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Impromptu GTG in London
There was a highly impromptu dinner on Monday night at Galvin Bistrot de Luxe on Baker Street starring some Purists: just the four of us, Sid, Anthony, Greg and myself. And a lot of watches!
The food was good - the Liver with sauce Diablo being the stand-out dish, although the Valrhona Delice also scored highly - but the company was superb. The watches weren't that shabby either...
I had foolishly forgotten that I was even going out to dinner with three collectors, so my input was a little disappointing. However, the other three more than made up for it: an unusual and quite lovely Bexei Pure from Budapest, with a beautifully finished dial and movement. The curved sapphire really showing off the Guilloche dial.
Two outstanding Cartiers from the Golden Age: a 1932 with a gold band and the most exquisite chronographe, a mono-pusher (monopoussoir) operated by the slender crown. The blued steel hands on these watches is 80-odd years old, but as bright as the day they were fired. Wonderful.
Not to be outdone. a flourish of the shirt-cuff brought out a Jaeger LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon. Not un-impressive, to say the least. I've never actually seen one of these in person before; to say it was incredible would be an understatement. This was closely followed by a Chopard Tourbillon. These two seemed to hit it off, as they ended up sharing a bottle of San Pellegrino later...
A quite charming 80s Chronoswiss popped in to say hello, and ended up flanking an LE Co-Axial Omega with quite wonderful salmon pink, pie-pan dial. I'd not seen the Chronoswiss before - moon phase complication with date it a nice, compact case.
For a spur of the moment thing, I think we did rather well!
Gold Cartier from 1932 and a 1926 Tortue Monopoussoir
Brexei, Bremont ALT1-C/CR and Kari Voutilainen Vingt-8
Omega Pie-pan, Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon and an 80s Chronswiss
The Bexei, No1
That Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon again underneath a Chopard Tourbbillon...
The Bexei, No1
That Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon again...
Four men; eight arms; ten watches.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon flanked by those lovely Cartiers
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon
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Impromptu GTG in London
There was a highly impromptu dinner on Monday night at Galvin Bistrot de Luxe on Baker Street starring some Purists: just the four of us, Sid, Anthony, Greg and myself. And a lot of watches! The food was good - the Liver with sauce Diablo being the stand-...
Kari + Gyro
and 2 vintage Cartiers et al for a spur of moment ahh I would like to have such spurs much more Great line up Thank you for sharing ...but " tourbillons" deserves better bottle than aqua Sincerelly Damjan
Whenever Purists gather . . .
. . . an eclectic assortment of watches is sure to follow . Partial to the Cartier chronograph, myself . . .
Agreed....
Most remarkable for its age. What of the Omega, Art? A modern watch with a vintage look. It can't be the Olympic Games LE - what gives? Cheers, pplater.
The salmon Omega has the very first . . .
. . . production movement fitted with a co-axial escapement, circa 1999. There were, by memory, three or four offerings in precious metal, including platinum. The arched dial script is lifted from a much earlier chronometer offering; as luck would have it...
Quite right...
It was my first good watch - an Omega Coaxial LE in Platinum. The first coaxial watches were in RG with blue dial, YG with silver dial and in Platinum with salmon dial. There were 1000 of each of the gold versions - and 100 of the platinum. They later mad...
Thanks for the confirmation, Greg . . .
. . . my memory isn't what it used to be. As they say, memory is the second thing to go ;-) . . . Appreciatively, Art
Nice GTG. Thanks for sharing.
Not many watches, but amzaing pieces to share. The Cartier monopusher looks stunning, so do the Bexei and the Voutilainen. What to say about the almighty Gyro? ................drooling!!!! Thanks. Vte
Well, some watches look familiar to me...
Especially the Gyro I... I think I know his owner, too. Well done, gentlemen. It makes me always happy to see great guys gathering... Hello to all of you, and a special mention to Sid I too shortly saw the last time in Paris. Best, Nicolas.
always a pleasure to see the Gyro!!
thanks for sharing...awesome gathering best, Horo
Nice variety
But I have to say, that JLC Gyro really stands out amongst that pack. Thanks for sharing.
Great evening...
thanks for posting. A perfect purists evening - good food - good company - and a mix of amazing vintage and modern watches some of which you had never heard of.. Thanks everyone!
I don;t know how you can either weat or drink with such watches in your company!
the cartier tortue, the JLC, the Kari--just astounding J
It's a riot!
We had a great evening. Excellent company, good food, niiice watches, witty conversation and plenty of booze. But here's the thing, at some point someone floated an important question of the moment in London....."Which watch does the well dressed purist w...
Thats a nice gathering,
and some spectacular pieces, the Cartier Chrono is brilliant.. and while the JLC is definitely a stand out piece, the skill involved in manufacturing the Cartier at the time would have been taxing to say the least.. Thanks Noodle ;-) Tom
Only 4 Purists, 8 wrists, how many watches!?
Looks like great fun. Sorry to have missed it. Cazalea