. . . for your correspondent began in the middle of the afternoon, when fellow Ventura County resident mrsnak swung by to pick me up for the drive down to Santa Monica. Snak had a prior meeting with a record industry friend who resides a few blocks from t...
...with the LLD is burning brighter than ever. There's something about that lacquer dial and the color used for the indices that just hits my sweet spot! Daos
...that at a "perpetual (calendar)" event you'd sport a time only. I have always liked the look of the LLD too, and always get a little tug when I see one on sales forums. Having only seen it once in person I wondered if I'd get bored with it for some rea...
It was a very fun evening. I wish you could've joined in! The weather here is gorgeous, and we could go vintage hunting with Art, Snak and others! If only the Star Trek transporter beam would get invented already Daos!
...watches with dates generally, so calendar watches -- even the vaunted perpetual calendar, are not that interesting to me in terms of potential additions to my watchbox. There are very few perpetuals that catch my eye. My number one choice, if pocketboo...
. . . into taking watchmaking lessons with him at the NAWCC chapter meetings in Santa Barbara . Steve was wearing a Gevril perpetual Wednesday evening . . . . . . while Bart was wearing his everyday watch, a Glashütte Original cal 100 Senator perpetu...
. . . deep in conversation. From left to right, mrsnak, Daos, rovermark, and cazalea. Presenting their watches - Daos' Longines and snak's left wrist Breitling . . . . . . plus Snak's right wrist wear, his G-Shock perpetual . . . . . . rovermark's Lange 1...
...but Cazalea's new Seiko has a very cool dial. It's a repeating pattern that is reminiscent of carbon fiber, but is made up of the original Seiko quartz logo, I think. Cheers, Daos
... I was always a fan of the complete GST series, and still firmly believe that it was a wrong decision by IWC to discontinue it. For me, the sportive titanium GST perpetual always was the king of the whole series, ahead of the steel and gold models. Reg...
. . . with his Vacheron Overseas . . . . . . as did SDAWG with an AP ROO . . . . . . and his brother-in-law Kevin with a Breguet XXI . . . . . . but unfortunately, no photos of any of them were taken!...
Great company. I was fortunate enough to be seated with Dr. No and Mitch -- they imparted many watch collecting stories. I'm looking forward to the next dinner! Thank you Dr. No, Daos, and Anthony for organizing!
. . . and came ready for bear with three perpetuals, an IWC . . . . . . a Parmigiani . . . . . . and a UN. Daos managed to take snaps of his UN at the witching hour. How's that for watchmaking excellence - switchover precisely at midnight!...
. . . my wrist . . . . . . and one on a winder . . . . . . which intrigued Mitch enough that he asked to try it on. Mi relojes, su relojes ;-) . . ....
. . . and even though an image has already been posted, Daos' take of Sean's AP . . . . . . and movement pics of Mitch's UN . . . . . . and Parmigiani perpetuals . . . . . . are simply too good not to share. While the images in this report were taken by b...
. . . putting your money where your mouth is . Yup, cazalea pulled off his if-this-is-a-leap-year-then-I'm-Houdini trick again. Here's the evidence if you don't believe me . . . . . . a Swiss watch dunked in Italian water. Next time: tequila!...
Art, it was great meeting you and the rest of the gang. My wife and I had a great time. Your watch find stories were amazing. Hope to see you at the next gtg. Cheers, SDAWG
Art, it was a pleasure to read your post and through it, to feel like I was there with you. You had a superb moment with great people and fine watches. It is a superb idea to organize these Perpetually PuristS GTGs. Bravo ,and thanks for this post which a...
Thanks guys for documenting it and continuing the tradition. What could be better than having a watch GTG on the last day of February=) Cheers, Truly yours, Jon Zhang (Z3)
Great to see some FINE watches and some old friends and meet a few new people. Thanks for the time and effort in the post. Art, I tired on your your Rose Gold Glashutte not Mitch. Still wanna talk about it. How many Omega's do your need for it? Great even...
. . . was your wrist sporting my Karree perpetual! Mitch tried it on, too . . . must've lost track of who was wearing what in the last few days. As for instantaneous perpetuals, the only ones I know of right off the top of my head are the Roth of yesterye...
. . . correct. Our Austrian watchmaker - who bears a resemblance to you, btw! - made the same observation. Perhaps Snak will have an opportunity to take a few images of the chronometer in its disassembled state for us.
... winding hand had indeed been replaced, having been done before my god friend purchased this in the late 60s. Given the historical nature of this fine timepiece, I would like to eventually find a correct hand for it.
which is very nice as we don't have the opportunity to see them in shops, for most of them. And it seems to have been a great friendship event, thanks for sharing this Art ! Best, Mark
But my wife would not have been too happy if I left her home with a one day old baby! Look forward to meeting all in the next GTG. Great pics Art and Daos. J.
... but I wouldn't expect anything less. Lots of old friends and some new one too. Perhaps I need to make plans for 2016 now?! Thanks for sharing the fun with all of us. Andrew
Another great event with wonderful people and conversation. And a nice venue with good food. And thanks to the PuristS who brought in wine to share with everyone. I forgot to bring my bottle. Shame on me! Cheers, Anthony