Watches & Wonders: the Closing Recap

In whole, this was a quite subdued yr of releases, however some wonderful watches nonetheless managed to sneak in and I can’t wait to spend extra time with a few of them within the coming months. As I head again to New York, consideration will now flip to the Windup Watch Truthful in San Francisco in just a few quick weeks, and perhaps just a few surprises in between to look ahead to. Till then, thanks for following alongside on our Watches & Wonders 2023 adventures.

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In the present day is my final evening in Geneva. And regardless that I’m beat drained, I’m nonetheless unhappy to depart. I believe I’ll course of the complete present on the aircraft experience again residence to Nashville. There simply hasn’t been the time of day to suppose and recall the tons of of watches and other people I’ve met. The final two days had been spent exterior of Palexpo at Time to Watches and the Beau-Rivage Resort visiting the independents and micro-brands. Granted the stature of the cubicles and areas weren’t on the identical enjoying area as Watches & Wonders, however the watches had been equally as thrilling. There’s so many smaller manufacturers which might be doing a little actually actually wonderful work with actions and designs that I consider are making the large manufacturers step up their recreation. It’s a enjoyable factor to witness and I look ahead to seeing the protection of many of those manufacturers on Worn & Wound.

One thing that was form of a shock to me was a go to I had on the town with Blake Buettner at this time. We headed to central Geneva to fulfill with F.P. Journe, a model that I’ll be trustworthy, has by no means actually peaked my curiosity. In the present day that modified. After testing the brand new novelties in particular person and getting a radical walkthrough of the manufacturers historical past and latest watch, the FFC, the model fully received me over. I imply wow, this watch is actually wonderful all of the work that went into it’s unimaginable.

After an extended day of strolling about city we put down roots on the Grand Duke Pub and labored a bit earlier than heading out with some acquainted faces. We had been invited to dinner with the good of us at Fears Watches and we shortly joined by The Collective and the MONTA watch crew. It felt so good to see outdated buddies in a brand new and unfamiliar metropolis.

My first journey to Geneva was successful and I’ve acquired a number of nice protection to indicate for it. It was very troublesome to think about how massive this present is after I was again residence, and my thoughts had actually been blown. I hope that myself and the complete Worn & Wound workforce had been capable of give our readers/listeners a style of what attending this present is basically like. I’m so thrilled that they’ve opened the doorways the the general public as everybody deserves to see the magic the watch manufacturers have created. And hopefully, reignite the fervour for watchmaking that I’ll admit, typically burns out. Keep tuned in just a few days for a full picture report of the complete present for some superior issues you could not see wherever else! Thanks for following us alongside!