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/