[Leica] OT: modern pocket watch?

[shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)]

yes, i blame you luggers for getting me hooked on the omega
(or omEEEga as daniel craig says) speedmaster day-date automatic.  
it's a magnificent thing, even though the crome hands and satin face 
make it hard for these old eyes to focus on.

of course, as i write this, mine 
has stopped since i often don't wear a watch all weekend, and 
have to reset it for monday. but does the inconvenience contribute
to the singularity of its charm? (and the fact that it's a day/date means
you have to wind the hands through every minute and hour to get the days 
of the week right, with fingertips blue-tinged from fountain pen ink).

-rei

On Oct12 21:28, Greg Lorenzo wrote:
> 
> > 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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Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey