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...just no way to make it for me...

Please do let me know if you are ever around Berlin too!

I was in Berlin last year! Had to visit some artists! I hadn't visited Berlin for several years before that! Wow! Berlin has gotten so incredibly wealthy in just 7-8 years! The Ku-Dam was always a nice street, but now it's filled with Bentleys and Lamborg... 

Well I am fairly new. About 4 years now - but even then, the change is obvious. As most things, comes with both!

Nice to know you're there now! Hope to see you someday! We'll have to do something very much Berlin together!

and will be visiting my parents later this year probably October / Nov - always happy to talk watches if there is interest.

I wonder what it was like to grow up there! Hope to meet you sometime. Where in USA are you based? I'm in California.

One thing that many of my Berlin born & raised friends got bored of I think is my endless questions on how it was back then ) Dear Dauster, please let me know when you are in Berlin. Happy to meet up!

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but ultimately always wanted to leave since I didn't like the German hiking style middle aged people (Jack Wolfskin lol) and hipster movement in East Berlin. I grew up in Schoeneberg and I guess the best way to describe is a mix of Berkeley, CA and Willia... 

My German friends and one Italian friend say that "Carhartt" is now the cool brand for rugged city clothes in Europe. Which surprises me. Especially my Italian friend - Carhartt??? And apparently Carhartt is American. I first thought it was German.

Given that they are a rugged brand for construction workers and lumber jacks.

None of these fellas are "rugged" people neither. To my knowledge.

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The second photo of the man with the chainsaw, looks very good to me. In my eyes, it looks like a very rugged and durable (AND MACHINE WASHABLE) version of Cucinelli. Of course, Cucinelli has a much much much more refined look. But the Carhartt looks pret... 

I do have a small electric saw somewhere for small branches in the garden. It's battery powered! And it's actually quite good! I was skeptical, but now I've realized these battery powered tools are pretty darn good!

But to compensate, I'm always surrounded by folks who are great at manual tasks (including my PhD-toting statistician girlfriend, who can fix ANYTHING that I break in the house! ;-)))

I'm not handy at all. Part of it is because I'm just bad with being handy. The other part is that I have fairly high aesthetic standards, and I know I won't likely be able to attain it. And lastly, materials are really expensive these days, and I abhor wa... 

I think just about everyone will agree with you.

Thanks for sharing some of the moments!

Wished you could've been there. I remember our awesome time in NYC back in 2017!

...just to give Everyone a sense of my enormous gratitude for all that Patrick has done for our Patek forum recently --- both publicly and behind the scenes! One final thank-you, my friend, for making our (double!) WatchProSite GTG such a remarkably succe... 

Thank you FabR! Very kind of you! And I thank you as well for all that you have done for WatchProSite as well! Especially behind the scenes! I too am proud to be able to rely on you for all your assistance! This event could not have been done without your... 

I think that forum was mostly crickets. Joking aside, we did have a good time coordinating this event didn't we! Bouncing ideas off each other and making sure the event would be as safe as possible (Covid et. al.) for our members and considering all the d... 

Wish I could have come to tokyo especially since Anita Porchet is at the exhibition.

She's definitely a highlight! But after speaking with many other individuals, they were also equally if not more impressed with the other artists. Seeing the other artists at work can be rewarding. Sure, we always want to meet our heroes, and Miss Porchet... 

Where can I find more info on them?

This post is from 6 years ago. Which you already read - is a good resource. It might show you a bit about what the other artists are doing but it doesn't mention the other artists by name. The wood marquetry fella is named by our Senior Patek Philippe Mod... 

Would love some more pics please Julian

Too bad it had to end!

Thank you for your kind words and it was a great pleasure to meet you twice!

Just flying out today to see the Exhibition tomorrow. This timepiece will accompany me to the event. 😊 Next time! ...  

GTG are magic times! I was very happy to meet you and several other Purists in Switzerland last year, what a great time! Thanks for sharing and take care! Best, E.

It was a great pleasure to attend all of our officially announced GTGs since the start of the pandemic! They are the stuff of magic! And it was a true pleasure to have met you and to tour the JLC facility with you!

it was indeed a great pleasure meeting Patrick and everyone else at the GTG. just want to share a similar photo taken from my angle and without the light reflections. ...  

Thank you so much for attending and it was great to have you! So glad you could make it. I really enjoyed meeting you very very much!

I'm a big eater! Joking mostly. I'm really not, as you evidently saw. If you ever find yourself in California, please let me know as well!

Sadly, California has gotten a little messy from a crime perspective. So maybe don't wear any obviously expensive watches. Something low key (not gold) and unrecognizable (like a less famous brand a la Lange or Ferrier) is probably safer!

