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Informal Gathering at World of Watches II (REPOST)

Apologies for the earlier technical difficulities. Used the direct uploader and seems to be working fine now. Enjoy!

Was very happy to be invited by the good people from World of Watches II for a small gathering with a bunch of my watch collecting friends, who I am very happy to have known these few years. We are just a small group of enthusiasts from a few local forums in Singapore. We are constantly poisoned by various brands but Seiko was always one of the mainstays and hence we had our own unofficial "Seiko night".

Background
A little background before sharing the pictures taken from the GTG. World of Watches II (WOW II) is a local watch retail shop located at Wisma Astria along Orchard Road, one of the famous shopping streets in Singapore. They had another Grand Seiko event recently and with the new collection of Grand Seikos and Seikos in, they kindly invited us to have an informal GTG there to do some sharing. Of course, other than Grand Seikos and Seikos, they also had other offerings. Without further ado, shall let the pictures do the talking.

Event

While waiting for the guests to arrive, we took a few pictures of those who are already there, and also of the leather care and strap-maker who had graced the event that night. (More on them later).



Light snacks to keep it casual.


Mr Zentrix Chiu, General Manager of WOW II, giving some opening remarks before we started the night.



One of the event line-up for the guests was a leather care and custom strap making presentation by Remy and Lawrence. They showed us some of their products, how to make custom straps, how to take care of your leather, and also offered free leather polishing to those who wore their leather straps to the event. They were a great hit.



Remy is from Dicon doing leather care products and Lawrence from Kultskins Handcrafted is a custom strap-maker.


Remy giving free leather polishing services to the crowd!



Trying out the metal polish on a few SS braccelets



Watches Free For All

What is a watch event without watches. When the presentations on leather care was done, all hell broke loose and it was watches free for all after that. WOW II staff enthusiastically showed the guests some of their offerings. Action was everywhere so I tried to capture as much as I could.

Trying on a Junghans Chronograph


Seiko Presage SARD009. Looks like a cute puppy. So much complications on a watch at this price point. Also runs on a nice leather strap with deployant buckle



Seiko SSA303J1. My favourite piece of the night just because of how much value it packs. I generally dislike 4R movements because I really prefer the non-winding 7S family but this particular 4R57 with power reserve gave the crown winding some purpose. It is a made in Japan piece and I love how well made it is for less than 800 SGD. It is very well made and finished for its price. It also looks great, other than being a tad too thick.





Padi Seiko Prospex and Friends


Black Ceramic GS Chronograph SBGC017


Tree motifs on the dial of the SBGC017



Vintage inspired Junghans Chronoscope



Seiko Presage Urushi Dial Chronograph. A man came in and paid the money and went off with the white enamel dial version while we were having the event! Hence, Urushi is left all alone but not for long as it is also reserved and should be in the owner's hands soon.



Another piece that I quite like is the Armand Nicolet. Not sure the model reference but it reminds me a little bit of Piaget Polo and maybe the Piaget poison hit me a little too strongly. I can't afford a Piaget, but I might consider this Armand Nicolet.


A lovely Speake Marin Resilience. Simple and classic timepiece with a distinct Speake Marin look. The crown looks very inviting for someone to wind it.






Some of the other brands on display





Azimuth's booth is more unique and has an interesting industrial look to it



Watches on the other guests

Did some quick and dirty shots of some of the guests who went for the event as well.

Sinn Eurofiegler



Pam ZERO!





Grand Seiko Limited Edition SBGE029


Seiko supporter!


Heuer 01


Hope you all enjoyed the post!