Watches and Aston Martins - maybe the best of both worlds

[Rusty133]

I would be interested once you have a few more details

[yeti]

So far:

v8woollie
yeti
Jamesc12
Rusty123

How many cars do they visualise on this trip?

[jamesc12]

yeti said:

ETA-2892 with a George Daniels designed co-axial escapement. A well thought out movement very nicely cased for the money they charge.

Good choice Black or orange bezel?

Indeed. Black bezel with metal bracelet.

I love the co-axial escapement movement - I preferred the Speedmaster design, I couldn't stretch to the co-axial version of that (Currently drooling over the Speedmaster Co-Axial Split-Second thou)...

[v8woollie]

yeti said:

So far:

v8woollie
yeti
Jamesc12
Rusty123

How many cars do they visualise on this trip?

10-20 would be great but I don't know if they have an expectation. I assume the more there are the more the marketing and PR value.

The ideal would have been to go to the SIHH in January but there would probably be too much snow at that time of year (although to be fair the Swiss are very good at keeping major roads clear).

[yeti]

jamesc12 said:

Currently drooling over the Speedmaster Co-Axial Split-Second thou)...

F. Piguet base with a rattrapante module. It is a fun complication

[jamesc12]

yeti said:

F. Piguet base with a rattrapante module. It is a fun complication

[yeti]

jamesc12 said:

yeti said:

F. Piguet base with a rattrapante module. It is a fun complication

If we're doing rattrapantes... here's mine; module mounted on a V7760.

[B4rnst4ble]

hi guys depending on dates I would be interested to come along with my panerai and be converted!

[yeti]

B4rnst4ble said:

hi guys depending on dates I would be interested to come along with my panerai and be converted!

My Panerai has a Jaeger movement - best of both worlds

[v8woollie]

Snap:

[Neil1300R]

v8woollie
yeti
Jamesc12
Rusty123
Neil1300R + 1

[yeti]

Packing for 10 days in France... that's the essentials sorted



TAGHeuer Monaco (re-edition)
Panerai Radiomir 8 Days
Heuer Carrera (original 1964)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Retrograde Chrongraph

[v8woollie]

yeti said:

Packing for 10 days in France... that's the essentials sorted



TAGHeuer Monaco (re-edition)
Panerai Radiomir 8 Days
Heuer Carrera (original 1964)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Retrograde Chrongraph

Hey Lewis, travelling light? I suppose you can afford to take extra baggage now that you have saved 11kg on the car

[George H]

yeti said:

Packing for 10 days in France... that's the essentials sorted



TAGHeuer Monaco (re-edition)
Panerai Radiomir 8 Days
Heuer Carrera (original 1964)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Retrograde Chrongraph

Like the last 3, not a huge fan of the Monaco. Always felt it's too big.

Is there any watch you would consider swapping your entire collection for? I think I'd sell a lot of things I own for a Richard Mille

[yeti]

George H said:

Like the last 3, not a huge fan of the Monaco. Always felt it's too big.

Is there any watch you would consider swapping your entire collection for? I think I'd sell a lot of things I own for a Richard Mille

I take the Monaco with me as it's appropriate to the event! The Panerai is bigger, but such a beautiful design means it's first thing you notice rather than the size.

One watch for my whole collection... No, the very complicated/very expensive/very limited market does not interest me. Much like cars are there to be driven, watches must be worn. I would consider trading many of them for a Paul Newman Daytona. Prices these days may mean it would be most of the collection actually!

[MogulBoy]

If you gents are looking for something to do in the area around the dates you are looking at then there are a few car based events that may be of interest...

15th-16th September

www.marchairuz-historique.ch A 5.4km competitive hill-climb event that uses the pass over the Jura mountains that links Lac de Geneve with Le Sentier and the Lac de Joux

6th October

http://www.british-cars.ch/index_a.html [British Cars - Morges] An extremely informal / drop-in / leave at will gathering of up to 1,500 British cars along the lake shore.

13th October

http://www.vccsr.ch/?q=node/288 [Sortie des Marrons] More details will be available on this website nearer the date but some nice old metal will be taking part. You should find some clips of previous events on Youtube etc.

Edited by MogulBoy on Friday 29th June 13:23

[v8woollie]

Thanks for the information. They sound like great events. The actual dates will to some extent be dictated by the manufacture but we can hope they may coincide.

[Lunablack]

yeti said:

Packing for 10 days in France... that's the essentials sorted



TAGHeuer Monaco (re-edition)
Panerai Radiomir 8 Days
Heuer Carrera (original 1964)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Retrograde Chrongraph

If you're going to France.... It has to be a GMT surely..... Got this a few weeks ago.... Just before the price went up

[yeti]

Lunablack said:

Just before the price went up

That's very nice indeed! I have an Explorer MkII, white face, that I used to wear in Russian winters which has GMT obviously. I can probably work out the difference in France

[George H]

Lunablack said:

If you're going to France.... It has to be a GMT surely..... Got this a few weeks ago.... Just before the price went up

Love that, very nice indeed