Horological Meandering

Another fantastic PuristsPro GTG tonight here in Southern California. We also had the honor of welcoming back a very special guest... Mr. Max Busser of MB&F !! We all met up in Santa Monica, CA at Locanda del Lago which is right on the 3rd Street Promenad...  

. . . Judge Max presiding. The observant will have noticed the lone beer bottle amidst several glasses of wine . . . nuthin' like a fresh Moretti LaRosa with sea bass! Cordially, Art...  

. . . aka Mitch . . . . . . came from many miles away to hang with his pals for the evening. A pleasure seeing you tonight, Mitch . . . cordially, Art...  

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In addition to the MB&F HM2, there were some other cool watches. Here's a table shot: Anthony brought along his RM011 fitted with a short strap. This was awesome, I put it on and took this wrist shot: IMHO, the RM011 is one of the most comfortable watches...  

I notice a new ROSE gold VH on the table. Congratulations, Doctor!

Used my new point-and-shoot and am disappointed in the pics. This camera failed on the 1st event as the flash is too weak. Either way, had to photoshop them so they look better and only a couple pics turned out decent enough to post. Here's a table group ...  

Hi Anthony, Thanks again for arranging a fun event. Your pictures still turn out great regardless of the camera ps - your PuristsPro shirt was cool! Regards, ED-209

This is truely an original and interesting watch, but seems that it 's very difficult to wear, due to its original shape.. Some thoughts about it? Best. Nicolas

Of course, I've got to include the food photos (Dr. MTF - Hope you enjoy the pics) Our wine selection was a bottle of Terrabianca Campaccio '01: For starters, I had a minestrone soup. Lots of fresh vegetables and very tasty: Guido and DrNo both had the in...  

Last time I checked, branzino is the italian for sea bass... but the sea bass presented whole appears to be the Patagonian Toothfish which is a deepsea trawled species which is similar to the branzino/sea bass but is seen to be more viable due to declinin... 

Hi JediWatchFool, Yes, in simplified terms you are correct that branzino=sea bass. But... to be specific the two fishes are different in that they are from different regions of the world, one caught in Europe the other in South America. SteveH ordered the... 

but in my experience, the branzino from the Med has a more delicate flavour and is superior to the Chilean / Patagonian variety. But deep sea trawling should be stopped, just like we should stop killing sharks and whales... oops, hijack ....

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SteveH ordered the branzino. It was presented tableside and finely deboned by our waiter. This is a shot of the whole roasted branzino: And then served and ready to be enjoyed. Looks yummy! DrNo ordered a salt crusted sea bass. This was another beautifull...  

Nothing more need be said! I had dinner with the current Mrs MTF at a seafood shack in Outer Singapore. A place where you had to wipe your feet on the way OUT ! Sweated like a pig. I don't think I could ever take photos or show it on the website.........n...