We’re here today at yet another beautiful unboxing. How about a Resonance F. P. Journe, a watch that’s extremely coveted, looked for, and demanded at about a quarter-million dollars?
Adrian Taskin:
I would say it’s actually my top two dual times on the market, this and the Legacy Machine One from MBNF. I just think the dual time indicator on here is just so clear.
Roman Sharf:
You can’t really beat having two faces.
Adrian Taskin:
That’s right.
Roman Sharf:
It’s about as clear as you can get as far as I’m concerned. And this is a blast from the past for me. I’ve sold a few of these, and that is the Vacheron Constantin Malte Skeleton Tourbillon. I mean the back, the front, I mean, look, look. This is just …
Adrian Taskin:
Yes, we’ll move on to another Vacheron Constantin. This is a Malte Tourbillon Perpetual, actually pretty much the competitor to the 5970.
Roman Sharf:
At a much better price, and I think …
Adrian Taskin:
Much better price.
Roman Sharf:
And I think the movement in that is better than a 5970.
Adrian Taskin:
I will say there’s only one thing about this watch that I like personally better, and that’s the handcrafted moon phase.
Roman Sharf:
Yes. If you look closely in there, if you can zoom in on that, you can see the handcrafted moon phase in there.
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Adrian Taskin:
All right moving on. Where are we going left or right?
Roman Sharf:
Let’s go right.
Adrian Taskin:
Okay. Royal Oak Tourbillon Chronograph for Royal Oak.
Roman Sharf:
A Roman watch.
Adrian Taskin:
Another Roman watch. He loves these.
Roman Sharf:
I absolutely love these because they are such value for the money. Last week we sold two in stainless steel, one on a bracelet, and one on a strap. I think we still have one left on a strap with a brown dial and a black dial. I think we have another blue one on a strap. And yesterday we were in New York and I saw this rose gold. I could not pass up on it.
Adrian Taskin:
The rose gold one just has such a bigger look, I think.
Roman Sharf:
I do like the fact that somebody put it on the rubber strap versus the leather strap.
Adrian Taskin:
Yeah, because it’s actually wearable.
Roman Sharf:
It’s actually more wearable on the rubber strap.
Adrian Taskin:
15500ST white Slider.
Roman Sharf:
Who says those aren’t selling?
Adrian Taskin:
The white dial is the cleanest. It’s my favorite one.
Roman Sharf:
Because every time I get a white, I like it. The black, I like it. Blue, I like it. I don’t know.
Adrian Taskin:
Bro, you never met a watch you didn’t like. Okay, we have a Code 11.59.
Roman Sharf:
I love that.
Adrian Taskin:
Now before you guys start hating Code 11.59.
Roman Sharf:
Look at this watch.
Adrian Taskin:
In regards to Audemars Piguet, the finishing on this watch is phenomenal, ceramic case, the curvature and the best part about the watch is the movement on the back.
Roman Sharf:
The code 11.59’s just got that Royal Oak case sandwiched between the actual outer case. When they executed that in ceramic and put that in between rose gold. By the way, I love the strap.
Adrian Taskin:
Comes with straps as well, by the way.
Roman Sharf:
But I love the OD green. This is really nice. See this box? That’s a very old box. 1972 is when the Royal Oak came out. Then for their 20th anniversary in 1992, they designed the Royal Oak Offshore, aka The Beast. This is actually the original box from that, believe it or not, from that era.
What this is, is the original Beast. And that was a D Serial. They announced it in 1992 for the 20th anniversary, but what they also did is they waited about a year until these came in full-blown production with a D Serial. So this is a D Serial, but it has the AP logo up here. The very early ones did not have that AP logo.
Roman Sharf:
If you happen to get your hands on one of those … and notice the buckle as well, which is another one. This is different, you don’t see these types of buckles on the later Offshores or any other Offshore for that matter. A bit on the flimsy side, but still nevertheless holds the watch well. So if you get a hold of one of these without the AP logo on top, you got yourself a super rare watch that was one of the first few. They came out in ’92, and so did the prototypes. And those go for over a hundred thousand. Oddly enough with this watch being 30 years old, it still looks up to date. And that’s the beauty about Royal Oak.
