PMWFerence CHI08

PMWFerence
Chicago, July 25/26 2008

I have collected the pictures and texts from anjizkit (Anjan), Chris L, Hector, MCV (Marc), noah1591, P12 (Paul), TAL (Jeff) on this page.

You will find the pictures from Anjan, Chris, Hector and Paul below

Pictures from Jittery Jim and more PMWFers are at this PMWF Gallery
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Thank you Sittinduk for a stunning T-Shirt design!

Jeff/TAL summarized the event in words:

I'm not going to post pics because at this point my amateurish shots wouldn't add much to the record. There are a LOT of great shots already up, and more to come, I'm sure.

But I would like to thank all our sponsors this year - Mark II - Bill Yao , Debaufre , Noah Fuller, Red12 Straps (OldSkool), ModenaWatch - as well as people who stepped up and donated prizes, like Kelly Rayburn, Bill Agnagnos, Sittinduk and many others.

A special thanks goes out to Paul Gruodis, who did a brilliant job of engineering the events for the weekend. Not only was everything fun to do, but it was all easy to find and one place always seemed relatively close to the next place.

I'd also like to thank Jittery Jim (who, ironically, is on decaf now Laughing out loud! ), who helped me considerably with planning, and was a capable navigator, keeping me from making several boneheaded moves that probably would have landed us in Iowa. He's also a great guy to hoist a brewskie with, making the weekend a little less stressful overall. Smiley

And to everyone who stepped up to help guide us out-of-towners through the streets of Chicago - like Marc Vernon, Rima, and Ray - thank you! You guys demonstrate why Midwesterners have a reputation for friendliness. Smiley Smiley

All in all, I thought the weekend was one heckuva great time. The only people that matter are here on PMWF related post ! Cheers!

Jeff

Marc aka MCV also reviewed the event:

Okay, after 2-1/2 years on this excellent forum, I survived my first PMWF related post conference, PMWFerence Chicago 2008 A good time was had by all and it was great meeting friends, both old and new.

Thanks to all:

Paul - for his organizational efforts on all aspects of the event

Jeff - for all his hard work and for having the courage to talk to the salespeople and try on super expensive watches!

Jim - for all his hard work and for being another enthusiastic organizer, although I’m still sore at him for winning ‘the watch’

Bill - for his enthusiasm and being the only guy I know who can wear a HUGE watch and make it look ‘normal’ Smiley

Dustin - for participating and having some nice pieces to show

Anjin - for being the first person from the conference that I met Friday afternoon when I spotted his awesome BREITLING

Zack and Kate - for participating and showing some cool straps

Rema - for delurking and having so much enthusiasm for expanding her collection

Chris - for taking great pics and getting to see the ‘mystery watch’ in person

Tom - for being a goofball, nice head tatoo, DUDE!

Noah - for his enthusiasm for our group and for his most ambitious watch plans – good luck with all that! They look great!

John - for his class and great commentary throughout the weekend

Hector - for showing up for the dinner and finally being able to see my ORIS

Larry - for handling the pizza reservations for our hungry group and for sporting a nifty SEIKO

Ray - for being low key and great guy to talk to

Gus - for delurking and showing some great pieces and for having an interesting life story to tell (you meet the coolest people at these meets!)

And Jasmine - for being a very classy person and such a good sport despite the unfortunate incident. It was a pleasure having you be part of our group!

Cheers,

-Marc

Pictures from the CHI08 PMWFerence

Anjan's impressions

ChrisL's impressions

Hector's impressions

Noah's impressions

Paul's impressions