[Leica] OT: modern pocket watch?

[frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)]

I have a Marine Militare watch based on the pocket watch movement. It is 
vast and heavy, I wear it very rarely!
Frank


--- On Thu, 16/10/08, Dante Stella <dstella1@ameritech.net> wrote:

> From: Dante Stella <dstella1@ameritech.net>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: modern pocket watch?
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Thursday, 16 October, 2008, 1:26 AM
> Early 2000s Omega Seamaster 120 automatic, Model 2501.21,
> stainless,  
> white face with silver skeleton hands and simple
> luminous-tipped  
> silver baton markers.  This was the very last of the dress 
> 
> Seamasters.  They're just gorgeous (and thin).
> 
> http://www.1watches.com/images/omega/o036.jpg
> 
> I don't know how I feel about where Seamasters went
> after this model -  
> now they all want to be chunky sport watches with fat
> arrowhead hands  
> and clear backs (hmm... like Chinese knockoffs of Rolexes).
>  Rolex has  
> that chunky market cornered.
> 
> The only Omegas that come close (looks-wise) to the 2501
> now are in  
> the DeVille line, which I think is a little too old-man for
> me at this  
> point.  And co-axial escapements, no matter how accurate or
>  
> maintenance-free they are, are really aimed at eliminating
> hand  
> finishing of watch parts - probably the only real reason I
> would drop  
> $2K+ on a watch.
> 
> I say, if you want a completely machine-made ETA watch, get
> a Swatch  
> Irony Automatic for $100.  The Noir de Noir is a dead
> ringer for its  
> more expensive corporate (well, Swatch Group) cousins the
> Hamilton  
> Jazzmaster Viewmatic and the Seamaster Aquaterra Coaxial.
> 
> I would love to find a Panerai Luminor Marina, but having
> just gotten  
> through paying for a wedding, that might be a few years
> off.  And to  
> bring things full-circle, that runs on a pocket watch
> mechanism.
> 
> Dante
> 
> NO ARCHIVE
> 
> On Oct 14, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Greg Lorenzo wrote:
> 
> >
> > Frank.Dernie writes in part:> It gives me great
> pleasure that one  
> > can still buy a mechanical watch > despite more
> accuracy being  
> > available for pennies electronically!
> >
> > Hi Frank,
> >
> > Me too. I've even converted my Casio Digital
> wearing business  
> > partner to an automatic.
> >
> > What watch are you wearing?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Greg
> >
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