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Pacific Northwest Regional 2025 [message #19288] Sat, 15 February 2025 18:05 Go to next message
Gary is currently offline  Gary
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The 2025 Pacific Northwest Regional is on the horizon. A free taco bar, banquet, massive free table event and a $500 mart drawing await you. Our previous regional event in 2024, we had a master brewer from Bainbridge Island sneak a large cooler of special IPA and lager beers into the mart for us to try. We had a Gruen exhibit with some rare advertisements that were never seen in the wild.

The Monarch Hotel has some of the best restaurants in the Clackamas/Portland area. A 1920 themed speakeasy "The Underground" is something to see. Our Gruen timepieces would bode well here!

We had some Gruen enthusiasts show up and we all had a good time. Please join us if you get the chance. Folks always comment saying this show is one of the best in the country.

Download the registration form here. And checkout last years photos here.

See you there!
Gary
 

[Updated on: Sat, 15 February 2025 21:35]

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Re: Pacific Northwest Regional 2025 [message #19487 is a reply to message #19288] Thu, 22 May 2025 21:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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We had one heck of good show! We sold out of tables @132, second year in a row for doing that. We had over 200 people from the public turn out on Saturday. A mad house for us in registration.

The Hotel, soon to be the Hilton Garden Inn...there goes the good prices...

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The Mart

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Re: Pacific Northwest Regional 2025 [message #19488 is a reply to message #19487] Thu, 22 May 2025 21:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Watches

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Clocks

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Re: Pacific Northwest Regional 2025 [message #19489 is a reply to message #19488] Thu, 22 May 2025 21:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Best of all though are the people!

Gary and his advertisement clock

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Red cap Roy helping a vendor with load out, not just just your average pallet of clocks or big machinery. Red caps do it all!

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Re: Pacific Northwest Regional 2025 [message #19490 is a reply to message #19489] Thu, 22 May 2025 21:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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No shortage of Gruen watches.

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Re: Pacific Northwest Regional 2025 [message #19491 is a reply to message #19490] Thu, 22 May 2025 22:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Did you buy the pocket watch? Would like to see more of it.

All I know is based on hard work & writing by others. I can only aspire to augment this body of knowledge. If I am wrong it is because of my own failings. -me

"If I have seen farther it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." - Newton
Re: Pacific Northwest Regional 2025 [message #19492 is a reply to message #19491] Fri, 23 May 2025 04:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jenneke is currently offline  Jenneke
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Its looking great!

Do you see a shift in the visiters? In the pictures still looking mainly male and grey. In the Dutch watchfair we see a growing amount of women and young people.


You can only waste time if you forget to enjoy it - Loesje
Re: Pacific Northwest Regional 2025 [message #19493 is a reply to message #19492] Fri, 23 May 2025 12:30 Go to previous message
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Haven't seen much change in the average age from then to now honestly. We've been male and grey since 1957, as seen in this national convention photo.

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