Collector's Interview : Antonio Gomes

The Collectors' interviews are an excellent series. I am delighted Tony has been "honoured". An enjoyable read about a fascinating collector and good friend.

Absolutely great read and very rewarding to see Antonio talking about his passion for the legacy IWC pieces.

He fails to mention, that like me he too somehow cherishes almost all the old legacy IWC timepieces, and is one of the few people I know, who can "see" the beauty in some of those pieces - including his most favorite of all - the one he passionately refers to as "Butt & Butt Ugly"!

Come on Tony, do share that magnificent piece of history with us here to please.

I'm happy to see the return of the Collector's Interviews, and Tony Gomes was a wonderful choice. Looking forward to the next installment of the Editor's 'series'.
Thank you Tonny, Michael, and Tony.

Nelson

Thanks, Tonny, for the link.

Great interview!

Regards
JK

Love the interview. Thanks Michael, Tonny and Tony.

Cheers,
sc

This was an excellent interview with one of our foremost collectors. Thanks to Tonny for posting, Michael for the interview, and Antonio for sharing himself with us. I love this series!

Nice to learn more about our fellow forum member. Thank you Antonio and Michael.

Very intersting interview, thanks to all perticipants.

Regards

HEBE

Tonny, thanks for sharing the link and MF for selecting Tony as the interviewee. I am proud to know Tony and have always enjoyed his company whether in the USA or in Europe. Reading the interview gives me an better understanding of Tony's passion. I know his knowledge is practically unsurpassed. The interview gives a personal peek inside the mind of a passionate collector.

Thanks for the interesting insight into a serious, classic IWC collector’s thoughts and background. I can indeed understand the fascination with the old IWC highlights.

Thanks to Michael and Antonio!

Jens-Kristian

This is the watch Mark calls "Butt & Butt Ugly".
The images on the dial are of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II on the left and the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph on the right.

Empress Elizabeth of Austria aka Sisi was the wife of the Austrian Emperor. Just to balance this post with her beauty. :-)

Tony is a great collector and contributor of this Forum not to mention his storytelling abilities, a very nice guy indeed.

Thank You Michael for these most interesting Interviews.
Thank You Tony for sparing the time to share your knowledge. Your passion is admirable and we are a very fortunate group to have collectors like you to learn from.

Great interview about the passion of collecting IWC watches. Well done Michael en Tony.

a great interview about a great collector that I'm proud to call my friend!
Well done!

Terry

Great reading this interview!

This is a kind of article I could see more of. I have been waiting for Antonio to appear in one of these collector interviews - now it eventually happened!

Thanks
/Anders

Nice interview of a very interesting man with huge knowledge of IWC. The collectors interviews are fantastic. Look forward to the next one.

love these insights into collectors. great interview of tony!

regards,
thang

Thanks Tony for sharing your story with us and well captured Michael!

Kind regards,

Bob

This series is simply brilliant - thanks Michael, Tonny and IWC.

Antonio - loved reading this piece and seeing the pictures of some of my favourite watches, your 325 is just to die for my friend :-)

Hi Norbert,
Are you still standing by your theory that the compulsion to acquire objects in large quantities is an attempt to ward off death, even if metaphysically?
How am I doing on that respect, then? :-)