Significant Watches

Ten Major Trends And Takeaways From The Spring 2022 Watch Auction Season

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/spring-2022-watch-auctions-phillips-christies-sothebys

How Are Auction Houses Preparing For A Potential Economic Downturn?

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/watch-auction-spring-2022-recession-correction-prices

Rolex and Patek Returns Beat Vintage Cars and Bitcoin

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-23/rolex-and-patek-returns-beat-vintage-cars-and-bitcoin

Moritz Grossmann “Meet In February”

https://en.grossmann-uhren.com/watch/meet-in-february/

Shoutouts:

The HODINKEE Eight-Day Travel Clock

The Movado Saint Christopher Reference 24911 Coin Watch

Sham Agayev Watchmaker at tivol 

https://www.adpatina.com

Beyer Museum:

https://www.strictlyvintagewatches.com/beyer-watch-museum-part-1

https://www.strictlyvintagewatches.com/inside-the-beyer-clock-and-watch-museum-part-2

Scott Carpenter’s Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute prototype

Watch Spotting At Breitling: Part 2  

Fabien Chicha and Vanessa Chicha of ICONEEK 

Hands-On with Astronaut Michael Collins’ Gold Omega Speedmaster 'Apollo XI'

Patek Philippe reference 605 HU DE sold at Christie’s Hong Kong & the 605 HU DE which resides in Beyer’s Museum

South Korea's rising independent watchmaker Minhoon Yoo

In Episode 16, Eric Wind and Charlie Dunne speak with vintage watch expert and consultant to Breitling Fred Mandelbaum. The three discuss the public discovery of Scott Carpenter's Breitling Cosmonaute – the first Swiss wristwatch worn in space. Mandelbaum details his passion for Breitling’s rich heritage and his experience working with the manufacturer since his initial phone call with Georges Kern back in 2017. As Mandelbaum mentions, doing a great re-release is simply not enough. The watches he is most proud of seeing developed are in fact not the re-editions but such models like the Chronomat. Mandelbaum elaborates on Georges Kern and Breitling's decision to directly involve collectors and stakeholders such as Gregory Breitling as being a monumental part of the brand's storytelling. Wind, Mandelbaum, and Dunne all shared the same impression that Carpenter's Breitling had a special presence. Mandelbaum would share his thoughts on why Scott Carpenter's Breitling Cosmonaute miraculously remained unrestored, in that it was likely a result of both Carpenter and Gregory Breitling's understanding that the timepiece was an artifact that both had no right to change. In perhaps the most poetic fashion, Mandelbaum shares his definition of a watch collector that left both Wind and Dunne speechless.

You can see Watch Spotting At Breitling: Part 1 on Wind Vintage

'Found Scott Carpenter's Breitling Cosmonaute – The First Swiss Wristwatch Worn in Space' by Jeff Stein.

The 2022 publication ‘Navitimer Story: The epic saga of the Breitling chronograph’ available on WatchPrint.com

"I'm not impressed with your Journes and Dufours. Get Weirder."

The horology homies are back to discuss the Geneva watch auctions, including all of the Royal Oaks for sale, plus Rolex, Patek, and more. Before getting down to business though, Eric Wind treats us to storytime. Finally, we nerd out on vintage Patek and the luscious beauty of its warm “dore” dials.

Show Notes:

Churchill: A Very Peculiar History

The Three Audemars Piguet Royal Oaks You Need to Know About This Weekend

Loupe This’ Cartier London Crash

Christie’s Cartier London Crash

Monaco Legends Rolex Day-Date Yellow Stella

Monaco Legends Rolex 6350 Explorer ‘Honeycomb’

Rescapement New York Auction Photo Report, featuring Gabriel’s Patek 570 with ‘dore’ dial

An example of a Patek 3940 with ‘dore’ dial

The horological homies are back, this week discussing an array of watches coming up for auction. Learn about which watches we find to be the most interesting. Additionally, the crew decides to expand upon the subject of earned watches in the form of employers, competition and personal watches they have received. 

