Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Must be about an Omega clone watch :-P Op 25-mrt-06, om 19:38 heeft Steve Unsworth het volgende geschreven: > Every so often a post comes along that I have to read two or three > times > before I grasp what it's saying. This was one of them ;-) > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Jeff Moore > Sent: 25 March 2006 18:34 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Horology > > Yep, funny y'all should mention that right now. Just a few days ago, > after a few years of admiring them from afar, I treated myself to a > shiny new IWC UTC (with the "classic" face). I saw that the only UTC > model now entering the retail pipelines was the newfangled, ugly, > tarted-up "Spitfire" flavor, and I figured I should get one of the > clean-looking ones while the getting was good. I learned my lesson > from the One True Portofino Face I Love, which became completely > unavailable, new or used, while I was making up my mind. > > I am astonished at their ability to make a curved synthetic-sapphire > crystal like that with no visible optical distortions. And optically > coated to reduce reflections, too -- although one wonders if the > coating on the outside is just waiting to get scratched, thus reducing > the utility of the super-hard material. > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.1/292 - Release Date: > 24/03/2006 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >