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