Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not a collector but I'm an Omega fan myself, but does anyone know why a leather strap for a Speedmaster has to cost 200 Euros and then only lasts about 2 years at the most?, And no one else seems to make one to fit (it's got curved ends), then I've got a gold Geneve where the winding (crown?) wheel fell off, I dread to hear what a repair might cost. Douglas Will von Dauster wrote: > Gruen fan myself, currently carrying a nicely restored 1923 Semi- > Thin. There is something therapeutic about winding a fine pocket > watch every morning. Mechanical watches, properly card for, are in a > way alive as long as, well, you are. Battery watches not so much. > > Does IWC still make their own calibres? Just curious. Very nice > watches regardless! > > Will > > On Mar 25, 2006, at 2:35 PM, GREG LORENZO wrote: > >> Confirmed IWC Nut here, with my favourites being my 1963 Ingenieur >> (with Cal. 8531) and my 125th Anniversary Edition with Cal. 8541, >> fluted lugs and gilded display back. >> >> IWC's Ingenieur with Cal. 8531 is every bit as classic Leica's IIIF >> or M3 are. >> >> Regards, >> >> Greg >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Will von Dauster <vondauster@earthlink.net> >> Date: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:47 am >> Subject: [Leica] Horology >> >>> NOT Ho-ology... >>> >>> On Mar 25, 2006, at 7:47 AM, Richard S. Taylor wrote: >>> >>>> The LUG has a curious demographic with specific common tastes in >>> >>> >>>> cameras, scotch, hats, and pens (though I've never indulged >>>> myself), to say nothing of above average age. Makes me wonder >>> >>> if >>> >>>> there aren't any closet horologists here. >>> >>> >>> Yup. Member of the NAWCC here, National Association of Watch and >>> Clock Collectors. (Very bad) amateur watch tinkerer... >>> >>> http://www.nawcc.org/ >>> >>> Will >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >