[Leica] OT: modern pocket watch?

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Or Leica should start manufacturing overexpensive watches too :-)

A. Lal wrote:
> Given the interest mechanical watches generate on this group, is it 
> perhaps time to start a dedicated mechanical watch  list for Leica 
> owners?
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, 13 October, 2008 7:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: modern pocket watch?
>
>
>> 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.  ....
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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