Erik & Max return to answer your queries in a a wide-ranging episode that hits on everything from 2 watch modern Rolex collection picks, vintage value under 20K, roasting the 5159, figuring out the best QPs ever, the best watches ever sold that you never saw, how to manage databases, and valuing extremely rare watches. Plus and Only Wrist for a SEAL turned doctor. 

Links Mentioned:

Modern 2 Watch Rolex Collection:

Max:

https://www.europeanwatch.com/blog/rolex-datejust-126234-palm-motif-dial-review

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/southpaw-rolex-the-left-handed-gmt-gets-it-right

(Erik Misspoke here, Tiger Iron not Tiger Eye)

Erik:

https://watchesbysjx.com/2025/04/rolex-gmt-master-ii-126729vtnr-26715chnr.html (Tiger Iron)

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/just-because-two-rolex-le-mans-daytona

Watches Others Love That We Don’t Care About:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-new-rolex-daytona (Max is Wrong here, obviously) 

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/kurono-tokyo-watch-release-solve-flipping-problem (Both Agree)

20K Value:

https://www.phillips.com/detail/omega/119795 (Crazy Example, Normal Dials Under 20K)

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/tropical-dial-a384-zenith-el-primero-2

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/breguet-dial-44920-movado-celestograf

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/14364-omega-seamaster-de-ville-calibre-321

https://hairspring.com/products/snow-white-multichron-12-steel

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/01-0040-418-zenith-el-primero-espada-sub-sea-moonphase

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/mk5-pumpkin-1675-rolex-gmt-master

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/2998-3-lollipop-omega-speedmaster-2

Journe Market Insight:

https://hairspring.com/blogs/journal/market-insights-fp-journe-over-the-last-decade

5159G:

https://collectability.com/product/patek-philippe-perpetual-retrograde-calendar-ref-5159g-001/

Best QP:

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

https://www.phillips.com/detail/audemars-piguet/166220

https://hairspring.com/products/3970ep-second-series-perpetual-calendar-chronograph-platinum_42658

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/in-depth-patek-philippe-reference-2497-part-1

Best Watches You Haven’t Seen:

https://hairspring.com/products/3941j-perpetual-calendar-dore-dial-early-second-series-yellow-gold (Not Max’s Watch, but Same Thing)

https://hairspring.com/products/25668pt-perpetual-calendar-skeleton-platinum

https://langepedia.com/patek-philippe-5004acier-the-story-of-a-legend/ (Not Our Example, but Same Thing)

https://hairspring.com/products/3970ep-second-series-perpetual-calendar-chronograph-platinum_42658

Sub Case Note: Erik Misspoke 6238, Obviously Meant 6538

Only Wrist:

https://www.acollectedman.com/products/historiques-cornes-de-vache-1955-chronograph-for-hodinkee-steel

https://www.phillips.com/detail/longines/87664

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/gilt-dial-pcg-1675-rolex-gmt-master