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Jun 2024
18m 23s

130: A 2 watch collection for $3000? And...

Lydia Winters and Vu Bui
About this episode

In today's episode we each build a 2-watch collection for $3000. This idea came in as a question from @magpie_memoirs.

Who do you think build the better collection?

Lydia:

Oris Divers Sixty Five Cotton Candy

Swatch Clearly New Gent

Vu:

Grand Seiko SBGX261

Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical

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