Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert G. Stevens wrote: > My Dad still wears a Rolex that he got when my granfather died in the > 1950's. Its not fancy, just a stainless Oyster perpetual, but it has > worked fine for my dad for at least 45 years of daily wear. Watches are jewelry for men. I wouldn't want to wear the same jewelry for 45 years, just as I'd like to wear different clothes, 45 years from now. Accurate time can be had for $5, and designs are fashion-dependent. My Raymond Weill is a little off. Not enough to get it tuned, though, so I sync it every other day to a $5 piece of Taiwanese junk on a battery.... But the RW looks better. Bernard