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You are cordially invited to the event this week. To RSVP, please reply with a limited edition item and the watch you will wear this weekend. Come share your pictures of limited edition things, juxtaposed with your watches. It is now open. Bowling balls, ...  

I’m still thinking what photo I will take for this week. Wow, Boris and Captain Scarlet’s LE items are so cool. A Marine Nationale bag, and Aviator items. Oooo

Being a M.N. 22, I guess it qualifies as a limited edition, but in case not, I have also included its ancestor stamped M.N.80, which was definitely a limited edition. The other stuff, I got from the Marine Nationale online shop: the knife is the actual se...  

That is a spectacular entry Boris. The M.N 22 edition juxtaposed with the cool bag and knife, and the “ancestor” M.N 80. Love it so much.

Hello dear Cookies and the team ! Great theme ! This weekend I’m going to start with a limited threesome … The Flieger Verus 40 Vintage 95 limited edition is accompanied by a pair of Dunhill Spitfire cufflinks, made of metal from a Battle of Britain Spitf...  

I laid my eyes on your sheepskin jacket, and Dunhill Cufflinks (made with the special recycled/upcycled metal) and Stowa watch. My eyes won’t move from the picture. Oooo la la!

I’m pleased that you like them, I love a little vintage upcycling 😉

Stunning Flieger! And I absolutely love those Spit cuff links. Awesome! I would love to see your RAF flying jacket! Well played my dear friend!! Hagwe! Abel

Perfect for the aviation and military enthusiasts

Something a little different can be good fun in a collection.

. . . to make your acquaintance, Cap. Serving in the RAF was a point of immense pride for him, to say the least. Art

Or did he….he recently posted a pic of him flying a plane wearing a rectangular independant watch. Is it true he can fly a plane? The mystery deepens…heeheehee

. . . towards the end of the war, Cookies. He was stationed in North Africa and never flew a combat mission, if memory serves correct. He was a dear friend of our family; I referred to him as 'Uncle' out of a combination of fondness and respect. Art

I will make my post a tribute to him and all the other RAF Crews.

I’m sorry to disappoint but I don’t have the jacket with me today as it’s 32o and no other photos with me. I will post a separate post with this jacket in a few days for you. Best regards Captain

just one Manouche who is my son and a Nord Zeitmaschine Variocurve (just very few) ...  

And taken with a very special loved one too! I’ve never seen a Nord in the wild before. Very niche brand.

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Probably only 12 made as salesmans pieces of caliber 560 in the 1960’s for the American market Limited one out og 90 made Hagwe Hans ...  

Nice Pilot watch.

Curious to see that the Seamaster and Deville were in the same watch. Seldom seen vintage piece there. Is that a Laco pilot? It looks like a strap monster

What's the brand of the pilot's watch?

Not only is the watch itself as limited edition as it gets (#64 out of 100), but the tourmaline in quartz stone is purportedly rare, especially in this color combination that happens to match the watch colors immaculately well ........ (yes, black and ora...  

The colour and texture are excellent 👌

I sure love it . Cheers, Filip

Can you tell us anything more about the tourmaline in quartz stone. I love the colour.

for those who are spiritually inclined to any extent, it helps bring strength and balance to one's life.... I wasn't specifically looking to buy a tourmaline-infused quartz stone, but it was frankly the one I liked the most in a large store that specifica... 

My wife has a beautiful Tourmaline ring and I love the colour.

As Nico often says of rare watches. I went to read on Amvox LE’s and yours in a beautiful and very limited edition. Is it the Racing edition, as he wrote here: www.watchprozine.com

appreciate your sentiments, yes, it is precisely one of the grand total of 224 'Racing' AMVOXlls - 100 black dial (mine), 100 black & white dial, and 24 for the Paris boutique (b&w dial but in a black PVD case, like the black dial that I have). Thanks for... 

Cheers, Filip

J'adore vraiment beaucoup ! Merci, Filip

One I was wearing at work (rado), one for dinner (mb). They are also extremes in my collection for size and price - the rado at 37.3 mm/ steel, the mb at 43.5mm/WG. Rado is out of 150, the mb out of 58. ...  

58 is almost unheard of these days. I always see LEs in the hundreds in the major manufacturers. That Rado CC is a stealthy limited edition.

Something else that I have enjoy collecting, bronzes and the odd Patek, hope you like this one… ...  

Love the aquanaut and bronze statue too.

I love bronze sculptures myself.... Cheers, Filip

The lighting on the dial is perfect!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Here are two watches I have that are limited edition models. The first is the Sinn U50 mother of pearl dial limited edition of 500. It is a perfect watch for swimming. The other is Lang and Heyne Hektor that I am wearing now. It is one of 99 and if you co...  

That is a very beautiful watch, front, back and sides are equally stunning. Love the Sinn MOP dial too. That is very tropical, like a holiday in Hawaii.

Yeah, agree with you these are beautiful watches and I cannot stop looking at them . Take care!

My new-to-me LE Seiko Turtle “Sea Grapes” arrived this afternoon from Singapore, 3 days early via DHL! These days if FedEx could just manage to deliver on time I’d be very happy. Certainly will see a lot of wrist time over the long Labor Day weekend. Have...  

Orange hand which is so legible. I like the curved case too. Love the day date function on it too. I actually don’t mind the assymetry of dials, as the function is very useful. The colour really resembles sea grapes on a cloudy day’s dive.

Here is the watch next to my Habring² with orange hand for comparison ...  

This Habring is beautiful. Could you tell us more about it?

Likewise to you, cheers, Filip

that combination is stunning!

Joining with a couple. The BP is an off catalog Wempe ed. The Hektor somehow is just a run of 99 which can well be a regular run sports model offering. ...  

Dark, succulent and it highlights the motiff in the centre of the dial. That’s one rare BP too. I was too late to get a BP I always wanted. The aqualung big date. Prices are off the charts now for that piece.

Other than Putin, rare to see one on forums/social media.

My trusted 16570 on tropic style strap, with a background of the first edition of the Rolang Garros yearly poster. This one was signed by the artist, Arroyo, number 145 of a series of 150. Sorry for the reflections, it's a bit difficult to get a good shot...  

Roland Garros makes very nice posters. I am going to read more about his works tonight. Wow!!

And great strap for that Explorer!

Very cool 👍

Perhaps interestingly, both watches are part of the same, new Calatrava reference 5177G featuring a hobnail bezel --- a choice that I find great looking and also historically significant for Patek. It's probably well known that my favorite watch EVER --- ...  

Oooo, ooooo…my mouth was making an Oooo expression when I saw the School of Fishes. From a distance it looks like a peacock feather motiff, and close up, it is magical like a underwater scene from Pixar. I’m gonna revisit the pictures again later to admir... 

Not easy to choose just one but I can well understand your love for the Boccadasse and the Fish School ones! Sublime pieces!! Keep loving and enjoying your unique collection so much!! Always a joy to view them! Hagwe! Abel

… marvelous pieces and for the brand and it’s easy for me to understand that considering they are indeed true Masterpieces. I wish you’ll keep loving and enjoying them so much my dear friend. Best cordial regards Abel

Your Patek 'game' is top-notch. Great set of pictures, cheers, Filip

Was the newspaper article about you?

Wow Fab ! .. I absolutely love any of the Rare Handcraft creations from Patek Philippe. Anyone who has had the pleasure to see and handle one can only be deeply impressed by the depth of quality and artistic creativity. Thank you for taking the time to jo... 

Being able to admire them in person is an experience that's impossible to describe with pictures! Cheers my friend.

Continue to wear these treasures in the very Best of your health ! Chapeau, dear friend and thx for this exquisite share ! Best, hs.

THIS is patek. Love your curated collection of art and watchmaking. I think you should add a 3070J as perpetual chrono is my other thought when I think PP and you have class enough for yellow gold to look cool.

I confess that I never purchased a J gold NOR a second-hand watch....but who knows, one day I might decide to break the ice in one of these areas (more likely the first one.... ;-)) Certainly, the 3970J would be a terrific candidate, and yet again, a perf... 

Some very, very spectacular pieces, I am in love of your Boccadasse "neighborhood-hometown" story! And your suits and shirts, all are very stylish!!! May I ask you, what kind of manufacturers are you wearing? Yours, Adam

The shirts I see in the pictures must be Isaia, Etro and Pal Zileri (in fact, of the 60 to 70 shirts I try to have in rotation at any given time, these are probably my most common choices along with Brioni.....if I had to pick one favorite, which is never... 

