New Arrival - A very special watch. (very, very...)

An absolutely fantastic story. Congratulations Jarrod, I look forward to seeing it in person!

Wow, what an amazing story. It was a very special meeting last Friday and the only disadvantage of such a big group of collectors is that one evening isn't enough to talk to everybody. It was a great pleasure to finally meet you and Stephanie.

I'm glad to see Gio's watches end up in the collections of us, collectors and they don't go to strangers.

I am also honored to have one of Gio's watches in my collection now and it's time to write a reveal myself.

Skule: Same here, tears in my eyes when I read Marks reply. We're blessed to have such great friends and friendships through this amazing hobby called 'watch collecting'.

Kind regards,

Clemens

Amazing story, Amazing watch and an amazing post (best of the year!)
Thanks for posting Jarrod and I look forward to seeing the watch in person sooner rather than later.

Jonathan

That's an amazing story Jarrod.

The journey of this watch to your wrist via Giovanni makes it even more special. Wear it in good health.

Special watch with a damn good recount from Mark. A nice result from a sad start.

Formers, I've shared this post with Schaffhausen (or rather - brought it to their attention given its actually on "their" Forum - the only watch manufactory to do this for their Colldctors), and the feedback was that they too are touched by this CF1 journey.

Thanks to all for recognizing how special my buddy Giovanni was!

So happy for you Jarrod so very happy.

congrats! glad this watch stayed in the family. The 3227s are great pieces.

He needs a CFDV !

Such a beautiful piece.

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Arg can help me with that. :-)

Fantastic photo of a fantastic watch with an even more fantastic story.
Well done Jarrod.

Thank you Ralph, appreciate the kind words.

Thanks Jim, it is a special addition to my collection and I'm extremely pleased to have it.

Thank you Marian, appreciate it.

Thanks Mark. We forgot to get a shot of the two watches together!!!

Thank you Tony. It was great to see you again.

Nelson, ultimately a tragic way to acquire this watch but I am sure Gio is pleased with the end result. It is the ultimate reminder of a special person.

Will do Bob. And I'm tempted to get the bracelet for it.