Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a forthcoming wedding for a bride who sales watches as a company rep. Her top of the range is the Blancpain 1735 which retails at 427,510 UKP (I make that around $684,000). I offered to swap the wedding photographs for a free watch but she wasn't too keen for some reason. Gerry Seth Rosner wrote: > Whoever wrote that we leicaholics tend to be enamored of fine wrist > watches, > fountain pens and other expensive, beautifully made things is right. I > have > just encountered a wonderful nut who bought and uses a Zeiss > Ultraphot, an > item of which I had never heard but about which Marc can surely inform > us - > cost apparently in high five figures. > > I think Greg has correctly identified Patek and Lange und Sohne at the > top > of the class, Breguet probably very close. > > Seth LaK 9 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica of watches > > > > Hi Mike, > > > > I would say Rolex is the true Leica of wristwatches from a hold it's > > value over time standpoint. From a quality standpoint Patek and Lange > > and Sohn for cases, IWC for SS, titanium, gold and platinum bracelets > > and the technical ability to work with titanium. Patek has long been > > recognized as the finest watch case maker of all time but in a relative > > short period of time (imho) Lange and Sohn have caught up with Patek. > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg > > > > Michael Chmilar wrote: > > > > >It would stand to reason that "the Leica of Watches" would > > >have to be owned by LVMH. > > > > > >That leaves: Zenith, TAG Heuer, Chaumet, Christian Dior, > > >Ebel, Fred Joaillier. > > > > > >IWC, JLC, Lange, Cartier, Vacheron, Panerai are owned by the > > >Richemont Group. > > > > > >Blancpain, Breguet, Longines, Omega are Swatches in disguise. > > > > > > > > >later, > > >Mike > > > > > >-- > > >To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com +44 23 8046 3076 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html