Watches, Art and Cars

[HK Islandboy]

I had an enjoyable couple of hours on Saturday, visiting the AP Lounge at Art Basel Hong Kong, viewing some fabulous pieces at this enormous event and then briefly dropping by the Automall to view some of the great cars they have on offer.

I made full use of being out without the kids! All in all, it was a fun afternoon.

The AP lounge had a collection of ROOs through the years - unfortunately the contrast was too much for my iPhone ‘s little sensor, so I couldn’t get any useable photos.




There were also a number of the new ROOs on display - the LE tourbillons look much better in real life than in photos. They are amazingly three-dimensional.





I’m no fonder of the ROO Combat, now that I have seen it.



The ROO 25 (the reissued Beast) has a far more luminous dial than the original - particularly with 25 yrs of patina - and I actually liked it much less than the museum pieces I’ve seen of this reference.








This was the perfect opportunity to give my 15400or some wrist time.





Not from Art Basel, but this piece was on display at AP House - it is a rotating magnetic disk with watch parts sticking to it





I admit to being mystified by the “this is not a bag” gift bag



...a couple of shots of some of the art on display









...and finally, a small taste of the selection of cars on offer at the nearby Automall