[Leica] Leica is officially a jewellery company

[Christopher Crawford]

Problem with that is that none of the non-wealthy that those watch buyers want to impress have ever heard of Leica. If that was my reason to buy a watch, I'd just get a Rolex. If I didn't care about impressing anyone and just wanted a high end watch for personal enjoyment, I'd get an Omega, a Grand Seiko, or (If I were really wealthy) a Patek Philippe. The Leica watch holds no appeal to me.

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On 4/27/23, 11:44 PM, "LUG on behalf of Frank Filippone via LUG" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

    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
    BMWRed735i at Gmail.com
    
    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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