113 - John Reardon and the Collectability of Patek Philippe

<p>My guest this week is John Reardon, <a href="https://www.patek.com/">Patek Philippe</a> expert and founder of <a href="https://collectability.com/">Collectability</a>.<br /><br />John Reardon shares his personal history -- taking us on a journey through visiting watch museums as a kid, living with friars while interning at Sotheby's, 10 years inside Patek Philippe’s family business, and why he decided he had to take the big jump to go out on his own.<br /><br /><strong>NOTES</strong><br /><br />(02:32) <a href="https://www.clockandwatchmuseum.org/">American Watch and Clock Museum</a></p><p>(05:10) <a href="https://speidel.com/">Speidel</a></p><p>(05:24) <a href="https://willardhouse.org/">Willard House and Clock Museum</a></p><p>(05:40) <a href="https://www.revolution.watch/hk/michael-friedman-audemars-piguet-historian/">Michael Friedman</a> // <a href="https://www.audemarspiguet.com/">Audemars Piguet</a></p><p>(08:47) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambrinus">Gambrinus</a></p><p>(10:12) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Rogers">Buck Rogers</a></p><p>(11:54) <a href="https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/dana-blackwell.34500/">Dana Blackwell</a></p><p>(12:14) <a href="https://lewisengineeringco.com/">Lewis Engineering</a></p><p>(12:39) <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/about/team/daryn-schnipper">Daryn Schnipper</a></p><p>(12:44) <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/">Sotheby's</a></p><p>(21:25) <a href="https://www.christies.com/features/Collecting-stories-Sandro-Fratini-9535-3.aspx">Sandro Fratini</a></p><p>(32:22) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_G._Atwood">Seth Atwood</a></p><p>(34:40) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patek_Philippe_Henry_Graves_Supercomplication">Henry Graves Supercomplication</a></p><p>(36:52) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/books/review/a-grand-complication-by-stacy-perman.html">“A Grand Complication”</a> By Stacy Perman</p><p>(44:22) <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/taniajedwards/">Tania Edwards</a></p><p>(46:20) “<a href="https://www.amazon.co