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Well. I highly recommend the Dubai Watch Week.
Mar 26, 2023,04:56 AM
If you're going to make a special trip, DWW is WORTH IT! I flew out there from USA. In COACH. In November 2021! Pandemic time! And at that time, my itinerary took 3 flight segments to get there and 2 or 3 to get back. I stayed in an awful hotel (five stars in Dubai in a non-Western chain is not my definition of five stars) that had a very corporate looking website and a very Western name. And at the end of the day, despite all the pains of getting there and the pains of staying there, it was still WORTH IT!
If you can time a Geneva visit with a Europe trip, that's totally worth it. As someone who's been to Geneva many many times - I just have to warn you that the hotels can be very expensive and can be very mediocre - bad even. Geneva is one of the most expensive cities in the world, unfortunately.
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I suppose everyone's definition of "bargain" is different.
By: patrick_y : March 25th, 2023-16:27
But I would say in past years, there have been good values or bargains. 2021 was not one of those years. But I would say 2019 and years prior, you'd find some bargains. They weren't GREAT bargains. But they were fair prices at the time. You weren't paying...
It was fun. I left while the auction was still ongoing.
By: patrick_y : March 25th, 2023-18:44
His Serene Highness gave a nice opening announcement. Luc, the founder of Only Watch, is always a wonderful fella to talk to. I spoke with him a little more at Dubai Watch Week later that month in November 2021. You have a lot of very important people in ...
Hard to say...
By: patrick_y : March 25th, 2023-19:00
If you're in Geneva for the GPHG awards or the big auctions, the Only Watch Auction is definitely worth attending. I would say, 2021 was an extremely unusual year... You had people whom had come into tremendous wealth due to the pandemic, you also had the...
Interesting!
By: m2 : March 26th, 2023-03:40
Thanks for the color. I think I'll eventually go the auction because it's easy to time with a Europe trip. Don't have much of a reason to go to Dubai
Well. I highly recommend the Dubai Watch Week.
By: patrick_y : March 26th, 2023-04:56
If you're going to make a special trip, DWW is WORTH IT! I flew out there from USA. In COACH. In November 2021! Pandemic time! And at that time, my itinerary took 3 flight segments to get there and 2 or 3 to get back. I stayed in an awful hotel (five star...