOS.
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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119: What is a man's watch? Why do we categorize watches by gender?
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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118: Is the Kith x TAG Heuer overpriced?
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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117: Should open case backs be standard? Which is the best size Black Bay?
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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116: Playing with case shapes and dial shapes - a new trend?
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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115: Are some watch features just afterthoughts?
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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114: Vu meets his dream watch - Grand Seiko takes over a museum!
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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113: What's a good excuse to buy a watch? New watch alert - King Seiko SPB281
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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112: Tudor is suddenly everywhere! Or is it??
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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111: (fixed) Week on the Golden Wrist - Rolex Submariner Date 116618LB
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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110: The 3-watch collection for $10,000, head-to-head battle!
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May 31, 2024 |
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109: Don't call it a dress watch! Special occasion watches.
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May 30, 2024 |
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108: Fun watches, can watches even be fun?
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May 29, 2024 |
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107: The everyday watch, daily watch, GADA watch. Which ones do we wear?
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May 28, 2024 |
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106: The best types of watches for a three watch collection
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May 27, 2024 |
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105: Vu bids on his first ever watch auction, for a vintage watch!
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May 24, 2024 |
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104: How do you deal with scratches and dings on your watch?
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May 23, 2024 |
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103: How do you determine what a watch is worth to you?
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May 22, 2024 |
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102: Should quartz still be considered inferior to mechanical watches?
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May 21, 2024 |
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101: Wearing watches upside down? New trend or just a few mistakes?
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May 20, 2024 |
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100: Where we've been and where we're going!
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May 17, 2024 |
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99: Wanting more watches right after getting new watches
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May 16, 2024 |
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98: When a watch advertisement is actually enjoyable!
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May 15, 2024 |
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97: How to shop for a watch like an interview or a first date?
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May 14, 2024 |
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96: Lydia sees the entire Naoya Hida & Co collection in NYC!
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May 13, 2024 |
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95: NWA! Lydia's new AP Royal Oak - and which Rolex she traded to get it.
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May 10, 2024 |
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94: The journey from seeing a watch to buying it
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May 09, 2024 |
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93: Watch engravings - do they change the value of your watch?
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May 08, 2024 |
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92: What do watch boutiques and ADs do wrong, and right?
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May 07, 2024 |
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91: Why are dive watches so popular? And the Tudor FXD Chrono Cycling Edition!
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May 06, 2024 |
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90: How do you save for a watch without getting distracted by more affordables?
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May 03, 2024 |
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89: Are GMTs even useful? Can a GADA watch work in a specialized collection?
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May 02, 2024 |
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88: New Watch! The pink Tudor Black Bay Chrono and why Vu traded the Explorer II Polar for it
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May 01, 2024 |
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87: Rising watch prices and our favorite micro brands
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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86: How do you take service costs into account? And our favorites from Glashutte Original
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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85: Weird Personal Watch Habits and Rules
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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84: Atelier Wen, Baltic, and Sartory Billard - hands on with three brands new to us!
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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83: Lydia gives a Rolex OP to her dad and gets her first caseback engraving
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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82: Some of our favorite watches we tried on at Watches and Wonders
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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81: The Joys of Watch Collecting - birthday edition
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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80: Awesome watches we saw at the Beau Rivage Hotel
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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79: We went to an Important Timepieces Auction preview
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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78: Buying too many watches without selling any - Lydia's dilemma
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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77: The power of the Naoya Hida & Co Type 4A-1 - rethinking the collection part 2
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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76: Rethinking the entire watch collection - part 1
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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75: Live from Watches and Wonders
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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74: Watches and true WONDERS? Some of the stranger novelties.
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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73: The Most Wondrous Watches of Watches and Wonders!
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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72: Our favorite watches from Watches and Wonders announcements!
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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71: Lydia's Rolex Collection - part 2
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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70: Lydia's Rolex Collection - part 1: how did she get here?
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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69: Choosing a new watch - how do you decide?
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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68: Selling watches out of love? Can culling your collection make you happy?
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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67: Rolex and Tudor and Oris predictions for Watches and Wonders
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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66: We're Going to Watches and Wonders!
