Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I still don't know what they are talking about....but that's OK, I don't need to know everything. On the other hand, I met up with Michiel, Pieter (Michel's father-in-law) and Bruce in Amsterdam this afternoon to see an HCB exhibition at FOAM, followed by lunch on the Rembrandtplein--sitting outside in the sunshine, enjoying a seasonally appropriate beer, watching the human traffic walk by (especially the female variety)--yes, it was a good day indeed :-) Nathan Steve Unsworth wrote: > Every so often a post comes along that I have to read two or three times > before I grasp what it's saying. This was one of them ;-) > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Jeff Moore > Sent: 25 March 2006 18:34 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Horology > > 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. > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog