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Subject: [Leica] OT: Black Leica, black Rolex
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:52:55 +0530
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Joseph,
For that sort of money, really distinctive watches like a Lange 1 or a
Portuguese Chrono Automatic swim into view. Why Rolex? Rolex are fine
watches but sort of overpriced for what they offer, very similar to
Montblanc!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Joseph Yao <joseph at yao.com> wrote:
> Slightly off topic.....
>
> Many many moons ago, before the introduction of the Millennium and LHSA
> black paint M6TTL and the current black paint MP, I had to satisfy my black
> paint Leica lust by asking Shintaro and the like to paint my cameras.
>
> I had always wanted a black Rolex to match my black paint Leica cameras. 
> ?Of
> course none is offered by Rolex.
>
> Again, a 3rd party specialist came to rescue:
>
> http://www.discoverprohunter.com/
>
> My Pro-Hunter Double Red DeepSea arrived today - absolutely beautiful! ?The
> finish goes really well with that of the M9:
>
> http://www.discoverprohunter.com/collection/DeepSea/01.shtml
>
> The black finish disguises the bulk of the watch very well.
>
> To round off the dream a carbon black Ferrari 458 will do nicely, but I am
> afraid that will remain just a dream.....
>
> Joseph
>
>
>
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