Hairspring31 Jan 2024

Episode 5: James Bond’s Blancpain

This week Erik & Max are rewriting watch movie history, it’s literal story time. We’re covering John Wick, Le Mans, Wolf of Wallstreet, The Dark Knight, James Bond, and the watches their protagonists should’ve worn. That’s right: no Seamaster for Bond and no Heuer for McQueen, it’s a ground-up watch film history rewrite. Which all leads us to a discussion around watches in real life, and the stories you maybe haven’t heard but should. The takeaways? Mercedes Gleitze is a badass, everything about SR-71 spy planes is cool, and Richard Petty has more style than James Bond. Finally, an Only Wrist straight from 1983 for a surgeon stroke Nat Geo photographer type.

Mentioned Links:

https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/christies-fine-watchmaking-important-timepieces-independent-collection/rolex-padellone-18k-yellow-gold-triple-calendar-ref-8171-22/137781

https://bulangandsons.com/products/longines-5699-sommatore-steel-chronograph-13zn-calibre-w-709

John Wick:

https://www.carl-f-bucherer.com/en/watches/manero-autodate-00-10908-08-13-01

https://www.watchclub.com/bamford/submariner/sky-blueedition-ref-16610-year-2004

https://www.phillips.com/detail/patek-philippe/HK080122/916?fromSearch=2452&searchPage=1

Le Mans:

https://monochrome-watches.com/phillips-sells-the-1133b-heuer-monaco-worn-by-steve-mcqueen-in-le-mans-for-2-million-dollar-most-expensive-heuer-ever/

https://shop.hodinkee.com/products/legant-chronograph-case-no-232d658?variant=39929854165067

https://hairspring.com/finds/mk2-072-001-enicar-sherpa-graph/

https://hairspring.com/finds/e335-lecoultre-valjoux-72-chronograph/

https://hairspring.com/finds/885103-02-nina-rindt-universal-geneve-compax/

https://hairspring.com/finds/6541-rolex-milgauss-2/

https://hairspring.com/exclusives/zenith/a386-el-primero-steel/

Wolf of Wallstreet:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/leonardo-dicaprio-wears-two-tag-heuers-for-the-wolf-of-wall-street

https://hairspring.com/finds/meters-first-16808-rolex-submariner/

https://www.watchclub.com/iwc/yacht-club-ii/18ctyellowgoldautomatic-ref-9129-year-1978

(Misremembered reference there)

https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/watches-online-dubai-edit/patek-philippe-nautilus-ref-3700aj-rare-iconic-two-tone-wristwatch-110/165766

(AJ not BA,)

The Dark Knight:

https://timeandtidewatches.com/bruce-waynes-watches-dark-knight-trilogy-pitch-perfect-timepieces-cinema-history-heres/

https://www.phillips.com/detail/urwerk/NY080119/8?fromSearch=urwerk&searchPage=1

Editor’s note: they’re two different Baumgartners

https://www.phillips.com/detail/philippe-dufour/HK080423/1011

James Bond:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-the-breitling-emergency-or-the-safest-weve-ever-been-with-a-watch

https://www.bremont.com/products/mbi

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/blancpains-fifty-fathoms-bathyscaphe-titanium-grade-23

https://www.phillips.com/detail/breguet/CH080123/82?fromSearch=breguet%20diver&searchPage=1

(Bonus) Max’s Dad Explaining His Inheritance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFtHjV4c4uw

Watch History You Should Know:

https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2014/04/the-complete-history-of-rolex-milgauss_8.html

https://monochrome-watches.com/spotted-the-cool-watches-of-shelby-and-miles-back-in-the-days-and-in-movie-ford-v-ferrari/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CeR4s4WBDqu/

https://www.rolex.org/perpetual/making-history-with-rolex

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1817519

https://www.hodinkee.com/magazine/the-watch-that-came-in-from-the-cold

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-long-return

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/bulovas-accutron-astronaut-the-watch-chosen-by-the-cia-for-pilots-of-the-fastest-plane-ever-made

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/exclusive-interview-charles-woehrle-world-war-ii-pow-shows-u

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/charles-woehrle-patek-philippe-film

Only Wrist:

https://explorer1016.com/

https://www.iwc.com/ch/en/articles/journal/rightful-place-genta-ingenieur-1832.html

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