Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul wrote: <It's a watch. No, not just a watch - it's a WATCH. It's a watch that looks down on Rolex watches from an Olympian height, with the same detachment that Leica users have when discussing the (ahem) merits of Nikon lenses. It's a watch that watches the posturing of other watches with a faint air of amusement. In the words of Homer Simpson, "Mmmmmm, a waaaatch".> I'm sorry here, but unless it is an "official" railway watch, then it just isn't a watch<G> Now really, the best watches go in a pocket, but in a pinch, a Mondaine Swiss Railway watch will fill in nicely on the wrist. Sorry, had to get that plug in. The Mondaine is my favorite watch. Okay, okay, I'm a railroad "fanatic" and like having an "official" railway watch. The Mondaine is much more sedate and understated than the Seiko railway watch it replaced. Yes, Seiko and Pulsar still make "regulation" railway watches. Wrist only, but they do conform to U.S. railway "standards." I consider the Mondaine to be the watch equivalent of my Leica, beautiful, unassuming, and a true precision instrument. Eric Platt