Ref 2000 by RAVE

Ralph, I always look forward to your contributions and congratulate you on your 2000th post. It would be a great pleasure to meet you one day! Thanks for the array of wonderful photos...special watches and special people!

Rave,
Congratulations on your milestone achieved. I enjoyed uour photos very much and what a splendid collection of contemporary and vintage pieces. Hope you will enjoy your stay in Singapore.

Happy 2000 Rave, congrats.

Congratulations Rave. I must admit this is a wonderfull way to celebrate your 2000th post on the forum. A great overview of wonderfull watches and it also brings back great memories. Thanks!

Norbert

Ralph,

A great pleasure to have recently met your acquaintance and what a fab collection of special pieces at our recent London GTG. Also super that you broke the 2000 barrier, i have a lot of catching up in many respects.

Andrew, yourself and me are UNITED in many respects............

All the best

Mark

Congratulations Ralph, excellent post and some stunning watches. Regards Farhad

Ralph, you are a great friend --of mine, of IWC, of collectors everywhere. Your thoughtful and interesting posts have enriched this forum, and knowing you has enriched my life and that of every IWC fan.

Aloha Ralph -

Congrats on your milestone post!

After being on the Forum since 2005, it was a pleasure to finally meet you in person at SIHH 2012.

Please let me know if you are ever passing through Honolulu and we can meet up in Waikiki.

• Tracy

PS: As far as photography, you beat me in the masthead photo contest for that other IWC forum but I'll try harder the next time...

Thank you, everyone, for your kind sentiments.

This morning, I am getting out my white dialled Aquatimer, 3536, and another IWC for a vacation in Australia. The Aquatimer should see some action on the Great Barrier Reef. The other? I thought I would take the CFDV and use it as a GMT watch. As Australie is 11 hours ahead of GMT, I am not sure that function is particularly relevant. We'll see.

Hi Ralph, big congrats on your 2000 contributions and wishing you many more!!!!

It's truly been a pleasure and honor to know you and to call you my friend!

Ralph, a great post... and a real pleasure to have met you not once but at two GTGs! Hopefully there will be many more to come (and I can contribute more from (hopefully) a growing collection). Safe travels and enjoy down under!

Regards,
Thang

Ralph,

Enjoy your trip, hope the weather is better then you had during your US visit.

Regards,
Kevin

i'm a bit late ;-)
but Ralph you are a fantastic guy and great collector! I really enjoyed meeting you and your lovely wife a few times. Hope to meet again the coming year!

Best regards,

Bob

Ralph, almost missed your post due to the sporadic forum access during our Tobago Diving trip - but glad to be able to congratulate you here on your milestone post.

Your posts over the years have always been a most enjoyable red - and the watches/photos fantastic! A true fiend of IWC and the Forum.

We look forward to the next 2000+ over the years to come!

Ralph, great to meet you in Singapore! Looking forward to seeing the photos.

Crazy! Great photo's. Loved having a look thru them. Cheers.

Congratulations, Ralph. Excellent story and photos.

Kind regards