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JimInOz
··Melbourne AustraliaAfter arriving in Paris in Tuesday morning after 27 hours flying we (Annie and myself) were fairly worn out and didn't start to feel human again until Late Wednesday.
So on Thursday, now feeling like normal people, we arranged to meet up with Yann (@Tire-comedon ) .
Yann arrived at our hotel at about 8PM and we adjourned to the lounge, armed ourselves with drinks and got to know each other. We chatted about watches, forums, cities, people and all manner of things.
Turning seriously to watches, I produced the bag I was given at the Breguet boutique, unfortunately it only contained two Breguet books and no watches but I had my small collection of travel watches which we all had a good look at, and then Yann produced his watch roll and started of a mouth watering reveal with a trench watch from the first world war. Then followed an amazing selection of vintage watches from 1920s up to late 1940s. They were amazing examples of items like the St Christopher, an Omega Weems, an original Medicus and the best one (to me) an Omega Marine from 1930s.
After an hour and a half, we realized we hadn't had dinner, so Yann suggested that he show us a traditional French restaurant. So off we went, walking down Boulevard Haussmann and heading past Opera to Rue de la Paix and finally, the Cafe de la Paix.
There we spent another couple of hours enjoying the atmosphere in one of the most ornate "cafes" I've ever seen.
Dinner over we strolled back to our hotel where we said farewell to Yann and headed for bed. As soon as our heads touched the pillows I think we went straight to sleep.
What a great evening it was, and what a pleasure it was to meet Yann and share the experience with him.
As with any post, worthless without pictures, so here is the only one I managed to take, so absorbed in watch gazing and conversation that photography was far from my mind.
It's a "golf watch" that could be clipped to your belt to prevent shock from swinging clubs, and it could also be placed on the table to act as a desk clock. A truly beautiful example of art deco.
So on Thursday, now feeling like normal people, we arranged to meet up with Yann (@Tire-comedon ) .
Yann arrived at our hotel at about 8PM and we adjourned to the lounge, armed ourselves with drinks and got to know each other. We chatted about watches, forums, cities, people and all manner of things.
Turning seriously to watches, I produced the bag I was given at the Breguet boutique, unfortunately it only contained two Breguet books and no watches but I had my small collection of travel watches which we all had a good look at, and then Yann produced his watch roll and started of a mouth watering reveal with a trench watch from the first world war. Then followed an amazing selection of vintage watches from 1920s up to late 1940s. They were amazing examples of items like the St Christopher, an Omega Weems, an original Medicus and the best one (to me) an Omega Marine from 1930s.
After an hour and a half, we realized we hadn't had dinner, so Yann suggested that he show us a traditional French restaurant. So off we went, walking down Boulevard Haussmann and heading past Opera to Rue de la Paix and finally, the Cafe de la Paix.
There we spent another couple of hours enjoying the atmosphere in one of the most ornate "cafes" I've ever seen.
Dinner over we strolled back to our hotel where we said farewell to Yann and headed for bed. As soon as our heads touched the pillows I think we went straight to sleep.
What a great evening it was, and what a pleasure it was to meet Yann and share the experience with him.
As with any post, worthless without pictures, so here is the only one I managed to take, so absorbed in watch gazing and conversation that photography was far from my mind.
It's a "golf watch" that could be clipped to your belt to prevent shock from swinging clubs, and it could also be placed on the table to act as a desk clock. A truly beautiful example of art deco.
