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Subject: [Leica] OT: modern pocket watch?
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun Oct 12 21:09:22 2008
References: <F84211BAB10A70A68497139E@hindolveston.reid.org> <20081013014119.JQXN4226.eastrmmtao106.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> <48F2767A.1169.90157F@leica.rcmckee.com> <BLU115-W40233EE22CBEAE8C1006AA82360@phx.gbl>

Greg,
Stop tempting me - I have been fighting the temptation to get a Lange 1 for
a long time. I have high hopes of the prices coming down on items like these
in the near to medium term.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Greg Lorenzo 
<gregj_lorenzo@hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> > I can't understand who would want a mechanical watch. I spend a> fair sum
> having my wife's Rolex cleaned and calibrated from time> to time.
>
> I suspect that your wife's Rolex is in fact an automatic unless it was made
> prior to IWC developing the self-winding watch in the early 1950's.
>
> For an example of a current true mechanical watch see here:
> http://www.alange-soehne.com/en/watches/lange_1.php
>
> The attraction to a fine time piece is something that either you 'get' or
> you don't.
>
> Greg Lorenzo
> Calgary, Canada
>
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Replies: Reply from gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com (Greg Lorenzo) ([Leica] OT: modern pocket watch?)
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