Hairspring

Erik & Max go from the absurd to the practical with two major topics this week. The first headline is a rewrite of athlete’s watches, we make choices for what we’d like to see Michael Jordan, Ayrton S...

24 Maj 20241h 11min

Erik & Max engage in a battle of hot (and lukewarm) contrarian takes for our first audience-sourced Hot Takes episode. Buckle up. Plus, what is the most interesting watch in the world? Links Mentione...

16 Maj 202456min

Erik & Max embark on their first collection building exercise: 3 watches from either Rolex or Tudor for 75K US. The catch is we’re requiring one 6-digit, one 5-digit, and one 4-digit watch each. Plus,...

10 Maj 202458min

Erik & Max answer one of the great watchmaking debates that’s been raging since chronographs immemorial: 2915 Speedmaster vs 6239 Daytona. It’s a fierce topic which is addressed fairly with total bias...

3 Maj 202458min

Erik & Max are back to the serious debates this week, this time the most beautiful lugs of all time. We ask how Instagram has influenced the watches being produced today. And, finally, we couldn’t sta...

26 Apr 20241h

This week is all about specifics of rare vintage watches; Erik & Max cover off some lots from the upcoming spring auctions and use them as muse to talk about some things we don’t see often. Stops at W...

18 Apr 20241h 4min

This week Erik & Max finish up the Q&A entirely. Is there more room for FP Journe to run? Why are Longines so underrated? And why does Max hate the Japanese (you can tell which one of us writes these)...

12 Apr 202454min

This week Max & Erik have done zero work in preparation, it’s all crowdsourced: our first Q&A. Questions range from thirsty watches to asking what is the perfect neo-vintage Patek Philippe to join a c...

4 Apr 20241h 3min