Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/29

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Subject: Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide advice orsites that
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Tue May 29 13:17:30 2007
References: <20070528180139.EHDO1673.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@smtp1.sympatico.ca> <027501c7a156$54d3e220$6401a8c0@xyw> <0c2c859297496345cf7cc3c01e8730c2@woh.rr.com> <BF45E7FA-D2EF-4662-A4EE-B7CCD1D046A8@pandora.be> <465B547D.20205@san.rr.com>

Didn't know that these were still cherished as WWII relics, that's all.
Philippe



Op 29-mei-07, om 00:15 heeft Jerry Lehrer het volgende geschreven:

> Phil,
>
> So does Leica, Rolleiflex, Porsche, BMW, and Walther.  As does  
> Nikon and Mitsubishi.  So what?
>
> Jerry
>
>
> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>> BTW, Tutima has a bit of a WWII past...
>>
>>
>>
>> Op 28-mei-07, om 21:44 heeft Rob McClure het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> One must be very careful buying new watches on the internet.   
>>> Most quality manufacturers won't permit their authorized dealers  
>>> to sell directly over the net.  As a result the watches sold by  
>>> online sellers like world of watches, amazon.com dealers,  
>>> overstock.com, etc. are gray market.  This means they were  
>>> obtained through backdoor deals in foreign countries from  
>>> dealers, distributors and who-know-who...   Sometimes the watches  
>>> are "Frankenwatches", made from different components or are  
>>> factory returns.  Some sellers grind off the serial number so the  
>>> origin may not be traced.  Usually these gray market watches  
>>> carry an "international warranty" which is only honored by the  
>>> seller or some other third party.  Some manufactures will not  
>>> work on gray market watches.  Ebay is even scarier.  One of the  
>>> Omega newsgroups monitors the Omega auctions and finds up to  
>>> Omegas being sold are fakes.  I am sure other quality brands have  
>>> the same issue.  Be careful out there!
>>>
>>> Rob McClure
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 28, 2007, at 2:30 PM, A. Lal wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here's a price list from an unlikely source:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.overstock.com/search? 
>>>> keywords=iwc&resultsPerPage=100&taxonomy=sto4
>>>>
>>>> Not sure if the warranty will apply if you buy from them, but  
>>>> you may want to use this as a guide when negotiating with an  
>>>> authorised dealer.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>
>>>> To: <Thinkofcole@aol.com>; <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>> Cc: <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>; <glehrer@san.rr.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, 28 May, 2007 2:01 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide  
>>>> advice orsites that
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to Bob and Jerry
>>>>>
>>>>> I just looked over the Tutima site - very nice.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have a distributor near you so that you can look at the  
>>>>> watches?
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no distributor in Canada, only the USA one.
>>>>>
>>>>> Vick
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Thinkofcole@aol.com
>>>>>> Date: 2007/05/28 Mon PM 01:42:55 EDT
>>>>>> To: lug@leica-users.org
>>>>>> CC: glehrer@san.rr.com,  vick.ko@sympatico.ca
>>>>>> Subject: Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide  
>>>>>> advice or sites that
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jerry, I, too, was just about to mention the Tutima for  
>>>>>> Vick...It's in the
>>>>>> same price and quality bracket as an IWC and some of the  
>>>>>> models look very much
>>>>>> like the IWC...Tutima also has some models around  
>>>>>> 36mm...Here's one from
>>>>>> Tutima's website...They say they never sell their stuff on the
>>>>>> Internet...regards, bob cole
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _http://www.tutima.de/_ (http://www.tutima.de/)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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In reply to: Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (vick.ko@sympatico.ca) (Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide advice or sites that)
Message from alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal) (Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide advice orsites that)
Message from rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com (Rob McClure) (Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide advice orsites that)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) (Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide advice orsites that)
Message from glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer) (Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide advice orsites that)