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Re: wristwatch chronometers
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2012 Apr 18, 20:13 -0700
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2012 Apr 18, 20:13 -0700
late 80s or early 90s. Not 60s or 70s. Brand new watch, purchased in Switzerland Lu Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 5:27 PM, Alexandre E Eremenkowrote: > > Lu, > >> I had a friend who bought a Rolex for over US $ 1000 and it >> kept worse time than his Timex. When he complained, > > Rolex was surely second hand. (Or this happened in 1960:-) > And the Timex surely was quartz. > So it is unfair comparison. > > Alex. > > P.S. I understand why some people may want to pay $10,000 and more > for a wristwatch. (So that everyone sees you wearing such watch). > But what I cannot explain is why Russian deck watches recently reached > the price of chronometers... > > >