The European Gang Talkes Watches #11: our take on the GPHG – we judge watches and style!

About this episode

The episode discusses the GPHG winners and the hosts' personal choices for watch awards.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Fifth Wrist European Gang

Topics covered

• GPHG winners
• watch judging
• watch styles
• future of watches
• watch community

Keywords

• GPHG
• watches
• watch styles
• watch community
• 2026 predictions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GPHG, Fifth Wrist Radio, Inceptum Italy, Aurelia, Marc Darno

Books & works: La Wally

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