This Watch Life

Believe it or not, 2026 is here! In this episode we go over some of our predictions for the year, talk about some things we are hoping to see, and speculate a bit about this year in watches.

In this episode we dive into the wonderful world of bird watching as it relates to watch collecting. It turns out many hobbies and passions share so many similarities in the way people enjoy them, in the communities surrounding them, and even sometimes in the downsides to them.Feel free to watch this documentary:Listers: A Glimpse Into Extreme BirdwatchingFeel free to follow this bird photographing friend of ours:@jeff.rivait

In this episode we talk about whether or not enthusiasts should be more involved in watch design, if "hand made" matters, what complications we want, whether or not to modify luxury watches, and name some of our favorite podcasts!Thanks so much for the amazing questions, @nesqydave, @naturalescapement, @watcherism, @watchmedicine, @christofferdidrichsen, @lovemedonuts, @notsimplybrent, and Andrew!Mentioned in this episode:Casio F-91W goldSwatch Sistem51Omega DeVille Hour VisionOtsuka Lotec No. 5 KAIHabring2 Erwin PilotOtsuka Lotec No. 7.5True Patina's BB54Chris Reeve Sebenza 31 SmallVictorinox CompactVictorinox CompanionVictorinox RamblerDaily CustomsBMKT Small ExplorerPodcasts we listen to:The Grey NATOWorn & WoundForm & FunctionFratello Talks

It's been a long time since our last Q&A, and we got some great questions from you all! We discuss how a brand's watch photography can be misleading, what we'd do if we were put in charge at Rolex, a This Watch Life collab watch, who we will leave our watches to since we don't have kids, what to do with a wedding watch after divorce, and more!Thanks for the questions, @bytereview, @jbobswatches, @right.arm.watches, @alpharo_uk, @watch_girl_life, @nomoschino, @ten10fiftynine, @hour_you_doin, @supinderbedi, and @dials_crown.If you have a question you'd like us to answer in a Q&A episode please send an email of voice message to [email protected] or message us at @thiswatchlifepodcast. Or you can leave a comment directly on this post!

In this episode we go through our choices for the five watches we would each keep from our existing collections if we had to just own 5, and couldn't buy any more, EVER. Essentially building our forever collections.This was inspired by the #fivewatchcollection Instagram community hashtag started by Nacho and Morgan.