Tag: BAsel

Basel Through a Telescope, Part 2

Published by the #watchnerd on March 12, 2012

Yet again, the #watchnerd has failed to make it to the halls of BaselWorld. And is therefore forced to observe from a distance. Last year, I was in Finland. This year, North London, and unsurprisingly, it was Rolex that first grabbed the headlines. Having teased its customers with a new…

Basel Through a Telescope, Part 1

Published by the #watchnerd on March 12, 2012

Some of you may recall that I managed to miss last year’s BaselWorld (I was off trying to capture the Northern Lights in the Lappish Arctic Circle). Never a man to learn from his mistakes, I almost completely failed to reach Switzerland this year as well. I say “almost completely”…