Very enjoyable and thanks so much for taking the time to post this, FX. I saw most of these watches, but missed a couple as well.
For me, the highlights were talking at length with Andreas Strehler (he was wearing his absolutely stunning Papillon in rose gold), Romain Gauthier (he was wearing his beautiful Logical One in white gold with frosted rose gold bridges), Kari Voutilainen (the 8848 phone looked solid and well made, by the way, and the SIM card cover was, of course beautifully made) and running into and talking at length with a fellow original Purist from the early days of the Purists, when it was just an AP forum.
Thanks again,
K