This Watch Life
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© Lydia Winters and Vu Bui
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Start your morning with a daily podcast (M-F 8am CET) about all things watches... from watch releases to the industry to brands 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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In today's episode we discuss quartz watches. Since Lydia's recent purchase of her quartz powered Royal Oak she had some realizations!
Here's the interesting article about the quartz crisis story perhaps not being all that we've been told:
https://www.europastar.com/the-watch-files/archives-heritage/1004093671-debunking-the-quartz-crisis.html
If you have a question you'd like us to answer you can DM us at @thiswatchlife or email us at questions@thiswatchlife.com.
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In this episode we discuss a new potential trend of wearing watches upside down on the wrist, so to the wearer it's upside down but to the external viewer or the photographer they are right side up. Lydia shows that there are limits to her loosey goosey ways!
Partly inspired by this article:
https://timeandtidewatches.com/celebrities-need-to-stop-wearing-watches-upside-down-trend/
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Holy moly, we've made 100 episodes of This Watch Life! In today's episode we talk about where we've been this year in watches, and where we want to go next with the podcast.
A HUGE thank you to literally every single person who listens to our podcast. You are the reason we keep doing it!
To join the 100 Club please go here: https://www.thiswatchlife.com/episodes/episode-100.
Thank you to @dogsontime for making the art for this 100th episode and surprising us with it!
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In this episode we answer a question from @ten10fiftynine about whether we've started looking at new watches at the same time that we get a new watch, and from @watchcology about customizing a brand's watches (where Lydia shares a design she created herself and submitted to AP for a custom Royal Oak), and a question from Tiago Cruz about Stendhal's Syndrome in relation to watches.
To see Lydia's design submission go to thiswatchlife.com.
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In today's episode we discuss an ad and a movie that both feature Ryan Gosling wearing TAG Heuer watches and being funny and looking cool. They have more to do with each other than you'd think!
The Chase for Carerra ad (short film):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuJjngO6uxk
The Extra Gum ad that Vu loved so much:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67vCV_CtlYM
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In this episode we discuss how we like to approach going to look at a watch that we are interested in. How should someone use the valuable little time they often have with a watch before needing to make a decision on whether or not to buy it.
We approach this with slightly different mentalities, Vu with his interview and Lydia more like a first date.
If you have a question you'd like us to answer you can DM us at @thiswatchlife or email us at questions@thiswatchlife.com.
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In this episode Lydia tells the story of going to New York to visit The Armoury for the Naoya Hida & Co trunk show and see the new collection. Will she apply to purchase one?
Lydia's favorite, the Type 3B.
The first one we saw on Masaharu, the Type 4A-1.
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In this episode we talk about Lydia's latest acquisition, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 33mm 67650ST. Why she bought it, how Vu sorta kind of tricked her into seeing it, and which Rolex she traded in to get it!
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In today's episode we talk about the journey we typically go on from seeing a watch for the first time, be it in a photo or a video or on someone's wrist, to buying it.
We all have our different routines, and Lydia and Vu approach this very differently, to the surprise of no one.
If you have a question you'd like us to answer you can DM us at @thiswatchlife or email us at questions@thiswatchlife.com.
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In today's episode we talk about some recent watch engravings that we have had done on the case backs of a few important gift watches. We discuss the value that it brings, the value that it takes away, and how we like to approach the thought around what to engrave.
Some references for this episode:
https://teddybaldassarre.com/en-int/blogs/watches/watch-engraving-ideas
https://www.wristenthusiast.com/latest/2022/4/22/most-famous-watch-caseback-engravings
https://www.fratellowatches.com/engraving-your-case-back-is-still-such-a-cool-thing-to-do/#gref
If you have a question you'd like us to answer you can DM us at @thiswatchlife or email us at questions@thiswatchlife.com.
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In this episode we discuss what watch boutiques and ADs get wrong, and what it looks like when they do it right, based on a question from @calico.calibers. And @watchmedicine asks us what high horology watches we are currently after?
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Today we talk about the newly announced Tudor FXD Chronograph "Cycling Edition" that Vu wants very much, as well as tackle the age old question, asked by @handsandcogs, of why dive watches are so popular even though few of us actually dive in them?
If you have a question you'd like us to answer you can DM us at @thiswatchlife or email us at questions@thiswatchlife.com.
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Today we answer a question by @swizzmamba asking what we prefer, arabic, roman or no numerals on a dial. And @jordi.nunez asks how one tries to save money for a big watch purchase when there are so many distractions along the way that are more affordable and easy to buy.
If you have a question you'd like us to answer you can DM us at @thiswatchlife or email us at questions@thiswatchlife.com.
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In this episode we discuss GMTs and whether they are useful to most people, and whether or not they are even useful for travelers, spurred by a question by @syktgrei. We also talk about using a dive bezel as a makeshift GMT as per @tedspeaker's suggestion, and discuss whether or not a GADA watch can even work in a collection with specialized pieces, thanks to @adriantbt.
If you have a question you'd like us to answer you can DM us at @thiswatchlife or email us at questions@thiswatchlife.com.
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In today's episode we talk about Vu's new watch, the Tudor Black Bay Chrono Pink, and why he decided to trade in his Explorer II Polar to get it.
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Watch prices seem to have been going up and up non-stop for years, and @mechanicaltom asks if this is pricing people out of the hobby entirely! We also discuss a few of our favorite micro brands, and tease a NWA coming soon!
Discussed in this episode:
Otsuka Lotec
Kurono Tokyo
Lorca
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In today's episode we answer three questions... one from @el_lay_time about Glashutte Original, one from @naturalescapement reminding Vu to try wearing a small watch as promised, and one from @yakubsaveli about the relationship between the size of one's collection and the costs to keep the watches serviced.
Watches mentioned in this episode:
Glashutte Original Sixties Panorama Date Green
Glashutte Original Sixties Panorama Date Fiery Orange
Glashutte Original SeaQ
Glashutte Original PanomaticLunar
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Today we answer a question from Chris Antzoulis about personal watch habits and rules that perhaps not everyone has. It seems that perhaps we all enjoy watches in slightly different ways.
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Today we discuss three independent watch brands that we finally got some hands on time with, having never seen them before.
Sartory Billard
Atelier Wen Perception
Baltic MR01
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In today’s episode Lydia tells the story of how and why she chose a Rolex OP to give to her dad as a gift. And why the Silver dial OP might just be the perfect GADA watch.
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