Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I get the attraction - but I am still disappointed that it is hard to get accurate timekeeping for more than $500. The "best" i.e. most functional and accurate watch I have is a Casio that sets sets itself by the wireless signal from Colorado, uses a solar panel instead of a battery, and is more accurate and reliable than I could possibly need. It is also but ugly and no fun. I wear it every day, hoping it will die. I cost around $100. My favorite dress watch is a Jaeger-LeCoultre ana-digi that is kind of accurate, and very pretty - this one, but with a steel strap: http://tinyurl.com/4de4nb. It gets no respect from the mechanical crowd, but it combines the best of both worlds - thin, functional enough, needs no winding, pretty, and accurate. I bought a Reverso for my wife, and it is sometimes kind of close to the right time, if it is wound. Beautiful. -- Clive http://clive.moss.net/blog On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:28 PM, 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 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of > your life. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >