[Leica] Leica is officially a jewellery company

[Frank Filippone]

I believe fancy expensive MENs watches are primarily sold to those that want to show their power or wealth.  It is an example of male dominance.

Yes, they will sell a ton.... because no one else has one..... exclusivity.

If you want an accurate timepiece, use your phone, accurate to the local national time standard.  .  But you will not impress anyone.

Wear a .... name the fancy brand..... and you get street credibility.

Those around you know you have arrived.

How nice it is to be well retired form this kind of thinking.....

BTW, for those that have forgotten, or never knew, the Portugal operation of Leicas was bought as a working watch making operation.  The thought was 
that the employees were already experienced with working tiny tolerances. They would more easily be re-trained to work on cameras.


Frank Filippone
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On 4/27/2023 4:36 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> This has been around for years. Not unlike large swathes of their product
> line, the watches are ridiculously overpriced for what they offer. There
> are brands, like Montblanc, for example, whose brand expansion into watches
> has been a success - their watches offer far more value for their price
> than their pens do - this was achieved by taking over a storied and
> respected Swiss manufacturer, Minerva. Leica have just extended these
> overpriced fripperies by subcontracting (to Lehmann Präzision), targeting
> the same nouveau riche wannabe purchasers that Rolex does - but that is
> frighteningly formidable competition. I doubt they sell too many - IMHO,
> only the clueless will buy Leica watches at US$14k, when they can buy an
> IWC, Grand Seiko, JLC Reverso or Cartier Tank for half the price - and even
> a Rolex (!) for less!
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 1:50 AM Nathan Wajsman<photo at frozenlight.eu>  wrote:
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>> I wonder if it takes good pictures:
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>> https://leica-camera.com/es-ES/World-of-Leica/Leica-Watch?utm_source=CRM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=&utm_term=https%3A//leica-camera.com/leica-watch.#monochrom
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> photo at frozenlight.eu
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>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
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>> Слава Україні! Героям слава!
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