Horological Meandering

. . . for your correspondent began in the middle of the afternoon, when fellow Ventura County resident mrsnak swung by to pick me up for the drive down to Santa Monica.  Snak had a prior meeting with a record industry friend who resides a few blocks from the restaurant we were meeting at in Santa Monica, so we stopped there first.  It turned out that Snak's pal has two interesting clocks that were in need of attention, a Le Coultre  . . .

. . . and a rare Parkinson & Frodsham marine chronometer . . .

. . . which Snak dutifully accepted so that he could have a clockmaker inspect them. 

Nice to have friends you can trust, and vice versa . . .
This message has been edited by Dr No on 2012-03-02 17:56:13 This message has been edited by AndrewD on 2012-03-05 16:39:02

. . . and ordered cocktails and appetizers.

Daos was wearing her LLD . . .

. . . while Anthony was sporting his Bulgari.

...with the LLD is burning brighter than ever.    There's something about that lacquer dial and the color used for the indices that just hits my sweet spot!

Daos

...that at a "perpetual (calendar)" event you'd sport a time only. 

It was a very fun evening. I wish you could've joined in! The weather here is gorgeous, and we could go vintage hunting with Art, Snak and others! If only the Star Trek transporter beam would get invented already

Daos!

...watches with dates generally, so calendar watches -- even the vaunted perpetual calendar, are not that interesting to me in terms of potential additions to my watchbox.  There are very few perpetuals that catch my eye.  My number one choice, if pocketbook allowed, would be the DeBethune DB26.  The only other perpetual that captures my imagination is the 42mm UN GMT Perpetual.  I love the oversize skeleton hands on that model, and the well-designed calendar functions on the watch.

Cheers,
Daos

... yet another on the short list :-(

It's just a great piece.  I prefer the no-date version, but both are attractive.  You should get yourself one! 

Cheers,
Daos

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Makes me yearn for some time out on the West Coast again. It's been too long.

"Just a perfect day, drink Sangria in the park..."

. . . into taking watchmaking lessons with him at the NAWCC chapter meetings in Santa Barbara .

Steve was wearing a Gevril perpetual Wednesday evening . . .

. . . while Bart was wearing his everyday watch, a Glashütte Original cal 100 Senator perpetual . . .

. . . and his other half, Judy, was wearing their cal 39 limited edition Navigator perpetual.  Bart's a kindred soul - another dyed-in-the-wool G O perpetual buff!
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. . . deep in conversation.  From left to right, mrsnak, Daos, rovermark, and cazalea.

Presenting their watches - Daos' Longines and snak's left wrist Breitling . . .

. . . plus Snak's right wrist wear, his G-Shock perpetual . . .

. . . rovermark's Lange 1 . . .

. . . and last but not least, cazalea's IWC perpetual . . .

. . . plus his purchase earlier that afternoon, a Seiko Astron.

...but Cazalea's new Seiko has a very cool dial.  It's a repeating pattern that is reminiscent of carbon fiber, but is made up of the original Seiko quartz logo, I think.

Cheers,
Daos

... I was always a fan of the complete GST series, and still firmly believe that it was a wrong decision by IWC to discontinue it. For me, the sportive titanium GST perpetual always was the king of the whole series, ahead of the steel and gold models.

Regards,
Marcus

There must be some but I can't think of one - maybe the UN?

. . . with his Vacheron Overseas . . .

. . . as did SDAWG with an AP ROO . . .

. . . and his brother-in-law Kevin with a Breguet XXI . . .

. . . but unfortunately, no photos of any of them were taken! 

. . . SDAWG's better half, Anne, seen here next to Daos . . .

. . . managed to come thru, along with a photo of her watch, a Franck Muller.

...Ann and Sean! 

Daos

Can't wait for the next GTG. It was great meeting you as well. 

...and hope to get to know you better next GTG. You guys came with some impressive watches!

Look forward to the next So Cal GTG. 

Cheers,
SDAWG

Great company.  I was fortunate enough to be seated with Dr. No and Mitch -- they imparted many watch collecting stories.   I'm looking forward to the next dinner!  Thank you Dr. No, Daos, and Anthony for organizing!

I didn't do anything except eat and have a good time! 

Cheers,
Daos

. . . and came ready for bear with three perpetuals, an IWC . . .

. . . a Parmigiani . . .

. . . and a UN.

Daos managed to take snaps of his UN at the witching hour.

How's that for watchmaking excellence - switchover precisely at midnight!