Horological Meandering

. . . my wrist . . .

. . . and one on a winder . . .

. . . which intrigued Mitch enough that he asked to try it on.

Mi relojes, su relojes ;-) . . .

. . . and even though an image has already been posted, Daos' take of Sean's AP . . .

. . . and movement pics of Mitch's UN . . .

. . . and Parmigiani perpetuals . . .

. . . are simply too good not to share. 

While the images in this report were taken by both of us, the quality shots were all taken by Daos.

...what was the other watch you wore?  Needed to have paid closer attention. 

I knew that... ;-)

I saw this watch in person, it's stunning.  Pictures don't do it justice.  Anthony's got a real head turner with the P10.

Cheers,
SDAWG

. . . putting your money where your mouth is .

Yup, cazalea pulled off his if-this-is-a-leap-year-then-I'm-Houdini trick again.  Here's the evidence if you don't believe me . . .

. . . a Swiss watch dunked in Italian water. 

Next time: tequila!

Art, it was great meeting you and the rest of the gang. My wife and I had a great time. Your watch find stories were amazing. 

Thanks for sharing the pics of this most interesting and important perpetual leap year!  

Art, it was a pleasure to read your post and through it, to feel like I was there with you.

You had a superb moment with great people and fine watches.

It is a superb idea to organize these Perpetually PuristS GTGs.

Bravo ,and thanks for this post which allowed me to see so many friendly faces!

Nicolas.

thanks for sharing the pics!

-MW

sorry to have missed it..in another 4 years!

Marcus

I wish I could have joined, but it wasn't the right night for me.  Looks like y'all had a fantastic evening.

See you soon.

CaliforniaJed

...as this stunt was being performed by a professional.

makes me miss my UN perpetual! Glad you had fun -

best, Andreas

Thanks guys for documenting it and continuing the tradition.

What could be better than having a watch GTG on the last day of February=)

 

Cheers,

Truly yours,

Jon Zhang (Z3)

Great to see some FINE watches and some old friends and meet a few new people. Thanks for the time and effort in the post. Art, I trIed on your Rose Gold Glashutte not Mitch. Still wanna talk about it. How many Omegas do your need for it? Great event as expected and always feel a warm welcome. So Do I have it right most immediate/correct world wide is a Chopard LUC Lunar One?
This message has been edited by Dr No on 2012-03-03 08:35:19

. . . was your wrist sporting my Karree perpetual!  Mitch tried it on, too . . . must've lost track of who was wearing what in the last few days.

As for instantaneous perpetuals, the only ones I know of right off the top of my head are the Roth of yesteryear and the Patek 5207.  I didn't know the L.U.C. Lunar One switched over instantaneously.
Let's see if Kong can elaborate . . .

I think that all instantaneous perpetuals are listed in various threads, some of them even with photographic proof.

Regards,
Marcus

...is instantaneous, no?

. . . neither FX, Jon, nor Nicolas mentioned this model as having an instantaneous changeover.  

I almost forgot about it..

Thanks for the report, Art!

Ken

... since on a marine chronometer, a second hand ending so far short of the register, could lead to navigational errors.

Regards,
Marcus

. . . correct.  Our Austrian watchmaker - who bears a resemblance to you, btw! - made the same observation. 

Perhaps Snak will have an opportunity to take a few images of the chronometer in its disassembled state for us.

... winding hand had indeed been replaced, having been done before my god friend purchased this in the late 60s. Given the historical nature of this fine timepiece, I would like to eventually find a correct hand for it.

. . . supper.  Our gathering was held at Ocean Avenue Seafood in Santa Monica, not more than a few hundred yards inland from the Pacific.

Salad . . .

. . . clam chowder . . .

. . . swordfish . . .

. . . filet mignon . . .

. . . seabass . . .

. . . salmon . . .

. . . and dessert.

I'm sure we would've had as good a time at a pizza joint, but this was a rather special occasion.

Once again, thanks to Daos for taking great photos. 

Quadrennially,

Art

which is very nice as we don't have the opportunity to see them in shops, for most of them.

And it seems to have been a great friendship event, thanks for sharing this Art !

Best,

Mark

...friends are where it's at