Adrian Taskin:
Next up, we have a Rolex Air King 116900. This is the discontinued version without the crown guard. I still think under $12,000. I can’t decide whether I like this one or the Milgauss better for a sports model under $12,000 today, market price. I just love the green accents, and I just think it’s unique. I think it’s different. It doesn’t look like your run-of-the-mill Datejust. Do you know what I mean? It’s, it’s got some character. I always liked it.
Roman Sharf:
It’s funny, the Milgauss came out hot out the gate, then became a dog, and then kind of heated back up. And this thing was historically always like a dog, a dog nobody wanted. And now all of a sudden, everybody wants them.
Adrian Taskin:
Yep.
Roman Sharf:
Or maybe it’s because they’re discontinued.
Adrian Taskin:
This is actually a cool pickup recently serviced by AP. Let me just take it out of the service box. This is a yellow 25860 BA reference in yellow gold with a blue dial. Very rare. You really only find these stainless steel, so to find it in full yellow gold is actually pretty cool.
Roman Sharf:
We have a Lefty Panari. This is a Panari 360. Again, among Panaristis, or Panarai collectors as they’re dubbed, the Lefties are huge. So if you are a left-handed person, you would wear your watch on the right, therefore the crown guard would be here.
Adrian Taskin:
Also made for the 10th anniversary of Panaristi.com, limited to 300 pieces.
Roman Sharf:
So this is a Pam 360, moving right along.
Adrian Taskin:
I prefer this, and a lot of people are going to hate me for this, it’s white gold GMT Pepsi with a blue dial. I actually prefer this over the meteorite. What do you think?
Roman Sharf:
It’s a super clean Pepsi.
Adrian Taskin:
Yes.
Roman Sharf:
Like that screams Pepsi. That’s the one Pepsi watch that when you look at it, you think Pepsi and you think Pepsi right away.
Adrian Taskin:
The blue dial is just such a nice touch to it.
Roman Sharf:
A lot of people say, “Well, why don’t I just go with the steel? This looks the same. It’s cheaper.” But it doesn’t. That one actually signifies blue, too.
Adrian Taskin:
Signifies white gold is what it signifies.
Roman Sharf:
Well, these have been blowing up since the introduction of the Bulgari Ultra Thin line done in a Gerald Genta case. Remember, Bulgari bought the rights to Gerald Genta. They bought the Gerald Genta name as well as everything else, and this is the iconic Genta design. If you look at a lot of its Octa stuff from back in the day when he used to make them, they went with that design, but this is key here. The Skeletons are probably the most requested watches out there today.
Adrian Taskin:
From Bulgari? Absolutely.
Roman Sharf:
The most requested.
Adrian Taskin:
Extremely undervalued. All right, behind brown box door number one, we have a …
Adrian Taskin:
So this is a 5170P, guys, in case you didn’t see yesterday’s unboxing. This to me is the best chronograph from Patek Phillipe in many, many years. Produced from 2017 to 2019, it is actually the first manual wound in-house Patek fully chronograph, gradient blue dial with the subtle touch of diamond markers just makes this watch absolutely killer. It is just the perfect watch for me.
Roman Sharf:
This is also in line with what Patek used to always do, every platinum watch Patek made was on a blue strap. And now they’re sort of starting to get away from that a little bit.
Adrian Taskin:
They’re going into like the 5170’s that were not platinum, white gold, or yellow gold. They just didn’t do anything for me. When they came out with the platinum with the gradient blue dial, just blew it out of the water.
Roman Sharf:
Speaking of Pateks, how about a 5980 Nautilus? This is one of the watches that kind of went through the roof. The prices have corrected on them. So now would be the time to pick up one of these. We’re buying them cheaper and we’re selling them cheaper.
Adrian Taskin:
That watch is so comfortable to wear.
Roman Sharf:
It is. It is a super comfortable watch.
Adrian Taskin:
It is so much lighter than like your Royal Oak chronograph in stainless steel, so much lighter than your Rolex. It’s so light.
Roman Sharf:
And oddly enough, a lot of bracelet models out there including Royal Oak cannot do this, where it’s almost at a 90-degree angle. They usually tend to stick out this way, which makes you need … you would need to have a bigger wrist for the lugs to come out this way. But because this can bend always at 90 degrees, it’s a lot more comfortable to wear as well, even if you have a smaller wrist.
Adrian Taskin:
If you have a smaller wrist, it’s an easy wear. Another favorite of mine chronograph, modern chronograph, 5905 R, annual calendar chronograph, and chocolate dial. It is absolutely beautiful.
Roman Sharf:
Feel like with the correction that Nautilus’ Aquanauts, your hot, hot models that Patek just took, I think it’s going to draw people’s attention to stuff like this. In terms of a dressy watch, the biggest issue I’ve had with Patek before is that whenever you got into a dressy watch, it was small.
Adrian Taskin:
Small.
Roman Sharf:
And this not only is it a large diameter, what is it, a 42?
Adrian Taskin:
No, it’s not a 42.
Roman Sharf:
What is it?
Adrian Taskin:
It’s about a 41.
Roman Sharf:
Oh, it’s a 41 millimeter. But look at the thickness of the case. Whenever you look at a dress watch, the thicker the case, the bigger the watch is going to wear. And this is what I love about this watch. Speaking of gold watches on a strap, how about a Sky-Dweller on oyster flex? What are your thoughts?
Adrian Taskin:
So I’m going to make a big statement here. I have never been a fan of oysterflexes period. I think for Daytona’s, to me, they’re very gimmicky. But for some reason on a Sky-Dweller, it works. I can’t pinpoint what it is, but it just works on a Sky-Dweller. Oh, last but not least, forgive me for not sharing what was on my wrist.
Roman Sharf:
Yes.
Adrian Taskin:
So here we have …
Roman Sharf:
That was yesterday’s pickup.
Adrian Taskin:
And we’ve had this before and we have it again, an RM003 V1 in platinum. Now, guys, this is essentially the watch that launched RM off the launching pad right here. This was the quintessential racing machine on the wrist. There are so many functions in this watch that just scream race car. This was actually the first time that they used this indicator where it says wind, neutral, and the hours, where you don’t pop the crown out, you actually press a button. It’s almost like a manual clutch.
Roman Sharf:
Alot of people have popped the crown out and taken the crown out, literally.
Adrian Taskin:
This is the finest racing machine on the wrist. And it’s in platinum, super rare. Early reference, like 36. I mean, one of the first watches Richard ever made, so if you’re a true Richard fan, that’s the watch you need.
Roman Sharf:
These are the vintage Richard Milles, or neo-vintage because the company’s 20 years old. It’s kind of hard to go vintage. But a lot of our collectors and a lot of our clients are reaching out to try and find some of these earlier pieces, the twos, the threes, the fours, the eights, and of course, these ones are impossible. The nines are impossible. We had a 12. That was super rare, RM 12 curve that we had.
Adrian Taskin:
The nine is the one.
Roman Sharf:
The nine is the holy grail, but the twos and the threes, people are quickly realizing because they were trading at a low value for quite some time. Everybody wanted the newer ones, the Bubbas and the TPT pieces, and this and that. I mean they were sleeping on this and while they were sleeping, these things went up 30, 40% in value over the last probably three years, I would say, and they’re steadily going up because we’re paying more.
Adrian Taskin:
I think they went up far more than that.
Roman Sharf:
Yeah, far more than that, probably at least 50 to 60% in value. But people were always sleeping on these because they wanted the latest and the greatest, not realizing the history and the value behind some of the older stuff.
Adrian Taskin:
Yep.
Roman Sharf:
Anyway, this will conclude our unboxing. Guys, thank you so much for tuning in.