A couple of gifts to get through, starting with a pickup that Adrian made. Probably, one of the most under-loved perpetual AP’s out there.
Adrian Taskin:
How about one of the most undervalued watches on the market?… Period.
Roman Sharf:
For years, people were sleeping on these. This is the titanium perpetual calendar from Audemars Piguet. Now, all of a sudden, people are realizing how few of these were made.
Adrian Taskin:
What’s great about this watch is, that I was never a big proponent of offshores on straps, it was just too bulky. The fact this is titanium and light, it wears a lot lighter and a lot thinner. This is fire. Oh, look. The actual Kermit.
Roman Sharf:
The actual Kermit.
Adrian Taskin:
Stop calling the Starbucks, the Kermit.
Roman Sharf:
Well, you know the test, right? If you can do this and it hurts your fingers and it’s sharp, that’s how you know it’s good. Let’s throw the Rolex in the mix and we have a white Sky-Dweller and…
Adrian Taskin:
Jubilee.
Roman Sharf:
Jubilee.
Adrian Taskin:
You know, on the white one I actually prefer the Jubilee.
Roman Sharf:
Same.
Adrian Taskin:
On the blue one, I prefer the Oyster.
Roman Sharf:
I actually like the Jubilee on the blue one also.
Adrian Taskin:
There’s too much jubilation going on.
Roman Sharf:
Too much jubilation?
Adrian Taskin:
Jubilation. I will say, first. Do you know what’s actually really cool about the Sky-Dweller? Besides it being the best modern Rolex made, is the market price on them did not meet the same fate as their same counterpart.
Roman Sharf:
They’re holding. Sub-date, I prefer this to a no-date you.
Adrian Taskin:
I prefer a date, I need a date on my watch.
Roman Sharf:
You do?
Adrian Taskin:
Yeah, that’s why I don’t have any Daytona’s.
Roman Sharf:
See and unlike the other packaging, so see how that one was nicely wrapped up, and here are links on the bottom here. By having them here and putting this back in.
Adrian Taskin:
Scratch.
Roman Sharf:
It scratches the watch. So, don’t be like this, AP.
Adrian Taskin:
Alright. One of my absolute favorites.
Roman Sharf:
Oh, you know what this is?
Adrian Taskin:
Of course, I know what this is.
Roman Sharf:
Hold on a second.
Adrian Taskin:
Why do you think I’m here? I did this because I knew the camera was coming, and the new camo. So, I had to do the matchy, matchy.
Roman Sharf:
Now, we have a Nick watch, that’s apparently upside down. Okay… It’s a Speedmaster. I love Omega’s packaging. They just did it right. Nick, would you like to talk about this guy?
Nick:
So this is a… I’m not going to go into the full reference, but this is an 005 Speedmaster. It’s got the 1863 Caliber in it and it’s a Hesalite. This is actually…
Roman Sharf:
A Hesa who?
Nick:
A Hesalite.
Roman Sharf:
Is that a cousin of jubilation?
Nick:
Hesalite dial, Hesalite crystal, it’s the same material they use on submarines and the spacecraft.
Adrian Taskin:
Does anybody actually wear them on those straps? I have yet to see that.
Roman Sharf:
No people do.
Adrian Taskin:
Like in the wild.
Roman Sharf:
People do and you know what, the retail price on this is super reasonable, it’s under six grand.
Adrian Taskin:
I think it’s slightly higher, but.
Roman Sharf:
It’s actually $5,365.
Adrian Taskin:
So it’s an older one.
Roman Sharf:
Do you know how I know? The tag, says it right there. We have a Tudor, looks like. We have a Pepsi Tudor, for the lack of better terminology. What’s the official name of this thing?
Adrian Taskin:
Good things come in small brown boxes.
Roman Sharf:
Well, this is not really a small brown box.
Adrian Taskin:
It’s not a big box.
Roman Sharf:
Oh, baby.
