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It’s Blade Runner Month! Jon and Chris discuss Blade Runner inspired watches, the Only Watch auction, GPHG, and some of the subtleties of dial making.

  • Blade Runner Chris’ favourite film is set in the same month & year that this episode was recorded
  • Blade Runner Inspired Watches Lee Yuen-Rapati’s One Hour Watch series is focused heavily on Blade Runner this month
  • Double LCD Watch Bryant’s watch in the original Blade Runner
  • Duchess of Marlborough Fabergé Egg An example of a Fabergé Egg featuring pink enamel over gold
  • Fabergé Frame Another example of a Fabergé piece featuring pink enamel over gold that better exhibits the colour shift in the enamel that takes place because of the gold
  • Only Watch Auction
  • Chronomètre Contemporain Only Watch 2019 Edition Rexhep Rexhepi donated a unique, platinum cased, Chronomètre Contemporain with hand hammered, grand feu enamel dial to Only Watch 2019
  • Richard Mille 11-03 Mille’s not-so-unique entry for Only Watch 2019
  • Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Patek’s record-breaking timepiece, cased in stainless steel, sold for CHF 31,000,000
  • F.P. Journe Astronomic Blue Journe’s donation to Only Watch 2019 set a new record for the highest price paid for one of his pieces
  • Pad Printing Video Clip A short video clip showing the chapter rings on F.P. Journe’s unique piece being stamped
  • Pad Printing Enamel A short video from TheWATCHES.tv
  • Thompson Enamels’ Painting Oil
  • TheWATCHES.tv Patreon
  • GPHG The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
  • Kudoke 2 Winner of the ‘Petite Aiguille’ at this year’s GPHG
  • Twin Beat by Vacheron Constantin
  • L’Heure de la Lune TheWATCHES.tv delves into the mechanics of the L’Heure de la Lune by Hermes, which featured in both the Only Watch Auction & the GPHG this year
  • Ferdinand Berthoud The Brand
  • Ferdinand Berthoud The Man
  • Naissance d’une Montre 3 Ferdinand Berthoud is underwriting the third instalment of the Naissance d’une Montre project
  • Ming Watches
  • Kent Pad Printers The company Chris ordered his pad printer from
  • Pantone Formula Guide The Pantone colour reference that Chris picked up
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