Horological Meandering

Indies (mostly) with the Downtown Crew

 

We had a little GTG with the downtown crew plus one new guest earlier this week.  

There were a several new watches to introduce to each other including my C6 (which you are are over exposed to at this point) and one of the more crazier Rolex you’ll ever see; a mid 1980s Oysterquartz in yellow gold nicknamed the “Octopussy” because of the settings for the sapphire diamonds on the bracelet resembling that of an octopus’s suckers.  

The watch is really nuts, I’ve never seen stone settings like this.  And the dial, which I didn’t capture is also very cool with a brushed finish.

In addition to those two we also had an LM101, Platinum Journe Havana and last but definitely not leave the Akrivia AK-06.

Regarding the Akrivia, to me a far more interesting watch and direction than the current Rexhep Rexhepi output of classic looking highly finished watches.  It seems like a bit of a shame that he was shuffled into that direction when what he had with the AK series was far far more interesting and original.  

Of course, the market didn’t pay much attention to those until the powers that be blessed the CC as the second coming and the the AK took off too. 

Enjoy the crappy pictures.  

A beautiful Havana CS.  I’ve grown to like this one more over the years. 





A knockout of a Rolex from the mid 1980s.  Look at those settings on the bracelet.  One doesn’t even notice the baguette bezel as eyes are drawn fully to the bracelet. 



The AK-06.  Such a cool cool watch.  And it was very cool before all the CC hoopla.  





A few shots of my C6.