[Leica] OT: modern pocket watch?

[vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)]

Ah, you are on the Leica users group.

For me, it is purely emotional, and personal.  I wanted something that a 
craftsman felt proud to have assembled, from a company that is 
passionate about their goods, and yes, mechanical, regardless of 
technological limitations. 

I wear my IWC Portuguese Chronograph Automatic all the time, to classes, 
when I'm grocery shopping, everywhere.  In fact, it is the best way to 
keep it running smoothly. 

I doubt that most people around me would even know what it is.  Maybe 
that is more an indication of the company that I keep.   :-)

I check it against my computer time, and it does okay, actually, pretty 
good for time accuracy.  If I wanted absolute time accuracy, I'd get an 
electronic one. 

And it cost me more than a Noctilux at the time.  In my current line of 
thinking, the IWC would need to be pried from my hands after rigor 
mortis sets in.  I don't feel that way about much of my cameras.  Well, 
maybe that KE-7a that I bought last year   :-)

...Vick




Ken Carney wrote:
> I can't understand who would want a mechanical watch.  ....
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> Ken
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