[Leica] Rolex - was Doomed: Leica MP 0.58x

[joelct at singnet.com.sg (Joseph Low)]

            The Poljot is a pin lever watch ( ie less jewels ) but no less
efficient

             Joseph Low

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of
Didier Ludwig
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 19:44
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Rolex - was Doomed: Leica MP 0.58x

It's funny that cars and watches often come up when the topic is about
longevity and mechanical precision of cameras. So here my few pesos:

Watches:
I have a mechanical, russian made Poljot Aviator Chronograph ($150) that
has less than 1 sec/day tolerance, constantly, since years. That's
significantly better than the $15'000 IWC Portugieser a friend of mine has
to send back to the factory all 6 months because it runs off 5 min/day...

Cars:
I know a film producer that is driving a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 1 his
father had bought in 1956. The car has 850'000 km and still runs. My friend
has roughly calculated that the costs since 1956 (purchase of the new car,
all maintainings and repairs, including inflation) are significantly lower
than if they would have bought a new Volkswagen (Beetle and later
Golf/Rabbit) all five years.

:-D
Didier



>There is a common thread in the world of cars and watches - in that many
>cars install massed produced power trains and call them by their newly
>branded names whilst ETA the Swiss mass producer of watch movements supply
>easily more than 90% of so called mechanical and Swiss made watches of
>boutique houses
>( sic )


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