Horological Meandering

Its always a big occasion when Pplater ventures across the continent to share a meal. Again we were well overdue [ click here to have lunch with us again at Stokehouse in late 2011 ] but it was worth the wait. Six of us spent more than seven hours sharin...  

The rectangular Pateks and the White dialed Sùith had all my attention. Breathtaking! Best, Nicolas

Number 8 Restaurant & Wine Bar is the flagship modern Australian restaurant in the Crown complex. Both lunch and dinner is consistent and always pleasant. All supported by a good wine list. Here is some ambience over the watches and around the food .....  

look impressive :-) Superb. Oliver

Andrew that Leica is amazing- love the pics of the 4 wine glasses How many cups of "tea" did you boys drink?? Thanks again for organisisng an amazing GTG J And PPlater , come back soon

... and being part of the fun. I did eventually determine that there is not much tea in Long Island iced tea. And it's not the best way to detox after too many glasses of wine with lunch. ;-) Andrew

. . . sounds familiar! :-) ...  

watches to examine(or ogle over).

Very Artistically photographed, Bravo . It seems that Pplater is the catalyst for these long soirees . Your stokehouse 2011 , watchband X'mas breakup and more recently Pplaters session with G and Andy. Cheers,dreamer

And to understand why the watches mean so much. You are a great man, Dreamer. Thanks for the kind words about the photos. I hope they captured the atmosphere of the day. Till next time. Andrew

Guess you guys ahd a great time! :) Do you have any information on the Dacor? Looks like many of the divers form late 50's and early 60's. KonTike, Sea Wolf, ... Size 35-36 mm? Thank you for sharing, my friend! Best Blomman

....that I picked up for a song a couple of months ago. Manual wind. Brass friction bezel. Late 50's, I believe (I've an old dive catalogue with an ad for it, but can't confirm the year yet). Lume missing from the hour hand, but I can't see any evidence o... 

That sound like fun! :) That sounds very much like the Zodiac SeaWolf. If you ever find the catalogue, please post some scans! Best Blomman ...  

Firstly, for organising a great lunch and a great afternoon. Secondly, for capturing it all so well.

Which is always the fun part of these GTGs. Pplater and I in fact have actively avoided talking watches and horology until at least after entree on past GTG. I'm not sure we made it this time - the Tuscar got the better of the discussion. Pleased you had ... 

with some great company, and some pretty special watches. Great photos Andrew, and thanks for setting it all up. If I heard correctly, the Kari was recently field tested out in the forests of Tasmania ? A first time for everything I suppose. Perhaps check...  

In fact there were several missed photo opportunities, even in the 7 hours we had! But thanks for the additional photos of the day. Kari's Observatoire is something special on the wrist. And I know your a lugs man. Andrew

This looks like a most splendid lunch/ afternoon/ early evening - thanks for letting us live vicariously :)

We are in training for months before these marathon PuristS GTGs! ;-) Andrew

... up to Sydney. And there is still the matter of getting the 4 of 10 Aussie Gerber P10s into the one photo. It would be good to see you again. Warm regards, Andrew

....although I am not one of the 4...will gatecrash anyway. Perhaps as a mascot or something.

the lovely PP 5105 with the gorgeous caliber 9-90. Thanks a lot for sharing! Oliver

... on that Cal. 9-90. It's a special piece. Thanks for taking the discussion onto the Patek Forum. I hope you can join us one day down here, Oliver. That would be a special occasion. Warm regards, Andrew

one day and it will be my pleasure to come to Australia once more. Just have been to Sydney, a few years ago, but enjoyed it a lot. Especially the food ... :-) Tetsuya is still on my list, because I didn´t get a table in three weeks. Not even in the kitch... 

Honestly it would be a pleasure to welcome you down here. Sydney is fun, but superficial. Melbourne takes time to scratch the surface but most people are smitten. Give me some advanced notice and you will be eating like a king. I have followed Tetsuya's i... 

restaurant.... all I will say is give me 5 for great post about what matters most around our common passion Sincerely Damjan

... I can safely say you would have been in your element all afternoon. Hope we can do something similar with all of us together one day. These things always make me think back to the Vegas IGOTT2 and make me look forward to IGOTT3. It's the icing on the ... 

Thanks for sharing all the lovely pics!

That I can think of to spend 7 hours. Good food, company, watches & wine. Not necessarily in that order. ;)

Do it best down under ! That Rolex Cellini ? Really caught my eye ! And that McGonigle is quite superb ... Thanks for taking us there !

It is a classic brancard case in RG with a GF beads of rice bracelet but the movement is an straight rectangular Rolex extra Prima- non Prince. Actual ref is 2771. Julian

Impressive set of timepieces and clearly great fun! Thank you for sharing. And Andrew, I am biased, but, excellent choice of Breguet to wear to this lunch!! =)

Thanks for noticing the Breguet La Tradition. There were a few watches that brought a sense of occasion to the festivities, and the La Tradition was one of them. It is still a unique design idea with a lot of personality, even at 37mm. Andrew

Fantastic, everything from the watches to the food. Looks like you all had a great time. Thanks for sharing these pics. Regards, ED-209

Many thanks for sharing this monumental event! Would love to join in at some point, and of course if our friend pplater were involved t'would make it all the sweeter. If you are going to be in NorCal at any time, you will find a warm welcome on this end a... 

Thanks for the kind words, Gary. Any of us would love to join you guys for a NorCal GTG. Hopefully I can make the wish come true one day. And we would love to welcome you down under as well. Entry is gained with a watch on each wrist. ;-) Andrew