Independents

This is what happens when a bunch of watch nuts meet... We decided to adopt a theme of "Independents Night". I have to sheepishly admit this is only a portion of our collection... Stars of the evening are: Dufour. Roger Smith (Series Two and George Daniel...  

I see all of my fav independent watches on the table 👌🏻. Hope (must be 😉) you had a great time .thanks for the pics

Good friends, fantastic food (and wine), marvelous timepieces

Thanks for sharing this treasure trove with us. If only one of you could start an interview series, asking one collector of this group at a time to present one or two of his watches and tell a bit about them, like why they were bought and what is of parti... 

Yes, every piece has a story for sure...

I'd love to see the results of you and other Lange collectors getting together.

That will happen in a week's time when Lange unveils the new 1815 Tourbillon with enamel dial

I am agree with Padj. Definitely this is the post that killed me. This is beyond everything.

But the end result surpassed our expectations and there were no duplications

MTF

But had to cancel at the last minute...not sure about the other two...

...had other plans for the night: Cheers, pplater. ...  

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. You even noted the "reason" they were absent. MTF ...  

...should be flattered and which one of us should be concerned??? Cheers pplater.

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Can't wait for the answers to your questions. Best, Max

Roger Smith (Series 2) Roger Smith (George Daniels) Dufour (Simplicity) Voutilainen Chrono Laurent Ferrier Galet Micro Rotor + PT with white enamel dial F P Journe (Vagabondage I, II & III, Centigraphe in titanium, Resonance in titanium, CS in titaniu... 

Hope I'll be able to participate in such a GTG just once in a lifetime. Best, Max

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By the way, is that a Mirò on the background? Best, Max

All the watches are fantastic, of course the Dufour, Daniels, and Roger W Smith. It's wonderful the number of FPJs, that anniversary tourbillon is perfect.

Sovereign Tourbillon titanium, otherwise we have a full set...

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Was the person who brought the GS punished for their rebellious decision?

In fact quite a few love the GS

That’s the SBGD202. At this table, it is an excellent stealth watch choice.

I’m blown away by all of the amazing timepieces! What a fantastic GTG. All the best, Niall

The various versions of the FPJ (ruthenium dial, black label, titanium models, MOP) were mouth-watering

What a great group!

FPJ is well represented alright, nice to see the Vagabondage series in full almost. Also see Lang & Heyne, something I'm very curious to see in the metal myself. Incredible table shot, wishing I was there!

There are four more models in our group other than the Georg, which seemed very popular.... It is a wonderful brand and you won't be disappointed when you see the timepieces in the flesh...

It looks a little larger than I had hoped.

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Thanks for posting. It does seem a little on the larger side. Hoping to seem one in the metal either when in Asia next (I know there are a few in Singapore and maybe Hong Kong so hopefully a friendly Purist will oblige) or when Marco and team come to the ... 

What a line up. Must have been an incrediblly fun night. Thanks for sharing.

This is the sort of GTGs that I like! Hope all is well. Best, Horo

Best Sam

With so many quality Indies in one place, one would have been forgiven for assuming that you were there and had taken a couple of your watchboxes along for a night out. Clearly you haven’t (yet) cornered the market after all! Cheers, pplater.

I was just the Jacobite Pretender to the throne....😁 Best, Horo

Looks to be a dream GTG! Thanks for sharing with us. And good to see the GS and Habring2 playing with the big boys. Ken

one of the participants is the official dealer for Gronefeld and Urban Jurgensen, as well as Habring 2. As for the GS, well....

I believe the dealer you mentioned was the same gentleman who just helped me order a new watch. It's a model I see from your amazing group photo. My incoming piece will have some slight modification. Ken

Congratulations! Post some pictures when the watch arrives.

Blown away!!!

promise....

Good food, great company, wonderful timepieces....what more can we ask for?

And must have been so fun to talk about the pieces however no Ressence or Vianney Halter to be seen which I personally love. S

We spend more time talking about the impending semi final than horology

Promise to take better ones for our next gathering

This is the third Independent Night (in six or seven years) organized by group of collectors. Needless to say, it gets better and better

A question for you... did Patek not fit into the "Independent" theme? I'm not much of a Patek guy myself but was interested to know if this group of collectors is less interested in Patek or if independent really meant very small independent brands (exclu... 

We posed the same question among ourselves and decided PP doesn't really fit into the definition. We may organized a PP night at some point though...

Which Opus do you like?