AndrewD
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"... hanging on to serenity by a thread"
I love that turn of phrase, Bill. Do you mind if I use it?
Some of us around here perhaps hang onto sanity by a thread, too!
Nice story. I have nothing to match it but my only true 'in the wild' encounters have been a steel mid-1960's Omega Constellation on an elderly gentlemans wrist in one of our cities best coffee joints and a diamond encrusted Frank Muller in a large Cintree Curvex case in a nice restaurant in Singapore. The wearer was being flashy and loud in other ways too and I didn't feel comfortable engaging him in conversation about the watch. 
There have been other nice watches on wrists of shoppers in watch boutiques, but I kind of rule those out from true, random, in the wild sightings.
Andrew
Most Amazing Watch Seen In The Wild?
As I recently commented on in the AP forum, I saw a gentleman wearing a Carbon Concept at the AP Bal Harbour trunk show. I was wondering what's the most impressive watch all of you have seen "in the wild?"
Not sure I would consider the AP trunk show "in the wild"
Truly in the wild, the nicest I can recall was an Offshore Tourbillon Chrono sitting next to me at dinner one night.
Also a ROO, rose gold and black dial . . .
. . . spotted on the wrist of a thirty-ish gentleman at an LA nightclub . . . cordially, Art
The most amazing one.....
was worn by a friend.... cognac, friends, Paris...... what a great evening...... his watch on my wrist..... my favourite complication..... cheers ps. I am certain that he will post a better photo of his watch.... maybe with a tour in the background?...
I'd have figured it was cheating
to use someone you met from here, though NOBODY can dispute the wildness of the owner of that wrist a...
Cheating?
I'm sorry but I don't get your commend... would you care to elaborate? thanks
Perhaps it didn't translate well
What I was meaning was that If you're having coffee with Nico, whom you know from thePurists, you know you're gonna see a nice watch. It isn't really "in the wild" A
Patek Repeater
On the wrist of a knife dealer in NYC. The only time I have actually commented to a complete stranger on his watch... a
Such a long list !
Most amazing watches I saw: And many more... Fr.Xavier This message has been edited by foversta on 2010-03-11 12:55:46...
Are these watches you've seen in the wild though Fr.Xavier? :P [nt]
This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2010-03-12 09:36:59
When in the company of my fellow collectors or at a retailer...
I've seen many great watches, but for the finest watch I ever saw at random in the wild, read this repost of something I wrote over two years ago: So I'm sitting at Starbucks in Framingham, Massachusetts, twenty miles west of Boston, with my 3-3/4 year ol...
"... hanging on to serenity by a thread"
I love that turn of phrase, Bill. Do you mind if I use it? Some of us around here perhaps hang onto sanity by a thread, too! Nice story. I have nothing to match it but my only true 'in the wild' encounters have been a steel mid-1960's Omega Constellation ...
Use it as often as necessary, Andrew!!
One of the more interesting sightings I've experienced was seeing an Overseas Chronograph (older model) on a guy's wrist while at the post office, when I was wearing the identical watch too! Bill
I tend to look at most peoples wrist whether it be at an airport, restaurant and
I have never seen anything wild. One red submariner and possibly a simple PP calatrava .Perhaps I need to change my surroundings btu I have never come across a real collectors piece inthe wild. Where are they all hiding?? Julian
I don't know about "in the wild"
But this forum's owner flashed one of his "postal scale" beauties at a casual GTG a few months back. Pretty impressive.
patek 5102pr
Seating in front of me on flight from LAX to Toronto and yes it was in first class
Not really in the 'wild'
but saw and touched urwerk cc1 during a watch event in Singapore and gasp when an esteemed moderator dropped it on a (luckily) chair. I thought I saw droplets of liquids running down his pants that nite . cen@jkt
Certainly this one...
on a vintage car rallye in Kitzbuehel, Austria (pic by Paul Boutros): The owner raced a Mercedes SSK, and took the Blancpain only of for racing - where he wore a Cartier Roadster! Best, Magnus...
Journe Resonance
... a guy I was seated next to at a work-related dinner. And I was wearing a Journe too!! For both of us the only time that happened "in the wild" Andreas
Unfortunately no pics, it didn't seem appropriate...
As I was flying back to London last year from Basel, the fellow sitting in the row in front was wearing a Daniels Millenium piece. As we exited the plane at Heathrow, I noticed it peeking out from under his cuff of the tweed jacket he was wearing. So I ma...
This very day I saw what APPEARED to be a patek...
But I am nearly certain it was a fake...because it was a 5002 and the wearer didn't know what it was called. I noticed the watch immediately and said, "Is that a Patek Philippe?" he replied "Yes! Good job!" And even though I knew what it was (or what it w...
Define 'in the wild'...
Does this count? It happened in the tiny old ABP store a few years ago. Given that it is a watch strap atelier, you would expect that visitors might own or wear some decent hardware. As we were discussing the finer points of electric orange toadskin strap...