Hello all, The theme of this week's WS is: Interesting acquisition story. As a raminder, this can mean anything you like. We want to read interesting/funny/harrowing/suspensful stories about how you got that one piece you wanted or just had to have. Credi...
This was the first Patek Philippe that I ever bought. 2009. Up until 2009, I had only ever bought Rolex or JLC. But I saw this 5070P and just had to have it. I rang around one or two ADs. They told me I would have no hope at all of getting one as demand w...
... just make it a bit more special. I recall 2009, financial crisis, etc... and we couldnt even find 1 to see how it looks like. So I went for the R then 3 years i managed to get the P. An event it was to get that 5070P. The good old times
Last March I was ready to buy my first vintage Calatrava when I saw the 3417 amagnetic ,It was for sale in Italy by a well known dealer.I decided to buy the watch without seeing it(Not something that I would do usually) but the dealers reputation watch h...
...so impatient to see it one day. Just wait a few months so that I can make some photos again because for the time being I can't and then pleeeease bring it too me for a super photo shooting . Best my friend enjoy it and wear it in the best of health
... you a happy Birdthday celebration and a lot of enjoyment from this stunning Patek chrono! Be it with a lot of good health my dear friend! Cheers! Abel.
it not only makes it easier, it also provides a special meaning to the watch. It can be anything, a vintage watch you hunted but then appears in Argentina, with a seller only speaking Spanish, no international shipping option or any meaningful way of paym...
I'm working for a tech start-up around 1999 and we are trying to land Merrill Lynch as a light-house customer. Our VP of Business Development, Mark, is very well connected at ML and gets us personal meetings with the CEO and the COO at their New York HQ. ...
Maybe the most beautiful or most epic is my Reverso Rouge. I wanted one so badly since years. 2 years ago one spotted on the market place of Purist. The price was good, the watch in mint condition. The only concern was the localisation. I live on a small ...
I was burglarized in January 2011 and I lost 22 watches. among them a superb Lecoultre Deep Sea Alarm, the vintage, the original. Well, some yeas ago, I had one, which was in less good condition than that one. I bought it, my first DSA US, from a well kno...
I was looking at the Omega James Bond Spectre model before it even came out, I called multiple dealers until I decided to go with one, their promise was that 99.9% chance that I'll obtain one, they had 5 on order and I was number 2 on the list. So I waite...
When thinking about your theme I realized that all stories connected to watches are happy stories for me. So I'll stick here with best and last GTG. Best stories are connected to friendship for me and GTGs are just place for it. And in more than 10 years ...
... and that we enjoy viewing here (even if braking the rules! Lol!) These stories always come to our minds and hearts every time we wear them and bring a lot of joy! Hagwe my dear friend!! Abel
Wearing a nice watch is gift of life per se but when that watch has also deeper meaning... meaning of friendship or love then there is not much more to ask for. Have a great one and best to family. Cheers D
So as I often do, I decided to enter, say hi, and just have a quick chat. They are one of the main ADs in the country, so without carrying much hope, I concluded by asking for the newly-released 5131P. She obviously mentioned a long waiting list and so fo...
The following is a [somewhat] true story. It’s set at the Baccarat table at the Wynn Encore Tower in Vegas sometime in late 2014. I’m having a particularly good night and lady luck is smiling on me. I had pretty much cleared out the table and was getting ...
But let's select one: my very first Black dial Memovox - Master Compressor Memovox! By chance I stopped by my local AD and had a look... They just received the Jaeger -LeCoultre Master Compressor Memovox! Baam! Yes, I wanted it, I had to have it! But when...
may not be so exciting but I still pull it. I had just placed an order for a Dornblüth watch and set me on the normal pregnancy period of 9 months for delivery. Then there comes a Russian mail with a request if it was not time for me to get a Moser? Of co...
.... that was on display. In the store, on the table is a tray of 6-8 AP RO 5402. Most of them special (custom dials, white gold case etc.) but one caught my eye immediately: a black, rocked 5402. I asked what it is and the guy said: ah, it’s from Lagerfe...
By: Speedie74 aka Mr. Torquise : January 24th, 2019-13:28
a fantastic thread!!! Many-many great memories, just to mention some: 1. The watch which brought me here: I discovered the watch on a german watchmagazine and after reading the article of the history of Geophysic I got so excited that I called immediately...
In Watch & Wonders 2014 (Ends of September 2014) Panerai unveiled their reference Pam 587. Just viewing the first pictures in Internet I madly fell in love with it and I was determined to get it asap! In November 2014 I made a two week trip to Europe with...
After looking at luxury watches for almost 3 years now, I had wanted to get a simple time-only dress watch with a highly finished movement. I previously considered a few of the usual candidates in this segment, but none of them resonated with me after put...
About 16years ago i went to a local car fair ( concours de elegance ) on that fair they had a few stands with all kind of items , one of them was from a jong watch trader (amsterdam watch company AWCO) who just had become a AD for Christiaan vd Klaauw . B...
I really like your story....would press like under your post but we here are old school guys so we still appreciate writing to thumbing up unlike some other platforms Cheers D
but just wanted to share how you guys triggered me to remember something.) With all this talk of Omega and your wonderful stories it reminded me of a piece I picked up around 4 years ago...…..then forgot completely :O I was on the lookout for a Rattrapant...
I first learned about this watch about 10 years ago when the owner disclosed to me he had a pristine daytona in his sure of the reference but hardly worn Are you interested in selling? I asked Make me an offer he countered- Jeez I hate that I made him a ...
Been in the hospital since Wednesday, so a quick, late entry. Decided on the Minerva Pythagore A481. The watch used to belong to another Purist and he brought it along once, to my very first GTG, even if it was just the two of us over coffee 😊 I liked the...
With the whole family being hospitalized. Fortunately all are at home in the meantime (well, I am traveling for work, so unfortunately not home), so all good. Tired and on a tasking schedule but that will pass eventually 😊
Just depends on the definition. With one other Purist it was Adam, as a plural (which as you know starts with three in Slovenia) it was the Zagreb one with you and Zabreg 😊
We’re all out of the hospital in the meantime so things are looking up. Still got a schedule that kills, so no downtime till April at the earliest. Oh well...
Thinking I didn’t really have an exciting story chasing watches I thought I would leave this weeks WS for what it is. And really I don’t have an exciting story, but I did just realize I have had a little watch buying accomplish on a few occasions. So situ...
... there is no better way of enjoying our hobby than sharing it with our beloved ones! All the best my friend! Abel PS: Great shot and watch as well!!