SilkAndBoots: A Time Worthy Event

A few weeks back now, me and my boyfriend went down to London, to visit the SalonQP event at the Saatchi Gallery. We stayed at the Plaza Hotel on Vauxhall Road and had a lovely suite with views of some very pretty houses. With Leighs work commitments we arrived later than expected and therefor had to get our glad rags on rather quickly!

I wore a black body con dress from Next (696-483), black stilettos also from Next (699-461), and this gorgeous watch that Leigh brought me especially for the event!

The event was every bit as glamorous as I had imagined! With the brights lights lighting up the walk way to the event, to the awaiting photographers as we entered the building! Champagne in one hand and a goodie bag in the other it was time to explore the much anticipated watch event of the year.

The galleries were full with beautiful different time keeping pieces, from watches to pocket watches, to clocks of all sizes imaginable! A wide selection of brands were on hand to showcase their impressive latest designs, from the likes of Jaeger-LeCoultre, Tag Heuer, Hermes, Chopard, Mont Blanc and Cartier to name but a few. We were treated to not only seeing next years collections from the brands but also a few watch makers building movements and showing the amount of skill and precision required to build the beautiful works of art.

We were lucky enough to get up close and see the fantastic MB&F machine, it was amazing and for me shows real experimentation and a real talk point. I just need to mortgage the house now to get one!

The best display of the evening undoubtedly went to Hermes. They had intricate displays which included scenes from Paris, London and even King Kongs hand. The watches themselves were very delicate and small compared to others on the night, but the elegance of each piece within the scene was simply breath taking!