Weekly Roundup for 1.30.2021

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Our weekly collection of the best watch content you missed this week, to enjoy with your Saturday morning coffee and donut

Patek Philippe 5711 Price Rockets 50% Since News of its Discontinuation Broke

Rob Corder / WatchPRO

What? Hmmm… I must have dozed off. On to the best articles of the week.

Watches & Wonders 2021 Unveils New Lineup And Schedule

The Naked Watchmaker (with the assistance and approval of COSC).

An incredibly detailed look at the organization, means, and methods of the COSC, and how it is certifying accuracy and precision of Swiss watches.

Watches and Wonders 2021 Dates Confirmed, As Well as 38 Participating Brands including Rolex and Patek

Brice Gouldard / Monochrome

Watches and Wonders continues to pick up steam as the heir apparent to Basel World, having already locked down the “Rolexit” and Richemont brands, and now taking on several LVMH brands. Watches and Wonders is happening (for better or worse) this April, as a completely online watch-fair.

WandaVision: Strucker Watches Are Now Available to Purchase

Jamie Jirak / comicbook.com

Want one of those compelling and curious Strucker watches that have been featured in the (fantastic) new Marvel show “WandaVision?” Too bad, because they are apparently all sold out – with that said, they were available for the briefest of moments at Hot Topic for the suspect price of $19.99 (obviously no mention of specs, movement, or country of origin).

Discussing Skateboarding with Filmmaker Werner Herzog

Ian Michna & Rob Fraebel / Jenkem Magazine

While it has nothing to do with watches, this video of Werner Herzog watching skate vids for the first time, is likely the most delightful thing you will watch this weekend.

In-Depth Carl Brashear’s Legacy Lives On

Cole Pennington / Hodinkee

A look at the triumphs of CW5 Carl Brashear, the man who inspired Oris’ recent trilogy of LE watches.

Everett

Everett is a PNW native, and dyed in the wool hobbyist at-large. Always fascinated with a challenge, over the years Everett has taken on juggling, sewing, bowling, marathon running, fly-fishing (and tying), photography, advanced cribbage strategy, and the Rubik’s cube. Everett got into watches in 2015 after spying a colleague’s Tag Heuer 2000 at happy hour. It quickly became apparent to him that the media-space for affordable watches was seriously limited. Sitting on his couch one evening, scouring threads to find a dress watch, Everett messaged his best-friend, and budding watch enthusiast, Andrew, and said, “I want to start a watch podcast.” Andrew, an action-man and serial hobbyist himself, was in. the rest, as they say, is history.