Salon QP Photofest!Posted by IanS
The inaugural Salon QP watch exhibition was held over the 5th and 6th of November at One Marylebone on central London. Brands participating included: Backes & Strauss, Blancpain, BRM, Bell & Ross,Charles Oudin, De Bethune, Girard-Perregaux, Graham, H. Moser & Cie, Harry Winston, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Ladoire, Linde Werdelin, Maurice Lacroix, Panerai, Parmigiani, Perrelet, Romain Gauthier, Romain Jerome, TAG Heuer and Vacheron Constantin.  One Marylebone was formally a Holy Trinity Church built in 1826-28 to the designs of Sir John Soane to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon.  While the sculpture outside added a splash of colour, I am not sure that it fits with the traditional architecture.  At night everything looks much better  The team from Frodshams talking to Peter Speake-Marin. Frodshams' new watch is about 6 months away, and you will want one (I do)  A good crowd readying and waiting to enter for the invitation-only opening evening  Much more relaxed and civilized once in, on the ground floor at least   Here's a Vacheron you won't miss         Bonhams had many great watches, but this beauty caught my eye.   The Harry Winston stand was full of surprises  Opus 9 and Histoire de Tourbillon  Opus 8 and Opus 3 (more on this next week)   Romain Gauthier   Demonstration of poising and regulating balances      De Bethune  I want, I want.   Romain Gauthier    Bell & Ross had so many models it was overwhelming         Ladoire had a very interesting presentation case and a superb, though very large, watch.   Blancpain      Maurice Lacroix's clever Memoire 1 looks nearly wearable from the top, but . . .  . . . it has serious height issues side on.   Perrelet  Perrelet's Turbine collection looks to be a hit for the brand  One thing shocked me when looking at watches at the Panerai stand . . .  . . .they don't look grossly over-sized anymore.    Linde Werdelin is an upcoming brand these days . . .  . . .and I suspect that it has more to do with making nice watches . . .  . . .than watch-borne instruments  Which would you prefer?  James Gurney (right), editor of QP magazine and organizer of SalonQP  Author of Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking, Micheal Clerizo was signing books and . . .   . . .attracting high-calibre visitors including Michel Parmigiani and . . .   . . . a collector with a beautiful . . .  . . . look at the page . . .  Roger Smith Series Two on his wrist (though I soon had it off)  Watchmaker Peter Speake-Marin, author Michael Clerizo and a clean-shaven watch journalist, Ken Kessler  BRM   Girard Perregaux  Parmigiani Fleurier  Romain - you will believe a man can fly - Jerome   Backes & Strauss  TAG Heuer  Tag V4  Graham  Moser & Cie   And that's all folks. edited by markS : fixed typo issue in titel Ian Skellern Greubel Forsey forum and URWERK forum moderator www.facebook.com/underthedial twitter.com/underthedial Edited 8 time(s). Last edit at 06/14/2010 02:25PM by MarkS.
Hi Ian, Thanks for the excellent report and pics!!  Looking at the size of the watches from other brands, it's not surprising that Panerai watches do not look big anymore...  Cheers! chua Panerai Forum Moderator
ciao Ian, thanks for this really wonderful report, a lot of interesting people and a lot of beautiful watches ! I wonder why these events never took place in my city  !Regards, slide68
Thanks for the post Ian . Great report and some awesome watches there  Zach T Prime Time Forum Moderator Hublot Forum Moderator |   .jpg)     | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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