Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joseph is, as always, quite right on the subject of watches though. Mind you there are plenty of products which manage to sell at prices well over their quality due to effective marketing. The best value for money movements I have seen (from this engineers perspective) are the Glashutte originals, of which I knew nothing before Joseph showed me... Frank D. On 27 Jan, 2010, at 17:11, J. Newell wrote: > To borrow a phrase from a younger generation, I *totally* dare you to go > to a gathering of Rolex devotees and make the statement snipped below. If > you do, make sure your life insurance is paid up first. > > This whole thread is somewhat amusing. Nowhere else do people refer to > Rolexes as downmarket beaters. ;-) > > Best, > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph Yao" <joseph at yao.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 11:58:11 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Black Leica, black Rolex > > In absolute terms among watch connoisseur, Rolex is a low to mid-price > brand, in the same league as Omega, perhaps just a touch above TAG-Heuer. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information