Erik & Max are back to answer your wide-ranging questions in the seventh installment of what is becoming a cornerstone of the podcast. Questions range from a new ‘holy trinity’ we’d select, what neo-vintage references collectors should be paying attention to yet aren’t, Langes on a budget, best Blümlein IWCs, our favored Cartier shapes, and far more. 

Links Mentioned:

Hajime Asaoka:

https://www.phillips.com/detail/hajime-asaoka/194815

Atelier Du Chronometrie:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/just-because-atelier-de-chronometrie-adc17

Yosuke Sekiguchi:

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/yosuke-sekiguchi-primvere

Frodsham:

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/charles-frodsham-double-impulse-chronometer-2

Smith:

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/open-dial-roger-w-smith-series-2

Stephen McDonnell’s Talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1xQWripjPI

130:

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/tiffany-dial-patek-philippe-130-chronograph

Dato QP:

https://langepedia.com/a-lange-sohne-datograph-guide/datograph-perpetual/

Dato QP Tourbillon:

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/740-036-a-lange-sohne-datograph-perpetual-tourbillon

5960:

https://watchesbysjx.com/2014/12/up-close-with-the-patek-philippe-ref-59601a-chronograph-annual-calendar-in-steel.html

25668PT:

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

43032:

https://hairspring.com/products/43032-perpetual-calendar-skeleton-platinum

25636 RO:

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/25636ba-audemars-piguet-royal-oak-perpetual-calendar-skeleton

25657 MoP:

https://hairspring.com/products/25657or-quantieme-perpetuel-mother-of-pearl-dial-pink-gold

Mercator:

https://www.phillips.com/article/135703213/vacheron-constantin-mercator-history-guide

25881:

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/fine-watches-7/repetition-minutes-john-schaeffer-reference-25881

47100:

https://hairspring.com/products/47100-chronograph-skeleton-platinum

14802ST:

https://apchronicles.audemarspiguet.com/en/model/14802-royal-oak-jubilee

Engraved Enamel Primer (We’ll Try To Do One Soon):

https://www.unpolishedwatches.com/p/engraved-enamel-why-some-dials-never

2526 Dial Manufacture:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/patek-philippe-2526-enamel-dial-donze-cadrans

Budget Lange:

https://mrwatchley.com/products/a-lange-sohne-saxonia-yellow-gold-102-001

1815 Up/Down (Gangreserve, not Gangenreserve, Erik Misspoke):

https://hairspring.com/products/221-027-1815-up-down-first-generation-white-gold

Just The Greatest Annual Calendar:

https://hairspring.com/products/330-039-saxonia-annual-calendar-u-s-boutique-white-gold

4-Digit to Swim:

https://hairspring.com/products/5512-submariner-gilt-dial-steel

Blumlein IWC:

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/bundeswehr-3501-iwc-porsche-design-ocean-2000

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/3508-iwc-ingenieur-500k-a-m

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/5240-iwc-portuguese-minute-repeater

GPHG:

https://hairspring.com/blogs/journal/how-fair-is-the-gphg-a-closer-look-at-the-oscars-of-watchmaking

Font:

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/highly-tropical-longines-legend-diver-7150

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

Parmigiani 2840:

https://hairspring.com/products/2840-toric-tourbillon-platinum

3670A:

https://www.phillips.com/detail/patek-philippe/209429

3651J:

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6235789

Voutilainen Zenith:

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/zenith-x-voutilainen-x-phillips-calibre-135-o

Cartier:

https://www.phillips.com/detail/cartier/207628

https://hairspring.com/collections/exclusives/products/tortue-monopoussoir-prive-platinum

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/2610e-cartier-cpcp-tortue-minute-repeater

Only Wrist:

https://collectability.com/learn/collectability-in-depth-patek-philippe-perpetual-calendar-ref-3940/

https://apchronicles.audemarspiguet.com/en/model/royal-oak-25686