Phillips Royal Oak Anniversary Sale: https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/CH080222

Phillips Geneva XV: https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/CH080222

Christie’s Geneva: https://www.christies.com/en/auction/rare-watches-featuring-the-kairos-collection-part-i-29567/

Sotheby’s Geneva: https://www.sothebys.com/en/digital-catalogues/important-watches-part-i-1?locale=en

Sotheby’s Genta Drawings: https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/gerald-genta-icon-of-time?locale=en&lotFilter=AllLots

Sotheby’s Nevadian Collector: https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-nevadian-collector?locale=en&lotFilter=AllLots

Rolex Winn-Dixie watches:

Rolex-Domino’s Watches

Ed Sheeran Tudor “Divide” Black Bay

https://sub.rescapement.com/p/5-of-the-best-custom-tudor-black?s=r

The watch besties are back! We haven't been on mic since before MoonSwatch Madness swept the nation -- nay, the world -- so we talk about the Swatch x Omega MoonSwatch, and our favorite "Mission". Then, we dig into the releases from Tudor and Rolex at Watches & Wonders 2022 in Geneva. Oh, and three of the besties met up in Chicago at Wright Auction for a talk by the inimitable Eric Wind, so we recap the fun times that were had by all and a few secrets from Eric’s “Watch Collecting 101” presentation.

Show Notes:

Wright Auction – Watches: The Chicago Edit

Charlie’s Wright Auction Photo Reports, Part 1 and Part 2

Eric’s Presentation Watch Collecting 101 

https://www.strictlyvintagewatches.com/

Hodinkee Photo Report: MoonSwatch Madness

The new Rolex GMT-Master II “Destro”

The new Rolex Air-King

Tudor Black Bay Pro

The rest of Tudor’s new releases for 2022

Shoutouts:

Nick Federowicz of Ad Patina

Josh Hendizadeh (@TropicalPatina)

The Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation

Astor+Banks

We gossip about the most popular watch brands of 2021. Then we go deep on the new No. 2 Swiss watch brand, Cartier. We all love Cartier for different reasons, so we talk about what we love about it, the current state of the market, and where it's headed. We zoom in on one of the CPCP era's flagship models, the Cartier Monopoussoir, Cartier clocks, and more. Then, we dive into other watch news from the week, vibing on MB&F, more clocks, and Omega's 2022 novelties. 

Show Notes

Morgan Stanley LuxeConsult: State of the Swiss Watch Industry

What Can Watches Learn from Streetwear? 

The Cartiers by Francesca Cartier Brickell

Each of the known 8-day Cartier wristwatches

ACM: A Collector’s Guide to the 'Collection Privée Cartier Paris'

How Renaud and Papi became a training ground for watchmaking's finest

In conversation with Petermann Bedat

Revisiting: The Cartier Monopoussoir CPCP With Denis Flageollet

Charlie's watch spotting at the MB&F MAD Gallery

The Watch Annual

Omega Novelties 2022

Episode 10! In today's pod, we talk about a record-setting Rainbow Rolex Day-Date. Then, we take a look at some other auction results from the month of February, chatting Longines and Journe along the way. Finally, we look at the sale of Gerald Genta's original Royal Oak drawings before getting distracted by some very NSFW erotic watches, and then look forward to the month of March in watches. 

Show Notes

How the Rolex Day-Date Became a Million-Dollar Watch

Phillips 2015 Glamorous Day-Date Sale

How the Rolex Day-Date became the NBA's starter watch

Amy Johnson's Longines, and the rest of the Sotheby's Fine Watches Sale

Interview: The Journe Guy

Gerald Genta's original Royal Oak drawing sells for $610,000

adpatina.com

GQ: The Long, Lurid History of Erotic Watches

NSFW Erotic Blancpain

Phillips Made in Germany Lange Exhibit

@t_swiss_t

Patek Philippe 3970P Perpetual Calendar Chronograph

Strictly Vintage Watches: Every Known Cartier 8-Day Wristwatch

Introducing the Oak & Oscar Humboldt GMT, and an Auction to Support Ukraine

Bloomberg: Rich Russians Spend on Luxury to Stop Savings Erosion