Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree Nathan, very nice day indeed. Coincidentally Pieter owns a golden IWC chain watch inherited from his father. IWC stands for International watch company. This Swiss company based in Schaffhausen is one of the most reputable watch makers in the world. Probably not the most well known with most people. An IWC can be compared to a Leica, Hasselblad, Linhof, Steinway, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Mont Blanc, single malt, West Vleteren trappist or a Tilley hat. Kind regards, Michiel Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I still don't know what they are talking about....but that's OK, I don't > need to know everything. On the other hand, I met up with Michiel, > Pieter (Michel's father-in-law) and Bruce in Amsterdam this afternoon to > see an HCB exhibition at FOAM, followed by lunch on the > Rembrandtplein--sitting outside in the sunshine, enjoying a seasonally > appropriate beer, watching the human traffic walk by (especially the > female variety)--yes, it was a good day indeed :-) > > Nathan > > Steve Unsworth 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. >> >