Horological Meandering

Photo Credit: Bloomberg In 2021 I attended the November Geneva Auctions, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Exhibition: The Sound Maker New York City, GPHG Awards Ceremony, ONLY Watch, unfortunately they cancelled Watches & Wonders 2021, and an event called Dubai Wat...  

I just hope it's not too crowded after this overall very positive review of the event. Pretty soon, it'll be like that restaurant I told everyone was good and later couldn't get a table at.

Thank you for commenting! And you'll almost definitely see Max Busser there at the next one! Bring your MB&F! Dubai and Singapore are big MB&F collector centers!

I would love very much to attend DWW in the future! We were planning to visit Dubai for Christmas 2020 but had to cancel. Now I will plan the future trip around DWW.

It was definitely a great event for me! Plus a lot of WatchProSite members in attendance! Are you coming from San Francisco?

I am living in the suburb that is about one hour drive south from San Francisco.

I have read your three very insightful reviews and apart from the information and opinion, which are valuable, I am left with two main ideas (I could be wrong): the impression that you really felt most at home in Dubai during the dinner with other promine... 

I really did feel at home at the Dubai Watch Week event. The Seddiqi family who hosted the event were incredibly gracious, as they organized and took on a lot of risk to put on the event during COVID times. There was a tremendous amount of fear that they ... 

The effort is fully appreciated. My experience at a lesser scale during the pandemic is that turnout has been invariably excellent in local and not so local events. I fully agree that the combination of relaxed and engaged is unusual, and most people usua... 

I was privied to some of the expectations which were in the tens of thousands. The first day was a little lower than expected. And this was cause for worry. But the weekend days far exceeded their expectations. I find that "relaxed and engaged" mentality ... 

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I was Very Pleased to have met you as well! You are a true Purist and I love how you march to your own drum! We'll have to rendezvous again somehow somewhere before 2023! The discussion forum we attended was totally crazy though... that one we attended di... 

I'm a little worried... Seems like it might not happen! And I haven't received any information about it yet! Yikes!

and bringing us this review of the event.

It was a true pleasure to attend this event and write positive things about it. It was a good experience! And it was nice to remember it!

I think Dubai is a good venue for this event and we should recognise the Seddiqi family for all the effort it must have taken to make this event a reality.

I wasn’t sure if it was worth going but your report ( and what I hear from others attending) clearly proves it’s something to consider for the future.

I wasn't very certain at first if it would be enjoyable. And while I was in Geneva in November, I was thinking I was traveling too much in too short of a time, especially considering there was additional risk due to COVID. But no risk, no reward. So I too... 

cancellijg in Amsterdam meant I could attend. I went to the previous DWW so roughly knew what to expect but the independent watch industry, my own collecting and my interactions with other watch purists had moved on a great deal inbeteeen both shows. I bo... 

Back then, there just seemed to be a relentless commitment to ensure enthusiast felt that this was a horological summit. The forums, respected guest speakers, etc. were all top notch. I’m so glad to read in your post that they have continued to elevate th... 

I was glad to attend and pleased to experience Dubai Watch Week. Overall, I'd say more moderation in the discussions were needed, as some went off topic quite a bit and the moderator of a discussion needs to be more active in setting the context. Not ever...