Haha. I suppose when the waiter came around you told him you needed more time? I'm here all week folks...

 

Wow, truly incredible!!!

 

Meeting Lou was a great pleasure for me . . . we should have simply asked the restaurant for an "hourly rate", as there was no real purpose in ordering the food. It was all about the watches and -- even more -- meeting another enthusiast who has been a good, reliable pen pal for a long time. I will post a couple of photos sometime soon . . . in the meanwhile, here is one stage of the process . . . packing the briefcase the night before the meeting. There were some last minutes adds and deletes, but this gives you a flavor of the watches that I brought to our so called "lunch".

Jeff

 

Wow, very nice. Looks like lots of interesting pieces there.

 

That case needs to be insured! Can't even imagine the value in there.

 

Watches and briefcase are safely back at home, covered by the homeowners policy (stated value per watch, etc.)

Jeff

 

That briefcase is the equivalent of a case full of hundred dollar bills.

 

This is my dream lunch.......

 

Almost got caught watching porn, watch porn. The 2446 autavia and seafarer look so good.

 

Lou & Jeff, me and another friend we are waiting both here in Italy for a similar lunch or dinner.... maybe both in same day
Time moves fast when discuss about nice watches...

GIGI

 

Did you and the briefcase leave the venue like the bad guys and the briefcase did in Ronin

Thanks for sharing some amazing shots.

 

Hi Jeff,that Unitime 1765 looks good-does it have serial number to back?best,Mike.

 

This is my O...M...G...moment!! Wow, the equivalent of a toy store for us!!! Great shots guys-and next time, skip the food!

 

These chronos are super

 

You think you're disappointed? I thought they were going to eat chronographs.

 

Belatedly, here is a list of the 24 watches that I brought to the "Lunch with Lou". Lou had expressed an interest in the Heuers from the 1960s, and random dive and pilot watches, so here's what I brought:

• Abercrombie & Fitch Auto-Graph chronograph
• Abercrombie & Fitch Seafarer, Ref 346 Case
• Abercrombie & Fitch Seafarer, Ref 2447 case
• Abercrombie & Fitch three register hex-back chronograph
• Abercrombie & Fitch, Ref 2444, three register chronograph
• Vixa Type 20 flyback chronograph
• Triton Spirotechnique dive watch
• Breitling Super-Ocean chronograph
• Breitling Unitime chronograph, 24-hour indication
• Heuer Autavia, Ref 2446, First Execution Screw-Back Case
• Heuer Autavia, Ref 3646, First execution Screw-Back Case
• Heuer Autavia, Ref 1163 MH “Chronomatic”
• Heuer Autavia, Ref 1163, Cream / Tropical
• Heuer Autavia, Ref 73663 “Villeneuve” model
• Heuer Autavia, Ref 73363 (IDF issued)
• Heuer Autavia, Ref 73463 (IDF issued)
• Heuer Carrera, Ref 2447 S
• Heuer Carrera, Ref 2447 N , hex-back case
• Heuer Carrera, Ref 2447 SN “Panda”
• Heuer Carrera, Ref 2447 NS
• Heuer Carrera, Ref 1158 CHN, 18 karat gold
• Heuer Monaco, Ref 1133B “Chronomatic”
• Eterna Eternamatic KonTiki dive watch (IDF issued)
• TAG Heuer dive watch, ref 844/3

This list does not exactly match the watches shown in the photo, as the photo was taken while I was in the process of packing, and I switched out some of the watches before the lunch.

"Lunch with Lou" was definitely a highlight of 2013!!

Jeff