Today, WatchTime magazine had its Los Angeles collectors’ event. Like the San Francisco event, Jeff Kingston spoke on the 2007 new models shown at the Geneva and Basel watch fairs. WatchTime is presenting this in five U.S. cities, and I would esitimate that about 125 collectors attended in L.A.
But this time the event was held in a country club: the very special Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, which has all sorts of memorabilia about Ben Hogan from the 1940s on display.
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IWC again is one of the brands sponsoring the event; this time there were 10 sponsors. I got there early and the set up, at least for some of the other companies, wasn’t quite as attractive as the setting:
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By the way, that's Wolfgang Blum, U.S. publisher of WatchTime magazine on the right.
As usual there was a lot of interest in IWC by the attendees:
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Interestingly, while the Vintage Collection models were well-received (especially the Portofino), there was extraordinary interest in sports models --including the St. Ex UTC and the Cousteau Aquatimer. It seemed like the audience like either really complicated watches or really sporty ones.
One of the attendees was our very own Richard Sheridan, who was a hit in his own right with his Da Vinci Klaus-edition Perpetual:
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After the showing, there was a lunch in the ballroom, where Jeff gave a 90 minute presentation covering about 40 brands. IWC’s Guy Bove was interviewed in a video clip.
](The attendees then collected goody-bags, and left for a sunny L.A. afternoon. Life is tough,
Regards,
Michael
