Independents

Peter Speake Marin on his 2012 Asian Tour stopped by the Lion City last weekend with the Gronefeld boys in tow. 

 

Before the evening's event, our independent visitors managed to take into some local fare at a nearby eating house.  Contrast the diversity of Singapore's architecture with the modern skyline of the business district above as well as the Marina Bay Sands Casino and hotel against this very old (probably colonial era) shophouse.

Feeling at home in old Singapore with their local tourguide. You wouldn;t think they were visitors... yah right!   No beers now which was reserved for after the event till 4AM or so I am told.

Just before the event and at the front of the National Museum of SIngapore where Peter and the Gronefeld Brother's wil hosttheir guests at the Novus Restaurant located within.

Getting ready for guests to arrive.  The Gronefeld boys are a smiley pair and Peter now has ... HAIR!

Peter welcoming some guests and Purist's own MTF.

The Gronefeld boys proudly wearing teh One Hertz and Tourbillon Repeater.  I must say the One Hertz is a very nce and interesting watch!

Peter sharing a bit of what drives him to continue to making such lovely watches.

More pics to come...

Enjoying a cold one before viewing the watches.

 

Peter brought a whole slew of his work including the Renaissance Tourbillon Repeater which sounded lovely and his new Serpant Calendar.  Some Piece Uniques were also on display.  There were one or 2 other interesting pieces not on display which Peter was kind enough to share with me and a few the next day but requested for confidentiality at this time.  Watch out for them.

MTF, the Gronefeld duo and our Purist forummer Blunotte. I think a One Hertz may have caught his attention.

Peter sharing a view or 2 with MTF.

But never mind MTF, SJX and the other guests, here are a couple of prettier guests trying on some PSMs...

Just before the event ended, PSM and the Gronefelds took their Totem shot.  A PSM sandwich... hmmmmm....

The night before the Gronefled boys left..... taken after a romp of the local drink holes till after 4AM and Tim still has a beer in hand.... Good to have you indie watchmakers here and till next time....

Pics of watches to follow....
This message has been edited by SJX on 2012-07-14 14:12:25

a review coming up on it very soon.

fantastic event, the way i like it...casual and interactive.

thanks for the coverage.

Best,

Horo

 

nt

(...but a bit cheeky of you to turn up wearing that hardware, SJX...! ;-)

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Thanks for this perfume of charm, friendship and passion !

Even if I can't put a nameon all the faces I'm happy to see Pp fellows on these pics and how they live the event.

Cheers,

Mark

Can't believe SJX paid to have it re-built from scrap

Best,

Gary G

You should have been there. I thik with your interest in a 1912, looking at the One Hertz DS again in person would have been nice if not fueling the urge even more.

Peter as usual was a great host and you should see some of his pieces.  I think you;d like them very much.

BTW, PM sent on something that may interest you.

 

Arthur

The good news for me is that a good friend of mine showed me his new One Hertz at lunch the other day (very nice indeed!) and that I've seen Peter's tourb repeater and Serpent -- but I'm guessing that I have not seen the other new PSM pieces to which you referred -- verrry interesting!

Thanks for the PM -- I dropped you a note back.

Best,

Gary

of the girls .

cen@ruteng

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Here are pictures of the Gronefeld One Hertz and the GTM-06 Tourbillon Minute Repeater in Gold...

First up, The One Hertz shown mainly in Titanium.. 

"To adjust the time, instead of pulling out the crown, you depress it till the hand (see immediately pic below) at 3 o'clock points to "S" (for "set" I think) and after adjustments have been made, depress the crown again which will then put that same hand to "W" (for "wind" I think again) and off you go. The hand at 12 o'clock of the larger seconds register is the power reserve indicator.  The seconds register is larger presumably for th owner to enjoy the hacking seconds movement better.

This is the One Hertz Titanium with Ruthenium dial, one of 7 dial color options...

 

And the Big Mama from Gronefeld, the GTM-06 Tourbillon Minute Repeater in Red Gold.  The chiming was very loud and audible despite a crowded room with all the chatter going on.  The cathedral gongs produced a lower pitched but very rich sound.  Very nice.

One more shot of the One Hertz Dead Seconds movement.

A small collection to start but what a collection. Always quality over quantity.

As I mentioned before, the One Hertz Dead Seconds looks very intriguing.  They had a now sold out LE 12 pcs in steel and the One Hertz Dead Seconds now is available in Titanium, Red Gold and Platinum.  The GTM-06 is available in Red Gold and Platinum.

Great work Gronefeld and I hope you enjoyed your visit to Singapore!

For me, the 1hz is one of the most beautiful watches of the last years.

Fx

and probably appeals to those placing more emphasis on movement over aesthetics although at the end of the day, it still must appeal enough to the buyers' eye.

reminded me of a printed circuit board when I saw the chiaroscurro photo treatment of the movement. very nice. thanks for sharing!

I think quite a few were caught by the novelty (not in a fluffy manner) of the movement.  And to be frank, I really think it is a very interesting movement.

Looks better in the metal than in the pics too

Nice pics and watches.

cheers

PAt

never around these things....

... have seen 1 Hz before, but have not had chance to see GTM-06 TMR in metal, from what you described, it seems another master piece from Gronefeld boys!

stefan

Nice to see both familiar and new faces!  Thanks for the report.

there?  Sorry, I still can;t put faces to many names for SGP purists.

... not there for this one!  Currently out of country but hope to be back reasonably soon.

Glad to see that they enjoyed their journey in Lion City!

Fx

Pitty the Gronefeld brothers couldnt follow Peter to Malaysia.

Would loved to have see their One Hertz.

just across the border or I would have asked to you to a drive down for the weekend to attend.  Did you manage to catch PSM when he visited KL immediately after?

... from the photos, am sure you guys had a wonderful time there!

met both of them at IGOTT2 a year ago, they are very nice chap and down to earth person. look forward to seeing them soon.

by the way, many thanks for taking time to post up the event.

stefan

Hope your trip was good.

Loved reading and seeing the photos.