Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pateks and Leica
From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 09:51:49 -0700
References: <187.36e28ea.299fbe6f@aol.com>

Hi Seth,

Germany (like Japan) has always been able to produce hard working 
technically proficient people.

I collect IWC watches, which as you know are made in the German speaking 
part of Switzerland. The watch models I have been fortunate enough to 
acquire over the years mostly utilize their own in-house movements with 
technological firsts or complications. My enjoyment of them led me to 
look at Leica when I purchased my first SLR.

Lange is IWC's sister company and I have admired their masterpieces from 
afar (no Lange dealers outside of NYC in North America).

In my experience, camera people like watch people, are the salt of the 
earth and generally a pleasure to meet and get to know in spite of some 
of the silly spats that occasionally crop up at user groups. On those 
days, I view us as rather like the Adam's Family thanks to Ted Grant's 
family analogy.

Regards,

Greg


SthRosner@aol.com wrote:

>>--- "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> > Hi Seth,
>> > 
>> > Lange didn't just decide to close up the shop early
>> > one day and take a 
>> > long vacation.
>> > 
>> > The factory, equipment and lands were seized by the
>> > East German 
>> > government after the war.
>>
>
>Greg: yes, I knew that; it was just what I was talking about. What has been 
>most stunning is Lange's ability to recruit and train an entire new 
>generation of people to produce to a level of quality that matches any 
>watchmaking ever done (we'll probably start a thread arguing that 
>proposition).
>
>Would that Solms could do the same!
>
>Seth             LaK 9 
>
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