Basel 2018 release party at local AD

[faz]

Great event, good wine, champagne,Hors d’oeuvres, new watches and many nice PM pieces. A great AD with good knowledgeable team from all my past experiences with them ( know most of them by first name).

Highlight of the night for me: I was given a chance to buy a black skydweller but passed on it so someone else who really likes it can get it. While I appreciate the technology, it just isn’t my type of watch at this time.

A few very lucky people landed an opportunity to buy ( at MSRP plus tax) a hulk, a SD43, three TT CHNRs ( one present, a couple on order, ) one 2018 DSSD black plus also a DSSD blue, a BLNR, and get this: 4, ... yes ... 4 Daytona’s ( 2 black, 2 white), present in the flesh!!! ... plus one or two other watches that I am sure forgetting . Of course there were tons of people there and chances of winning the raffle to buy was very low (I.e. raffle the ability to buy at MSRP, not raffling free watches), but a bunch of people were very happy owners of new watches and that was great to see.

I wore my 16710 to the event to compare with the new BLRO and to calm myself down.

My personal take from seeing the new references: ( my personal, newbie opinions, take them with a huge grain of salt).

- BLRO: beautiful piece as obvious from pictures. If one is lucky to land one at MSRP, beautiful catch for sure. But for me, frankly, underwhelming a bit. I mean, You seen a WG version? You seen a jubilee?? Good, put them together and there it is. Nothing to see here. ( to buy, it is a great watch at that price point , but to see in flesh? Nothing you haven’t seen before). In fact, that counter with the demo BLRO was way too slow with no one around it so I revisited it for more pics. I already have a BLNR, and the 5 digit Pepsi, so I am not craving the new BLRO at all. Showing pictures to my wife, she agreed: oyster looks better to her. But she might have ulterior motives. Lol!

- TT 126711 CHNR: beautiful in person, the rose gold on the bracelet melts away into the steel so doesn’t stand out as much as my bluesy’s does for example, so more people will feel comfortable with it and it will be more popular than other TT watches for sure. But it being a TT, I think it will not be as much in demand as the SS models in a short while. I will wait a year or more before getting one if I were in the market.

-RG 126715 CHNR: pure beauty, it would probably be the favorite amongst most men looking for RG, as well as ladies.

- new DSSD: wider beefier clasp and bracelet, nice finishing touch between the logs. The king of divers has been updated and incrementally better like a newer gen Porsche 911 is to a previous gen.

If I owned a DSSD already , I wouldn’t go out and get the new one. For me personally it won’t be worth the update. But since I don’t own one, if I were to buy one, I would go for the new one. ( You would be hard pressed to tell the difference from three feet away though).

Ok then. Here are some pics. Hope you enjoy.
























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