Accomplished singer, songwriter, and producer James Blake joins the podcast for truly legendary discussion of watches, music, their intersection, and a veritable feast of unrelated topics. Conversation includes the role of atrophy in attraction to vintage, what watches he’d gift various well-known musicians, how ‘perfect’ finishing may be too perfect today, the watch musician Dave gifted him, and far more.

Links Mentioned:

15500ST:

https://www.audemarspiguet.com/com/en/watch-collection/royal-oak/15500ST.OO.1220ST.01.html

Berneron:

https://hairspring.com/products/mirage-sienna-yellow-gold

Collection Building:

Bowie:

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/david-bowie-longines-agassiz-watch

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/fp-journe-vagabondage-iii-in-platinum

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/karl-lagerfeld-royal-oak-phillips-auction-2022

Lennon:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-wild-mostly-complete-story-of-john-lennons-lost-patek-philippe-2499

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-lange-datograph-perpetual-tourbillon-honeygold-lumen

https://hairspring.com/products/5004r-perpetual-calendar-split-seconds-chronograph-pink-gold

https://hairspring.com/products/2915-2-speedmaster-steel

James Hetfield:

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

https://mrwatchley.com/products/breguet-empire-from-1973-with-extract-from-archive

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/rolex-explorer-14270-everything-you-need-to-know

Eric Clapton:

https://www.windvintage.com/abercrombie-fitch-reference-2447sf-unpolished

https://www.screwdowncrown.com/p/the-rolex-albino-daytona

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6394633

https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2009/12/bb-king-greatest-blues-guitarist-in.html#gsc.tab=0

John Mayer:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-john-mayer-audemars-piguet-royal-oak

https://www.europastar.com/the-watch-files/independent-watchmakers/1004114281-raul-pages-when-the-tortoise-becomes-a-hare.html

https://apchronicles.audemarspiguet.com/en/model/4100

Daft Punk:

https://monochrome-watches.com/review-otsuka-lotec-7-5-jumping-hour-watch-indepdenent-watchmaking-japan-camera-lens-inspired-availability-price/

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/186-0013-omega-equinoxe-reverso

https://hairspring.com/products/25730st-royal-oak-dual-time-steel

Swift:

https://hairspring.com/products/elegante-40-factory-12-rows-of-diamonds-titalyt

https://www.phillips.com/detail/patek-philippe/153613

https://wristcheck.com/us/discover/marketcheck/rise-of-the-rolex-daytona-john-mayer

Dave:

https://laurentferrier.ch/products/classic-traveller-globe-night-blue

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/romain-gauthier-logical-one-titanium

https://mrwatchley.com/products/chopard-l-u-c-1860-yellow-gold

3 Questions:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-bulgari-octo-finissimo-automatic-blasted-gold

https://quillandpad.com/2022/12/06/bulgari-by-gerald-genta-octo-quadri-retro-chronograph-from-2011-embodying-the-past-and-a-possible-future-of-a-once-imperious-haute-horlogerie-leader/

https://laurentferrier.ch/products/classic-tourbillon-black-onyx

https://www.alange-soehne.com/mo-en/timepieces/richard-lange/richard-lange-pour-le-merite/richard-lange-pour-le-merite-in-750-white-gold-260-028

https://apchronicles.audemarspiguet.com/en/model/14802-royal-oak-jubilee

https://www.matthewbaininc.com/product-page/cartier-tank-reverso-dual-time-zone-1970-s

https://www.the1916company.com/blog/a-revolution-in-design-the-de-bethune-dbs.html

https://monochrome-watches.com/introducing-de-bethune-dbd-evergreen-digitale-in-line-calendar-jumping-hour-specs-price/

Only Wrist:

https://www.watchprosite.com/rolex/rolex-1665-sea-dweller-mk1-patent-pending-twins-/732.964148.6706998/

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/burgundy-dial-25720pt-audemars-piguet-star-wheel-2

https://hairspring.com/products/140-021-zeitwerk-first-generation-yellow-gold

https://hairspring.com/blogs/finds/tritium-dial-5065j-patek-philippe-aquanaut