Today’s independents aren’t battling over complication, they’re battling to perfect simplicity. Erik & Max asked you for your most expressive formats of Time Only watchmaking. Now, it’s time to relay some of the best three-handers the world has ever seen and why. This reaches far beyond the known models to Tortoise automatons, dad watches, 530s, Elegantes, and Klings.
Links Mentioned:
Max’s Goldberger Correction:
https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-35/lot-110
Greatest Number of Votes:
https://www.phillips.com/detail/philippe-dufour/CH080221/115?fromSearch=simplicity
https://hairspring.com/finds/rexhep-rexhepi-chronometre-contemporain-rrcc1/
https://hairspring.com/finds/2526-patek-philippe-calatrava-white-gold/
Mid-Range Votes:
FPJ Debate:
CS:
https://hairspring.com/exclusives/fp-journe/chronometre-souverain-pink-gold/
Vagabondage:
https://hairspring.com/finds/fp-journe-vagabondage-ii-platinum/
https://hairspring.com/finds/fp-journe-vagabondage-iii-in-pink-gold/
Remaining Calatravas:
530:
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/patek-philippe-reference-530-most-important-2017
https://le-monde-edmond.com/patek-530-black-dial/
2508:
https://www.phillips.com/detail/patek-philippe/CH080224/131
565:
https://www.phillips.com/detail/patek-philippe/CH080122/280
570:
https://www.phillips.com/detail/patek-philippe/CH080319/43
Tool Watches:
https://hairspring.com/finds/king-sub-6200-rolex-submariner/
https://hairspring.com/finds/1-of-150-blancpain-barakuda-fifty-fathoms/
https://hairspring.com/finds/mark-3-dial-1016-rolex-explorer/
https://hairspring.com/finds/honeycomb-dial-6350-rolex-explorer-2/
https://perezcope.com/2017/03/17/the-history-of-panerai-watches-at-a-glance/
Cartier:
https://hairspring.com/finds/cartier-cpcp-tank-a-guichets-in-rose-gold/
https://hairspring.com/exclusives/cartier/prive-tank-normale-platinum/
https://hairspring.com/finds/salmon-dial-nso-cartier-crash/
https://hairspring.com/finds/78086-cartier-paris-tank-louis-grande-with-beads-of-rice-bracelet/
https://hairspring.com/exclusives/cartier/tank-cintree-100th-anniversary-yellow-gold/
LF:
https://hairspring.com/exclusives/laurent-ferrier/galet-traveller-red-gold/
Chopard 1.96:
https://hairspring.com/finds/16-1860-2-chopard-luc-calibre-1-96-2/
Lange:
260.028 PLM:
https://langepedia.com/a-lange-sohne-richard-lange/richard-lange-pour-le-merite/
239.050 Homage to FA:
https://hairspring.com/exclusives/a-lange-sohne/239-050-1815-thin-homage-to-fa-lange-honey-gold/
222.048 Side Step:
https://www.europeanwatch.com/blog/a-lange-and-sohne-1815-side-step-222-048-wempe-review
Single Replies:
5072:
https://shop.hodinkee.com/products/1950s-audemars-piguet-oversized-ref-5072-with-small-signature
https://www.acollectedman.com/blogs/journal/interview-raul-pages
https://www.haldimann.swiss/en/
Tortoise:
https://pageswatches.com/automaton-tortoise/
Only Wrist:
https://hairspring.com/exclusives/fp-journe/elegante-48-titanium/