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Hello dear Friends! Happy New Year 2026! I have the pleasure to host this first event of WS for this year. You may begin posting in this same thread now and the event will be open till next Sunday 4th at night. Our Theme is asking our participants to tell...  

And a great theme it is, too! I have been a good boy, with no new incomings between April 2024 and December 2025. Then this happened… First the Habring2 Aurora with the moonphase, tide and top seconds complications 🌊 The Seagull 1963 a couple of days late...  

It is my big pleasure to open the year hosting this First edition of our WS events. Well no new additions... till December! And what a marvelous late additions you share here! I specially love the Habring2 with those interesting complications to boot. Thi... 

A PM is in your inbox 😉 What I forgot to answer is 2026. The only thing immediately on the horizon is the P25, for the rest, let’s see what the year brings 🤞🏻

And as you well say... for the rest we will see what the year brings! Lol! Best, Abel

That if we were to ask at the end of 2026 there would be more watches than there will be explicitly expressed wishes in this thread 😂

Slowly expanding my polar expedition watch collection 😁👍🏻❄️

The Aurora is particularly appealing, of course, but the Seagull and the Gagarin have a lot of charm too! Cheers, Emmanuel

Need to take some first pictures of the Gagarin - was a surprise finding a 24 year old NOS reissue 😁

The Habring2 Aurora makes me smile, I love the tide complication. Great wristshot of your Seagull 1963. 👌🏻

The tide complication would be very much up your alley, I can imagine 🌊

Beautiful shots and gorgeous timepieces!

Actually my entry was looking to be zero until late November, when it became clear that the Aurora is coming this year and not next 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

I was very lucky to add several watches this year, some of them I’ve been hunting for years. Here some of them. Will be posting more later. This is a very nice addition to my Speedmaster collection which I’ve been hunting for several years. It’s a referen...  

Looking great and a cool addition to your collection 😊👍🏻

Congratulations Abel, I’m so pleased you found this one.

It is a very desirable variant for a Speedmaster lover I feel Best cordial regards, Abel

It’s a cherished piece in my collection and yours looks very nice.

I really like this reference and variant so much as it was the watch of Armstrong though I can´t remember the year of his historical watch and if it also had a CB case. May be you can refresh me those details. Cheers! Abel

A rare and precious bird which looks wonderful. Best, Emmanuel

Yes, it is a rare bird and a very interesting variant for my Speedy collection that I was hunting for several years. Glad you like it! Hagwe! Abel

It looks amazing! Such an iconic watch. Congratulations dear Abel. Regards Kurt.

Agree the Speedmaster is an iconic watch and this particular variant a very special one. Hagwe! Abel

Hagwe!! Abel

Espero que lo hayan pasado muy bien! Que excelente e impresionante adquisición mi querido amigo! Siempre he considerado el Speedmaster con caja CB un grail. Por favor, más fotos! René

Me alegro mucho que te guste el CB tanto como para considerarlo un grail. Ciertamente estuve varios años buscándolo y valió la pena. He publicado un post hace unos meses cuando hacía poco tiempo de recibirlo. Te invito a buscar mi post en el buscador para... 

Un abrazo afectuoso. René

I begun the year with two pieces which have been haunting my horological mind for some time: A MAD 1 Red (which really is a very Mad timepiece I feel) which I found in a NOS condition… And a WPS ABR 2008 which I thought never would be able to own but disc...  

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Great watches, all 🙌🏻

The thing I really love is the diversity of your choices. Variety is the spice of life !

... collection is very eclectic and beyond those beloved brands. Lol!

Congratulations, dear Abel! Each watch has a very unique personality and charm. Best, Emmanuel

Agree it is a very eclectic bunch with different personalities. Cheers! Abel

Cheers! Abel

All beautiful, and I particularly like your IWC - kudos to the brand for its design and style! Your SM is very vintage-007-cool as well! Your MAD watch is very mad indeed, and love your Panerai! Ruggedly cool!!!

I’m glad you like the IWC Portuguese Salmon dial. I think it’s a very attractive variant to this classic model. Agree with your comments on the vintage SM, the MAD 1 and Panerai. Cool watches indeed! Hagwe! Abel

Speedmaster and Seamaster!!! It even looks like the Seamaster 300 has also a CB case! Is that so? Huuuuge congrats amigo mío! René

No, it’s the HF case. CB cases were only made for the Speedmaster during 1966 though those cases were used to assemble the chronos during 1966 and 67 and perhaps 68 as well. Glad you like it! Abrazos! Abel Probably the shadows in my pictures give the idea... 

Una belleza de cualquier manera! Disfrútalo! René

You scored some beauties esp the 2 charming vintage Omega and the Pam 05218 which brought us back to the good old days of Panerai. I also managed to win the MAD1raffle n 2025, what a fun watch! So here are my 2025 incoming. There are 3 on the way in 2026 ...  

I´m happy to know we share the love for the MAD1 watch and that you could win the raffle. It´s such a fun and playful timepiece! Agree with you about the Pam05218. Panerai has announced some other interesting models in the last month of 2025 at least for ... 

Hope you are having a great weekend!!

Five very different and interesting modern designs! Best, Emmanuel

Congrats

That Czapec, damn!

I’m quite taken with the Mido which surprised me. HNY Regards Kurt.

It is !?@&$ difficult to wind lol….

The MAD editions are fun and the Tellurium and Commander look quite spacey, too 🪐👌🏻 And two heavy hitters to complete the lineup 🦾🙌🏻

The 3rd launch is a GMT which should be interesting too.

Good to see you included the Spaceone Tellurium ! Best regards Captain

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The Blancpain is a very ellegant and classic watch as well. I´m sure you are enjoying so much these additions to your collection. Thanks for sharing! Hagwe! Abel

Is the watch, the greater is the pleasure enjoying it.

Very much my kind of watches. Best, Emmanuel

A superb, classical pair 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Pascal Coyon.

My Horological Dream for 2026 is to finally receive the watch which I have been waiting for six years www.watchprosite.com / I was very happy to find this unexpectedly NOS 5 years after it was released The Watch I wore the most this year was the W...  

A six years project may feel a monumental wait but I imagine it will be a very rewarding wait and a very special piece in your fine collection when you finally receive it this year. I look forward to view your report after its arrival and I wish you a lot... 

Once you start enjoying your new watch the pain of a long wait is forgotten in my personal experience. And the waiting enhances the pleasure of receiving the watch, and the joy of wearing it. I wish you’ll feel as I did in those long waits I spent with so... 

A wonderful timepiece! I wish you the best for your bespoke journey with C. Johner, hoping that you will finally get your watch. Best, Emmanuel

And a proper tool watch for the most worn 🦾 The RW sector dial was 2024 already?

So many fantastic entries for the New Year - wow! I was well-behaved for most of the year, then indulged in a flurry of activity right at year's end: Hermès Arceau Le Temps Voyageur JLC Duomètre Unique Travel Time White Gold LE Grand Seiko SLGW003 Evoluti...