How can this be?
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looking on the internet I came across this http://www.poshwatch.co.uk/home-1-0.html They are selling 'replica' of some famous makes, now forgive me for thinking that these are fakes by another name? Shirley the likes of Rolex and Chopard are not going to demean their brand by selling 'replicas' for £100
[quote]PS - Whoever told you that it takes IWC an entire year to make one of their ETA based watches is exaggerating somewhat!!
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Maybe it's one of those 'made up now gone to mythological folklore type of fact' alongside 'Bob Holness played sax on the song Baker St'
Maybe it started as taking a day to make as I can't see it taking much longer than that.
according to wikipedia IWC watches gain/lose around 4 seconds a day. My watch gains 1 second a month and cost £400 in 1982 and I would be well pissed off if I spent £kk's on any watch that wasn't accurate
[quote]Some modern movements in watches of IWC are based on movements supplied by ETA and heavily modified by IWC. This is common practice by many high end watch marques. In particular, the Caliber 30110 is a modified ETA 2892A2, and the Caliber 79230/79320/79350 is a modified ETA/Valjoux 7750. Like all high end automatic watches, IWC watches lose or gain approximately 4 seconds a day
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Maybe it's one of those 'made up now gone to mythological folklore type of fact' alongside 'Bob Holness played sax on the song Baker St'
Maybe it started as taking a day to make as I can't see it taking much longer than that.
according to wikipedia IWC watches gain/lose around 4 seconds a day. My watch gains 1 second a month and cost £400 in 1982 and I would be well pissed off if I spent £kk's on any watch that wasn't accurate
[quote]Some modern movements in watches of IWC are based on movements supplied by ETA and heavily modified by IWC. This is common practice by many high end watch marques. In particular, the Caliber 30110 is a modified ETA 2892A2, and the Caliber 79230/79320/79350 is a modified ETA/Valjoux 7750. Like all high end automatic watches, IWC watches lose or gain approximately 4 seconds a day
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It's an Emile Pequignet quartz stainless/18ct in the style of the Cartier Santos watches of the time. Still looks modern today. I was in Grand Cayman in 2000 and a similar style (S/S & 18ct) was about (£2.5k) They do one at the moment that I quite like (but not as much as mine) and it is £3,400! http://www.boumanonline.nl/pequignet-4351438.html They have now returned to making automatic watches but a like lot of them made today they seem to be very thick and I am happy with my nice thin one which is approx 6mm thick.
I know all about auto movements and having lots of dials make them more expensive, but I would rather have a watch that keeps good time rather than lots of dials I'll never use and it's unlikely I'll meet somebody wearing the same watch, which so far I have not!
I have worn it every day except for about 6 years ago it went back to the factory and was returned with a new movement, new catch, 18ct winder button all for £250
I know all about auto movements and having lots of dials make them more expensive, but I would rather have a watch that keeps good time rather than lots of dials I'll never use and it's unlikely I'll meet somebody wearing the same watch, which so far I have not!
I have worn it every day except for about 6 years ago it went back to the factory and was returned with a new movement, new catch, 18ct winder button all for £250
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