2024 ... HELVETIA another roadtrip

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SpeedyPhill

·Mar 28, 2024

Well we have learned a lot during an 8 days roadtrip in Switzerland...
Lots of brands took us into confidence and all I can say, it's going to be a superb year (those who know my interests)
What to expect, besides lots of photos ?
Last year: https://omegaforums.net/threads/helvetia-switzerland-biel-bienne-grenchen-area-2022.146743/
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Fallout Boy

·Mar 28, 2024

cool, but...... isn t there an S missing 😁

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Mar 28, 2024

Well, there isn't, they even didn't include a WHITE Speedmaster after all the WHITE Moon (S) Watches of the last couple of weeks !
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SpeedyPhill

·Mar 28, 2024

Upon invitation (renovated) FORTIS HQ museum in Grenchen, with well-designed with a wrist watches wall and 4 + 1 black monoliths
The FORTIS watches wall has about everything made by FORTIS and the 4 black cuboids represent the watch models with the 5th monolith to be revealed very soon !
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SpeedyPhill

·Mar 28, 2024

About 50 days to go for the 5th monolith reveal...
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SpeedyPhill

·Mar 31, 2024

Didn't take photos at Omega, Breitling and Hamilton.... next St-Imier
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Aviation/Spaceflight wise Breitling is going to be extremely interesting !

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SpeedyPhill

·Mar 31, 2024

The entrance at the Longines museum in St-Imier is FREE but they require minimum 24 hours in advance to register via website...
Driving to St-Imier is a bit of a James Bond experience, what a road !
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SpeedyPhill

·Mar 31, 2024

If there's interest in a separate Longines museum topic, I might start one, as I had the opportunity to stay a bit longer to photograph each watch 😉
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SpeedyPhill

·Mar 31, 2024

or not...

 

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Jonathan40

·Mar 31, 2024

Thanks for posting, super interesting and made me more excited to be going to Geneva next weekend, Train to Bienne booked for Sunday to do Omega and hopefully waiting in line to get into Patek on Saturday morning for the English language tour.

 

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Evitzee

·Mar 31, 2024

Jonathan40

Thanks for posting, super interesting and made me more excited to be going to Geneva next weekend, Train to Bienne booked for Sunday to do Omega and hopefully waiting in line to get into Patek on Saturday morning for the English language tour.

You really don't need an English language tour for the PP museum, just go at your own pace, the displays have descriptions in English as required.

 

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STANDY

·Mar 31, 2024

Jonathan40

Thanks for posting, super interesting and made me more excited to be going to Geneva next weekend, Train to Bienne booked for Sunday to do Omega and hopefully waiting in line to get into Patek on Saturday morning for the English language tour.

All the watches tell the time in English 😉

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Apr 26, 2024

I've meet with the Longines team at St Imier and they were happy I could make a small contribution with a few high resolution NASA photos...
Certainly looking forward to their upcoming book... For Longines Aficionados By Longines Aficionados !
The Longines museum is superb !
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SpeedyPhill

·Apr 26, 2024

Dial detail on the 1938 Charles Lindberg Hour Angle pilot watch, designed with Philip Van Horn Weems (1889-1979) after Lindbergh's 1927 Trans-Atlantic flight, rotatng bezel and inner rotating dial to determine coordinates.
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