3-Watch Thursday #5
Madeira, Daniels and the FT
Hello Team,
It’s been a week.
Geneva Watch Days was last week, but now it’s this week.
We’ve already seen some cool releases, but here are 3 watch-related things I wanted to share that you might’ve missed.
Let’s dive straight in.
Five Places That Changed Watchmaking
3 things are certain in life:
Death
Taxes
A 3-Watch Thursday including an article from ACM.
This week’s article, courtesy of Felix Scholz, runs through some of the most significant places when it comes to watchmaking.
Some were expected such as Basel and Greenwich. Others were less so, such as Madeira.
All in all, it’s a fascinating read.
You can check it out here!
The George Daniels Spring Case Tourbillon Is The Most Important Watch Of The Auction Season
Ok, this is special.
You probably haven’t missed this but I simply couldn’t send out this week’s newsletter without mentioning it.
Phillips will be auctioning a trio of Daniels watches this November and Logan at the Big H goes In-Depth on the most significant of them all.
The Spring Case Tourbillon was Daniels’ personal watch and could well lend itself to the title of most significant modern watch by an independent watchmaker.
Logan attempts to tackle the subject of predicting the hammer price for this watch by comparing it to other similar watches.
From another perspective, Eric Wind discusses on this week’s Significant Watches Podcast that Daniels Anniversary pieces do nothing for him but this is something truly special.
He believes states this should be a $10m watch.
It is more significant than the Paul Newman “Paul Newman” Daytona it’s just a question of whether it can reach and surpass this benchmark for a wristwatch at auction on the day.
This will surely be an exciting auction season.
Check out the Hodinkee article here.
Mechanical Desk Clocks Wind Their Way Back To Popularity
This one is quite fun.
Earlier this week the FT shared a Special Report: Jewellery & Watches September.
There was an article on the work going on at the likes of Subdial in London.
But there was also this one about desk clocks that caught my attention.
I wouldn’t stick my neck out and say it’s a great read, but I was interested that desk clocks make a feature in the edit.
In previous editions of this newsletter, I’ve mentioned pocket watches and desk clocks, because they interest me. With an outlet as large as the FT recognising their rising popularity, we can hope that we see continued innovation and releases in the coming years.
You can read it here.
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