The Baselworld 2015 report..............

Mar 24, 2015,14:01 PM
 

 

Baselworld 2015

 

We start early this year as you can see.

We was so tired so after a 2 hour drive we find out we have drive in the wrong direction. So what to do? Just grab a last minute ticket to Zürich.

At least they have a nice breakfast at the airport and no veggies for me.smile))

When we arrive we found a lot of watch dealers with loaded windows.

A stop for something to eat and drink.

More stores.

Please, no pics. smile))

Another stop.

Time for some more, prost.

And something to eat. A smal Cordon Bleu named Jumbo, jumbo.

Now it's time to prepare for the show.

On the way.

Finally.

We start where there was not many news.

 

Wow, a new dial.

Another new dial, yes a bezel insert too.

Some clean OP's.

Some old stuff.

A blue Pelagos with inhouse movement and a band I don't know who have inspired Tudor to use that.

The Northflag with a inhouse movement.

So we go further to the Omega stand.

And get a personal tour with the Omega account manager of Sweden Mr Claes Nilsson.

He told us about the "Faliure is not an option" Snoopy Omega.

Then we get in and get something to drink.

Then he told us about how they test the watches for 25 days.

Thanks for the great tour Mr Nilsson.

A perfect watch to made pics, the domed crystal is domed down agains the dial and not up from the dial as it use to be so there will be no reflections.

Then we meet Mr Graeme Haughton that show us the Mileata Military Watches.

And he made the brand SAS too.

Then we made a quick stop at the ACHI booth.

Later we have a meeting with Zeitwinkel and get the chance to look close to their models.

A smoked sapphire dial.

And a clear.

Peter and Isabel tell us everything we want to know about the brand.

They have only inhouse movements with different complications.

Then we have to move to our favorite brand Glashütte Original as treat us as the stars we are. smile))

So we now preparing for the news.

The new Glashütte Senator Cosmopolite that shows all 37 timezones.

The new blue Panomaticlunar and the Panoreserve.

The new Senator Observer with luminova.

After the presentation there was a lot of time to talk about the news.

Then we went out.

And the dreamteam have to get something to eat.

Some random shot from some independent brands.

We run into a few recognized faces from GOS Watches.

A very special Patek.

Then we finish the fair with a special evening with Daniel Nebel at NORD Zeitmaschine.

First he show us Basel and the surroundings from all the tram lines before we find his car. smile))

Then we go to his workshop.

This guy is a genius that have build not only his watches, his machines too. Here he told us about his work.

He is showing how he reset the machine.

And then do some work at the plate.

Daniel have build the machine too.

It's impressive he even do his gold and rhodium plating inhouse.

Here he explains about the Variocurve case.

And the settings for the machine.

He even print his dials inhouse too, I don't know if the guy have some limits he try to do all the stuff inside his shop.

It was really great to get this experience and we can't thank you enough for your hospitality my friend. We are speachless.

Then we have go back to normal again and hope this was just so entertaining for you that it was for us.

Here is a little movie from the weekend.



This message has been edited by MTF on 2015-03-25 07:13:33 This message has been edited by Dr No on 2015-04-01 10:38:53 This message has been edited by MTF on 2015-04-03 17:56:19


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The same Italian restaurant served me...

 
 By: kolosstt : March 24th, 2015-14:38
...some sandy snail in my salad. And I did even order any meat with it. But going down from the fountain picture to Bahnhofstrasse, you pass my favourite boutique with nice watches behind the windows. Next time you are looking for directions to Basel or s... 

Tablet

 
 By: stromer : March 24th, 2015-22:10
Hi kolosstt, just in case you are using the same tablet as I do (mine has a piece of fruit on the back) you may want to try viewing Jocke's report in "reading mode". Worked nicely for me. All pictures were correct then. Best, Martin

Funny, have the same aspect ratio problem ...

 
 By: Marcus Hanke : March 25th, 2015-12:36
... on two desktop PCs, both with Firefox (Win 8 and 7). Marcus

I believe the problem is...............

 
 By: Jocke - Bad Santa : March 25th, 2015-13:26
the forum software should be wider, now it's only a 1/3 of my screen and the sides are black. Then the pics will not fits and the software squeezing the sides and therefore they become distorted. So just had the forum part been wider , it would have worke... 

Thanks for the exhausting day report

 
 By: cazalea : March 24th, 2015-14:59
I need a beer and to put my feet up! Mike

The famous BaselWord report!

 
 By: stromer : March 24th, 2015-22:14
fun as every year and a pleasure to follow your trails. Playing a footnote role in it even doubles the fun. Thank you very much for keeping up this tradition! Martin

Excellent report.

 
 By: VMM : March 25th, 2015-03:39
Good job as usual, glad to read it this year too. Thanks for sharing. Vte

Favorite photo of the report is...

 
 By: Ares501 - Mr Green : March 25th, 2015-05:41
"And the dreamteam have to get something to eat" All the best to all of you and thank you for another great yearly report Sincerely Damjan

Thx for your comprehensive, live report !.. And the extensive pictorial !.. Lots ti see..

 
 By: hs111 : March 25th, 2015-07:21
.. and probably to touch, as well. One humble Q: what happened to the pics' y-axis ? - They all are vertically distorted.. Resolution issue when uploading ? Scaling phenomenon ? Thx again for your report, Best, hs

Thanks guys. [nt]

 
 By: Jocke - Bad Santa : March 25th, 2015-13:26

Fantastic report, thanks so much!

 
 By: Geo : March 26th, 2015-01:46
Great to see all those pictures, especially since I haven't been there. GEO

Some questions

 
 By: MTF : March 26th, 2015-05:54
Dear both, Thank you for your whirlwind tour at Baselworld 2015. Some questions: You took an airplane to Switzerland this time instead of the usual drive from Sweden? How can you drive the wrong way for 2 hours with GPS navigation? Did you stay in Zurich ... 

Some answers.....................

 
 By: Jocke - Bad Santa : March 26th, 2015-11:34
Of course we didn't drive wrong it was my way to get the story a little more interesting. :-) :-) :-) We stay in Zürich, Basel is not a option: About the most affordable watch, I don't really know. IMHO this year was not much new watches.

Edible content indeed

 
 By: BentN : March 26th, 2015-12:10
and a lot of interesting info from the fair. Even of interest to one that really have lost the watch-bug the recent Months, but it is always nice to scan through a post like this that includes more than just pure watch images :-) Thank you, Bent

Another great Basel report

 
 By: Bill : March 30th, 2015-18:53
We wait for your report every year and it never disappoints. I feel like I was with you on the trip. Do I have a favorite in the lot. Not sure yet. Going back in to view the report one more time. Thanks Jocke. Bill

Bull . . .

 
 By: Dr No : April 1st, 2015-10:35
. . . head . . . . . . is back! :-) The best road trip since Kerouac ;-) . . . ...  

More Ludovic Pics!

 
 By: patrick_y : April 1st, 2015-14:42
Please, let's see more Ludovic Ballouard watch photos! Thanks for the report Jocke!