Photo Recap: WatchTime Collectors' Event at South Coast Plaza
Last Friday, WatchTime returned to South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California for the fifth edition of the annual collectors’ event, welcoming almost 400 collectors from all over the West Coast. The evening included exclusive watchmaking events and opportunities to see and handle some of the latest releases from the participating brands (some of them for the very first time in the U.S.) and speak firsthand with brand representatives and members of the WatchTime team. Needless to say, the collectors also brought along some truly astonishing pieces for the evening.
Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150 M
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Patek Philippe Cubitus
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph
WatchTimeThis year's partners were A. Lange & Söhne, Audemars Piguet, Breitling, Bucherer, Chopard, Hublot, Omega, Piaget, Porsche Design, and Vacheron Constantin. Later in the evening guests were entered in a raffle to win one of the many prizes, like a rare coffee table book from Omega, a watchmaking experience with Vacheron Constantin, Porsche Design sunglasses, and South Coast Plaza gift cards. In addition, Mitch Katz (author of Time On My Hands) was present to sign copies of his book detailing his 25-year watch-collecting journey. Check out our full photo recap of the wonderful evening below (and to learn about our next collectors’ event, sign up for the WatchTime newsletter), and thank you again to our partner South Coast Plaza, the participating brands and the enthusiasts and collectors who joined us that night!
Steven Rostovsky and Mitch Katz
WatchTimeSouth Coast Plaza is home to more than 280 boutiques and critically acclaimed restaurants, making it not only the largest shopping destination on the West Coast (and the 4th largest in the United States), but also the one with the highest concentration of design fashion retail. South Coast Plaza has also become the center of a vibrant business, arts and residential district that includes the adjacent Segerstrom Center for the Arts and the new Orange County Museum of Art. With its proximity to beaches and John Wayne Airport, customized concierge services, and collection of top retailers — from Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Hermès, Cartier and Harry Winston to Saint Laurent, The Webster, Dior, Balenciaga, Celine — South Coast Plaza has about 2.8 million square feet of shopping space. For watch enthusiasts, South Coast Plaza is home to brand boutiques from A. Lange & Söhne, Audemars Piguet, Breitling, Bulgari, Cartier, Chopard, Hublot, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Louis Vuitton, Montblanc, Omega, Panerai, Patek Philippe, Piaget, Porsche Design, Rolex, Bucherer, TAG Heuer, Vacheron Constantin and Van Cleef & Arpels.
To learn more, visit South Coast Plaza, here.
