Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Last October Antiquorum (New York and Swiss-based auction company specializing in timepieces) sold for me an Omega Speedmaster 125 chronometer-chronograph, the 2000 piece ltd production watch made to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Omega, LNIB with all papers, warranty, IB, orig sales invoice, that a very close friend, who had bought it new in Lausanne in 1976 gave me 15 years ago. I never wore it (an intensely heavy, bulky piece). Fetched $4,000. which I thought astonishing in a very difficult economy. Net of seller's commission and charge for photo for catalog, $3,400. A bit more and I could get a new M8.2 ;-) Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Lorenzo" <gregj_lorenzo@hotmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group LUG" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:53 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Too Busy? - Now OT Watches Rob, Here's a link to a number of articles written by Carlos Perez when he actively doing this at Timezone.com: http://www.timezone.com/library/cjrml I haven't been too active their in several years. Lots of Omega and other interesting watch ruminations in several articles. Greg Lorenzo Calgary, Canada> From: rmcclure2@woh.rr.com> To: lug@leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Too Busy? - Now OT Watches> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:18:02 -0500> > Greg,> > Great link. Every watch on that page is special. Would love to have > them all but the only one I currently have ia an Omega Speedmaster Pro > "Moon Watch" lovingly given to me by my wife for our 30th > anniversary. Prized even more than my Leica for obvious reasons. The > > IWC Mark XI has the cleanest, easiest to read dial IMHO -- would be > nice complement to Speedy -- 35th anniversary maybe?> > Rob> > > On Jan 21, 2009, at 9:55 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote:> > >> > Jeff,> >> > Not my cup of tea. I prefer the IWC Mark XI, discussed here:> >> > http://www.timezone.com/library/cjrml/cjrml0027> >> >> > Greg Lorenzo> > Calgary, Canada> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:47:20 -0500> From: jbm@jbm.org > > > To: lug@leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Too Busy?> > > > 2009-01-21-16:04:03 Mark Rabiner:> > The whole point of the picture > > is its busyness.> > Its what makes it what it is.> > Yeah. For > > instance... I mostly only like really simple, bold, legible,> > > cleanly designed watch faces. When they get a little more > > complicated> than that, I usually don't like them much. But there's > > an example which> comes to mind of a watch face which is SO over-the- > > top busy that its> complexity just ends up (to my eye) turning into > > an intriguing and> intricate pattern. To my surprise, I really kind > > of like it:> > http://www.sinn.de/onlineshopPRO/zoom-pics/900.JPG> > http://www.sinn.de/onlineshopPRO/TEMPLATE/index-ka.php?id=900.010 > > > > -Jeff> > _______________________________________________> Leica > > Users Group.> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > > more information> > _________________________________________________________________> > Windows Live?: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect.> > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_012009> > _______________________________________________> > Leica Users Group.> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information> > > _______________________________________________> Leica Users Group.> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? Hotmail??more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.12/1909 - Release Date: 1/22/2009 7:08 AM