Podium Pieces Episode 10 https://offhours.show/podcast-player/642/ep10.mp3From $350 to $350,000, reflecting back on the first horologically focused trade show of 2018, Chris and Jon chat about the science and artistry of watchmaking. Cortex Myke & CGP Grey talk about their yearly themes for 2018relay.fm Eterna The price of Eterna’s calibers varies according to the configuration, finish, & quantity orderedeterna-movement.com SIHH The Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie is an annual trade show in Genevasihh.org Cartier One of the cornerstone brands of SIHHcartier.com Purple Royal Oak Audemars Piguet released a purple dialed version of their iconic Royal Oak at SIHH 2018audemarspiguet.com Romain Gauthier Chris found the black mother-of-pearl take on Romain Gauthier’s InsightMicro-Rotor striking (sans diamonds)romaingauthier.com Cartier Revelation A new novelty from Cartier for SIHH 2018cartier.com Revelation Reveal A video of Cartier’s Revelation in action, captured by Horologiuminstagram.com F.P. Journe An interview with master watchmaker, François-Paul Journeforbes.com Santos de Cartier One of Chris’ favourite designs from SIHH 2018, is Cartier’s re-imagining of their Santos line of timepiecesrevolution.watch Drive de Cartier A modern icon, now available in stainless steelcartier.com Carole Forestier-Kasapi Cartier’s talented & accomplished head of watch developmenthautetime.com The Freak Carole Forestier-Kasapi played a key role in developing what would become Ulysse Nardin’s avant-garde ‘Freak’ timepiecethepurists.net Astrotourbillon There is an unquestionable lineage between Carole Forestier-Kasapi’s award winning concept watch, the Ulysse Nardin Freak, & Cartier’s Astrotourbilloncartier.com Lange Model Nice shot of the business side of Lange & Söhne’s oversized watch model at SIHH 2018, captured by Su Jia Xianwatchesbysjx.com The Grey Nato Journalists & adventurers, Jason Heaton & James Stacey, share their thoughts on SIHH 2018thegreynato.com Homage to Walter Lange A tribute to the man who re-established his family’s watchmaking legacy, in A. Lange & Söhne, after the fall of the Berlin Wallalange-soehne.com Triple Split Chronograph A tour de force of A. Lange & Söhne’s horological savoir-fairealange-soehne.com Voutilainen 217QRS Kari Voutilainen unveiled a new timepiece, with integrated retrograde date mechanism, at SIHH 2018voutilainen.ch Vaucher Prior to acquiring a dial factory of his own, Kari Voutilainen depended on third parties, like Vauchervauchermanufacture.ch Parmigiani Fleurier A peek at what goes on inside the restoration department of Parmigiani Fleurier, where Voutilainen honed his craft early in his careerparmigiani.com Davide Cerrato The designer behind Tudor’s resurgence, who now works for Montblancrevolution.watch Tudor Heritage The Tudor Heritage collection, whose design direction was set by Davide Cerratotudorwatch.com Montblanc 1858 The Montblanc 1858 collection, introduced at SIHH this year, exudes Davide Cerrato’s designmontblanc.com Montblanc 4810 Montblanc uses customized rose engines to produce guilloché dials with their logo as the patternmontblanc.com Les Aérostiers An elaborate, plique-à-jour timepiece from Vacheron Constantin, for SIHH 2018, built around the motif of a hot air balloonvacheron-constantin.com Plique-à-jour A enamelling technique, wherein the finished product has no backingwikipedia.org Triton et Sirène A one-of-kind timepiece, from the atelier of Kari Voutilainen, featuring plique-à-jour enamel work by Inès Hamaguchiwatchesbysjx.com Vacheron Constantin 1326 Vacheron Constantin’s new entry level calibervacheron-constantin.com Baumatic BM12-1975A An technically impressive new caliber from Baume et Mercier, at an impressive price pointbaume-et-mercier.com Isochronism The ability of a system to consistently repeat the same action at regular intervals of timemuseogalileo.it Tissot Powermatic 80 The best value for the money, for a mechanical watch with a free-sprung balance wheel, is Tissot’s Powermatic 80amazon.com Swatch Sistem51 The Swatch Sistem51 also features a free-sprung balance, but is not as reliable, nor in any way serviceable, compared to Tissotamazon.com Panerai L’Astronomo A steampunkesque novelty from Panerai, with a slew of astronomical complications, including sunrise & sunsetpanerai.com Van Cleef Planétarium Video of Van Cleef & Arpel’s Planétarium, an orrery for your wristyoutube.com Panerai Carbotech Panerai’s Lab-ID Carbotech, from SIHH 2017, serves up an aesthetic contrast to this year’s Astronomo, & boasts a 50 year guarantee periodpanerai.com Vantablack Blacker than black—an introduction to Surrey NanoSystems Vantablack carbon nanotube coatingyoutube.com Femtosecond Laser Femtosecond lasers work so quickly that they do not cause any overspray, enabling surface patterning techniques that can make nearly any metallic surface to appear optically black rochester.edu Bird of Paradise Feathers The black feathers of some species of birds of paradise use optical properties similar to Vantablacknature.com Tantalum Carbide Rather than use ruby jewels as bearing surfaces, Panerai’s Lab-ID Carbotech employs bridges made of tantalum carbidewikipedia.org IWC Tribute to Pallweber A throwback to the historic Pallweber pocket watches that showed the hours & minutes on rotating discs iwc.com Video of IWC Pallweber A video of the Pallweber in actionvimeo.com Omega Olympic RIngs A quintet of steel Seamasters, representing the Olympic ringsomegawatches.com Omega Podium Pieces A trio of enamel dialled timepieces, representing the Olympic medals omegawatches.com
