Re: [Leica] Forbes article on mechanical wristwatches

["Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>]

Javier

You did of course forget to mention the greatest watch maker of them all,
Breguet.  I went to Breguet and it is amazing the attention to quality and
detail.  Classic and not ostentatious, just superb watches that will last
many lifetimes.

Simon

Javier Perez wrote:
> Hi
> Watches are an on and off hobby for me
> There are very few swiss watch makers
> still building their own movements.
> These include Valjoux, Eta, Zenith
> Rolex and a few of less important ones
> Zenith* and Rolex use the movements in
> their own watches leaving ETA and valjoux to supply
> the industry. While different watches with diifferent brand names
> may match for movement and caliber they will not necessarily
> be of the same grade or build quality. Any of the movement builders will
> hand select
> parts for the movements if the watch maker is willing to pay the extra
> $$$
> Also, many watch makers like to massage and tweek the movements
> a bit further for use in their top of the range watches.
> So even though your swatch has the same movement as someone
> else's speed master The speedmaster is likely to have a better balanced
> balance wheel, and will likely have been adjusted in several positions
> in  temperature and humidity controlled environment. These extras
> will pay off 25 years from now when the Speedmaster is still running,
> perhaps a few minutes fast and the Swatch has long been thrown out
> or perhaps used to supply  parts for a speedmaster
>
>
> *Zenith does on occasion supply other makers with movements
> It provided Rolex with detuned rainbow movements for their early
> daytonas.
>
> See Ya
> Javier
>
> PS: Please don't tell me that I forgot to
> mention Patek Phillip. I'm talking about
> serious watch makers here, Not ritzy
> ditzy bozo watch makers.
>
>
>
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