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[BASELWORLD 2011] Virtual Tour (by DVL and Pix)- Tons of awesome pics here.
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Baselworld 2011 Tour (continued)
Glashütte Original and Blancpain
Glashütte is actually a small town in Eastern Germany, with a tiny population. But quite a few watch companies sit there. Glashütte Original is one of them.
Glashütte Original and Blancpain shared a booth. I wonder why they had a black Lamborghini and no German car.
Some here have the Senator Sixties (I don't, regrettably).
The new model "20th Century Vintage)
Glashütte Senator Sixties with Tourbillon
Same booth, different company: Blancpain
They had a very nice, large display of vintage Blancpain watches. They reminded me of the new Breitling Superocean.
Notice this funny day indicator:
A very interesting part was a live demonstration. They had watchmakers there with two full-blown work benchs, complete with spares galore. I saw a tray with elaborate hands and cog wheels ... The best was that they had overhead monitors for the microscopes.
And here the guy in the middle says "This is not true to gen" and the person to the right seems to say "Oh f*ck I don't care if it is not 1:1, it looks good - that is sufficient for me to sell it." Pix LOLed when he saw me making this photo.
Another impression of the hall. Oh noes! We completely left out Omega :facepalm:
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Glashütte Original and Blancpain
Glashütte is actually a small town in Eastern Germany, with a tiny population. But quite a few watch companies sit there. Glashütte Original is one of them.
Glashütte Original and Blancpain shared a booth. I wonder why they had a black Lamborghini and no German car.
Some here have the Senator Sixties (I don't, regrettably).
The new model "20th Century Vintage)
Glashütte Senator Sixties with Tourbillon
Same booth, different company: Blancpain
They had a very nice, large display of vintage Blancpain watches. They reminded me of the new Breitling Superocean.
Notice this funny day indicator:
A very interesting part was a live demonstration. They had watchmakers there with two full-blown work benchs, complete with spares galore. I saw a tray with elaborate hands and cog wheels ... The best was that they had overhead monitors for the microscopes.
And here the guy in the middle says "This is not true to gen" and the person to the right seems to say "Oh f*ck I don't care if it is not 1:1, it looks good - that is sufficient for me to sell it." Pix LOLed when he saw me making this photo.
Another impression of the hall. Oh noes! We completely left out Omega :facepalm:
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Baselworld 2011 Tour (continued)
TagHeuer
Major disappointment. Empty booth, not much to see. Cool design of the pavillon, though.
Protoype movement from TagHeuer
Oris
U-Boat
Aw, forgot to go there, too. :facepalm:
Porsche
At least they had a cool racing Porsche there. No watch innovations there.
Apologies for the sloppy panorama stitching.
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TagHeuer
Major disappointment. Empty booth, not much to see. Cool design of the pavillon, though.
Protoype movement from TagHeuer
Oris
U-Boat
Aw, forgot to go there, too. :facepalm:
Porsche
At least they had a cool racing Porsche there. No watch innovations there.
Apologies for the sloppy panorama stitching.
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Baselworld 2011 Tour (continued)
Bell&Ross
The B&R booth was a major dissapointment of the trade show.
I went there and asked, what new products they had. The condescending lady said "Oh, we have always something new, this is not out of the ordinary." Like she cared at all. When I asked about the product that was rumored to be unveiled at Baselworld she just shrugged her shoulders. Where do they find these morons :facepalm: and why are they getting even paid for this BS. No presskit, just a printed card with the access data to a download on press.bellross.com.
Skulls
Tourby
Stealth
Lume shot
Animated lume shot
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2FzaIBwAT0"]YouTube - Lume shots Bell&Ross[/ame]
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Bell&Ross
The B&R booth was a major dissapointment of the trade show.
I went there and asked, what new products they had. The condescending lady said "Oh, we have always something new, this is not out of the ordinary." Like she cared at all. When I asked about the product that was rumored to be unveiled at Baselworld she just shrugged her shoulders. Where do they find these morons :facepalm: and why are they getting even paid for this BS. No presskit, just a printed card with the access data to a download on press.bellross.com.
Skulls
Tourby
Stealth
Lume shot
Animated lume shot
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2FzaIBwAT0"]YouTube - Lume shots Bell&Ross[/ame]
(next...)
Baselworld 2011 Tour (continued)
Finished with hall 1.0, moving to hall 1.1
Pretty ...
Luminox
Stray photos
I can't put a name to that watch, but I thought the strap might be inspiring for the strap makers here
And next to it this "interesting" watch
DeWitt
Back of the watch, conviently viewable via a mirror
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Finished with hall 1.0, moving to hall 1.1
Pretty ...
Luminox
Stray photos
I can't put a name to that watch, but I thought the strap might be inspiring for the strap makers here
And next to it this "interesting" watch
DeWitt
Back of the watch, conviently viewable via a mirror
(next...)
This is an amazing thread. I'm sure I'm not alone in thanking you for bringing this to us. Most of us will never get to Baselworld so to see all of this is a real treat.
Great job Dr.V and thank you.
Great job Dr.V and thank you.
Great post guys! Thanks for sharing this. This must be the most thorough tour of BW on the net!
I love the idea of RWI members covering events linked to horology
Next time we could wear our RWI special correspondent badge :biglaugh:
There is more stuff in the pipeline, but work kept me from posting so far and I still have to learn with the kid for her math test tomorrow, etc. etc. ... Going there was the easiest part
