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Hello dear Captain! Thank you! Agree with you my dear friend, the Moon was shining on me that day! It was my most unexpected among my unexpected catches of my collecting journey!
It´s a collectors dream indeed. I´m also so happy to finally catching (unexpectedly too and just a few weeks after the Speedmaster) my GMT Pepsi Ceramic. I´m enjoying it so much!
Thank you for your kind words and good wishes my dear friend! Abel
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Once upon a time
A sort after piece and now ? Just keep in enjoying whatever we love HAGWE ...
Oh, yes ... once upon a time there was a craze about it
It is still a stunning Patek and generally a very desirable watch. Great to see you kept it.
This one
During peak COVID scare in March of 2020 when markets were tanking and watches were actually trending down, I reached out to a few Lange dealers to see who could do the best price on a Zeitwerk. Ended up getting one far below msrp, brand new. Didn’t reall...
A short but lasting romance 😃
The ZW apparently left an influence on your collection theme. Maybe you get it back one day? 🤔
Blancpain Air Command.
I didn't expect to be able to buy Air Command after a year of waiting. The dealer said it was all sold out. But suddenly a call with an offer to buy the last watch received under the quota! ...
I’m still wondering how I had incredible good luck in obtaining this iconic watch in such an unexpected way …
On a sunny day early February 2021, I went to a local mega mall to pick up my new prescription eyeglasses. I passed by a new Rolex boutique that re-opened not long ago after a renovation. It used to be a jewelry store and multi-brand AD for Rolex, Breitli...
Lucky, lucky you: new Submariner from the spot without. any wait ... miracles do happen 😃
For you a great experience, for the rest of us a dream 😇. Enjoy your catch!
Reminds me of a famous song
“i believe in miracles…” by Hot Chocolate… Oh my this tune is stuck to my head now…
That´s a great story behind your no date new version of the Submariner dear Sfwatchlover! It shows Lady Luck is more important than any good relations built with a Rolex AD! Lol!
Yes, this is a wonderful "unexpected catch" story and I thank you for sharing with us. We can keep dreaming with those grails which haunt our minds... we will surely have a chance to own them when stars align... unexpectedly! Cheers! Abel
Dear Abel thanks a lot for your kind words!
I really love your two amazing stories about acquiring the beautiful Pepsi and the very rare Speedmaster from 1969! The case back of the Speedy shows so much history! Congratulations to these exquisite and wonderful timepieces! The unexpected ways in acqu...
Thank you so much dear Sfwatchlover for your kind comments and compliments on these watches and their stories behind. I´m so so happy to have been able to own these pieces I desired so...
... much and in the case of the Speedmaster I never dreamed I would be able to find some day. Have a nice week ahead my friend, Abel
The Unexpected …
Hello dear Count and friends ! Firstly my sincere thanks to our dear friend The Count for hosting WristScan and giving us this thought provoking theme to contemplate. My personal collecting journey has had several “Least Expected” moments. Eyes widen and ...
This vintage Explorer is a formidablle tuxedo watch 👌
Are you wearing it also to a tuxedo, Captain? Your 5980 is one of my many big regrets, because I have pased on it ... . Albeit being the best looking Nautilus variant! Looks great paired with a 300 SL 😃. Wearing a Moonshine while travelling is O-mega cool...
Thank you dear Count …
The thing about the Explorer is… that it’s equally at home climbing Mount Everest or dining at The Ritz.
Hello dear Captain! Wonderful watches in awesome pictures. My favorite shot: the Moonshine on the LV trunk. Superb! You describe to perfection the feelings during those thrilling moments of an unexpected...
... finding. I also agree with you about the Explorer. A watch for any occasion and representative of the history of Rolex. A watch I specially love and yours is a great example of what a collector seeks in a vintage Explorer. I also feel that the Explore...
Thank you Abel …
I completely agree with you about Ian Fleming and the Explorer. Fleming based so much of Bond on his own life. He was a Navel Intelligence Officer but much of his actual work was and still is a mystery. Have a great weekend my friend Best regards Captain
My pleasure dear Captain. I always what would have happened if the Props guys at Dr. No filming had handled an Explorer to Sean Connery following the suggestions of Flemming novel...
... which was something interesting to think about considering he was alive and in contact with the Director and Producers of the film. Well... that´s something we fans of Bond and watches like to speculate about. Have a nice Sunday my dear friend. Abel
About half of my collection . . .
. . . is storied, Count. Let's start with the one-in-a-billion Seamaster DeLuxe. Rare? Sort of, but that's not why it's the unlikeliest watch in anyone's collection. I encountered the original owner twenty five years before acquiring this uncommon Omega; ...
Now we are rolling 😃
An outstanding watch has to come with an outstanding story. I would also drive for many, many miles if an Omega 910 is waiting for me 😃! Still, the best story behind your watch is your Argentine Bombshell ... THAT is a tale of friendship👍. Have a great ni...
That was a 24 hour round trip to Arizona . . .
. . . and back with just a few hours rest near Florence. If I ever have to do it again, I'm staying the night in Phoenix.
All great watches dear Art. All with wonderful stories behind. Specially amazing that of meeting the owner 25 years before acquiring it!! Always nice discovering the 2494 among your favorites.
Keep enjoying your beauties so much my dear friend. Have a nice and relaxed week end dear Art! Abel
Actually, this is turning out to be . . .
. . . a wild weekend. Rolling Stones Thursday night . . . [view from my seat] . . . and again tonight with The Mad Druid in town for the week. Then my LA Dodgers defeated division rival SF Giants Thursday night and are playing tonight in Atlanta, which we...
Wow dear !Art!! This looks like you will have an exciting week with a great company at your side! I would love to join both of your and celebrate together our friendship and our common passion!
Great program which I wish you guys will be enjoying so much! Again: have a super week ahead dear Art and Mike! Cheers! Abel
Only going to look
Or otherwise known as famous last words! I've always liked alarms, but had been getting distracted by Memomatics, shop in London had some in - so decided it was worth going to look. Had a look at a couple, then they pulled one out that hadn't been on the ...
The very same Memo is on my list but . . .
. . . I have to part with an existing member of the collection before adding another. Too many watches, not enough wrist time . . .
Never parted with a watch yet
Though will admit that some now struggle for wrist time. Though the memo not in that category, always enjoy wearing it 🙂 Happy hunting Cheers JML
"sensible (???)" Sense and sensibility ... the eternal question in collecting 😃
You are not alone 😃! I think, I saw this cool Memomatuc also at a dealer in my area 🤔 ...
Pretty much 😀
Pleased I did, as if had think I'd have still been kicking myself about it. Cheers JML
First Boccadasse, and now a "School of Fish" in Boccadasse :-)
First off, thanks for a superb new topic Moritz, we are already seeing some really interesting and unexpected entries in this thread from our fellow members! A natural choice for me is obviously my most beloved "Boccadasse" Patek...before that spring 2018...
Well, if there is somebody deserving the Boccadasse, then it is our dear Patek Moderator
Hi Fab, that is great news! Adding The School of Fish to it makes perfect sense. Lucky you! Why am I not getting calls like this ... 😫 Have great Sunday, my friend!
Very nice FabR
The special paintings are so sublime and glorious. I wish there were more people like you in this world - it will be a colourful, exuberant and more-begets-more mentality in this world.
Hello dear Fab! Fantastic post! I know your love for the Boccadasse Patek and always can feel and understand your love for this so special watch with the added personal value of...
... having your Place in the World on its dial, which makes it so special and unique. Now you are adding this new watch with its breathtaking dial showing a fish school (which I feel are the so called "grunts" which abound in coral reefs and shipwrecks). ...
Thanks my friend, both for your nice words and for finding the fish!! Just the other day my girlfriend and I were trying to figure it out, but the best a statistician and a mathematician working together came up with was the "blue striped snapper"! ;-)
The grunt, perhaps the "smallmouth grunt", totally looks like our guy now!!! This combination of horology and art is precisely what I love the most in a watch, and I feel I got again really lucky with this piece -- I'm very much looking forward to picking...
My big pleasure dear Fab. There are many fish species
… popularly called grunts by divers because they make a grunt noise with their teeth. Most from the Hamunilae family. They come in different colors and bands patterns and the ones in my picture below is the one more often I have seen. Agree with your thou...
Wow, wow & Wow again !.. What a wonderful Threesome !
You indeed must be over-happy for these PP - marvels ! Also how considerate all this must be with you beloved site in Bella Italia ! Finally the incoming School of Fish is an extra fine and highly eclectic edition ! Thus, from the bottom of my heart, take...
My unexpected additions
Thanks Count for hosting our wristscan this weekend! Here are some of my unexpected watch purchases Cheers Robin Piaget Polo green LE 500. I thought it was sold out as it launched some years ago but received an unexpected call this year that my allocation...
A Piaget needs to be in any collection
Didn't know you have got yourself the green Polo. Very smart choice! Love that second picture of it. Regarding your green JLC: top!
Thank you very much my friend!
I am glad you feel the same way as i do. Piaget is such a storied maison and a serious watchmaker with great heritage. I hope more collectors take a closer look at Piaget
Hello Robin! Beautiful unexpected "green catches" you share here!! Both beautiful buy I´m specially fond of your Piaget. What a wonderful timepiece!
I love both green dials and matching straps on these watches. Keep enjoying them so much my friend. Abel
Glad you like the greenies Abel
The Piaget is so underappreciated. I am glad you and Moritz both like it
Great picks dear Robin of wonderful watches both !
I am specially fond of your Piaget and the Reverso small seconds in Green really is a splendid & eclectic choice ! Thus enjoy your great pieces and wear them in the very Best of your health ! Cheers !! hs.
In this hobby, one has to expect the unexpected.
This watch was really unexpected. I was interested, nay obsessed, with the PP 5711/A several years ago. And the usual story at several ADs ('there's a long waiting list') greeted me. Then one morning, when I least expected it, there it was, staring at me ...
You say well dear Ruffian: in our hobby we can expect the undexpected! Lol. This is a most wonderful unexpected catch and I´m happy to know you own it and in which circumstances.
Well done my friend! I´m sure you are enjoying it so much and that you always will remember the circumstances of its catch every time you have it on your wrist. Best cordial regards, Abel
Dear Count, this is my first participation of Wristscan with the theme of “unexpected”
I have an unexpected acquisition of this yellow gold cloisonne dial world time. Nearly all of my collection were acquired new from AD. When my AD could allocate 5131 to me, the J and G had already discontinued. Hence I don’t expect to be able to acquire t...
Simply a wonderful watch !.. Sincere congrats to this catch & wear it in the best of your health !
PS: congrats and also thx for this project to your supporting wife !!
Welcome to WristScan, Henry! 🎉🎈🎶🎉
What a great entrance: a 5131 J! So good to hear that your other half is also fond of this beauty. Superb watch!
Hello Henry!! Welcome to our WS event and Big Congrats on this most beautiful unexpected catch! This is a most wonderful timepiece in any of its variants but those with cloisonne ...
... decoration are specially beautiful and stunning. As it happens sometimes in our collecting journeys stars align or Lady Luck helps and we are able to reach our grails "unexpectedly" I wish you´ll be enjoying so much this superb watch and that we will ...
Hmmhh.. So let me see, how to play, today..
These examples are not about the rarest, and/or most expensive pieces, but tic-tacs I had been longing and looking for quite some time.. Thus, these ones fit into my “collection” due to one reason or another, made me happy, when to find them and still do,...
Your 6542 is a jewei, dear HS
I can imagine how hard it is to find an intact Bakelite insert. Lovely, lovely GMT with great patina. Regarding your JLC calendar watch: long overdue in my collection 😃! A good Sunday to you too. Best Moritz
Hello dear friend HS! Your collection is awesome. These watches well deserve the long hunt they needed to be captured. I´m sure that they give you a big pleasure when you strap them...
... on your wrist. All the watches you share today are beautiful, but I´m specially fond of your wonderful 6542 GMT and your Breguet vintage Type XX chrono. Having the original box and documents is an extra bonus which adds charm and interest to this supe...
Hello in Kind return, dear Abel !.. As always I appreciate your nice words.
And although you may have known as well the R 6542 as also the XX Breguet, both pieces near to my heart, due to their history & circumstances vs myself, and their overall importance within my stables.. - I am glad and happy you also liked the line-up. Thi...
Always my big pleasure my dear friend HS. Yes, I have seen these two particular pieces several times before and it always happens the same as today: they keep me drooling when looking ...
... them in your great shots. I can well understand your love and the memories and circumstances around their capture which surely come to your mind and heart each time you wear them. Agree that it is to thank our friend Moritz for his challenge to bring ...
That is a philosophical approach to this week's task, that I like alot: an unexpected eclectic mixture!
Very well played, templetowers: an eclectic array of exquisite watches .
Dear Count, great theme again this week and it’s good to have you back as a host
One of the biggest surprise for me in the past year was the acquisition of my Tudor black bay ceramic as I was not in the market to buy a Tudor and nor was I expecting this watch to become such a weekend warrior for me! So clearly here getting that watch ...
Saw your all black Tudor this weekend and I must say: very nice!
The black Explorer II is also a very appealing watch to me ... but I can't have them all ! Yes, it feels very good to be back with my fellow Purists!
For me, it has to be the Pascal Coyon Series 1
I was too late to sign up for one back in 2017 after it was all sold out. After years of trying to find one, I was out of luck. Very few came up for sale, however, all out of my price range. On an early morning earlier this year, I got a message from a fe...
Another philosophical approach to collecting: the watch will find its way to oneself!
And once more a fellow wacht lover assisted in the deal: the watch world seems to be still a good place to be ! Lovely PC ... look at that bridges !
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