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An amazing Post PPlater...
Mar 27, 2013,12:23 PM
What an exceptional timepiece, I know you have been waiting a long time and I can feel from your post that you are happy with the outcome.
Congratulations my friend....the experience sounds like it was half the payoff....the watch of course the other half.
Enjoy in the very best of health.
Rob
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What’s a lighthouse got to do with it???...
By: pplater : February 24th, 2013-08:45
It was an uncharacteristically sunny day in Geneva when an earnest and clearly overworked young Irishman found himself standing amongst a sea of IWC ambassadors at the Mandarin Hotel. Out front, a stream of IWC-branded limos disgorged a steady stream of f...
This is pure...
By: elliot55 : February 24th, 2013-10:34
... awesomeness! P, you never cease to amaze. Your posts always make me feel like I was right there with you. - Scott
Great report pplater!
By: andrewluff : February 24th, 2013-11:37
It was also great to have you guys join us for our small gathering with the rock hall of fame and beyond... I would publish some photos of later (and much later) in the evening but my photoshoping skills are not to your level. Also useful for future black...
Much appreciated Andrew...
By: pplater : February 24th, 2013-21:51
...and, as you can tell, the night out with you, Rob and 'the band' was a major highlight of the SIHH period and indeed the trip. Speaking of 'bands', there is probably one photo which you could show without photoshopping (if you are minded to do so), alt...
what a fantastic experience and essay!!
By: Hororgasm : February 24th, 2013-13:18
Here in Rome logging in to make sure there are no trouble makers on this august forum and ended up reading this wonderful a hearty congrats to you. Was there another that you considered before chasing this beauty? Best, Horo
Ave, Caesar!...
By: pplater : February 24th, 2013-21:45
Hopefully Rome is treating you in the style to which you wish to become accustomed? Thanks for the kind words. This one was not so much a choice or a chase: it was an opportunity which seemed too good to pass up. It was a little wait, but nowhere near as ...
Is this a world exclusive?
By: RJW : February 25th, 2013-02:04
...Well, at least a puristpro exclusive. What a wonderful day you had. Perhaps Kurt Cobain was somewhere in the background, as it seems you were in Nirvana. And great that aptronym was there to capture the moment for posterity. My guess is that may be the...
Nothing escapes you, does it Richard?...
By: pplater : February 25th, 2013-03:06
It is not quite a 'world exclusive', in the sense that our good friend and fellow PurisT 'aptronym' was in Geneva and present at the handover (present also, it has to be said, for the quickly degenerating evening/morning that followed!). Aptronym performe...
The box...
By: pplater : March 16th, 2013-22:07
It has taken a while, Richard, but for the sake of the record here you have it. In John's words: "With regards to the box; we wanted to avoid the problems we had with the presentation case of the tourbillon. We ended up lavishing so much time and expense ...
What's that
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : February 25th, 2013-04:04
yellow smiley guy that I saw at Pita got to do with it? ;) Sincerely D
Where is ...
By: cen@jkt : February 25th, 2013-09:51
Mine? :) cen@jkt
Well, cen...
By: pplater : February 26th, 2013-05:37
...it was a most unexpected (and a little embarrassing) honour to be favoured with the first delivered, but that was the happy coincidence of SIHH. You'll have to be careful to go every year from now on! :-) Looking forward to sharing two of ten with you ...
Brilliant post, very well written.
By: Tim Jackson : February 25th, 2013-16:44
Two of the most amazing watchmakers, who happen to be lovely fellows with whom one can easily spend time. I am excited to catch up with John in Basel, having just had Stephen here to stay. To my mind that Tourbillon pictured in Foversta's post is sublime ...
Appreciated, Tim, thanks...
By: pplater : February 26th, 2013-05:23
Kind words from an Indie guru such as yourself. If you are seeing John in Basel you have just enough time to get into training and organise the ensuing transfusion - good luck with that! Some of us will still be in rehab then... All the best, Cheers, ppla...
Jorma Kaukonen . . .
By: Dr No : February 25th, 2013-18:37
. . . of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, right off the top of my head. My favorite memory of John was his wry reaction to my standard line about being a quarter Irish. "Which side?", he asked, to which I replied, "It's my liver that's Irish." Without mis...
I do come, in parts (!) from the Black Irish
By: amerix : March 1st, 2013-06:48
and remember seating myself on the dent left by Grace Slick, who was not completely or in the least Irish, on the edge of a mattress that she had settled upon only an hour before. It was still warm! I always arrive when everybody else has left. Can somebo...
"Ya gotta work on the accent, cobber!"...
