Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]rei, i swoped my 'moon' watch for the day/date model because of size. great watch until it needs to be reset, trying to remember all the steps takes the better part of the morning :-> Jeweler had given me the wrong box and as such, wrong instructions. Seems mine went to someone else and they never returned it. Now my M7 is much easier to pick up without the manual..... also have friends that can't understand why i would have watches that require winding like my daytona, or even those that run out of steam after a day or so. think they write it off to me being an old fart. possibly right. Bill - -----Original Message----- From: Rei Shinozuka Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 6:05 AM the speedmaster automatics are also quite a bit smaller (which is to read normal size) and some models offer day and day/date. mine is a chrome face and steel band--i really wanted a leather band but apparently those are not sold on the day/date speedmaster in the USA. recently, one of my 20-something employees had read something about "watches that never needed batteries because they wound themselves by motion" and he refused to believe that they had once been prevalent and that i had had such a "novel" device as a child way back in the 60's. - -rei On Mar04 13:42, Leicajay@aol.com wrote: > On Mar04 12:42, Rob McClure wrote: > > I am trimming down my collection (and raising money for an Omega > > Speedmaster). > > The ultimate Speedmaster (unless you're into the MKIII) is the *manual* wind with the Hesalite (acrylic) crystal, engraved "First Watch Worn On The Moon". It's the M2 of Speedmasters although it's still in current production. They also make an automatic version with a saphire crystal, a wannabe copy. Sort of the MP of Speedmasters. I'm an Omega collector too ;>) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html