Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Given the interest mechanical watches generate on this group, is it perhaps time to start a dedicated mechanical watch list for Leica owners? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, 13 October, 2008 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: modern pocket watch? > Ah, you are on the Leica users group. > > For me, it is purely emotional, and personal. I wanted something that a > craftsman felt proud to have assembled, from a company that is passionate > about their goods, and yes, mechanical, regardless of technological > limitations. > I wear my IWC Portuguese Chronograph Automatic all the time, to classes, > when I'm grocery shopping, everywhere. In fact, it is the best way to > keep it running smoothly. > I doubt that most people around me would even know what it is. Maybe that > is more an indication of the company that I keep. :-) > > I check it against my computer time, and it does okay, actually, pretty > good for time accuracy. If I wanted absolute time accuracy, I'd get an > electronic one. > And it cost me more than a Noctilux at the time. In my current line of > thinking, the IWC would need to be pried from my hands after rigor mortis > sets in. I don't feel that way about much of my cameras. Well, maybe > that KE-7a that I bought last year :-) > > ...Vick > > > > > Ken Carney wrote: >> I can't understand who would want a mechanical watch. .... >> >> Ken >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >