Today Lydia talks through why she bought the second half of her Rolex collection, one watch at a time. Particularly interesting was the fact that she previously wasn't even interested in the ceramic Daytona.

Today Lydia talks us through the first half of her Rolex collection. Why she bought them, why she loves them, and what makes each one special to her!

Our Iceland Rolex OP Turquoise video:

https://youtu.be/ut4S5JqEuoQ?si=Qfy4_NXxamua9Ccr

Lydia's Moving to Sweden vlog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWaVh1hulHU&t=1s

More photos of each watch on thiswatchlife.com

Today we answer a question from listener Tiago Cruz about how to choose a new watch and add it to your collection. With Watches and Wonders coming up we thought this was a really important thing to remind ourselves... not to get caught up in the excitement and really think about what we want.

Today we answer a question from @seanaggie about culling your watch collection in order to spend more time with the watches that you love. Vu has already worked on that journey, but Lydia still has a long way to go.

Today we talk about some of our predictions and probably mostly just wishes for what we will see announced at Watches and Wonders, with a bit of a dive into Rolex, Tudor and Oris.

Watches and Wonders is happening in Geneva, Switzerland next week! We are headed down there and will be meeting brands and humans and new watches and it's sooooo exciting and we definitely shouldn't have let Lydia drink coffee before recording this episode!

Today we answer Jim Crupi's question about date windows on watches. This is something that really divides the watch enthusiast community. We can't help but love a good date, but not everyone agrees.

In today's episode we talk about a watch brand that we didn't really know about until we were invited to an event with them last night in Stockholm. Turns out, they're pretty impressive!

Watches we mentioned in the episode:

Frederique Constant Manufacture Slimline Moonphase Date Seconde Seconde

Frederique Constant Manufacture Slimline Perpetual Calendar

Frederique Constant Slimline Monolithic Manufacture 40Hz

In this episode we talk about Vu's preference for modern watches over vintage, and Lydia realizes that perhaps she doesn't prefer modern watches, but she definitely mostly owns modern watches. We also answer a question about Lightroom and give our favorite tool and tips on how to use it for watch photos.

Questions by:

@TheRubyHour

@martins__journey

@clay.foster.watches

In this episode we talk about (and completely disagree about) birth year watches. Are they as meaningless as Vu would have us believe? We also talk about Lydia's colorful OP collection, and answer a question about film photography in this day and age.

Questions by:

@officially_uncertified

@clay.foster.watches

@the_watch_freak_ph