The European Gang Talkes Watches #11: our take on the GPHG – we judge watches and style!
Fifth Wrist RadioShow Notes
Today, the (still) ‘new’ Fifth Wrist European Gang talks about the winners of the GPHG and what we – as the far more qualified jury :-) – would have chosen.
Bonus material: what do we expect and/or hope for 2026
https://www.gphg.org/en/gphg-2025/nominated-timepieces
https://www.gphg.org/en/prize-list-25 https://www.marcdarno.com/
https://inceptumitaly.it/ https://www.aurelia.watch/
watches were my first love and they will be my last watches of the future and watches of the past
Detailed show notes have been available in the past and will be available in the future. For now we only have four geeks taking about watches of the past and the future. Theme music: diy by @tapir_ffm based on the aria «Ebben? Ne andrò lontana» of the opera «La Wally» by Alfredo Catalani Fifth Wrist and Fifth Wrist Radio are both community run projects. Designed to serve the watch enthusiast community. We reject all forms of outside watch brand intervention and take no money, watches or goods from watch companies. The future direction of the website and podcasts are driven by the people who take part in this project. To join the action and get involved why not get started by reviewing one of your own watches at fifthwrist.com/write-review Follow us on Instagram: @fifthwrist We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Thanks to everyone in the Fifth Wrist community who give their time to make this project possible. The hosts, co-hosts, writers and editors, plus everyone who takes the time to share and promote this project daily. Please take the time to leave us a review wherever you listen to our podcast. Thank you for all the positive reviews and comments on our episodes. We read and appreciate each one! The time is gone, the show is over, thought I’d something more to say…
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