Rabbit holes

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Start from one watch, person or idea. Each step shows how it connects to the next — an earlier reference, the movement inside, the designer, the era — with the films about each.

Rabbit holes to start with

  1. 01From the 3940 to Patek's own chronographFour Patek perpetual calendars from 1985 to 2011, and the movement change hidden inside them.Ref. 3940Ref. 3970Ref. 5970Ref. 5270Calibre CH 29-535 PS
  2. 02The movement behind the MoonOne Lemania calibre, Omega's 321, the Speedmaster, and the Daytona that borrowed from Zenith.Lemania 2310Omega calibre 321SpeedmasterCosmograph Daytona‘Zenith’ Daytona, ref. 16520Zenith El Primero
  3. 03One calibre family, three iconsLeCoultre's ultra-thin 920, under each house's own number, inside the Royal Oak, the Nautilus and the Vacheron 222.Calibre 920 familyRoyal OakGérald GentaNautilusRef. 5711
  4. 041969, the year everything changedThe race to the automatic chronograph, and the quartz watch that arrived the same year.The 1969 automatic chronograph raceCalibre 11 ChronomaticHeuer MonacoHeuer Carrera
  5. 05One person, one watchGeorge Daniels, his apprentice, and what hand finishing really means.George DanielsRoger SmithHand finishingPhilippe DufourIndependent watchmakingFrançois-Paul Journe
  6. 06What makes a vintage Rolex valuableThe 5513, patina, and the argument between originality and restoration.Submariner ref. 5513Originality & patinaDial & case restorationServicing a movement
  7. 07Quartz, and the way backThe watch that nearly ended Swiss watchmaking, and how Seiko brought the mainspring back to quartz decades later.The quartz crisisSeiko Quartz AstronSpring DriveGrand Seiko ‘Snowflake’

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The map is hand-built: every connection is written by an editor, not guessed. Numbers count each subject’s curated films, the same ones its page opens with; a page may add more found by search, marked as such. Types: Maison, Model, Reference, Movement, Complication, Person, Era, Collector subject.