Wild & Windy Windup Watch fair - part deux!

Planned on spending less time here today - nope!

Chatting with watchmakers, W&W staff, and the heads of a few different brands.

Too many photos to include all in full size, let me know of any you’d like too see a better pic of a watch of or a more detailed impression of.

I’ll include some short notes and pearls of wisdom from the designers.

Formex- met Raphael, the chap who owns the brand. Young lively guy. The Leggera is very cool, carbon case with high polish ceramic bezel. Reportedly the carbon cases seem to take abuse better than other materials, according to him. Comfy and attractive watches

That red dial is Ti and under 1k, but with great lume and comfy fit.

Gold plated meteor was iridescent, pattern changes constantly as you move it around

Baltic - wow!

Some tables you only want to look at 1 or 2 models. Baltic, I wanted to see 10 models. Pricing aggressive, mostly under 1k with Miyota (nice!) or Seagull (no thank you) inside.

I loved the Hermetique

Polished chamfers on a DLC diver - cool!

crown was a bit tricky !

Furlan Mari - nice watches up close

Space One - very creative, and ..?

Jump hour, moon rotating the earth, carbon and anodized Ti … etc. They didn’t have much stock left as they’d sold everything through the fair!

Hmm - would I wear this 🤔

Anordaine. Awesome 👏 But… 2029 if you’re not already in the queue. Yikes 😱!

As crazy as it sounds.. I don’t regret pulling my name off the list from a 2025 build slot. In person, my Kurono grand Mori is same or better with its urushi dial 🙂

CW - this table was insane, always 3 deep in people. So many popular models, the damsel of the dance.

The CW aventurine is stunning - sprinkle sparkle dialed up to 11. Bel canto sounds amazing (I kind of want one now, Ug …). 12 is light and pretty.

But… the ‘12 X ‘ ..? Hmm. Didn’t hear a lot of praise among the crowd as it got passed around. For me - too monotone gray and illegible.

But each to there own - CW seems to perpetuatly be popular so who knows

Depancel - a SUPER limited edition chronograph

It’s was so cool! Actuation and build felt excellent. This 20 watch run is with new old stock Valjoux movements that are completely overhauled. Found in a box in an old Swiss watchmakers shop who was retiring!

Not sold out yet if you’re interested. I’m not a chrono guy (that’s Mel). I think 3900?

7 tooth column wheel! (Movement above was not an overhauled calibre. The 20 for sale get the same but polished and buffed better.

Isotope

Freaking loved this tiny booth. The boss Jose was funny and he has so many hilarious and creative models.

Mirrored convex dial - when hand overlap arrow shape is completed.

Hydrium - fun colors and funny designs

Flyway

Crystal, case, and dial were saddle shaped, so no reflections 🤯

Not pictured - his new chronograph- it’s crazy

All subdials are masked with a small cutout to see number display. Subdial masks rotate, not hands. @ChronoGuy - you should see this one (limited model is partnered with Revolution Magazine)

Last pic : chatting with some new friends (Dave of Horage and Kathleen of Redbar) and I got a quick shot of her unique watch:

Oh yeah - bought a watch. But enough for today, post coming when I’m back home!