Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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