Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand, If I pay a lot of money for something, it damned well better be good. I?m sure the Leica watch is well made, but Rolexes and Grand Seikos are almost certainly better and have the advantage of being both less expensive and being brands most people recognize as quality watch brands. I get what you?re saying about price and quality. If someone is spending thousands on a watch, they?re wasting money if quality is the main concern. A $200 Seiko or Citizen quartz watch is more accurate than a mechanical watch costing thousands, and Seiko and Citizen make reliable watches. I have a Seiko quartz chronograph that I have had for 25 yrs that still works perfectly. People buy expensive watches for prestige; to show off that they can afford to do so. I think the Leica watch is a bad buy on that basis since the brand is not well known outside of the photo world. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Like My Work on Facebook On 6/14/18, 11:41 PM, "LUG on behalf of Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote: >Chris, >Not particularly crazy - in effect Rolex is the best mass manufactured >watch in the world, with exceptional quality control and reliability. The >precision engineered and exquisitely finished Grand Seiko are even better >than Rolex in quality, but at a lower price point, but will you pay $5000 >or more for a Seiko? We really should stop confusing quality with price - >the latter is all due to branding. > >Leica is just indulging in brand extensions at a price which they feel >that >the brand can bear - a sensible business approach that is definitely worth >a try. I expect them to expand the offerings if they feel that the >experiment is a success. > >Cheers >Jayanand > > > >On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 5:13 AM, Christopher Crawford < >chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > >> The crazy thing is, the Rolex probably costs less than the Leica watch! >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Like My Work on Facebook >> >> >> >> On 6/14/18, 5:01 PM, "LUG on behalf of Douglas Barry" >> <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of >> imra at iol.ie> wrote: >> >> >Interesting move by Leica, and I would take one as a present. However, >> >I'll stick with my principal watch - a Rolex GMT Master ll - for every >> >day, bar when I go for my daily sea swim, as I wear my cheap ?6.99 >> >watch which I got in the Lidl supermarket. It keeps going despite being >> >dunked in the Irish Sea in all conditions. Today, I cycled down to >> >Seapoint to discover the lifeguards had put up the red flags meaning no >> >swimming, but, as I swim in much worse conditions over the winter when >> >there are no lifeguards around, I went in. My Lidl watch was still >> >working when I got out. >> > >> >Douglas >> > >> > >> >On 14/06/2018 16:33, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: >> >> Too big and thick for my slender, tiny wrists, but it should suit >>most >> >>of >> >> this group: >> >> >> >> >> >>https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/leica-watch-l1-l2- >> introducing?mc_cid=94 >> >>3836b06a&mc_eid=9550cd1912 >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Jayanand >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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