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Dear Captain, I wholeheartedly endorse this theme as a watch- and chocolate-lover!
The world of craft chocolate and bean-to-bar chocolate has expanded tremendously in the past 10 years.
Much like independent watchmakers and micro-brands, many small chocolate makers have sprung up too, with an abundance of creativity and enthusiasm.
I've thus highlighted 4 indie/microbrand watches, paired with 4 chocolate makers, with a variety of chocolate types.
Thirdly, Obolo chocolate from Chile, paired with a Holthinrichs Raw Ornament from the Netherlands, This is a white chocolate, but creative chocolate makers now add additional contrast flavours to it. More boldness in an otherwise bland white chocolate, with the addition of nuts. Much like the bold 3D-printed case of the Holthinrichs, or the bold ostrich strap.
And finally something closer to home. Both watch and chocolate are made in my home country! Fossa is an upcoming chocolate maker that has made fantastic pairings of chocolate with tea, such as this example. Very complementary flavours indeed. This is paired with the Feynmann Lotus, made here in Singapore, with a lovely Peranakan-themed dial made with champleve enamel with a local artisan, paired with a strap also made by a local strapmaker.
As I end the quartet of watches and chocolate , it is useful to remind myself that talent and creativity resides globally and also close to home.
So whether indie/microbrand watches, or more "indie" chocolate makers, I hope you've enjoyed both the range of watches, and the range of 4 different chocolate types too.
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WristScan Live ! …
Hello dear friends ! We are now live for WristScan and this weekend we are looking to have some fun with chocolate ;-) Our theme for WristScan is all about watches and chocolate. The Swiss love chocolate and I’m sure you probably indulge occasionally ! Si...
Hello dear Captain!! A great shot to open our event for this weekend!
I feel everybody loves chocolate and this theme will bring a great quantity of awesome entries. Thank you so much for hosting and choosing a very fun and attractive theme to play. Will return with a few shots in a few minutes. Hagwe my dear friend. Abel
Welcome dear friend ! …
I’m looking forward to seeing your watches and plenty of chocolate 😉 Happy Easter to you and your family. Best regards Captain
Thank you Captain!! Will post in a few minutes.
Thank you so much for your kind Esster greetings! Same to you and your beloved ones my dear friend! Abel
Hello again dear Captain! Great watches and delicious chocolates…
… we can’t ask anything else for a wonderful weekend. Here we are waiting for Sunday for our grandchildren visiting us to get their traditional Easter chocolate eggs. We have found that chocolates for children come in different shapes now: even with the s...
Chocolate heaven ….
Tremendous amount of chocolate and delicious watches dear friend. I see you also found a little Lindt bunny and it’s big brother ! The chocolate dial on your Speedmaster looks sublime and my favourite this week is your Rolex GMT Master. The dial and colou...
Thank a lot for your kind comments dear Captain!!
Yes, I have an special fondness for this old “root beer” GMT 1675. It’s chocolate dial is fantastic. The big Lindt bunny was shot at a local airport a few years ago at a brand stand decorated for Easter. I couldn’t resist to take a wrist shot with the wat...
Chocolate all over !.. Again so well done & „composed“.. I expect your grandchildren definitely will enjoy this Choc-heaven.. What I like most in your line-up..
.. are the starting shots with your terrific Pepsi/ BLRO, that PAM with its fine light choc-dial with créme numbers & indices, not to forget your lovely Vintage GMT Master & faded Bezel. - Also your other pics are well picked, Chapeau !! Wishing you & you...
Thank you so much my dear friend HS for…
… your always so kind viewing and commenting! I can’t wait for the visit of my grandchildren on Sunday. In te meantime I keep enjoying the watches and reading the entries of our participants! Glad you like my choices! Happy Easter Season my dear friend! H...
Dear Abel, appreciate your great selection of watches and chocolate.
I am impressed by your great taste. It is funny to see the different design of “Kinder Schokolade” 🍫. HAGWE
Hello again GDG. Thanks a lot for your kind compliments and comments on my shots. I take great pleasure in shooting my watches and participating in our WS events every weekend.
I´m happy to know you like them. Agree it is funny (and a bit surprising) to find these different chocolate designs. Chocolate eggs is a long standing tradition here, as the little chocolate figures of rabbits and hens, but I had never seen before the cel...
Wow Abel, do you have a ton of chocolate at home??!!
But I could still pick out your delicious Speedy and Rootbeer from a mile!
Ha ha ha!! Just having at home a little stock of chocolates…
… to receive my grandchildren on Easter Sunday. Both the Speedy and Root beer GMT are a bit camouflaged among the chocolates but still can be spotted! Lol! Thank you HSTE for your kind comments! Hagwe! Abel
I guess grandchildren make the theme easier 😉
Great shots as always, Abel! Wishing you a great Easter with the family 🐣
Hello dear friend KM! Yes! These “props” belong to them! Lol!
Thank you so much for your kind compliments and Easter greetings. Happy Easter for you and your family too!! Abel
Ha ha ha!! True!! Lol! Glad you like the Root Beer. Agree with you.
Glad you like it! Hagwe NT!!
My favorite chocolate, along with my favorite new-to-me watch.
I wore my 2005 Roger Debuis Hommage home today, and celebrated with a few pieces of Ghana. Aaah, life can be so enjoyable. Everyone, HAGWE and enjoy lots of chocolate and watches. And thanks, Captain, for such a cute golden bunny and smashing Omega to sta...
Hi Ron …
That’s a tasty start to the weekend ! Your Roger Debuis looks very nice, any chance of a wrist shot ?
Here are a couple of wrist shots
The watch is much nicer than what the pics show! ...
Thanks Ron…
It’s a powerful looking watch and thats all part of the design with a RD. I still enjoy this one … ...
Hello Ron!! Thank you so much for posting your great shot here!
A superb watch and some tasty chocolates! What else can we ask? Happy Easter Season and weekend! Abel
What a great idea to celebrate the Easter Weekend!
Chocolate is very nice: But there are some more goodies I wish everybody a pleasant Easter weekend and a lot of fun participating on wird scan. ...
Chocolate at the beach …
Great shots GD ! Your Breitling looks excellent on your wrist and in the third photo, I love the background of the beach. Happy Easter ! Best regards Captain
Thank you, dear Captain!
It was a nice day on the beach today and a nice beginning of the Easter weekend. Happy Easter for you, too. ...
Great watches and tasty chocolates you bring here GDG! I specially love your by the sea shot. As I don´t smoke I would go directly to that lovely chocolate box and Superocean Breitling! Lol!
Charming Reverso you share in the first shot. Moonphase is one of my favorite complications. Thank you for your participation! Hagwe and Happy Easter Season! Abel
Dear Abel, I’m so happy that you like my pictures.
You are so right not to smoke. It’s a truly bad habit, but also very enjoyable. Happy Easter for you, too.
Hello GDG! thank you so much. Yes I enjoy them so much and it gives me pleasure too to know you are enjoying participating and sharing your shots with us.
My father was a smoker of cigars and pipe and I know he enjoyed so much it. He collected pipes and I shared with him his joy of finding new shapes, brands and woods textures and colors. A very interesting collecting activity indeed. Somehow smoking didn´t...
Great choices and fine ambiance !.. Truly like your beach life shot !
Your beach-mood with cigar as still-life with the wonderful Breitling Super Ocean resembles truly relaxation & peace of mind. - What a fine watch & really cool ! - Wishing you & yours a great Easter WE and all the Best !! hs111 / 😊
Great that you like it. Life on the beach is mostly relaxing.
Try to be at the sea as often as possible.
If you’re flying Swiss …
Chocolate is “de rigueur” … Happy Easter friends ! Best regards Captain ...
Happy Days :-) …
Smarties, a chocolate classic and although my tastes have evolved somewhat, I still smile when I see them. This photo was a great excuse to buy a few… LOL ! ...
Hmmhh.. Let me see what to chip in..
Well, a bit tricky for me this time, as I‘ve found just a few direct choc shots, but still hope some „relatives“ will do - and as I love Chocolate, I will play.. JLC Chronometre (, Cal 906 - from around 1974) Really a cool Chronometre A „linen“ dial with ...
Welcome dear HS …
I see you have some Lindt chocolate with your JLC linen“ dial. Looks very good, as does your Rolex 1675 on chocolate filled little Easter eggs. Well played dear friend ! Best regards and Happy Easter Captain
Hello dear friend HS! You play here with some great timepieces and delicious chocolates. I´m specially fond of your JLC Chronometre and Lindt chocolate and the Jaeger Chrono and Geomatic.
Well, I must add that your 2643 WT chrono and your Crosshair UG vintage would make me a very happy man too. I would add some tasty chocolate too to complete the combo! Thank you so much for sharing dear HS! Hagwe and Happy Easter Season my friend. Abel
Hello again, in kind return ! Thx so much for your kind sentiments..
.. it also makes me happy, that you like some of the choices ! - It is always such a nice feature of this WS-activities, as it brings many PuristS together & also to share and enjoy the fine contributions of this community. - it really transcends borders ...
My big pleasure dear HS! I share your words about participating here and viewing the entries from our friends sharing their shots and their thoughts around the theme of each weekend.
I feel all entries let us know a bit more about our colleagues in passion for watches. Shooting our watches and writing about them and sharing our thoughts is another way of enjoying our timepieces and our collectors activity. I always appreciate your kin...
Chocolate or not, these shots are all sublime, HS111!
And I am still a huge fan of your linen JLC - even better live 😊👌🏻🙌🏻
Nice chocolate ! …
Welcome HSTE, it’s good to have you with us this weekend. Superb Speedmaster you are sharing with us. Have you had this one for many years ? Best regards Captain
You are welcome dear HSTE! True, they are. As a matter of fact I haven´t seen an original one in my several years of hunting here in my country. You have a very interesting piece there!
Keep enjoying it so much in your wonderful collection. Have a nice weekend and Happy Easter Season. Abel
Dear Captain, I wholeheartedly endorse this theme as a watch- and chocolate-lover!
The world of craft chocolate and bean-to-bar chocolate has expanded tremendously in the past 10 years. Much like independent watchmakers and micro-brands, many small chocolate makers have sprung up too, with an abundance of creativity and enthusiasm. I've...
Tremendous post dear NT …
I completely agree with you, The world of craft chocolate and bean-to-bar chocolate has expanded tremendously in the past 10 years and reflects the rise of independent watchmakers and micro-brands. This was one of the reasons for choosing the theme for Wr...
Dear NT, the theme is created just for you!
Great pairing of your exquisite watches and craft chocolates!
Chocolate is my guilty pleasure 🤤👌🏻
Here two watches i will be wearing during this Easter weekend HAGWE 🙏🏻🤗 ...
Cool chocolate ! 👀…
Hello dear watchonthewrists, That’s some incredible looking chocolate and two very nice independent watches. Did you recently get the Lecomte ? Can you share any more about your experience with it ? Best regards Captain
Wow!! Those are chocolates any watch aficionado would love to taste Watchonthewrists! Two superb watches you have chosen for the Easter Season.
The Lecomte watch looks fantastic indeed. A very special piece it is. Hagwe and Happy Easter Season! Abel
This chocolate bunny has taste :-)) ..,
I may have to retaliate by eating him later 🫢 ...
That looks good chocolate JML …
Perfect to accompany your Seiko. Salted chocolate can be so delicious.
Been wanting to try Bare Bones chocolate after following them on IG but I can't get them here!
Lovely pairing of dark chocolate with the Seiko!
Happy Easter Tony!! Lucky you that Jocke left…
… that piece of chocolate for your entry! I wish he let you taste it after your shot. Lol! Hagwe! Abel
Great chocolate Speedys!!
The middle Speedy for the wrist… the other two for a tasty enjoyment. Nice shot Captain!
Dear Cpt, earlier today I picked up my Armin Strom...
and stopped by my fav chocolatier...a fruitful Easter weekend . ...
Wow… congratulations 👏 👏👏
Your new Armin Strom looks wonderful. Have you been waiting long for it ?
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