Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/15/00 9:35:07 AM, howard.390@osu.edu writes: >I'm with Matt on this: I have a Swatch mechanical automatic watch, one >of >the metal ones. (Yeah, go ahead watch snobs, poo poo it all you like.) > It >gains about five minutes every month and perhaps once every six weeks I >reset it to something more in line with the rest of the planet. But my >philosophy is that if you need timekeeping that is accurate to two seconds >every month in your everyday life, you're better off getting major surgury >to remove your head from your ass before spending the money on another >watch... > Boy, let me just say I disagree. I expect only one thing from a watch -- to be able to look at it and know what time it is. Any watch that fails to perform this basic task is a piece of junk -- no matter what it costs . . . Bob (wears a Seiko quartz) McEowen