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Watch enthusiast. Amateur sleuth. Freelance writer. Aspiring champion of the overlooked and underrepresented. So here it is; the...
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Devin "The Foglark" Couture
- Dec 29, 2023
- 7 min
Aeronaut Your Average Tool Watch
How a World Champion Balloonist landed on a Certina Chronograph as his Skyward Companion A common topic amongst horologists is what...
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TheWristorian
- Jun 25, 2022
- 5 min
Review: Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 53
After More Than 60 Years The Sea Wolf Still Leads The Pack At Zodiac Having collected vintage watches (almost exclusively divers) for the...
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TheWristorian
- Dec 9, 2021
- 6 min
How the Seiko 6105 Earned its Place in the Pantheon of Vintage Dive Watches
Exploring this trajectory through the lens of historical photo archives The Seiko 6105, in particular reference 8110, was my first foray...
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TheWristorian
- Apr 23, 2021
- 5 min
Watch Spotting: Digital Seiko Delivers in 1980’s Dakar Rally
Buckle in, shift into 4-Lo, and come along for the ride! As watch enthusiasts, we are (at least the majority of us) enamored with the...
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TheWristorian
- Jan 13, 2021
- 5 min
Little Seiko, Big World
How a Bold Brunette and a BMW Traversed the Globe in 1982 In 1982, before trans-global motorcycle journeys were televised for the masses,...
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TheWristorian
- Nov 20, 2020
- 6 min
Navigating the Rapids of Research for a Canadian Canoe Race Connection
An astute and admired horological journalist once mildly popularized the Instagram hashtag “alwaysreadthecaseback”. This was after...
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TheWristorian
- Oct 16, 2020
- 12 min
Deep Dive: An Unexpected Watch with a SEALAB Connection
In a World of Submariners, be an Aquastar! Collectively there is an innate fascination among watch enthusiasts with the concept of the...
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TheWristorian
- Sep 25, 2020
- 6 min
The Lesser-Known Dive Watches of SEALAB II
After all, the Rolex Submariner was not the only player in the game In 1965, the US Navy commenced with phase two of their SEALAB...
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TheWristorian
- Aug 3, 2020
- 8 min
A Special Rolex Submariner 5512: From Tektite to Dry Tortugas
Epitomizing the Notion of Timepieces as Tools I began speaking with Gary Davis about two months ago. While doing an internet deep dive...
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TheWristorian
- Jul 12, 2020
- 3 min
Bauer Power: When Watches and Outdoor Recreation Collide
Because nothing says "Americana" like a fine Swiss timepiece Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first installment of Wristory Revealed. The...
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Watches Chronicled through Candid Copy
TheWristorian is a wristwatch blog dedicated to shining a light onto the diverse world of horology. Through genuine journalism and research into the stories surrounding unique examples, TheWristorian seeks to convey the under-acknowledged truth that the appeal of horology often transcends the physical.
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