HODINKEE Radio: Watches & Wonders 2024: Daily Episodes Live From Geneva

April 09, 2024

We're in Geneva! This week, Hodinkee Radio will be recording daily podcast episodes to recap Watches & Wonders. Stay tuned for our takes on all the latest releases, takeaways from the show, and the general shenanigans that tend only to be captured on mic after a long day of seeing lots of watches and drinking too much espresso.?In addition to the podcast feed, each episode also has video, so swing by Hodinkee's YouTube channel (or watch below). Only want the audio? It's being published to the same old Hodinkee Radio feed, so check your feeds or subscribe wherever you find your podcasts (might we recommend Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or TuneIn). Day 4 C The Editors Debrief After A Week In Geneva It's our last day at Watches & Wonders in Geneva, so we're recapping everything we saw. We talk about the best watches we saw all week, the best watches under $10,000, drop some of our spiciest takes, and then all of us C all seven of us C pick one watch we saw that we'd purchase, money no object. Thanks to Lucid Motors for sponsoring this week's live recordings of Hodinkee Radio from Geneva. Show Notes Best Things We Saw:Introducing: Bulgari Sets A New Record (Again) For The World's Thinnest Watch With The New Octo Finissimo UltraIntroducing: The Piaget Altiplano Concept Tourbillon, The World's Thinnest Tourbillon (Live Pics)Introducing: The Chopard L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25Introducing: The Chopard Alpine Eagle XP TT Brings Titanium And Open-Working To The Ultra Slim Watch (Live Pics)Hands-On: The Cartier Tank Mini Keeps Small Watch Fever BurningBest Watches Under $10,000:Introducing: Herms Launches 'The Cut,' A Sport Watch For WomenIntroducing: The Tudor Black Bay 58 GMTIntroducing: The New Tudor Black Bay Goes MonochromeIntroducing: The Doxa Sub 200T C A Smaller Take On The Classic Doxa DesignBiggest Surprise Of The Week:Hands-On: How Long Would It Take To Tell The Time Backwards On The Cartier Santos-Dumont Rewind? Only Time Will Tell, If You Ever Can Tell The Time.The One Watch We'd Buy:One To Watch: Breitling Designer Sylvain Berneron Sets Out To Explore Asymmetry On His OwnA. Lange & Sohne Makes The First Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon In Honeygold C And It's A 'Lumen' (Live Pics)Hands-On: The Patek Philippe 5330G World Time That's A Low-Key World First, TooIntroducing: Rolex Quietly Announced A New Day-Date 40 In Everose Gold For The 2024 Academy AwardsIntroducing: The Rexhep Rexhepi Chronomtre Contemporain II With Ruby Indices, Limited To Ten PiecesIntroducing: The Gronefeld 1941 Gronograaf, The First-Ever Chronograph From The Gronefeld Brothers Day 3 C Herms, Cartier, Oris, Chopard, And More Three days into the show and we're all a bit slap happy and talking about some of our favorite novelties from Herms, Cartier, Oris, Chopard, and Parmigiani. We also talk a bit about the general mood of the show, which we'll discuss more on our final show tomorrow. But first, we talk about: Herms' new ladies' watch and whether it's actually a ladies' watch; Oris' new Aquis and why the lack of any mega releases might actually be the best thing for the Swiss watch industry; and we finish with dress watches from Chopard and Parmigiani Fleurier's update of the Toric collection. Thanks to Lucid Motors for sponsoring this week's live recordings of Hodinkee Radio from Geneva. Show Notes Hermes:Introducing: Herms Launches 'The Cut,' A Sport Watch For WomenOris:Introducing: The Next-Generation Oris Aquis DateCartier:A preview of the new Cartier Tank lineup including the mini Tank Louis and Americaine (Instagram)Chopard:Introducing: Chopard Brings A Touch Of Heritage To The L.U.C XPS With A New 'Forest Green' Sector DialIntroducing: The Chopard Alpine Eagle XP TT Brings Titanium And Open-Working To The Ultra Slim Watch (Live Pics)Introducing: The Chopard L.U.C Qualit Fleurier In Lucent SteelParmigiani:The new Parmigiani Toric collection Day 2 C Cartier, TAG Heuer, Grand Seiko, And More On day two, we talk about all of the watches we went hands on with during appointments with Cartier, TAG Heuer, Grand Seiko, IWC, Lange C and even the world's new most complicated watch from Vacheron Constantin.Thanks to Lucid Motors for sponsoring this week's live recordings of Hodinkee Radio from Geneva. Show Notes Cartier:Introducing: The Cartier Tortue Is Back C And As A Monopusher ChronographIntroducing: The Cartier Santos Dumont That Tells Time Backwards (You Read That Right)TAG Heuer:TAG Heuer Celebrates 55 Years Of Its Square Chrono With The New Monaco Split-SecondsIntroducing: The TAG Heuer Carrera Skipper In GoldIntroducing: The Heuer 7753SN-Inspired TAG Heuer Carrera Glassbox 'Panda' (With A Steel Bracelet!)Grand Seiko:Introducing: Two Years After Making History, The Grand Seiko Kodo Constant-Force Tourbillon Returns In 'Daylight' FormIntroducing: Grand Seiko's New SLGW002 And SLGW003 'White Birch' With A Brand-New Manual Hi-Beat Movement (Live Pics)Introducing: Grand Seiko's New Spring Drive Chronograph GMT SBGC275 Has A Dial That Changes Colors With The Light (Live Pics)IWC:Hands-On: IWC Combines Their Core Design Language With An Updated Case In Their New Portugieser Perpetual CalendarIntroducing: IWC's Portugieser Eternal Calendar, Its First Secular Perpetual Calendar With The Most Accurate Moonphase EverVacheron Constantin:The Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers 'Berkley Grand Complication,' With 63 Complications, Is The New Most Complicated Watch In The WorldLange:Introducing: A. Lange & Sohne Makes The First Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon In Honeygold C And It's A 'Lumen' (Live Pics) Day 1 C Rolex, Patek Philippe, Tudor In our first episode from Geneva, Ben, Danny, and Malaika join me to discuss new releases from Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Tudor. GMTs headline the novelties from Rolex and Tudor. Rolex has brought its black-and-grey bezel to a steel GMT, while Tudor gave what so many have asked for C?a Black Bay 58 GMT. We also talk about what it means that it's a slower year for Rolex, that Tudor is becoming the Black Bay brand, and the new complicated stuff from Patek. We start it all off by chatting about the Le Mans Daytona in white gold (now discontinued!) and yellow gold (new!).Thanks to Lucid Motors for sponsoring this week's live recordings of Hodinkee Radio from Geneva. ? Show Notes Rolex:The White Gold Rolex 'Le Mans' Daytona Is DiscontinuedThe Rolex GMT-Master II With Grey And Black Ceramic BezelIntroducing: The Rolex Deepsea Goes Full Gold (And Blue)Introducing: Rolex Adds A Platinum Model To Its Dressy Perpetual 1908 CollectionTudor:Introducing: The Tudor Black Bay 58 GMTIntroducing: The Tudor Black Bay 58 In Yellow Gold, Now With Gold BraceletIntroducing: The New Tudor Black Bay Goes MonochromePatek Philippe:Introducing: The Patek Philippe 5236P-010 In-Line Perpetual Calendar, Now With Salmon DialThe Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse Is Back On BraceletPatek Philippe Brings Back The Aquanaut Travel Time In White GoldPatek's "denim" straps in the new Nautilus 5980 and World Time 5330