Horological Meandering

It was great spending time with you in Singapore recently, and I also appreciate your contributions here at PuristS. Hope you are enjoying your new watch, and best wishes to you and your lovely bride on upcoming events! At least EC has not weighed in so f... 

that I really enjoy these POTW threads, Andrew. Gary, it's great to learn more about what drives your collecting passion. This "revealing of the inner Purist" helps us all to see each other as people, rather than just mobile accumulators of (fine) watches... 

Great jury duty story! I was on jury duty last week and that could have been me -- I really do have the "guy thing" going on where I don't plumb the depths of others' lives and interests as much as I should. Hence the beauty of the POTW posts (and GTGs, a... 

Hi Mike, Pleased to hear how much you enjoy this occasional series. We have actually done 14 POTW (including 2 unsolicated posts/roasts from Pplater!) . I will bring them together as a retrospective shortly. Andrew

...although I am sure that there is more than enough fodder in my POTW narrative to provide our dear pplater the ammunition for another lengthy parody! I will look forward to re-reading (in more detail) the earlier POTW posts. Best, Gary

.. You have so many great and diverse interests, it was a pleasure to read :-) I feel the same on golf - not enough rounds this year.. -again ;-) Best Hans

You (and I) really do need to get out on the golf course more often, Hans! Thanks for your post -- glad you enjoyed my rambling comments. Best, Gary

All of us on this website owe you a big thanks for all the wonderful photos and insightful, fantastically detailed watch pictures you have uploaded so often. Many thanks and all the very best. Rishad

It is truly heart-warming for me to know that you and others enjoy what I have posted here over the years! More coming in future, I am sure... All the best, Gary

through this questionaire was great, but to meet you in "the real world" was/will be even better. One day I have to check you wine from California ... :-) Open minded PuristS like you are a great pleasure and even better when they share here a PuristS. Th... 

If not sooner, just about six months to the day from today :-) If you are ever going to be in California, please do advise as it would be great to see you and we can convene some or all of the "Gang" to mark the event. As for the wines, at the current rat... 

to China on my list, but one day ... - for sure :-) One has to help you with the wine ... ;-) Best, Oliver

Hi Gary, I have always loved your watch collection, what a great garden too!! I'm a big bike fan, and Laguna Seca is in my top 3 circuits in the world.... Have never ridden there, always wanted to take a ducati there for the MotoGP and sit at ducati corne... 

...also known as the Wayne Rainey corner. It has been substantially improved over the past years to suit MotoGP -- when I first started driving and racing at Laguna, the apex was under a fly-over pedestrian bridge and had a high berm-like curb on the insi... 

Do you have the ability to fully turn off traction control on the 599? Ah yes Turn 9 is after the corkscrew.... looking forward to watching as much of the MotoGP next weekend, although the time difference is tough in Asia. Thanks mate

...although I have not tried it yet! In Race mode you can still kick the tail out a fair amount, and given the cost of repairs that is plenty for me right now :-) Best, Gary

I do like the Himalaya and the automotive part aside from the watches off course ! Gary, what i dream about, you realize .... or did my mind slip into your body ? :-) Filip

...mostly I seem to have been working 80 hour weeks for the past 30 years! I don't do all of these lifestyle things at once -- but over the course of time I have been really fortunate to have a lot of fantastic experiences. Appreciate your note! Best, Gar... 

... i had this kind of energy, working 80 hours a week. I think i work 50 hours and spend the other 30 on useless stuff :-) .... in a way that is. Well, i know people that work 8 hours a week if you can call it working :-). Filip