I'll let this stay since I learnt it directly from Patek via casual conversations, but will be happy to remove it if they ask me (they have not). For now, I won't mention the city, though it wouldn't be difficult to guess. Cheers my friend

I spoke with Jasmina, and she gave me some clues; political stability, the ability to import/export the watches from the museum without issue and too much paperwork, and that it wouldn't be the same cities as before... I personally ruled out HK as the nex... 

The bit on political stability was on a clear effort to mislead you! ;-)))) [I'm obviously joking, even if you might have heard that Italy's situation changed dramatically....on the exact same day you flew out of Tokyo! ;-)] I need to keep this pithy as I... 

Have a wonderful time attending you performance! I hope you get a nice box with nice FRONT seats in the box. Oh no! You must make it to the Patek Philippe event in 2025. It won't be the same without you!

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Swanky digs! I stayed near the Milano Centrale train station in Milano last time I was there. It was a nice 15-20 minute hike to the center of the old town where you are located. I'm already imagining my visit to Italy in 2025... Venezia, Firenze, Milano.... 

Thanks to Rolex for the amazing time! This is always one of my favorite parts of any event... ...and this is the other My girlfriend always loves to take my ugly pictures by surprise (during the museum visit, right before the concert! ) Cheers. ...  

They hosted us at the Portrait hotel, a new one right in the Quadrilatero. It was a TRULY lovely time, but unfortunately I wasn't done with everything before the day after....back to Genova on Wed evening Our position at the theater The tickets (of course...  

This is an incredible near miss! ”Was Patrick there too?" ...  

I was not present for the Rolex event. But I did see the Teatro in Milano in March. An enchanting space.

PS: My co-Moderator Patrick is ALWAYS with me, either physically or spiritually! Ha! ;-)))))))

Oh! I just realized. Anaroku, FabR, and Patrick_y are all fans of Patek Philippe and The Macallan! Too bad, the third Musketeer wasn't at this Rolex event in Milano! ...  

Japan is beautiful, and the exchange rate is very good! Or shall we meet in USA? For sure we'll meet in Italy in two years in Milano for the Patek Philippe Exhibition?

As for Italy, if Patek agrees to move the Exhibition from Sept. 2025 back to May or June, I'll be there for the entire time!! ;-)) (And I think I've been the only one to publicly announce the next Exhibition location and dates so far, so I should have pro... 

love it

Most likely Montecarlo, a few years ago ...  

Haven't worn it in a long time. I wonder where it is.

May I ask what brand the colorful ones are that you wear in the pic ?

I like Kiton shirts, but the prices are too high. The bottom hem of the Kiton shirts are rolled and stitched by hand like the edges of an Hermes scarf! I'm really impressed! Totally unnecessary though. I personally wear mostly British shirts.

but I am more of Loro Piana guy, but some occasional color like ISAIA / Kiton doesn hurt

At the same time, I would say more than Etro (Milano), they also feature a large "standard" selection for their more traditional clients Cheers.

Etro Isaia PS: I finally decided to ask for a NON-Rare Handcraft Patek (!), given how unique this 6007G-001 is in the current catalog.....fingers crossed, I hope to receive it later this month or the next! ...  

I'm told the smart money goes to Italy and they buy them at some outlets outside of Milano.

so I can quite often

But the funniest "buying" (or looking, I should say) experience for me in the US are the department stores, where along with *actual* brands that exist also in Italy, you'll often find unknown (and nearly as expensive) Italian-sounding names, which seem t... 

We'll have to go shopping together sometime!

hopefully my patek game will be stepped up in two years so that I can at least apply for a rarehandcraft - even though unlikely that I will get an allocation

Chances are they'll be reserved for the local market though, so you have to hurry up and build one of the so-called "Patek relationships" with an Italian AD....hoping the chosen one still has the agency in a couple of years from now! ;-))) Cheers.

Maybe end of the year you can be sure your AD is safe for now or will this be an ongoing process over the next years ?

I'll be making a post aimed towards ADs on how to maintain their status for the big brands.

Great to see our fellow purists having a great time at Tokyo 👍🏻😊

A great time was had by all! Did you ever make it out to Tokyo for the exhibition?

What a pity to miss the GTG by a few hours! But very happy we can catch separately. Truly enjoyed the conversation as well as the Patek exhibition in Tokyo!

It was a true pleasure to speak with you. Thank you for meeting me! Will definitely let you know the next time I'm in the area! And you'll have to visit me North America sometime soon too!

It was an immense pleasure.