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Jul 2023
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Watching Watches, "Fun" Watches, And Hor...

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This week on the aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast, Ariel is back for the full show, joined Rick and David with special guest Alex, a watchmaker and co-founder of the Fifth Wrist website and co-host of its companion podcast. Ariel has just wrapped up a trip to Paris with Louis Vuitton and that means another round of aBlogtoWatch Watches Watches! Then it's on to more high-minded chat about power reserves, where the guys set the official acceptable minimum at one weekend. Then it's time for a few new releases and reviews, a chat about so-called "fun" watches, and another few rounds of Hit, Miss, Maybe. Listen below or on the player of your choice.

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