Horological Meandering

Photo report of July 31st New York Get-Together at the Grand Havana Room

 

On the last day of July, a group of New York based Purists / Watch lovers congregated at the Grand Havana Room for a night of cocktails, aromatic cigar puffing, fine dining, and all around camaraderie among old and new friends.

The Grand Havana Room,  situated at the prime location of 5th avenue and overlooking some of the most magnificent architectures in midtown, is a private club and one of the few remaining spots left in Manhattan where one can still smoke a cigar indoors. It is also the home base of the recently founded New York Sky Moon Watch Enthusiast Club.

At around 7pm, people started arriving, cocktails were served along with lively conversations. Dinner ensured at around 8:30pm.

Along with fellow watch lovers, we've had the honor of having the independent master watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva with us. Stepan, Finnish by origin, has done his tour of duty at Piaget, Parmigiani, Vianney Halter and Christophe Claret. He started his own company in 2003 in Helsinki, and has produced several pieces of very interesting designs. One of the most well-known is the Korona 3, also known as the "Angry Moon"=) He brought some of his works with him tonight.

Without further ado, here are the pictures! (I apologize for not taking more pictures as the Club has a no-photo rule. But I sneaked a few photos anyways)

The people: (From left to right: Carl, Rod, Stepan, Amy, Mitch, Harvey (missing), Tony (blocked), John, and Jason)

 

 

 

(People are listening intensely to Stepan's comments on his pieces)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stepan's pieces:

 

 

 

The Table Shot: We've had the honor of seeing some very interesting pieces tonight, including a Platinum GO PanoMaticChrono, a Graham Split-second Foudroyante, an IWC Split-minute Aquatimer Chrono, a vintage ladies Patek, and a Vintage Breguet Pocket watch that looks just like La Tradition, just to name a few.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks everyone for coming out! I've had a blast and I hope everyone else did as well. Until next time...

 

Yours truly,

Z3 (Jon)

Guys, I have to go and visit you in NY...

Your GTGs are awesome!

Thanks, Z3, just hope I will share this kind of moments, with you all, one of these days!

best.

Nicolas

Definitely let us know when you are in town. New York is the place to be=)

Jon

I'll do it, without doubt.

The question is when, as I have to find some time to do it.

But be sure that when I find this time, I will contact you all, the NY gang...

LOL

Best.

Nicolas

Jon,

Ahhh  Habana....the sultry sway of palms in the balmy breeze......the languid aromatic smoke fills your shots.

Quick! - put out those Cuban women and put some more ice on the fire.

Thanks for the sneaky shots  -  I hope you get away with it........

Regards,

MTF

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. . . and Mitch, too. I'm glad that one of your attendees had a PanoMatic Chrono to share . . . it looks like the exceedingly limited edition Navigator version with an olive dial and matching strap. See you in the fall, cordially, Art

various kind of timepiece and great Purists altogether.

Thanks for posting.

Cheers

Great to see some familiar faces.  I hope you all enjoyed Stepan's company.

I had a great time hanging out with you guys. Great venue, nice watches, cool people...what more can you ask for

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Thks for sharing

Pun intended....

As usual, a great Purists' get together with great talk, great watches, great food, and great cigars (worth putting up with the "next day cigar hangover" I tend to get at these events ;-)
Stefan's watches look much nicer in the metal than in photos and he is a nice guy to boot.
I am certainly looking forward to future get-togethers..

Best,
Mitch

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I had a great time as always,  It was nice to meet new people and see familiar faces. Thanks Jon for putting it together!

Tony 

the GHR is always an ideal spot.

And another thanks for organizing this NY PuristS gathering, and a thanks to Jason and Tony for the venue selection. 

Whose 2 Panerai's are those?  You don't see that dual pair PAM235 and PAM273 together that often!

Cheers,
Anthony

Close! but I think you are a bit off there with the model numbers, my friend. Must be the hazy photos=)

The steel radiomir 8 day is Mitch's Pam 268 (I hope I am not mistaken). The rose gold radiomir 8 day GMT is my Pam 266. Pam 266 is a very rarely seen limited edition and Panerai only made 30 of them total, making it one of the most limited Panerais ever. I plan to do a quick photo review of the watch soon on the site.

The amazing thing is that another attendee Carl brought another Pam 266 as well. So we had 2 out of 30 (or 7%) of the total production at the table.=)

Jon (Z3)

The steel 268 is mine.
Once again, it was a great GTG...

Best,
Mitch

Very cool to have 2 PAM266's in one gtg along with the steel version PAM268.  The PAM266 has the very rare combination of blue dial with RG case for Panerai, and looking forward to your review

Cheers,
Anthony

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