Adrian Taskin:
5726 and the white discontinued dial. I find it to be the best 5726 on the market. That includes the strap version, which includes the gray.
Roman Sharf:
So I agree with the fact that…
Adrian Taskin:
No, I wasn’t finished with my thought.
Roman Sharf:
Okay, go ahead, please.
Adrian Taskin:
Now, I’m done.
Roman Sharf:
So, I agree with you in the sense that, a white dial on this watch is better than the gray.
Adrian Taskin:
It is super clean. Thank you very much.
Roman Sharf:
You’re welcome.
Adrian Taskin:
So does that conclude…
Roman Sharf:
No, it does not. I left a couple of special things for last. This is a Roman watch, 3700 in yellow gold. This is one of the better examples I have seen. I always said watches are not an investment, and over the last two years, everybody was trying to prove me wrong. I think we’ve finally gotten to a point where I can somewhat admit that as of this moment today, watches have become an official asset class, an investment tool, if you will, a vehicle.
When you’re looking at stuff like this when you’re looking at a 5980 today, that trades for about a quarter-million dollars, and then you can go out and pick up something like this in the same price range. A. A lot less made, B. A lot rarer to find them in good condition. Last but not least, we got another one Adrian.
Adrian Taskin:
Another one.
Roman Sharf:
You guys have seen us unbox this.
Adrian Taskin:
You’ve heard me talk about it, about it. Maybe about four…
Roman Sharf:
Maybe, about a week ago. Oh yeah, it was in the last episode of Grey Market.
Adrian Taskin:
Yeah.
Roman Sharf:
Well, that one came in and out. How long did it take to sell that one?
Adrian Taskin:
15 minutes.
Roman Sharf:
I think it was sold before it even got here, right?
Adrian Taskin:
Yeah.
Roman Sharf:
Pretty much.
Adrian Taskin:
Pretty much this same case scenario.
Roman Sharf:
We didn’t think we were going to see another one so fast, but we did. Adrian, would you like to say a few words?
Adrian Taskin:
I think, to me, it is the best, first off looking aesthetically, Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph. The fact that it’s a 43 is what won me over because historically these have always been extremely uncomfortable for most people’s wrists, especially mine. But this one just sits beautifully, ergonomically beautiful, with the skeleton flying concept, a fine tourbillon.
Roman Sharf:
Think of the options you have by taking this very watch and just changing up the color, changing up the details. I don’t know if you guys can zoom in on this. Changing up the details on these little platforms that are around here, right? Just everything about this, the design of the dial, and everything else are just unbelievable. Yeah.
Adrian Taskin:
This could definitely be AP’s new standard, because as we saw before on the offshore tourbillon size…
Roman Sharf:
How about this in a ceramic?
Adrian Taskin:
That’s what I’m saying, a white ceramic, a black ceramic, even a blue. Like AP’s making.
Roman Sharf:
Right.
Adrian Taskin:
Even an all-black, I mean it would just be-
Roman Sharf:
We have that other blue offshore tourbillon, which is…
Adrian Taskin:
What I do like is that AP is really going the route. If you look at their most recent releases, how many 39’s they made in the Royal Oak form versus 41.
Roman Sharf:
Yeah, that 39 skeleton turb was just…
Adrian Taskin:
Same with this, this is the first time that you’re seeing a sub-44-millimeter offshore chronograph tourbillon.
Roman Sharf:
I think the thickness is still the same, but this watch really deserves a hands-on review. Maybe I should do that, maybe a What’s On My Desk episode because the details on this.
Adrian Taskin:
It’s fine. It’s absolutely incredible.
Roman Sharf:
I could talk about this watch for an hour.
Adrian Taskin:
Throw that baby on a red strap.
Roman Sharf:
Oh.
Adrian Taskin:
It’s a wrap like a fajita.
Roman Sharf:
I think that is it for us.
Adrian Taskin:
That is it.