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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65: To date or not to date? That is the question... for today.
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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64: A new-to-us watch brand? Lydia's evening with Frederique Constant
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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63: Vintage watches vs modern watches?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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62: Birth-year watches, colorful Rolex OP dials, and film photography!
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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61: Where do you wear your watches? Shower? Sauna? Vacation?
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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60: Is lume useful? Watches vs. photography? Which color gold?
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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59: The all-white MoonSwatch Mission to the Moonphase
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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58: Watch collectors vs enthusiasts
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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57: Sharing watches - with partners, friends, strangers?
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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56: Why I love the Tudor Black Bay 58
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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55: Speaking to someone who's NEW to watches!
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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54: Changing your mind about watches
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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53: Rolex Pepsi discontinued? Most painful watch damage?
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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52: Jubilee bracelets on tool watches? Instinctive watch purchases?
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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51: Watches of The Oscars - including John Cena's watch-only outfit
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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50: Happy International Women's Day!
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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49: Are mono-brand watch boutiques a good thing?
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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48: The All New White Dial Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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47: Watch friends and the Arcanaut D'Arc Matter and M.A.D.1
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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46: Our favorite non-Swiss/German/Japanese watch brands
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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45: Would you rather own only black dials or have none?
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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44: Swiss Watch Industry Sales Report 2024! Who wins?
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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43: Selling 8 watches in 18 months - lessons learned?
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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42: Zombie Apocalypse Watches, Small Watches
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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41: Watch Specs vs Aesthetics - what's more important?
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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40: Would you rather get a free $20k watch or a $200k watch with conditions?
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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39: Wearing a gold watch to fight fires?
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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38: Watch Mistakes - which ones have we made?
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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37: Traveling with watches
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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36: What three years on watch Instagram has taught Lydia
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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35: Q&A photo tips, watch winders, watch events, and new product ideas!
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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34: 5 Watch Things that Vu Loves! Explorers and Instagram and NOMOS and...
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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33: 5 Watch Things Lydia Loves for Valentine's Day
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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32: Movie Watches - Are people influenced by watch placement?
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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31: New Watch Alert! The Wonderful Grand Seiko SBGA415
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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30: Q&A - stacking bracelets, limited editions, Piaget Polo pricing and more!
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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29: What do you need to carry every day for watches?
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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28: Double Wristing Watches - WHY?
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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27: Our Favorite Watches Under 1000
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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26: Automatic vs Hand Wound vs Quartz Movements
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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25: Breitling and Victoria Beckham - is this what you really really want?
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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24: Grail Watches! What are they? Why do we want them so much?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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23: Watch Bracelets! Favorites, most comfortable, least comfortable?
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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22: LVMH Watch Week new Zenith, TAG Heuer, Hublot and Bulgari watches
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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21: When should you cull your watch collection?
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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20: Q&A - What watch surprised you when you put it on?
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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19: Embarrassing Watch Stories - Never Have I Ever Seen a Snoopy Moonswatch
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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18: In Defense of Fauxtina
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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17: Watch Industry Trends in 2024 according to the experts
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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16: Lydia's Turning Point Watches - they changed her collecting!
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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15: Grand Seiko and a bunch of Scandinavian watch brands
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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14: Can sentimental value ruin watch collecting?
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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13: What does water resistance really mean?
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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12: Turning Point Watches - The Watches That Change Everything!
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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11: Do you talk to strangers about their watches?
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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10: Q&A Part 2: The perfect 3-watch AND 1-watch collections
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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9: Q&A: Best complications, weird watch brain habits, and more!
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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8: Moon diving? Swatch x Blancpain x Moon
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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7: 2024 watch trends based on the watches at the Golden Globe Awards
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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6: Do you even set the time on your watch???
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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5: 5 Favorite Watch Things from 2023
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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4: Lydia’s watch purchases in 2023
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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3: Watch Regrets, I've Had a Few
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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2: Which watches did Vu buy in 2023?
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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1: Welcome to This Watch Life!
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Jan 01, 2024 |