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Thank you my friend. I only have one regret about this wonderful GTG. To not have the time to talk a lot with everyone. Definitely hope we'll meet again to talk about our common passion and more 😉
Best wishes
Alkiro
Alkiro
Great interview :)
I am jealous about your sabbatic year, and being in your age (yeah, the mid age crisis), I felt inspired by your determination to follow your passion and learn horology. It's been a pleasure to know a little more about you.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Thank you very much
I think it was a unique opportunity in my life to seize and I don't regret my choice even if, now, I have to find a new job in finance. No worries! Just a question of time 😊
Best wishes
Alkiro
Best wishes
Alkiro
Wonderful read!
Aa great pleasure to have meet you in person, my friend!
Hope to see you soon again.
Best
Blomman
It was a true sharing pleasure dear Blomman 😊
I hope to meet you again soon and have the possibility to learn more from a true watchmaking fount of knowledge.
Best wishes
Alkiro
Best wishes
Alkiro
I know more than a few guys totally obsessed . . .
. . . with tic-tacs, as hs111 likes to call them, but not one other who's made the leap Alkiro has, dedicating a year to learning the craft from the ground up as a sort of sabbatical.
That's impressive.
Admiringly,
Art
That's impressive.
Admiringly,
Art
Thank you Art for your kind words
Well, you know, you have sometimes few opportunities to seize in a lifetime and the possibility to learn watchmaking (unfortunately not as deeply as I would like) was one of them at a turning point of my life.
Best wishes
Alkiro
Best wishes
Alkiro
What a wonderful wholesome and honest POTM
I love these insights into " names" of people who I have never met personally but enjoy getting to know purists one by one
Everyone has a different take on collecting and each and everyone adds to the purists family
Alkiro adds to the color and complexity
Another perfect purist
Julian
Everyone has a different take on collecting and each and everyone adds to the purists family
Alkiro adds to the color and complexity
Another perfect purist
Julian
Many thanks Julian you're too kind I'm blushing ☺️
I'm fully agree with you about this possibility given by Ares501 to learn more about PuristS here. A big thank you to him to organise such "interviews".
So cool and interesting especially when you don't know the person in real.
Best wishes
Alkiro
So cool and interesting especially when you don't know the person in real.
Best wishes
Alkiro
Thanks for sharing your story
Always enjoy your posts and experiences on this site. Really admire you taking sabbatical to learn watchmaking. It's passion and not addiction. 
Many thanks my friend
You know, passion and addiction are so close that I'm, sometimes, in these both categories. My wife could add... sweet madness 😁
Best wishes
Alkiro
Best wishes
Alkiro
Great to read your thoughts in more than short posts, my Langefanatic friend.
You add so much to the Forum. I'm very glad you're here.
Thank you very much my Langefanatic friend. I really hope to meet you one day 😉
Best wishes
Alkiro
Alkiro
I've only just arrived to this forum, but have taken note of your knowledge and enthusiasm already. Thank you [nt]
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Nice to finally "meet" you. I do enjoy your knowledge and commentary. Sport that we couldn't meet at the independents g-t-g. Maybe next time. [nt]
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For sure Mitch. That would be a great pleasure to meet a true enthusiastic Purist like you 🙏
Best wishes
Alkiro
Alkiro
What a great interview!
Thanks for sharing so much of yourself, and for your always good and passionate comments on this forum.
What a choice indeed to spend the sabbatical on learning watchmaking!👌🏼🎩 I wish you to find the perfect job quickly, so you can keep sustaining your passion and soon add what you miss in your collection. And looking forward to keep reading you here! (By the way, your english IS really good!) Best wishes and a nice sunday, HGL
You're too kind HGL
I hope to continue to be really active on this forum as it's so nice to learn many many more things everyday about our common passion (and more).
Regarding my wish list, the main problem is that it evolves all the time and I will never complete my collection. But it's a true good aspect of our passion no? It never ends 😊
Best wishes
Alkiro
Regarding my wish list, the main problem is that it evolves all the time and I will never complete my collection. But it's a true good aspect of our passion no? It never ends 😊
Best wishes
Alkiro
Very true😃. "The way is the goal" (or how that is in english).
Good luck to you for everything!
(And I agree with the other ones here, you shouldn't have shown those food shots, you'll have to make a GTG catered by yourself some time!😉)
Best wishes, HGL
(And I agree with the other ones here, you shouldn't have shown those food shots, you'll have to make a GTG catered by yourself some time!😉)
Best wishes, HGL
It was a pleasure meeting you in person!
And if that is your cooking I would like to propose a GTG in you kitchen 😊
It was a true pleasure to meet you Arie too even if we didn't talk a lot together unfortunately (3 days were too short 😉)
Regarding cooking, I think we should organise a double GTG food/watches 😁
Best wishes
Alkiro
Best wishes
Alkiro
Unstoppable Alkiro =
unstoppable passion, unstoppable fun and unstoppable friendship. 😊
Alkiro, so glad to have you onboard my friend. 🥂
Alkiro, so glad to have you onboard my friend. 🥂
Thanks a lot for your kind words my dear Luis. I hope to meet you in person one day.
I know that everything is possible here 😉
Best wishes
Alkiro
Best wishes
Alkiro
Great post from this series as usual
I envy the idea of the sabbatical. Life is short so do what brings you joy!