Wow, what a new year gathering it turned out to be... Many unexpected pieces turned up for this gathering which was held at Under Der Linden Restaurant at Portsdown Road. Company was great and so was the line up, food and wine.
As usual, we have a theme around every gathering - this time around, theme 1 was any skeletonised timepieces or pieces with unusual dials and theme 2 was any timepiece under S$2,000 when you bought it. Unofficially, any NWA qualifies too. Starting the ball rolling is the UN Freak this being the original version. How's that for a start?
And then there is the IWC Portuguese Skeleton Minute Repeater Ref 5421... another winner for this category! Wow!!!
Then there is the Cartier Santos de Cartier skeleton.
The Japanese are represented by the Orient Star M34.
A first for me... handling the Horage Tourbillon 1. Underneath the skeletonise dial is a movement that packs 5 days of power reserve. Impressive!
And something totally new (under the NWA) is the Vincent Calabrese Sun-Tral.
What's so special about this timepiece is that the jumping hour complication is right at the centre of the timepiece. Unlike his earlier pieces (like this Goldpfeil below), the jumping hour indication is at the 12 o'clock.
This Sun-Tral has the jumping hour located at the centre. There are not many out there that has this central jumping hour complication. Kudos to Mr. Calabrese.
Another NWA is this RZE Endeavour Azure Blue. And in this case, the watch also qualifies for a watch under $2,000... well made for a watch in that price range.
The Atowak Tarantula is considered as a special dial but in this case, also NWA.
Yet another recent NWA is this Chopard LUC Lunar One Perpetual. This platinum specimen is the first version which is smaller at 39.5mm. And this being the Leap Year, just nice to be looking forward to another gathering featuring all the perpetual and annual calendars... another gathering coming up. And someone in the group asked a question that got me stumped for a moment - does the Leap Year indicate shows as 4 or 1? Well, I know in some cases they show as L and the correct answer to the question above is... 4.
The other special dial is this Angles Three Kings automatic watch which was launched via Kickstarter in 2021.
Three discs wondering around the dial displaying the right time... All for US$450 when it was first launched.
Another special dial candidate is the HYT H0. This fluid filled timepiece is all of 48mm, huge!
But what is special about this timepiece is how the hour is shown. In this case, the green colour in the tube around the case periphery indicates the hours.
Under Der Linden was a perfect location for us. We had a private room and the ambience was great.
Food was good and the company was great. Stay tuned for Part 2 of the GTG...
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