The Maastricht Meeting (Passion) 2012 >> BURNER <<

[bullibeer]

Woooow what a weekend.

THE MAASTRICHT MEETING of passionate Collectors 2012 has been a blast. What more to ask for then so great company of new and old friends, fantastic/mindblowing watches, 26-29 degrees and SUN… so much SUN!!!!

This year was the 5th edition of the Passion meeting. Crazy how time goes by.And a moment of reflection to Philipp and me.
First of all we want to thank all those crazy people to join in. Such efforts have been taken to be there. People from Japan, Australia, Switzerland, USA, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Sweden, GB, Austria, Netherlands,… have found their way to the little town of Maastricht.

Some already joined in on Friday for a 3 day blast…. and a blast it was.

What has changed in those 5 editions…. well every edition has it's own atmosphere. But we have seen that every year it is getting relaxter and relaxter!!!
Maybe it's because we have seen so many great watches over the year… the RUSH and OHHH/AHHHH/BOOOOHHHH is less on references.
I see people with killer grail references and collections start to get totally excited about a small and special Heuer, wooden structure dial… patina of indexes.

We have changed from reference horny people (maybe LOOL!) to people of taste for emotional special watches, No matter the price, reference. It must be high quality in condition, special in detail or has to have some very need feature. Watchwise. That is why you see less groupshots… as nobody realy cared… about number of Newman, Bigcrowns, Milsubs…. etc.

But more important….. and most IMPORTANT…. are the people.
It was such a blast this year to see a couple of first time contenders getting completely blown away… and at the same time completely relaxed and 1 level with people involved in this for years. Theire fire and passion also lightens up the one from the others again….

It was so great to listen to others… about their passion and story behind the hobby.

And that is the big tragic of the meeting for me. Philipp and i both started the meetings to share the crazy passion with friends and people of the same mind… but also with a wide audience out there. To light the fire and keep the flame burning wild….. And always the save, relaxed, humble atmosphere of the meeting was also what we tried to share. To show that it was not so much about the watches… but about friendships and honest relations between the people. Which is so important for me in this. As sometimes people said 'Passion' is just about rich people being a snob etc… elite bla, bla….

And it is so not!!!!
And you can only feel that when you have been there…. or see the way people act and enjoy the company. No matter if you have 200 or 2 watches….

But the times of today have forced us to keep all identities of people confidential. As there are people less honest…. and for the future of the event… we will only be able to share those images of watches. Tragic.. as as i said… the event is about so much more then watches.

I hope you all understand… and you still will get the feeling… without the images of all the smiling, drawling, laughing and enjoying a great time people….

Again a big, big thanks to all the people who joined us!!!
Such a blast!



Let's start with some porn then…..















Ohhhhh this was a tropical blast…













And then finally the 2 brother joined together..










And such a cool one…








This watch is haunting me for so many years now…. it's my last WISH!!








The wooden dial..







The MK1 Patend Pending! ( 1out of 2)











Such a beauty!!!
























NOS Milgauss!





What is it??





uhhhhhhh
















Mr. Pirate…

















I loved this one…






And uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh






uhhhhhhhh again…











And one of y highlights… all 4.. crazy!!!

















What a beauty!!







Another so cool watch..















And ohhhhh the light was way to hard to show the true beauty! SSSSOOOOOOO MINT! CRAZY!!!










This one made me crazy…. 2 years now i want one again… should i not.. such icons!













Great on the nato!









And uhhhhhhhhh there it is again!




























I was so happy we had some great Heuer on board. Such amazing watches. I almost could not resist…. and sure a new Heuer will find it's way on my wrist in near future…





NOS…

[Kingair]

W O O O O O O O O O O W

And all this at 40 km from where I life . . . . ;-(

Thanks for sharing

What a meet !

HAGOne

[SPARTAN2161]

Thanks for sharing!!!

[Tijssan]

w o w


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[Frogman4me]

Ok....wow!

[Robbyvm]

amazing !!! ...and indeed so close to where i live also...

is this meeting closed for public ?
If not, when is the next one ?
If yes how are people invited ?

[bullibeer]

Thanks!!

The meeting is closed and only on invitation.. among friends and people we know well or are highly recommended by people we trust.

I guess you understand that this is not possible... in an open meeting. And not the trust and openness which makes these meetings so special. When people leave their matchbox on stable.. and go and sit somewhere and talk.. have food etc.

It's a one of a kind group of people.... crazy how special that feeling is among those that are at the meeting.

But it is also a delicate balance.. to find the match of people.. so all can feel very, very relaxed! Imagine the trust...

But we are happy to share part of it... of the watches we can show. But as said 80% of the magic is not the show of watches. But the people who share their deep passion and stories.

[bullibeer]

Part 2…















And we have a NOS Omani… NEW OLD STOCK!!!! MINT MINT!!


















































































































































The condition of those watches… mind-blowing!!! And i missed about 30 % of them… to much watches.. to little time. And to much fun talking instead of shooting LOOL.
The light is so hard and unforgiving HARSH! In real life the watches where even sooooo much nicer!!!

[Kiwinz]

Thank You so much for posting this awesome Meeting with all these mind blowing Watches.

[perpetualman88]

Wow

[Alexus]

puhhh with the omani SD I almost had a heartattack :) thanks for sharing...

[datejust24]

amazing.

[lsavoldi]

Pure porn!!!!

[Pete17]

I'm speechless

Every year it just gets better.