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Subject: [Leica] OT: modern pocket watch?
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed Oct 15 19:09:28 2008
References: <F84211BAB10A70A68497139E@hindolveston.reid.org>, <20081013014119.JQXN4226.eastrmmtao106.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> <48F2767A.1169.90157F@leica.rcmckee.com> <BLU115-W40233EE22CBEAE8C1006AA82360@phx.gbl>

I thought Harwood developed the first self winding watches in the 30s???
It gives me great pleasure that one can still buy a mechanical watch  
despite more accuracy being available for pennies electronically!
Frank

On 13 Oct, 2008, at 04:28, Greg Lorenzo 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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