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Subject: [Leica] Too Busy? - Now OT Watches
From: rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com (rob mcclure)
Date: Thu Jan 22 17:01:04 2009
References: <8455EB50-6C57-411C-A7EB-C3706023BB69@embarqmail.com> <C59CF7F3.48C44%mark@rabinergroup.com> <20090121234719.GE2727@jbm.org> <COL119-W4031319F62388C687C321D82CE0@phx.gbl> <DC319E6C-6B6D-4E58-A9A5-E48B9543FBA8@woh.rr.com> <COL119-W532386F73F4ACACAF603EE82CE0@phx.gbl>

Thanks Greg.  I have spent much time on Timezone, Chronotrader and a  
bunch of other watch sites. These are great articles you have cited.  
After accumulating 30 watches I've stopped (for now).

Rob
On Jan 21, 2009, at 11:53 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote:

>
> Rob,
>
> Here's a link to a number of articles written by Carlos Perez when  
> he actively doing this at Timezone.com:
>
> http://www.timezone.com/library/cjrml
>
> I haven't been too active their in several years.
>
> Lots of Omega and other interesting watch ruminations in several  
> articles.
>
> Greg Lorenzo
> Calgary, Canada> From: rmcclure2@woh.rr.com> To: lug@leica- 
> users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Too Busy? - Now OT Watches> Date:  
> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:18:02 -0500> > Greg,> > Great link. Every watch  
> on that page is special. Would love to have > them all but the only  
> one I currently have ia an Omega Speedmaster Pro > "Moon Watch"  
> lovingly given to me by my wife for our 30th > anniversary. Prized  
> even more than my Leica for obvious reasons. The > IWC Mark XI has  
> the cleanest, easiest to read dial IMHO -- would be > nice  
> complement to Speedy -- 35th anniversary maybe?> > Rob> > > On Jan  
> 21, 2009, at 9:55 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote:> > >> > Jeff,> >> > Not my  
> cup of tea. I prefer the IWC Mark XI, discussed here:> >> > 
> http://www.timezone.com/library/cjrml/cjrml0027 
> > >> >> > Greg Lorenzo> > Calgary, Canada> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009  
> 18:47:20 -0500> From: jbm@jbm.org > > > To: lug@leica-users.org>  
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Too Busy?> > > > 2009-01-21-16:04:03 Mark  
> Rabiner:> > The whole point of the picture > > is its busyness.> >  
> Its what makes it what it is.> > Yeah. For > > instance... I mostly  
> only like really simple, bold, legible,> > > cleanly designed watch  
> faces. When they get a little more > > complicated> than that, I  
> usually don't like them much. But there's > > an example which>  
> comes to mind of a watch face which is SO over-the- > > top busy  
> that its> complexity just ends up (to my eye) turning into > > an  
> intriguing and> intricate pattern. To my surprise, I really kind > >  
> of like it:> > http://www.sinn.de/onlineshopPRO/zoom-pics/900.JPG> > 
> http://www.sinn.de/onlineshopPRO/TEMPLATE/index-ka.php?id=900.010 
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