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WatchWizard Natas made me an awesome PAM
WatchWizard Natas made me an awesome PAM
This is a tale of awesomeness featuring Natas78 & yours truly
I'll set the scene......
It was a cold Winter night & after a fun night out with my lady, we got onto the topic of watches, which can go one of two ways in my experience.
"You have too many" or "what's next on the hit list & why"
Always 50/50 & tonight started out a little iffy with her 1st question....
Mrs Me:
'When do you think your watch collection is gonna finally be complete?'
Me (gauging her mood, whilst topping up her glass generously):
"I missed out on a few recently so we will see what happens in 2022"
Mrs Me:
Why don't you just get someone to build what you want, consider it an early xmas present? You're always telling me that new site is full of Watch Gods, so prove it....
Me:
As the legend below would proclaim confidently
The night is saved & I thought to myself that these women of ours certainly pick their moments to show us why they deserve the title of our better halves
I had an idea what I wanted, so fired off a quick PM, wondering if the man himself would be willing to take a commission from a huge fan. After seeing his watches pop up a few times on M2M, I always thought I'd nab one at some point.
My build concept was as random as follows:
"A 604 (or 672) with the surrounding engravings
(like Plaasbaas nabbed)
But also would love to have a white dial,
with the type of crazy dotted lume on JayBee0815's
but with the octopus on it too"
I can just imagine his eyes rolling when he got my PM :facepalm:
We firmed up some details though and I left him to work his wizardry, which resulted in the below hybrid, delivered yesterday in an awesome box, bombproof.
Natas is an absolute gent & anybody who has dealt with him knows this. Flawless communication & while he was working away on the above I actually picked up another of his original creations with the Khanjar dial, but that one will remain in an undisclosed location till mid-year though (slow n steady with the missus)
Watches, to me, are supposed to enjoyed for their visual beauty on the wrist, and if that watch happens to be a rep, so be it. To me, they are jewellery that happen to tell the time and evoke a memory.
This one now tells a story. A story of a crazy idea, brought to fruition by a master of his craft.
Let's not kid ourselves, whilst it is always nice knowing how accurate they are to the GEN they're replicating, any variances don't really bother me, if a watch catches my eye, that's that.
But this one is just WOW, it definitely will NOT be a box queen and the added bonus being that I had a very minor part in it's creation is kinda cool too.
This 'one of one' is guaranteed to make me smile every time I look at it, so thank you again & am sure when I get another random thought / idea, you'll be the very first person I PM
Few build pictures below which made the journey all the more special for me:
TLDR:
- Wanted a specific style of watch
- Missed it/similar ones on M2M a few times
- Set up an unsuccessful WTB
- Decided instead to get a souped up hybrid version of it built by the WatchWizard himself.
- Boom - sorted :thumbsup:
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