Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, the new Swatch-owned Hamilton line is interesting, too. I picked up a watch about a year ago with a 25j ETA automatic movement, excellent adjustment, simple but nice face, with a curved sapphire crystal for around US $400. Very nice watch. Runs like a well-adjusted IIIf BD (non-obligatory Leica content... :-) ) Will On Mar 25, 2006, at 11:33 AM, Jeff Moore wrote: > Yep, funny y'all should mention that right now. Just a few days ago, > after a few years of admiring them from afar, I treated myself to a > shiny new IWC UTC (with the "classic" face). I saw that the only UTC > model now entering the retail pipelines was the newfangled, ugly, > tarted-up "Spitfire" flavor, and I figured I should get one of the > clean-looking ones while the getting was good. I learned my lesson > from the One True Portofino Face I Love, which became completely > unavailable, new or used, while I was making up my mind. > > I am astonished at their ability to make a curved synthetic-sapphire > crystal like that with no visible optical distortions. And optically > coated to reduce reflections, too -- although one wonders if the > coating on the outside is just waiting to get scratched, thus reducing > the utility of the super-hard material. > > [I figure I just made one actual on-topic post, so I can make my usual > five meandering ones now.] > > -Jeff M. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information