Erik & Max are back to it, asking which references have languished most over time and, more importantly, why? No manufactures are safe. We ask why the Santos got overweight, how Lange implemented cost-cutting, why the Freccione hand doesn’t make sense on a modern dial, and ask if Breguet are even alive? Finally, a few tips to make your watch photography sing. 

Links Mentioned:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwNlerIuPA3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vintage-audemars-piguet-reference-5516-perpetual-calendar

Reference Punts:

Lange Annual Calendars:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-a-lange-and-sohne-saxonia-annual-calendar-in-platinum

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-sohne-1815-annual-calendar-review

https://hairspring.com/exclusives/a-lange-sohne/330-026-saxonia-annual-calendar-white-gold/

Cartier Santos:

https://www.cartier.com/en-us/watches/collections/santos-de-cartier/

https://hairspring.com/finds/burgundy-dial-2960-cartier-santos-carree/

Breguet:

https://hairspring.com/finds/3357-breguet-tourbillon/

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-breguet-type-xx-type-20

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-breguet-classique-chronometrie-7727

Rolex Explorer IIs:

https://www.watchprosite.com/rolex/the-evolution-of-the-freccione/732.574096.3563066/

https://hairspring.com/exclusives/rolex/16550-cream-panna-dial-explorer-ii-steel/

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-new-rolex-explorer-ii-ref-226570-in-both-polar-and-black

Only Wrist:

http://www.5513mattedial.com/5512/About.html

https://blancpainblog.com/timepieces/fifty-fathoms/a-cross-generational-family-gathering/