[Leica] Horology

[lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)]

Not really, but if I pretend I have people might think I'm more intelligent
than I really am ;-)

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
Daniel Ridings
Sent: 26 March 2006 21:39
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Horology

Steve,

I had to re-read yours several times.

I'm trying to understand ... you figured that post out?

Daniel


On 3/25/06, Steve Unsworth <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> 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. 

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