Watches in the Wild (Party in the Bay Part 2, Volume 61)

Disclaimer: My windup watch. PF Tonda GT on Rubber.

This is the sixty first(ish) in a semi-regular digest of cool watches I happened to see this week.

Past posts in this series have been hashtagged to #watchesinthewild

As always, my general policy is that I never ask for wrist shots (because approaching strangers and distant acquaintances to talk about watches is already weird enough) so all pictures below are sourced from the internet unless otherwise noted. People are mostly cool, I try not to annoy them.

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Part 1 here.

Part 2 drops now.  Last post I talked about the booth watches.  Now I'm going to talk about the watches on the wrists 

I am going to exclude a lot of watches that I saw at the show.  Some of them I just forgot including some on the wrists of my fellow crunchers.  For those who saw me there, I apologize deeply.  Your watch is almost certainly more awesome that I can say.

Oh, I also won't be talking about your watch if you wore a Speedmaster, a SeaMaster 300m, or any of a thousand Rolex variants.  I just can't be bothered.

We were never going to be comprehensive here. Some spots have stories but many don't. 

https://youtu.be/HKK4KmDlj8U?si=napEkxWvHommmcFj 

This is going to be a wild one. I hope you enjoy.

First some incidental spots.  No stories associated with them but @SpecKTator can tell you...my head was on a swivel.

SBGA497 "Pink Snowflake"

Breitling B25 Datora

Breitling B09 Pistachio

Baltic MR01

C60 Trident

Traska Summiteer

Iwc Ingenieur Aqua 

Islander Rangemaster

Oris Pro Pilot GMT red dial

Oris Pro Pilot x 

Seiko 5 Snoopy

Islander ISL-225

Zelos Swordfish satin dial

Serica 5303 destro

Cartier Panthere

JLC reverso black

Studio Underdog Watermelon 

Straum Ophav

Mido Baroncelli Big Date

Spots with stories

CW Bel Canto Green

Bulova Jet Star Complecto LE

On the wrists of two men manning the Complecto booth.  They took a picture of my watch and I complimented their's.  

I talked about my thoughts on the Bel Canto in part 1 so let's focus on the Jet Star LE.  I don't understand why Bulova let Complecto make the best and most attractive version of their Jet Star Quartz into an LE.  This watch is fire.

Vintage SeaMaster on Uncle Seiko

On the wrist of @artpordiaz .  Looked super good especially with the tropic dial.

Dufonte Datejust

On the wrist of @Framper_22. The actual watch pulled from the profile. I too love a gold dress watch!

Wakman stopwatch

Something out of @blackbookalpha s bag of holding.  Beautifully restored and absolutely gorgeous.  I only got to see it for a moment before he ran off to crack open someone's Rolex (I think)

Oris Divers 65 Topper Special edition

The actual watch on @Rome1234 's wrist, a classy diver for a classy guy.  It looked so good buddy!

Sorry for not calling you out in the first post!

Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda GT Small Seconds

Ain't no party like a PF party cuz a PF party don't stop.  On the wrist of a gentleman checking out he Jack Mason booth with me.

I will break my normal protocol and post a picture of my own as he asked for permission to take a photo and I did the same.  I was very close to buying this watch before settling on the Chrono.

Modded Seiko Yachtmaster

On the wrist of an older gentleman in the JM/Oak and Oscar hallway.  I commented that it was the only white Yachtmaster out there.

He laughed and said he wanted something a little more low key for a watch meet up.  Apparently his kids are fire fighters so he has purchased a pair of William Woods.

Pitzmann One

Seen at the Straum booth.  I complimented it and he said that I was the first person who had recognized it all day.  Lovely watch with a beautiful dial.

Lorca GMT in Silver

Seen on another watch cruncher's wrist (sorry, I forgot your handle).  Fantastic looking and 

Kurono Toki

On @SpecKTator's wrist, the genuine specimen.  I remember when he bought this one!  Magnificent.

Zodiac Triple Calendar Moonphase w/ GMT

On the wrist of a watch friend who went in with two watches on his wrists (a Rolex Day Date and a vintage Orient) and walked out with this one as a third.

Nomos Neomatik Tangente update

The actual watch on @TomatoBass 's wrist. A looker with a wonderful story about fathers and sons trying to emulate each other in buying watches.

Tag Heuer Skipper

Seen in the wrist of a gentleman checking out Depancel.  I complimented it and asked if it was a skipper and he said that he wasn't sold when he saw pictures but immediately bought when he saw it in person.  It's definitely one of those watches that is absolutely stunning in person.

Leica L2

Seen at the Horage booth on the wrist of someone checking out the Lensman Tourbillion.  I wish I'd asked about this watch because it is absolutely fascinating how it even came to be.  Like who at Leica thought building a watch was the next strategic move to take?  And then decided to go custom never used before monopusher chronograph movement?  Amazing.

Cartier Tank Solar beat 

Seen on the wrist of a gentleman who was checking out Horage with me.  He said that I should consider buying my wife a Solar beat if I needed a gift to get my wife into watches.  I told him she owned a Tank Solo already and that interest was a lost cause

Formex Essence 43, Old logo

Seen on the wrist of Sergio, lovely gentleman who managed to snag his Essence for $800 on the initial Kickstarter.  Excellent taste and even better foresight.

Doxa Sub 300T Clive cussler

Seen on the wrist of a gentleman who was riding with @RandomRob 's posse.  He was busy, I was busy so no conversation was had. I'm not a massive fan of Clive Cussler novels so this release passed me by but it's a cool looking watch.

Jack Mason Strat-O-Timer Candy Corn

Picture shamelessly copied from @IanCognito

One of at least 7 Strat-O-Timer s I saw walking the floor but the only one I complimented. The bezel combos are absolutely choice.

MB&F LM101

Breguet 7027

My two last spots of the show and what spots they were.  On the wrists of the two dudes manning the Sutcliffe Hansen booth.  Leave it to the sellers of ultra high end watch tools to have the hypest watches around.

After all this, I need a hot shower and a cold beer.

But before I go...if you went to Windup SF, what cool watches did you see here?