Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I sent this to some friends who are watch collectors. Here are responses from two of them: > This one looks generally cheap, and I can't say I've ever seen a > railroad grade pocketwatch with a picture of a little > train on it. That's as bad as the so-called military watches that > say "military" on them. > > People who buy PW's generally buy the movement first and case second; > I'd be curious to see what's inside. 17 jewels is kind of a lot > for a PW that's that old. > > Dial looks like "Leica" was printed on it much later. Case looks like > crap but doesn't mean much, but an authentic crappy case that old > should have some wear. This doesn't. That almost proves it's a modern > fake. - ---------- > Hard to say what it is. some sort of railroad style watch, sort of a > cheap swiss knockoff of a real railroad watch. halfway between a novelty > watch and a railroad watch is my guess, but I'd like a look at the > movement before passing judgment. "leica" may be original to the dial > or added. All I can say for certain is that that it is not a railroad > watch, and the fact that it is pretending to be one makes me very > suspicious that it is a fake. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html