Episode 83: The Balance Cocks of 2025
Hairspring21 Des 2025

Episode 83: The Balance Cocks of 2025

Yes, it’s year end. And the only awards show that anyone cares about is back in action. It’s the Balance Cocks second annual outing this week; this show will cover the most beautiful and ugliest watches of the year, the greatest new calibre, the strongest value, the watch which will lose you the most money after buying it, and far more. Then we have the big ones, our favorites and the ‘Absolute Cock-Up of the Year’ Grand Prizes. Plus, an Only Wrist of an oil rig worker who likes dressing to the nines.


Links Mentioned:


Most Beautiful Watch Nominations:


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-a-lange-and-sohne-odysseus-in-so-much-honeygold


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/mbandfs-special-project-one


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-greubel-forsey-hand-made-2


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/intro-in-depth-roger-smith-ref-6


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-lange-datograph-handwerkskunst


The Ugliest Watch Nominations:


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/intro-speedmaster-moonphase-meteorite


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-tag-heuer-x-fragment-design-glassbox-carrera-is-a-masterclass-in-collaboration


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/dennison-leans-into-peak-70s-glam-and-design-with-new-ald-dual-time


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-fp-journe-chronometre-furtif


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-audemars-piguet-rd5


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-breguet-type-xx-chronographe-2075bh


The Greatest Calibre Nominations:


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/berneron-unveils-details-of-second-collection-the-quantieme-annuel


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-1815-tourbillon-in-platinum-now-with-a-black-grand-feu-enamel-dial


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/introducing-petermann-bedat-1825


https://www.breguet.com/250/en/experimentale-1/


The Greatest Value Nominations:


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/rolexs-new-pastel-oyster-perpetual-dials-a-soothing-evolution-of-color


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-a-lange-sohne-1815-34mm


https://baltic-watches.com/en/collections/watches


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-omega-speedmaster-first-omega-in-space


The Greatest Depreciator Nominations:


https://www.patek.com/en/collection/twenty4/7340-1r-010


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/chopard-reveals-its-most-complicated-chiming-watch-to-date-with-the-luc-grand-strike


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/intro-universal-tribute-chronographs


https://watchesbysjx.com/2025/07/seiko-credor-goldfeather-tourbillon-gbcf999.html


Worst Ad of 2025 Nominations:


https://imgur.com/a/yteGrrI (Phillips Horse Thing)


https://imgur.com/a/pD9Prfa (Urban Jurgensen)


New Independent Entrant Nominations:


https://watchesbysjx.com/2025/12/latelier-bernard-owl-duplex.html


Brand That Evolved Most Nominations:


https://www.berneron.ch


The Absolute Cock-Up Nominations:


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-audemars-piguet-rd5


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-rolex-land-dweller


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/intro-universal-tribute-chronographs


Grand Prize Nominations:


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-a-lange-and-sohne-odysseus-in-so-much-honeygold


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-and-sohne-brings-back-the-lange-1-daymatic-with-a-honeygold-touch


Only Wrist:


https://www.phillips.com/detail/vacheron-constantin/87538


https://www.europeanwatch.com/watch/audemars-piguet-vzss-vintage-dress-watch-vzss-rare-18k-yg-manual-62560


https://mimandcroket.com/project/rare-audemars-piguet-cal-13vzss/


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/honeycomb-dial-6350-rolex-explorer


https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/1-of-26-london-racing-green-jaeger-lecoultre-reverso-1931

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