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PuristSPro Panerai NYC SIHH 2012 dinner event - Thu June 28, 2012: PART I

 

This past Thursday was our annual Panerai NYC dinner event showcasing the new SIHH 2012 collection.  The Thursday before was our Beverly Hills event (link to BH write-up is here: http://panerai.watchprosite.com/show-forumpost/fi-717/pi-5365838/ti-799488/s-0/). 

It's going to be tough day as my flight from LAX to JFK is 6:30am in the morning so I have to wake up at 3:45am.  No pain no gain!

I had a chardonnay with my mixed nuts and dried fruit after takeoff, so I'm off to a good start in the morning.



My stomach is still growling and here's the morning appetizer to munch on:



followed by a delicious cheese omelette which hit the right spot.  I'm just about to pass out from food coma which is my goal to help pass the 5 hour flight smile


My companion for the trip was my trusty and reliable PAM195. 


Time flies by so fast and my plane is almost into JFK.  The cabin crew serves us chocolate chip cookies to prepare us for NYC. 


 

My plane lands and I take an arduous hour long taxi ride in NYC traffic to my hotel.  This is one thing I definitely don't miss having lived in NYC for many years - the rush hour traffic.  The lack of sleep from culmination of prior nights is hitting me now, so I take a power nap.  I then hop into the shower to wake up and get ready to tonight's Panerai dinner event.

I'm feeling good now and off I am feeling energized to get ready to play photographer and host for our NYC Panerai event smile

 


Cheers,
Anthony

 

 

This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2012-07-01 21:22:03

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PART II: Cocktail event at the Panerai NYC Boutique

 
By: AnthonyTsai : July 1st, 2012-21:24
Guests begin to trickle in at the Panerai NYC Boutique on Madison Ave. A vast majority of the people tonight are new faces and are attending their 1st PuristS event. All photos below are posted in chronological order, so you get a better feel of the order...  

Great event!

 
By: Stefan2 : July 2nd, 2012-10:15
I decided it's the 422 for me! What a great opportunity to try on all the new models!

PART III: Dinner

 
By: AnthonyTsai : July 1st, 2012-21:25
We all begin to head out of the Boutique and walk around the corner to Core Club which is a private membership club where we're having our dinner for the night. Up the elevator we go! Looks like Panerai booked this entire floor as there were Panerai vitri...  

Terrific event!

 
By: Stefan2 : July 2nd, 2012-10:21
This was my first Panerai Purists Pro event and it was indeed a really special night. Being able to dine in such a great atmosphere with really good people and some serious collectors made my summer. I learned alot, enjoyed the 'borherhood' and was learne... 

Glad you had a great time Stefan

 
By: AnthonyTsai : July 2nd, 2012-14:17
and nice to finally put a face to a login name now! Cheers, Anthony

Excellent event

 
By: Grosbard : July 2nd, 2012-17:56
It was an excellent event and it was great meeting so many fun, fellow enthusiasts. Thanks to PPro and Panerai for a wonderful time!

Wow! Late night!

 
By: patrick_y : July 3rd, 2012-09:17
Looks like another first-class wonderful event! 11:30PM! That's a late night!

It was truly a pleasure finally meeting you

 
By: L(uke) : July 2nd, 2012-11:28
Along with what you've done here at Purist, I remember you as a mod of a different Panerai enthusiast site. But always nice to finally put a face to the name. What a blast to hear first hand account of how you got your 21! Of course having an opportunity ... 

Thanks for the kind words

 
By: AnthonyTsai : July 2nd, 2012-14:19
Yes, I used to be one of the moderators on Paneristi.com so your memory is correct. It's always fun snapping pictures at our events since I still do all this out of passion :) Thanks once again! Cheers, Anthony

re: Panerai NYC

 
By: DRMW : July 2nd, 2012-16:38
Looks like another great event by PPro and Panerai, thanks for the report! -MW

It was good to see you again Anthony! It has been a while...

 
By: engtay : July 2nd, 2012-17:40
It was also great to meet the other Purist Paneristis :) Awesome venue and the dinner was spectacular! Just wanted to thank you for being such a gracious host and to Panerai for having this wonderful event. Great post!

Excellent event!

 
By: pmb600 : July 3rd, 2012-08:17
I attended the event last week with a friend and we both had a great time. Anthony and I were seated at the same table for dinner and I agree completely with him, it was great conversation and a great group of people! My friend isn't as big a watch guy as...  

Another great event with Panerai

 
By: ED209 : July 3rd, 2012-16:22
Looks like another great PuristSPro event with Panerai. Thanks for the photo report Anthony. Regards, ED-209

GREAT TIME :)

 
By: Muppet : July 4th, 2012-17:19
I had a wonderful evening and see a 372 in my future!

Kudos to our tenacious GM of PuristSPro!

 
By: ocwatching : July 5th, 2012-15:29
Nice work Anthony! and looks like a fabulous time was had in NYC like we did here in LA! Thank you to PuristSPro and Panerai!

Sooner or later I'll manage to get to one of these...

 
By: craniotes : July 6th, 2012-08:19
..perhaps after the taint of my TZ moderator status wears off. ;-) In the meantime, I was able to attend the Tuesday event with Ben, and I must say that while I was convinced going in that Panerai had nothing left to offer me (the 372 really pushes all my... 

Favorites from the NYC event?

 
By: Stefan2 : July 9th, 2012-06:50
For those attendees (including Anthony of course), which of the 2012 pieces were your favorites? For me, it was the 422 as I posted earlier. Would love to know what some of the other favorites were. Or which pieces did the boutique staff get the most inqu... 

My favorites are the PAM398 / 399

 
By: AnthonyTsai : July 9th, 2012-07:56
One of the sexiest Panerai's made so far IMO. http://panerai.watchprosite.com/img/watchprosite/panerai/38/scaled/panerai_image.2856138.jpg Cheers, Anthony ...  

Agreed!

 
By: Stefan2 : July 9th, 2012-08:52
One of the best indeed. I hope more will be produced. Don't recall this was available for view at the NYC event (?)

The PAM398 and PAM399 were available for viewing at the NYC event

 
By: AnthonyTsai : July 10th, 2012-19:50
Hopefully the NYC Boutique will have them on display again sometime. It's best to call them to see. Cheers, Anthony