. . . last week at the invitation of Frank Müller to commemorate the opening of the German Watch Museum on May 22nd and the attendant SAECULUM Glashütte Original Music Festival Award ceremony on the 23rd. Remember Brando's great line from 'The Godfather'? "Make them an offer they can't refuse." Well, there was no way I could turn down this invitation, so I marched into my boss's office and asked him for permission to take two weeks off during our busiest season, which he promptly (and surprisingl...

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Our hosts were Dr Frank Muller and David Ponzo of SWATCH Group. The location was Long Beach (Seafood) Restaurant @ Dempsey; the former British Army camp. The guests were watch-friends of Glashuette Original:   Customers, Moderators from three horology websites and Journalists from TimeWerke magazine in Singapore. There was little notice: got a telephone call on Friday afternoon saying Dr Muller was in town and we all turned up the next evening. It had been a sweltering, tropical d...

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