Are you all sick of BaselWorld yet? Well we thought we would hold our own BasilWorld, Aussie style, over pizza and beer.
A group of Melbourne watch enthusiasts have been meeting monthly for convivial conversation, watches, beer and food (in that approximate order) for the last couple of years. The great thing is that the group is a real melting pot of Paneristi, TimeZoners, PuristS, FaceBook denizens (do they have a name?), those who tweet (I'll call them 'twits' for ease) and a few miscellaneous collectors and convicts. Sydney has had the 'Tarts' since 2004, and we thought we should come up with a name that was a little more, well, horologically based. Given the rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne we did consider calling ourselves The Melbourne Buns for a brief moment, but we settled on The WatchBand. The group continues to grow with a couple of new faces joining us last night, which is wonderful.
So here is the next installment of our casual GTG series, henceforth known as The MelbourneWatchBand. Hope you enjoy ...
Andrew