Going over the posts I have made since 2002 or so...will reveal to newbies the crazy guy I am.
These are but a fraction of my passion.
And I mean passion...because any guy WITH LOTS of $$$$$ can do this, BUT...I am not a guy with a lot of that.
Then...I discovered thru ownership, the experience of owning my first Greubel Forsey.
This came about because I wanted to buy a Roger Smith..I was taken by the British finish..that blasted sandy look.
BUT...I wanted a little "more" than aesthetics.
After all, I had quite a few aesthetically challenging works already.
Here below is my second Greubel Forsey.
Bought just days ago.
I usually go for way over the top stuff, and this is certainly a departure.
I had also desperately wanted to get back that LANGE 1 feeling that I felt when I first saw that watch.
I sought out Dufour.
Again..top finishing...but again I wanted that bit more.
The "more" that allows me to say...OK..this is the END.
Naturally...I found Dufour in Japan..back in 2010.
I looked for THAT ultimate watch, that piece for ending all pieces.
If you look at even the most basic 24 incline, which I bought yesterday out of impulse...you can see how good it is.
It is a Dufour with a tourbillon.
Not just a tourb, but the best tourb I have seen...measured against my Richard Milles and APs.
Look at that angle!!!!
Look at the joint at the bridge of the tourb!!!!
Look at the dial finish.
This watch...you must spend a bit of money to get in platinum.
I will stick my reputation out...it will be an awesome investment.
No matter what.
The rules of DESIRE drive it.
Being a watch...it carries the philosophical code of IMMORTALITY.
It is an awesome watch...this basic 24 incline.
Next to the ULTRA rare invention 1 ...OK..the invention 1 is not as "beautiful" superficially...but gasp...it is awesome internally and has finish that is impossible, to me, at least...to be better.
I own enough Langes and Pateks....I feel it.
I can be wrong.
I doubt it.
These are my precious babies now.
I am so so without money!!!!
Some body!!! GIMME some cash!!!
In 2010..I spoke with Steven and PROMISED.
PROMISED.
I will buy a Greubel Forsey.
I kept my word.
Here is Steven in 2010..he did not need to try so hard really.
If I had more cash...I will put it ALL into Greubel Forsey.
NOW.
This is the "sorry" state of my prized pieces...well..not that bad...but soon...it should be filled with 8 greubels.
I am an addict.
Now..I still love MB&F, and Vianney.
But those are art pieces per se.
Greubel Forseys are both state of the art, emotional, and simply DAMNED good.
And rare too...not does it matter to me so much.
My humble IWC perpetual.
Never stopped for many years.
My GIFT.
A Christmas gift from friends.
Now, the Cabestan, is in a league of Vianney and MB&F.
It is another incredible piece that I once said will end all my purchases.
I was wrong.