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  1. First automatic chronograph: El Primero. Or not!?

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    I was just checking some watch-sites on the net, when there was a short article about the development of the first automatic chronograph ever. A huge amount of money was invested by several watch companies in Switzerland and till now I always heard about Zenith as the first watchmaker with an automatic chronograph movement. They are still using the name "El Primero" for some of their watches.

    However there was a Seiko Patent in early

  4. Are all watchsmiths rude ?

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    I had one mental local grandpa watchsmith give me quite the disciplinary session; first over the phone, then in person. When I called him, he told me I insulted him by asking him whether he knew how to re-align the hands on a 2836-2 movement because "HE IS A MASTER WATCH MAKER 30 YEARS OLD IN BUSINESS" Before I hung up the phone he told me I "sound stupid like a Lebanese" (???) and I should be a lawyer because I talk too much.

    So I gave him the benefit of the doubt, partly because I wanted to meet this insane person. I went over to his house, which was filled with clocks and, for some reason, giant lemons (his other hobby). I showed him my broken rep day-date with the misaligned hands, and he proceeded to examine it very carefully. Then he said something in his native Ukrainian and asked me "do you know what that means...?" "No, sir" I replied. ... "It means this watch is a PIECE OF S---!"

    He spent about 15 minutes telling me how busy he was, and then he called his wife over to "BRING ME A LOUPE. NOW." So his wife brought him 2 loupes, to which he growled at the top of his lungs until veins began protruding from his neck: "I DON'T NEED TWO LOUPES" (He stretched the "two loupes" out really long - toooooo looooooopes)

    Then he showed me his watch which basically looked identical to a submariner and he told me he designed it himself to the highest standards of quality... it was a quartz... ehhh "that's nice" I said. He told me that a genuine day-date costs $75,000 and he knew a supreme court judge who had one (???). He told me that by buying "cheap chinatown junk" I was taking away his business and he was losing money (what?) and that I should be ashamed of myself.

    Eventually he told me the service would cost $45 but I told him it was too expensive since people on the internet told me it should be a few minute job costing no more than $10... oh christ then he went ballistic and proceeded to lecture me about how everybody on the internet claims to be an expert and they are all retarded shut-ins and for some reason after he told me he built his (generic looking) house with his own two hands (gesturing as if he was building something).

    So I apologized for wasting his time, and got the f--- out of that coo coo clock shop as fast as my legs could carry me... I'll never forget him ' Urlich ' or something was his name. Ugh.

    I also went to a shopping mall watchsmith, who just told me he doesn't fix imitations and that's been the normal reply of all the local shops I've visited.

    It was one of the funniest posts I

  7. Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Diver Chronograph

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    I 'm also one of those who don't understand why it has never been done a good rep of any UN, taking in account is one of the most prestigious brands in history.

    Marine Diver collection is great, and I would be for sure jumping in a sec on a good rep :)

    Just bringing up this idea again. I think the UN Marine Chronometer would be a big hit if it

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  18. tourby on eBay

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    I visited the tourbywatches website and I was just wondering whether I saw a Maurice Lacroix movement in a watch? There is the classic collection section and under 18k solid gold there is a watch called Tourby Celestial. It says "Maurice Lacroix" on the movement if I

  19. Enough is Enough with QC issues

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    Fun 300 Usd ???? (even with the dollar that low)

    Fun for 50 usd yes. But 300 and 600 USD ..no, .. that's not fun.

    Not for me any way.

    After almost 7 years collecting reps ... and with a "buying rythm" of 4 reps a year , with more than 50 reps passing from my hands , I found out (the hard way) that 2 out of 5 reps (sometimes 3 out of 5) have a kind of a annoying ( to malfunction) defect.

    We definately paying too much money for getting defective watches.

    If is not the movement , is tha case or the dial or the crown ... you name it.

    I know... its a grey market .... but the risk of getting defective watches is getting high

    er and higher.

    If they do not start improving their QC soon I will start switching to genuines.

    Lets see if I can make it to buy one genuine a year (1000 usd price range) rather tha

    n 3 reps.

    Time will tell. B)

    That

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