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box1 30~35mm
96a
3923a
5023j
5096 j
3438j auto
3439j auto
3998g
565j
570g
3558g this is 34mm
2526j auto
2526j auto bracelet
5127g bracelet
5296g-010
5296g-001
5227g
Let me introduce you to my ２ Calatrava cases. Recently the # 3439J auto and # 5296G-010 were added and they were filled with 96 types of round models excluding straight lugs.
box1 30~35mm
96a
3923a
5023j
5096 j
3438j auto
3439j auto
3998g
565j
Hmmmm, this 96!!! Impressive collection you built, my friend. That shows some mature taste.
box2 36~39mm
570g
3558g this is 34mm
2526j auto
2526j auto bracelet
5127g bracelet
5296g-010
5296g-001
5227g
Exceptional collection, Anaroku. I like 96A the most, due to the applied Breguet numerals.
You must have a hard time deciding the one to put on your wrist! Best, Henry
Loving the focus and the fact you also have a a vintage component Some lovely piece there Thanks for sharing
I am very happy to have everyone appreciate my Calatrava collection. As the watch gets more complex, my tastes divide, but I like all his generally simple models like the Calatrava family.
Unless the small second circle position is closer to the center
Excellently curated collection and cases!
Can you say where you obtained the cases? They look custom made.
Always a pleasure to see a collection from u
It says so well who u are.
If i want a Calatrava, i know where i can go for advice.
I want to start with a mighty world timer, they have an uniqueness and purity i see seldom at a world timer watch.
If i want a Calatrava, i know where i can go for advice.
I want to start with a mighty world timer, they have an uniqueness and purity i see seldom at a world timer watch.
What a gorgeous Calatrava collection, one of the best we have seen here! A perfect blend of vintage and modern, all beautifully curated! Thanks for sharing these gems with the forum ;-)
Amazing ! Your Calatrava collection to me is like a
museum 👍
Love the way you put them in different boxes by their sizes.
Lovely watch nieces BTW.
Love the way you put them in different boxes by their sizes.
Lovely watch nieces BTW.
As you know, the fun of assembling a collection for each size from 30 mm to 40 mm is one of the great attractions of collecting Calatrava.
Very impressive. Lovely set of Calatravas, old and new.
A focused collection. Not sure anyone else on here as a broader collection of Calatravas.
Cheers,
John
That is an incredible and focussed collection!
I have a similar box made from ripple sycamore and black walnut but unfortunately my box is just filled with pens rather than Pateks!
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Thank you Anaroku
The box was made for me by a box maker in Cumbria in northern England. He normally makes jewellery boxes but I asked him to make a box for my pens but with the ability to take the pen racks out so that my daughter can use it as a jewellery box in the future, if she wants to.
You have some interesting pens (in the box 📦!!
The one with the blue cap looks particularly nice, as does the one next to it (on the right) as it seems to have a stylish curve to its shape. 👍
Thanks GLau
Unlike Anaroku's beautiful and focused collection of Calatravas, I have a random and assorted accumulation of pens from England, Italy, Germany and Japan!
The pen with the blue cap is from an English company called Onoto. It's a revived version of a brand that was prominent in the 1920's and 30's I believe. The pen is the Horatio Nelson. It commemorates Admiral Nelson's defeat of the Napoleon's French and Spanish fleet at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Nelson was killed in the battle but his flagship, HMS Victory, survived and it is kept in a naval museum in Portsmouth, just along the south coast of England from where I live. Over the years the Royal Navy has renovated HMS Victory and they had about 80 tonnes of oak and 10 tonnes of copper, which was taken from the ship, sat in a warehouse. Before the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar, the Royal Navy sold off these materials to various craftsmen and women. Onoto bought some of the copper and they used it in the sterling silver alloy used to make the pen. It's a great pen. Heavy but with a lovely (German?) nib which I have had tuned. The cap of the pen has an engine turned pattern and it's covered in vitreous enamel.
As it happens, Peter Lloyd, who made my pen box bought some of the oak from HMS Victory and made some jewellery boxes out of it. Unfortunately the wood of my pen box is more mundane and is of no historical significance!
The other pen you mention is a Waterman Serenity in titanium and sterling silver. It was a mistake! I was on holiday in Singapore and bought it based on its looks (which I believe are supposed to be based on a katana) but it is nasty to write with. The nib is very firm and unforgiving and the silver grip section has some sharp edges that dig in my fingers.
All the best
Jon
The pen with the blue cap is from an English company called Onoto. It's a revived version of a brand that was prominent in the 1920's and 30's I believe. The pen is the Horatio Nelson. It commemorates Admiral Nelson's defeat of the Napoleon's French and Spanish fleet at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Nelson was killed in the battle but his flagship, HMS Victory, survived and it is kept in a naval museum in Portsmouth, just along the south coast of England from where I live. Over the years the Royal Navy has renovated HMS Victory and they had about 80 tonnes of oak and 10 tonnes of copper, which was taken from the ship, sat in a warehouse. Before the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar, the Royal Navy sold off these materials to various craftsmen and women. Onoto bought some of the copper and they used it in the sterling silver alloy used to make the pen. It's a great pen. Heavy but with a lovely (German?) nib which I have had tuned. The cap of the pen has an engine turned pattern and it's covered in vitreous enamel.
As it happens, Peter Lloyd, who made my pen box bought some of the oak from HMS Victory and made some jewellery boxes out of it. Unfortunately the wood of my pen box is more mundane and is of no historical significance!
The other pen you mention is a Waterman Serenity in titanium and sterling silver. It was a mistake! I was on holiday in Singapore and bought it based on its looks (which I believe are supposed to be based on a katana) but it is nasty to write with. The nib is very firm and unforgiving and the silver grip section has some sharp edges that dig in my fingers.
All the best
Jon