Jurry
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Hi Kamal,
Vintage cards indeed are beautiful.
I come from a country where the entire history is drenched with on the one hand travel overseas and on the other hand, keeping the sea out to prevent flooding; The Netherlands.
Within our family we have a nice collection of vintage maps (mainly city maps though) and we ourselves also have a few in our house in The Netherlands.
I’m not a collector far from that but I do love them and I can understand the emotion you’ve expressed so well.
You asked for the kind of art purists like. For me that is (in no particular order)
- paintings and especially classic realism and modern abstract paintings
- fountain pens
- cuff links
Evening ramblings
If I may presume, many if not most of us here, are patrons of the arts in our very own way. We look at our collection as not merely of horological instruments, but pieces of magnificent engineering and works of art. Some, more exquisite and elaborate than...
Hi Kamal,
Vintage cards indeed are beautiful. I come from a country where the entire history is drenched with on the one hand travel overseas and on the other hand, keeping the sea out to prevent flooding; The Netherlands. Within our family we have a nice collectio...
Hello Jurry 😊
Thank you for chiming in. What a coincidence to where you are... (well it’s just across the border!) The fifth photo shows a map first published in Antwerp, circa 1575 iirc. It was the first published map to show Taiwan!!! On your other interests, fountai...
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Well I am Dutch but we already live since 13 years in Dubai. This is if the paintings we have here in Dubai Jurry ...
Beautiful enamel work!
Thank you for the reference and photo Nico 😊 That divider hands is so apt for the whole concept of the watch! Being new to this, I am still finding my way to a more mature watch collection. Perhaps I’ve found a peek hole to what lies ahead!? Your thoughts...
