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Re: wristwatch chronometers
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 

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On Apr 18, 2012, at 5:27 PM, Alexandre E Eremenko  wrote:

> 
> 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...
> 
> 
>

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