Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I have a Rolex GMT Master that i got before I went into the Navy in > 1970. I have worn it virtually continuously since then. It has even > gone 20,000 leagues under the sea - or darn close to it. I'm on the > 2nd stainless steel band but I'm keeping two pieces of lockwire - one > from my old boat and one from my son's new one which will take it's > place late this year. > > I used to have it cleaned regularly but then a Rolex specialist I met > said "if it's keeping good time, consistent time, don't mess with it." > So I haven't. I'll probably have to send it in because the crystal is > getting really scratched and it's time-keeping is starting to change. > > I know that for me there is "analog time" and "digital time". If I > look at my watch and have a time I need to meet I have a much more > accurate idea of the meaning of the time interval than if I look at a > digital timepiece. No idea why. > > Adam because it,s mechanism rotates like the earth itself perhaps? best regards simon jessurun