Monday 13 November 2023

October GTG at Seafood Shack - Part 2

The Seafood Shack GTG was small and cosy and definitely lots of interesting pieces that I have not seen before. Our gatherings are around two themes (we have two wrists) and this time around they are (1) Coloured Dial (non black or white) and (2) GMT or Second Time Zone pieces. In Part 1 of the coverage, we featured coloured dials. Now, we check out the GMT or Second Time Zone pieces.

Let's explore the first GMT timepiece - the Bvlgari Diagono Professional GMT

This steel 40mm timepiece comes with an automatic movement and a day/night ring around the periphery of the dial.

The Seiko World Time 1964 6217 was first released to coincide with the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. This vintage piece belongs to one of our vintage collector Ken.

Now on to something more contemporary, the Nomos Zurich Worldtimer Weltzeit "Red Dot" Edition. This piece was made specially in celebration of The Hourglass' 40th Anniversary. Made exclusively for The Hour Glass and Watches of Switzerland, the salmon dial version was limited to 15 pieces, while the white dial version was limited to 35 pieces.

Another anniversary piece is the Grand Seiko GMT 10th anniversary edition. With the lovely royal blue dial, this GMT was limited to 700 pieces.

Up next is the Formex Reef GMT. What's special about this watch is the ability to swap out the bezel yourself. Coming with a special mounting, they sell 6 different coloured bezels.

This one needs no introduction... The 39mm Tudor Blay Bay Pro. Tool watch...

Another Seiko is this Prospex SNR033 GMT featuring a spring drive movement.

Not a GMT but definitely a NWA! HT is on a roll! The customised Ophion Velos 786. Can you tell what's been customized?

The night was made even more wonderful with the food we had at Seafood Shack. We started off with the firefly squid... (food pictures courtesy of Harry Tan)

Then the cold kang kong with lime juice and fried shallots.

Then we each had one chawanmushi (steamed egg) with Dungeness crab meat.

Then came the main course - Fish Soup with somen (below)...

And the signature Hae Mee Tng (prawn noodle soup).

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