Unfortunately, I didn't get a group pic from the pre-gathering. We had a good turn out though! Here are some pics from the event last night.

Mike France and our fearless leader.

Andrew Morgan (Watchfinder hands) doing his best to look like wait staff.

Rich, have you been snake-charming the watches?

I knew we shouldn’t have let him out.

iain wrote: ↑Wed Apr 23, 2025 6:26 pm

jkbarnes wrote: ↑Wed Apr 23, 2025 4:03 pm I hope someone managed to get a group photo of all the forum admins and members who were assembled last night. I’d love to see that, so please share if you e got one.

Here you go Drew……


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No, that photo is from an Oris event.

Adstheman wrote: ↑Wed Apr 23, 2025 9:21 pm No, that photo is from an Oris event.

I got some great photos from a Rolex event I went to recently, but I’m still waiting on the call that my pics are ready. I had to shoot the organizer’s kid’s 10th birthday party, his cousin’s wedding, and some glamour photos of his mom before he’d let me take pics at the Rolex event.
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I’ll just grab my coat and show myself out.

As mentioned earlier the lighting wasn’t great but managed some pics to get an idea of the watches

Good morning All

Well I've just about shook off the Hangover from the event. I and my Plus one, had a great time, after being lucky enough to win an Invite.

It was so lovely to meet some fellow inmates prior to the do, and see the Boys and Girls from CW in the flesh.
I now realise also, that I may be a genuine nerd, as I recognised quite a few of the Content creators who were there.

Although the style of the watch is not really for me, the engineering as shown in the documentary is fantastic and it is a beautiful thing.
I got to try on Peter Ellis's one, that's the Orange one, on my wrist, in Rich's photos.

The whole evening was IMHO a big success, everyone I spoke too, was very impressed. So hats (Baseball caps ) off to Everyone at CW.
Unfortunately I only took a couple of grainy photos, of the venue. Mike France summed up in his introduction to the film, how iconic it is. Hallowed turf to use a Football reference.

Lastly, I had a Chat with Matt Sweatman, a very nice young man. And he pulled a CW trident Lumuier from his pocket, I won't swear, unlike some in the 18 certificate film. But it was blooming amazing !! on his sample, were solid hands, which for me made all the difference, it was very interesting to hear why they weren't on the production models and why the final design has part skeletonised hands, for want of a better term.
It's all to do with weight, don't you know. As solid hands would just be too hefty and bend.
If his version comes up in a sample sale, then I may have to part with a chunk of my savings.

Regards Steve

I think the white is probably the winner

Great to meet with everyone, albeit briefly and it was a great evening

Thanks @magicman for organising the pre-event meet-up too, great kick off for us all