… to read and view the limited watches and other objects shared by our friends. I own a few limited edition watches and as a collector of fountain pens, knives and firearms I also have some limited editions of each of these groups though I regret that I h...  

The Walther ain't 'bad' either.... Cheers, Filip

I’m happy to know you like my choices this weekend!! Hagwe! Abel

I went gaga when I see those rare pieces you have. Never knew a Gene Cernan edition of the Speedmaster existed, and it is very unique. And that Walter PPK JB edition is the pistol to collect. Wow!!!!!!!

… I’m happy to know you like these choices to answer your call. Regarding the Apollo 17/Cernan: Actually Omega launched three different Speedmasters on the occassion of celebrating 45th Anniversary of Cernan Apollo 17 flight and Last Man on the Moon. One ... 

Oooo, it can pass off as a cabin instrument in an old Riva yacht. Beautiful!

… natural on a vintage Riva instrument panel!! Hagwe! Abel

I’m happy to know you like this watch so much. It’s truly an awesome piece I feel. Have a nice weekend! Cheers! Abel

The watch is truly awesome

The Apollo 17 Tribute to Gene Cernan, Limited to 272 watches is a seriously cool Speedmaster. I love it ! Beautiful selection of pens that you are sharing with us. I especially like the serpent pen. I hope you have a great weekend.

And agree with you about the gold case Cernan Apollo 17 Tribute. I also think that this version still didn’t caught the attention from collectors it deserves considering its very low production, it’s beautiful dial and case back and being a full gold case... 

Do you sense it by the entries that came up? You are the cause of it too Abel…heehee It feels like an exotic car event where one expects production model Ferraris and Porsches, but end up in a “higher heaven” where Morgans and Mclarens and even unseen una... 

Agree with you that it will be hard for judges and we have to thank our friends for their awesome entries which make for the fun and enjoyment of every edition of WS. Thank you for a great job hosting!! Cheers! Abel

… that you liked these choices. Have a great weekend my friend!! Best cordial regards Abel

Happy to know that you like it! Cheers! Abel

your pen collection is to die for!!! Huge congratulations, I like the Montblanc Hemingway Collection the best! Currently reading the legendary "For Whom The Bell Tolls" from the Master. And the Omega from the Museum's collection... It has an automatic mov... 

I’m a big fan of Hemingway as writer so I felt fitting to get this special pen from MB honoring him. This is a much coveted model among collectors as it was the first in a long series of MB honoring different writers and was released in the early 1990’s. ... 

Ref 5105 plat case with " found " original 9-90 movements Case is similar to original ref 492 Comes with medallion and case and papers attesting to such The watch The movement The medallion medallion is 1839-2006 ( sorry this pic has a few other medallion...  

A truly small batch was made for it. Wow this can take on the Calatrava Pisa edition anyday. That is one rare bird indeed. Love it! Oooooooooooo

and wonderful movement. A special Patek, no doubt. Thanks for posting the pictures! Cheers, Filip

The Habring2 X Timezone collaboration produced this 21 piece LE back in 2016. It has several charming features - a stepped bezel, sector dial, and blued hands - plus a jumping seconds complication. And it wears very well on the wrist too! One of my person...  

I recalled reading of it. It has a nice sector dial. So much details on this special watch. Wish I were one of the blessed 21 owners of this grail.

have a great weekend everyone! ...  

Wow! This is a showstopper. 100 pieces only. Love it so much.

I currently have 3 limited edition watches…the P20 of course, my GS and the discontinued CK 859! ...  

Well said about LEs being hard to add to collections when they are sold out. I really like the Louis Erard x Vianny Halter, and Panerai Paneristi Forever Edition, but missed the boat on it. Nice Grand Seiko there. It was quite hard to get this piece.

…and the I think Ostrich on the Omega is a great upgrade 👏

😉 As I’m not really having other collectables, hope it’s still ok to just humbly share 2 watches, LE both, which I really like a lot, representing two completely different choices.. One of my absolute JLC favs, the Duomètre à Chronographe IMO, a watch for...  

Wow you have both of them. Love these rare birds.

... superb watch which I can say I share the pleasure of owning with you. Well played my friend! Have a nice weekend. Abel

Yes, indeed we both - next to other watches- share the love to our DSAs ! Many kind regards and have a great Sunday !! Best, 🙂🙂

Cheers Abel

I have no limited editions of anything outside of watches - and even then only one LE watch. I’ve taken the liberty of expanding to “one offs” or limited production I’ve found along the way. Here’s a hand painted snuff bottle from Chonquing in China. I ca...  

