1. In over 3 decades of actively collecting and following the industry, and talking to and interacting with various people in the industry from designers to case makers to dial makers, hands, movement components; directors and CEOs and PR spokespersons, et al, only recently (within the last few year
With you mentioning a calibre devoid of moon phase and never installed in the quoted ref i mistakenly confused your context. Still the least said about this spefic reference the better else it will somewhat void the whole thread by proving that Rolex could in actual fact turn thier hand to any of th
....Nowhere in any of my posts in this thread have I used "complication" to refer to case making because that is not colloquial and generally accepted usage of the term in the field of watchmaking and to do so would add needless complication to the discussion. ...Thats probably it right in this sent
But honestly, comparing screw backs with appropriate seals; screw down crown LOCKS (the screw down crown itself was not intended to provide water reistence, just the correct compression and locking for the stem tube seals) with the engineering difficulties of making reliable, repeatable movement com
Comparing that to the development of reliable perpetuals or whatever "complication" of interest in this discussion, makes about as much sense as comparing the technology of sending someone to the moon and asking why it took till the 2000's for more than a few cars to get gas mileage that Honda achie
Rolexes may have had great appeal to those born in the 60's 70s and 80s. Will they hold the same charm to the new breed of watch fans who look for much more in a watch than what Rolex can offer. ....Folk don't like loosing £'s and cashing-up a Rolex is easier than ABC. I doubt that will be goin
...were not scratching thier heads in the '30's, they were doing that a full forty years later...perhaps because the complications of arriving at your own waterproof automatic design (that actually works/especially a thin one) had not got any easier.Were thier efforts more troublesome than pointer d
.....Audemars and Patek teamed up with Jaeger and dragged Gerald into the plot cause the job of pulling off a slim auto waterproof watch was uncomplicated. Granted there was no moon phase in the plot but they can all do that individually. This message has been edited by C.vallely5 on 2010-01-09 14:4