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sclamb
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Late-May London GTG call for attendees (pls respond asap)

I just wanted to start afresh with the details of the London GTG and to confirm the people that expressed interest from the other thread.

The potential dates are as follows:

Saturday 26th May

Thursday 31st May

Saturday 2nd June

Hopefully we can get a majority to pick the same day.  Please  either reply here with 'Yes' and your preferred date in the subject line or send me a PM and I will compile a list of people attending.

As for the format, as in the GTG of 2008 we will meet at 10:00-10:30 in a secure watch-related location where we can talk openly and view not only our own watches but also those from a great manufacture.  I am hoping to also get a presentation on some aspect of watchmaking but that is still to be decided.

We will then go to a restaurant for lunch between 12:30-14:30 where I hope to have a private area for us to continue our discussions over a nice reasonably priced lunch.  From there we will go to another watch location where there is a private studio area in which we can see some other rarer and interesting pieces from a variety of manufacturers. This will be from around 15:00-17:00.  Afterwards, happy to go for early evening drinks for those that may be staying in London or not in any rush to get home.

As before, once I can confirm enough attendance (and that this is therefore going ahead) I will provide details of the locations, nearby hotels (for those that require one) and the lunch venue by private mail.

I am hoping we can increase on the 27 attendees that we had at the last London GTG.  Of course, if we only get 5 or so then perhaps we will make this a lot more informal, but I am hoping that we can welcome PuristS from the UK, Europe and around the world in this year where London is hosting the greatest sporting show on earth. 

Those that have already expressed interest are:

Sclamb

Chronolust

Andrewluff

Hewitgar

Amanico

Eloise

Imran

Greg D

AlexSunrise

T.Bean

Moc

219

Ubik

There may be another five or six non-PuristS attendees, so currently we are at 18-19 which is great, but there is room for more

Please respond as soon as you can so that I can either finally confirm the full day or make it a smaller and less involved GTG.

Thanks.

Simon