By: pplater : February 26th, 2013-05:29
But a very passable effort from an imbedded Septic ( 'oversexed, overpaid and over here' , as our truculent servicemen used to say of the 'occupying' US forces in Oz). As for 'AWHO' - too cool! To borrow a line from an Australian movie which has passed in...
Congratulations my dear friend!
By: sidneyc : February 25th, 2013-21:24
Tuscar is very unique in many ways. It's distinctive design is like no other watch out there. When I saw aptronym's post about the Tuscar I suspected it must be for our common friend and how right was I! :) Great choice of another quality Indie to add to ...
We can share, one day...
By: pplater : February 26th, 2013-05:35
... the Tuscar and your incoming KV. Sound fair? :-) Thanks for those kind words, Sidney; hopefully there will be a reason - an excuse - to catch up soon. Cheers, pplater.
More than fair!
By: sidneyc : February 27th, 2013-01:15
I already took advantage of your generosity with sharing the Dufour and the Grand Sonnerie! It's more than fair that I return a small part of that favour in the form of the KV :) It'll be in my hands VERY soon!
Congrats congrats
By: Chucky1103 : February 26th, 2013-05:43
Now I am gritting my teeth in wait... Wear yours In health!!
Congratulations on the...
By: dxboon : February 26th, 2013-21:08
...addition of another wonderful indie piece to the collection! I have a soft spot for all things Irish, and the work of the brothers McGonigle is no exception. I've long been enamored of their tourbillion. You wear your new Tuskar well, my friend! Cheers...
Everything that an 'indie' post should have...!!
By: RobCH : February 27th, 2013-04:55
An intriguing title, a well-told yarn, excellent pics, some nice technical pics/diagrams/info, and a generous dose of humour ! Mermories of a great evening indeed. It was a real pleasure to meet such a discerning gentleman as yourself pplater, I'm glad ou...
Late to the show....
By: aptronym : March 6th, 2013-03:11
...but I blame...well...stuff. But here I am, and there I was, in Geneva, for part of the shenanigans, for which I owe pplater more thanks than I can manage to articulate. As for the unexpected Indie Rock Concert, what happens on tour stays on tour, thoug...
I still can't believe...
By: RobCH : March 7th, 2013-16:06
That I met the famous Aptronym that evening and didn't realise it until about 3 days later... ;-)
Crumbs...
By: aptronym : March 8th, 2013-00:57
....what on earth has pplater (or anyone else) been saying about me? :P
The story becomes part of the watch
By: AndrewD : March 8th, 2013-15:13
The memories, the adventures, the people all add to the life of the watch. What a fantastic introduction of the Tuscar. I'm sure the wait seems like a millisecond now. Given the shape of the pincer I'm not sure if it's a bridge or a cock. But it is certai...
Thanks Rob!!!...
By: pplater : March 10th, 2013-16:42
That is absolute gold! Permission to re-publish when the time is right? Cheers, pplater.
Yeah, I like the pic...
By: RobCH : March 12th, 2013-05:20
...it's not the first one I have of Kari with 'another' watch, and it's good to see his "don't take yourself too serious" side. (Although I meant to post it smaller, not poster-size !) Permission granted Kevin, but only minimum 1 week after April 1st... ;...
Shhh...
By: aptronym : March 11th, 2013-06:13
...and here I was thinking that this photo would remain forevermore just in 'private hands'.... :P
Great one Rob!
By: andrewluff : March 11th, 2013-08:13
Missed this shot but glad to see that you did not! Catch up with you guys soon, Andrew
Thank you very much Pplater for this very, shall I say .....
By: Sandgroper : March 22nd, 2013-05:40
Poetic introduction for a very nicely made time piece. The idea of using conical gearing makes good sense to me and certainly add to the sophistication of this watch. The balance bridge has a definite unique beauty and is, to me the most striking visual p...
An amazing Post PPlater...
By: Donut : March 27th, 2013-12:23
What an exceptional timepiece, I know you have been waiting a long time and I can feel from your post that you are happy with the outcome. Congratulations my friend....the experience sounds like it was half the payoff....the watch of course the other half...
Thanks Donut: great to 'see' you here again!...
By: pplater : March 27th, 2013-16:15
Yes, it was a bit of a wait: still, not as long as some waits we have endured, eh? Hopefully, you will be just as thrilled with yours when it arrives. It's important for people to understand that, without the faith and commitment of people such as yoursel...
Superb!
By: Whirling : March 30th, 2013-18:36
The Tuscar is a delightful watch. As the other Purists have said, it's everything an independent watch should be. it is a real piece of art. Regards, Jon