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Subject: [Leica] OT: modern pocket watch?
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun Oct 12 20:33:46 2008
References: <F84211BAB10A70A68497139E@hindolveston.reid.org>, <20081013014119.JQXN4226.eastrmmtao106.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> <48F2767A.1169.90157F@leica.rcmckee.com> <BLU115-W40233EE22CBEAE8C1006AA82360@phx.gbl>

Greg,

They just had a big spread in Forbes.  The prices are not for the faint of 
heart.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Lorenzo" <gregj_lorenzo@hotmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 10:28 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: modern pocket watch?



> I can't understand who would want a mechanical watch. I spend a> fair sum 
> having my wife's Rolex cleaned and calibrated from time> to time.

I suspect that your wife's Rolex is in fact an automatic unless it was made 
prior to IWC developing the self-winding watch in the early 1950's.

For an example of a current true mechanical watch see here: 
http://www.alange-soehne.com/en/watches/lange_1.php

The attraction to a fine time piece is something that either you 'get' or 
you don't.

Greg Lorenzo
Calgary, Canada


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