Nice bottle art which must have been painstaking to make. The triptych is very intricate too. And the showstopper is the Moser Tourbillon 1/20. The magnum opus!

So many amazing LEs to admire this week - great choice of subject!

Well played, Chapeau ! Best 🙂🙂

I love your LE Duometre - what a watch - what a movement!!

I acquire a piece because I love it and, more importantly, want to wear it. Unfortunately, since I love tribute / homage piece, they are usually limited or numbered editions! H. Moser & Cie Pioneer Rotating Bezel / Govberg edition: Omega CK 859: Hanhart P...  

I think we have very similar taste in watches. Any chance your family had a background in the military? I think I like military pieces because I was made (or forced to) to look up to the men and women who serve the defence force, since young. Why do I say... 

I served in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Merchant Marine. In fact, I had my license to drive a ship before I had a license to drive a car! I’m a huge aviation buff as well. Unfortunately, the dream of becoming a pilot was curtailed by poor eyesight!😢 As you... 

That is one stealth bomber. No one will recognise it from near or far…maybe only Yacomino or Nico or a highly trained falcon will know it is an Ed White from a regular Speedy. It has a beautiful movement and production process too. I’m eyeing a plain ol B... 

Cheers!🥂

Best , 🙂🙂

Patek 6000R China 🇨🇳 10th year anniversary for 2015. 25 pieces in R and 25 pieces in G, with matching ladies of 10 pieces for each metal. The best part is the engraved map on the back. ...  

Nice photography to show the details of the engraved caseback, and the dial too. Thanks Gordon for the fantastic post.

Thanks for sharing the photos.

I’ll run with the recent Jacques Bianchi JB200, dive watch. I’ve definitely seen pics of his watches used by the Legion back in the day, so it’s sitting alongside a few of my Foreign Legion Zippos, also acquired back in the day. The Moritz Grossmann Benu ...  

Nice brass collectible mini-trains too as a prop. And oo my eyes caught the Zippo lighters too. Strong entries there=D

….of something that’s a similar colour to the BNSF behind it. Their standard polished indices 👊

This watch is so cool and I love the last photo. Well played !

…mon Capitaine 🍻

One of 100 pieces made with a tweaks to the original Sixty-Five format--the most noticeable being the removal of the date. A watch with loads of faux-vintage charm and a pleasure to wear. ...  

Nice use of props and charged lume on the Topper Edition of Diver 65. Juicy!

Keeping that lume charged while trying to get a good shot was a challenge. Weak lume is the only shortcoming of this piece.

Habring COS ZM ...  

Lots of great posts here. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. ...  

No one will know….except the trained Eagle/Falcon or watch nerd. Ooo it is a simple Seiko diver. Oh yes I bought it from the local watch shop. Not (This is a Seiko which costs more than an Omega Aquaterra, but you’d never know…)

Even if the original issue price was half of what they’re going for now. I was lucky to get mine new from a Seiko boutique. BTW your collection is one I aspire to. Thank you!

Saving up for the next piece is a little hard now, because finances are tight on my side. But I perservere. Will work extra hours to make the dream come true. Just gonna get a quartz Breitling if it is still available. Rumour has it, it’s been discontinue... 

Sounds like a good plan. Who knows what’s next from here. We need not be always in acquisition mode. Sometimes it’s nice to sit on and enjoy what we have. Best of luck to you!

. . . are limited editions except for . . . . . . this one. (pplater has the other.) Tasmanian blackwood and huon handle trimmed with zaratite rings - an all-Aussie cue. ;-) The watch on my wrist earlier today was the double-signed ref 2390. Will post a w...  

Those exotic woods..i can imagine being recognized in the smoky pub just by the billiard stick in the dark

. . . as well as his cues. Here's one made with the Tasmanian Devil. And, as promised, the watch on my wrist this Sunday. Best, Art ...  

Great Omega to wear this Sunday dear Art!! Hagwe! Abel

The watch, I mean; I know nuts about pool cues!

Both pool cue and Omega are superb !

. . . playing character counts, too. Kinda like guitars, I suppose.

Excellent video 👏👏👏

a golden horse 2007 reedition for the japan market and the 750 anniversary plate from the Chaine des Rotisseurs My SantosDumont le Bis with a limited run of the Callas 'live' recordings on cds and blu-ray HAGWE all henry ...  

The Golden Horse is one elegant piece. I must go have a look at it soon. And the Cartier is beautiful, juxtaposed with the maroon red record. Beautiful!!

Great topic , and many brilliant posts ! Just have one LE watch worth mentioning, the Azimuth Back in Time ( both literally and figuratively! ) I like watches which play around with the concept of time without being gimmicky about it , which I think this ...  

A watch which tells the time in the counterclockwise direction. It is so unique. Great LE to post here. So interesting!

Thanks Cookies , yes it is quite interesting and always draws some curious glances once anyone has a closer look and realises that it’s not the “ wrong “ time followed by the light bulb moment of how it works 😄

What a lovely theme - and what lovely watches already contributed! The Pateks of FabR, especially, are...fab! For your consideration: AP G&PS. One of what was supposed to be 50, but how many of those they ended up making, who knows? Be-Ba Chronometre. Two...  

Could you check the post if the pics went through. Wow just by reading I want to see those rare pieces.

Photobucket seems to work differently since last posting! Hopefully they are there now. Cheers, pplater ...  

Mindblowing, my mind was blown. I think you are the only one posting an AP and also a McGonigle this week. Those are royalty in this theme. And the cue sticks…DrNo will love them I believe.

He should - they’re all his fault! 😂 Cheers, pplater.

. . . with Bob and also Gareth, the geology lab tech at UC Santa Barbara without whom the zaratite rings . . . . . . would've been literally impossible. Art ...  

. . . aren't just for show. 🎱

Calculated and so accurate. Wow!! It is the Art of Art.

with my son's G-Shock ...  

Wonder if he used it on ady fidelin.

Key piece of Dadaism. Hopefully he did not.

Fab R joined us and posted several beautiful shots of his incredible rare handcrafts watches. I hope you enjoy this Patek combo from my collection, the 5070p... Have a great weekend friends ! Captain ...  

The extra weight and finish of the platinum version makes all the difference, in my opinion. Thank you for your kind message.

I’m sure you know the feeling of them becoming like old friends 🤔

Would you like host it at some point in the future ?

it doesn’t count! My rarest, limited to 50 pieces: The best in an horological view, limited edition of 100: The most beautiful, limited edition of 200: The sportiest, limited edition of 200: I didn’t post pictures from my numerous watches ( Daniel Roth, M...  

It counts..I will add this into the summary of the history of these pieces too...next post will be on H Moser and the other Independents.

Here are two 'limited edition' tributes that got me started on my vintage collecting: Another 'limited edition', Grand Seiko's sbgm029, issued for the 10th Anniversary of their GMT watches: I also collect books, and this is a first edition of one of Iris ...  

Esp the Geophysic. It is so crisp, I can almost reach the screen and touch it.

From top left to bottom right: LE 565, LE 110, LE100, LE58, LE58 (wife...), LE58, LE10, LE8, LE18 ...  

Oh my Lord! A----may---zing!!

In the next months

But the 1 of 1 is missing!

Thank you!

Somehow it seems that nowadays most watches are limited… 🤷🏻‍♂️ As for other items, as the whole week is one huge unboxing I will sadly need to pass 🤦🏻‍♂️ 1 of 500… 1 of 300… 1 of 150… 1 of 25… 1 of 1 😁 And the wrist companion this weekend, as it has been ...  

Hope you are enjoying your weekend. Another tremendous lineup of superb watches and straps from your collection. The Chopard catches my eye this weekend 👀 Best regards Captain

Love the II on the piece unique Habring2. Also love the Chopard Flyback with the matching nato, and the Mingz. Juicy GS too.

two flat white ...  

Nice flat white coffee. Elegant shot

You are a must with my every flat white

Raspberry macarons are delicious. Nom nom nom

Almost wore these today ...  

Nice bag used as a prop.

The perfect Ressence in my book. LE of 33 ...  

Not only is this a quirky dial... but when I read it I thought it said resonance and was expecting FPJ 🤣 very fun watch!

Mike ...  

1st Vianney Halter and Paul Gerber of the week here. These are the stuff of dreams