Independent Thinking - Roman and Adam farewell 2025; Musings and Gratitude

In this episode of Independent Thinking for ⁠⁠@FifthWrist ⁠⁠Radio podcast, Roman (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TimesRomanAU⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Adam (⁠⁠@mediumwatch⁠⁠) discuss their 2025 horological highlights and evolutions of their personal collections over the years. 

They share insights on the significance of complications like perpetual calendars and the impact of tariffs on Swiss watches in 2025. Roman highlights his growing interest in pocket watches and clocks, while Adam contemplates the idea of completing his collection. 

We also reflect on the importance of gratitude and the evolving landscape of horology. 

Before the year wraps up, we also want to sincerely thank all our guests and listeners who were along for the ride, and our cohosts  (@mediumwatch),  Claus (⁠@tapir_ffm⁠), Wolfgang (⁠@w_a_t_c_h_s_t_y_l_e⁠), Elio @the349designer and Teesaan (@teesaankoo) who also helped steer the FifthWrist podcast ship in 2025.

We have done 26 episodes of the Independent Thinking Show in 2025, so our thanks go out to all the cool people and friends we got to speak with and host for the podcast. Here’s our cheers to: Manuel  @louiserrardofficial and @kollokium,  Alison and Mike @a.moriarty_horology, Benoit @ressence_watches, Sebastien @albishorn_watches,  @bangalorewatchco, @belchengruppe, Inga @alexander_shorokhoff, Thomas @watchesandwords, @bjoernaltmann; Charles @ollechandwajs, Kenny and Raf @zltdwatches; Tom @cdmlec, Scott @emertonscott, Jure @ercigojart,  Marco @marcdarno_official and Yan @yandretti.

We also did a special mini-series for the @wristwatchcheck_au event DownUnder, so special mentions to: @bausele, @grip_auto, @secondhourwatches, @beaufortwatches, @zealandicwatches, @galvinwatchcompany, @hz.watches, @sunrexwatches, @ocean_to_orbit_watches and @melbournewatch  

Happy New Year, everyone!

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Theme Music for 2025 ⁠⁠TheWrong Time by Silent Partner⁠⁠ (via YouTube Free Music Channel)