Subexplorer[Moderator - WristScan]
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Dear friend HS: I apologize for my delay in answering your so kind comments…
Jan 16, 2023,18:26 PM
… I’ve been in a plane and traveling for a few days vacations and this took me away for more participation in WS.
Appreciate so much your kind comments on my Grails both already in the collection and those in my wish list.
I’m happy to know you like my shots. I enjoy so much both wearing and shooting my watches.
I wish the other grails will come to me some day … soon!
I send you my best cordial regards and thank you for your kindness and friendship!
Abel
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My grails to start the thread with…
By: KMII : January 13th, 2023-14:41
While there are still a handful of watches out there I would most certainly like, most of them have in the meantime reached price levels I am not willing to pay for them 🤷🏻♂️ As for existing ones, it started with… Then the next one was this… And the thir...
Oh that VC … ❤️
By: hans_jorgen_1968 : January 13th, 2023-15:32
If you one day want to split up give me a heads up BR Hans
Not quite yet…
By: KMII : January 14th, 2023-08:31
It was under the still lusted after section - hopefully one day 😊👍🏻🤞🏻
😇🤞🍀
By: InHavenPro : January 14th, 2023-08:34
Hello dear KM!! Wonderful Theme! You have set the bar…
By: Subexplorer : January 14th, 2023-03:40
… very high both with your Grail watches already in your collection and those in your wish list. Here my choices: The grails which I dreamed with for many years and finally caught: PP 5110g Breguet La Tradition Omega Speedmaster Moonshine Rolex GMT Cerami...
Beautiful watches …
By: Cpt Scarlet : January 14th, 2023-12:57
Hello dear Abel, Your Patek 5110g is a beautiful classic design that will always look good, quality is never out of fashion. You know my thoughts on the Moonshine, it represents something very special. Best regards Captain
Thank you so much dear Thomas for your kind words!
By: Subexplorer : January 16th, 2023-18:28
The Breguet has been haunting me for some long years and I felt so lucky last year when I could catch it. An extraordinary watch indeed!! Have a nice week my friend! Abel
What a collection 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
By: KMII : January 15th, 2023-10:49
The pieces shown are truly amazing - definitely fitting the definition of grails to a T 👍🏻 Glad you managed to reach so many of your goals 👍🏻
Very nice watches.
By: MTR : January 15th, 2023-21:01
This VC American 1921 is especially beautiful.
A small list? 😁
By: KMII : January 15th, 2023-10:50
Sublime pieces, all - even if I have the strongest weakness for the last one 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Many thanks for hosting this weekend KM
By: Timeout : January 13th, 2023-18:21
As I have progressed on my collecting journey I’ve had to reassess my approach. I’m fortunate to be able to access my grail watches - within reason - and had to rethink why I’m interested in a particular wristwatch before I purchase. In this regard my gra...
That I can well understand 👌🏻👍🏻
By: KMII : January 13th, 2023-18:48
Kari is a wonderful person on top of his talent and I can definitely understand, why your thirst has lessened after this experience 😊👏🏻
😂
By: Timeout : January 13th, 2023-21:04
My problem is I’m incessantly thirsty. I’m trying to curb my addiction by slowing down the process of purchasing. Right now I’m working with Artisans de Geneve on a project which will keep me distracted for the next 6 months or so - hopefully.
Interesting to hear your thoughts …
By: Cpt Scarlet : January 14th, 2023-13:05
Especially as I have similar feelings about the journey and reassessing my approach along the way. Kari is the “dial master”
Many thanks Captain.
By: Timeout : January 14th, 2023-19:43
I have a number of watches right now under consideration but I’ve assigned a price to each at which I would consider. This meant that I purchased a few watches last summer when the prices fell dramatically on some FPJs and Pateks. I’m really attracted to ...
Wow, what a piece and truly a “grail” ! :):)
By: hs111 : January 15th, 2023-09:55
Sincere Congrats to this KV, whereby I suppose your heart is still pounding,when you take it on ! - thx also for your exquisite Macro shots. To make a long story short, I expect you truly have reached a summit and there won’t be anything that reaches that...
Many thanks HS.
By: Timeout : January 15th, 2023-10:45
I had thought not - and then I “discovered” Denis Flageollet - hiding in plain sight! I’m not sure I could pull off the DB28 range, but the DB25 is quite spectacular too. ...
I have my grail since many years ....
By: Marcus Hanke : January 13th, 2023-18:29
... but still have not stopped buying watches since. This is my favourite pic of my grail years ago, I treated a photograph I shot of it with so many Photoshop filters, that I completely forgot how I made it. So this is more or less an original, that nic...
A Horological Icon.
By: KURT_DAVID : January 13th, 2023-22:25
In the 80’s I became aware of this watch. At the time I had little knowledge of watch complications let alone grand complications. Probably viewed it in a magazine. It still stirs me every time. Thank you. Kurt
Archieved
By: Weems@8 : January 13th, 2023-19:52
Lucky as i am, grails are archieved. Not that i want no more watches, i become more calm. My last wished watch is guilty of the fact that it is not necessary to add more watches. I am happy what i have. ...
Sure
By: Weems@8 : January 14th, 2023-03:55
Wishes and grails still there. Albeit the wishes and grails become more and more exotic. Some here achieve their goals with very exotic ones like rare minute repeaters. For me a handy inspiration source. The watch of the watches. When there is one winner,...
This Cartier…
By: Cpt Scarlet : January 14th, 2023-12:47
So stylish especially with your choice of straps.
