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Thank you MTF, this is wonderful, the Motto reflects....
exactly my thoughts, in today's world where so many goods are so badly made, actually they should be called bads not goods
Thanks to your reviews and articles which I have read lately I am realising that Piaget was firstly a watchmaker, creator and manufacturer of mouvements and a very good one at that. I have always thought that Piaget was firstly a Jeweller and the watch making bit was an added business..very ignorant from me indeed!!!!
Thank you MTF.
Cheers, Francois
PIAGET: Beneath the Surface of an Integrated Manufacture
Piaget: Beneath the Surface of an Integrated Manufacture Regular followers of this forum will be familiar with the origins of the Piaget family and Manufacture. Click URL that follows for the History: We have often seen old photos of the Manufacture at L...
History is important for any brand
With no history or story to tell, it will not survive. This old cardboard box represents the Piaget spirit in all its essence, and the worker who found it must have been thrilled. It's like a me climbing up to my attic and finding an old lost box filled w...
At least I am not alone in thinking about HYPE
Thanks Anthony. Sometimes we get comments from other brands ( NOT Piaget that still has an archivist and really old ex-employees living next door to the factory). One Brand XYZ executive said to me: "Forget talking about our vintage watches; we don't sell...
That's really sad...
"Forget talking about our vintage watches; we don't sell vintage watches. Tell the public about my watches in the shops!" I'd like to think that this viewpoint was rare but I've heard the exact same thing from other brand representatives as well. Thank go...
Who is . . .
. . . this man? The gentleman on the right, receiving the box. I met him, once. And therein lies a tale. * * * It was in the early fall of 1985, downtown Los Angeles. It may well have been a Thursday, as that was when the Original Pantry . . . . . . serve...
Now and then
there are posts on this forum that perform that wonderful feeling that you call gut feeling but you feel it around your heart and your response dear Art to MTF's wonderful post is just epitome of them. You never case to amaze me my friend Thank you for sh...
Thanks for the kind words, Damjan. Wouldn't it be something to . . .
. . . have met George Balabushka at The Pantry . . . . . . and wound up with one of his cues? :-)
I played with a vintage Tad fitted with an Irish linen handle that belonged to an acquaintance about seven . . .
. . . or eight years ago. Ultra smooth, perfect for a 14.1 player. Tad Kohara passed away more than a few years ago, but I believe he transitioned from making custom cues to a higher level of production in his later years. You've got a treasure there! 🎱 ...
Piaget is more than FaceBook and Twits
Dear Dr No, Thank you for the illustrative story about one watch and two of its owners who met but did not know it. Such depth of connection and story is impossible to twitter on the ethernet in 150 keystrokes or less :-) My cynicism is lifted a little bi...
Had it not been for the wealth of information on the 'net . . .
. . . I would never have made the connection. It took less than an hour from the moment I started reading his obit to finding the photo, all from the comfort of my home. As sentimental and mired in the past as I am, there are still advantages of . . . . ....
What a wonderful "anecdote" Art, you say "coincidence" I say...
"synchronicity" as I don't believe in coincidence, you say a watch is an innate object! Objection! your honour, the watch is only innate if it has no "friend"...:) Art, of course we have not met...yet...but, I feel in this your writing that you are a huma...
The avatar . . .
. . . is more than a bit imposing, albeit unintentionally - that, I'll readily grant. 'Dr No' was what my colleagues called me for a time, François. My position involved telling people they were no longer desirable as customers, hence the nickname. Happy ...
We take on the most unlikely Avatars
So Dr No is really a nice guy....no, really! :-) And I have nothing in common with a koala.....well, almost nothing. Apparently, like koalas, I am a fairly solitary creature....and also going extinct. Regards, MTF
Francois
I think that we should do something to have synchronous meeting with Art ;) cos I also don't believe in coincidence Cheers Damjan
Yes Damjan, lets try to have a nice meal somewhere in....
Europe over Christmas New Year with Art....you organise it and I'll try to follow:) from Down Under! Nicolas will have to be part of it, synchronicity oblige, dear Damjan:):) Vidimo se uskoro. Francois
Hey, guys - considering the slide . . .
. . . in the dollar, maybe you should think about a So Cal sojourn instead. :-)
Yes Art you're right and from what I read the food is....
fantastic too:) Cheers, Francois
That story is still as amazing and touching...
as the time you told it to me when we met. Thanks again, Art!
Thank you MTF, this is wonderful, the Motto reflects....
exactly my thoughts, in today's world where so many goods are so badly made, actually they should be called bads not goods:):) Thanks to your reviews and articles which I have read lately I am realising that Piaget was firstly a watchmaker, creator and ma...
PuristS was one of the earliest places to tell the Piaget truth
sandgroper, Our mission has been to find perfection in an imperfect world. We never succeed 100%, by definition :-) But we still try. We need more people to share their thoughts or this will become a place of press releases and "look at my new colour stra...
For me it was this particular Altiplano
40 mm, with small seconds asymmetrically placed: It is every bit as nice as the Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Contemporaine that is my absolute favorite dress watch. Oh.....those Piaget straps can be kinda pricey.....I don't think we'll see a lot of those...
LOL I agree Piaget straps
are priced as luxury items but not as MUCH as Audemars Piguet, in a PuristS qualitative discussion that does not mention actual money figures :-) I used to employ money-equivalent euphemisms like "price of a magazine" or "about 5 Rolex Date-Just worth" bu...