Achieved… For now…
By: Aquaracer1 : January 13th, 2023-21:54
Love these creative themes. Thanks again hosts and judges ! ...
Fantastic grail pair 👏🏻
By: KMII : January 13th, 2023-22:56
And nice that you have achieved what you were looking for 👍🏻😊
This one....
By: InHavenPro : January 14th, 2023-03:54
I have Proudly achieved. Next will be the 1921 .... ...
A fantastic piece!
By: KMII : January 14th, 2023-08:34
A concept watch in regular (if limited) production 👌🏻 The 1921 would be a great complement 👏🏻
Hello KMII
By: KURT_DAVID : January 14th, 2023-12:28
I actually achieved my grail when I purchased my Rolex Explorer 2. I had longed for a steel professional GMT since I first set eyes on one when I was a teenager 😉 This GS GMT is hopefully my next watch of 23/4 the high accuracy quartz fascinates me. And f...
This Dornbluth
By: MTR : January 15th, 2023-21:09
Is really a right grail watch. All the best Thomas
Grails, a personal view …
By: Cpt Scarlet : January 14th, 2023-13:52
Hello dear KM and friends ! Grails are a very personal and thought provoking subject. My opinion is that it’s an ever moving and evolving process that will never end and that’s the fascinating and challenging part. The point is that for me “the grail” is ...
Thank you dear hs ….
By: Cpt Scarlet : January 15th, 2023-11:50
for your kind words. The Moonshine photo was a lot of fun, taken as I was about to go on vacation.
Oppps 🙄…
By: Cpt Scarlet : January 15th, 2023-23:01
Yes that one 👍
Dear KM, what a list you have there!
By: S F : January 14th, 2023-15:35
I don't have any "grail". However, I am glad to have acquired these 2 last year. Lets see what comes along in 2023. ...
Wonderful additions in 2022 👌🏻👍🏻
By: KMII : January 15th, 2023-11:17
The L&H is definitely a piece I would like to bet better acquainted with and the Omega was another hit out of the ballpark for them - very much like what they have been doing lately 👌🏻👍🏻
Sorry, guys, I still haven't been able to recover my photo files . . .
By: Dr No : January 14th, 2023-17:37
. . . even though they were rescued from my old computer; they're on an external drive but I'm unable to integrate them into my new iMac. The only grail that's eluded my collection is an original Rail or Ranchero. Should Omega see fit to issue an homage, ...
😂😂😂
By: KMII : January 15th, 2023-22:48
Always answer in verse 👍🏻
Hi! Not sure if those that I already have are grails
By: aWtchslvr : January 14th, 2023-20:46
but they made and make me happy. Right now I am waiting for another grail to come. And two grails for dreaming The ALS 1815 Rattrapante Honeygold Homage FA Lange Source: Quillandpad.com ; And the JLC Hybris Mechanica Quadritryptique (4 in 1) Nice week...
Ah, the Reverso 😍
By: KMII : January 15th, 2023-11:19
True grail piece, that! As for the ones you have - happiness is. What finally counts, not anyone else’s opinion so they definitely qualify 👌🏻👍🏻
The movement is sublime…
By: KMII : January 15th, 2023-11:20
But those hand shots from the front are really mind boggling - what a piece 👌🏻🙌🏻
Wow, Brandon!
By: MTR : January 15th, 2023-21:15
A wonderful Lang & Heyne. All the best Thomas
Grails over the years
By: Wachnut : January 15th, 2023-06:14
Hello KM , very interesting topic - grails for me are those watches where I either put in a substantial amount of thought and / or effort to obtain , as opposed to a “ normal “ acquisition . So here goes in order of importance … ( the first 2 especially w...
I have always wondered about the square wheel ML
By: KMII : January 15th, 2023-11:32
And I guess you are the only person I know having one. If you have any additional impressions to share that would be great! As for the to get list, put me down for that Zeitwerk as well 😁👌🏻👍🏻
Ha yes
By: Wachnut : January 15th, 2023-16:01
Thanks KM , I am also the only person I know who has the ML square wheel for that matter 😂. It’s not exactly very popular ! However , I do love this piece - can watch the interaction between the square wheel and clover leaf for a long time - ideal for a s...
Owned & still waiting for
By: jml_watches : January 15th, 2023-09:37
Hi All One of my grails is both! I already have one, but look forward (hopefully) to when it gets reissued. My Futurematic waiting for it's younger sibling! Here's hoping Cheers JML ...
A reissued Futurematic…
By: KMII : January 15th, 2023-11:34
Would be quite the thing! I guess it’s been a while since winding wheels at the back but it would be truly great if it came back as a reissue 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Thanks 👍
By: jml_watches : January 15th, 2023-23:22
A fantastic wrist shot theme again, dear KMII!
By: MTR : January 15th, 2023-12:37
Ok. ☺️🙏 We talk about our grail watches. Perhaps you might remember that this is an easy decision for me. I just show you my personal grail watch that took me 24 years to get. The IWC Minute repeater was first released in 1995. It was love at first sight....
Fantastic watch…
By: KMII : January 15th, 2023-14:18
And so thoroughly understated 👌🏻👍🏻 Great story too - and I fully understand your decision process 😊🙌🏻
Thank you, dear KMII!
By: MTR : January 15th, 2023-20:56
Thanks for reading and your nice comment. Cheers Thomas
Great topic and one I hope I am still in ‘time’ for
By: sc16 : January 15th, 2023-13:40
During the course of years I have come across and read a lot about watches, and some stay in your mind for whatever reason. I consider myself fortunate to have been able to acquire some nice watches which I had hoped to own someday. Till date however, the...