[LRflex] Re: leicareflex Digest V4 #128
- From: phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 23:37:58 +0200
Watches: whoever owns the company the question is where are they manufactu=
red?
Smart: built 30 miles from where I'm writing to you tonight - I visited th=
e plant a couple of times too, by Satch quit long ago and it is Daimler Be=
nz AG.
Do post some photos=21 Why not after all?
Take good care of your selves.
Phil...x
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>Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 11:53:10 +0100
>De: KEITH LONGMORE <keith=40SCAPEWHEEL.CO.UK>
>A: leicareflex=40freelists.org
>Sujet: =5BLRflex=5D Re: leicareflex Digest V4 =23128
>
>Hi Phil
>I don't want to prolong the off-topic slant, but:
>you said:
>
>BTW: The Swiss also had tremendous problems a couple of years ago when =
>watches went electric/tronic. Here again they made the right choices to =
>face Asian competition; Swatch is just one example, but other more =
>expensive brands are also thriving on high-end mechanical time-pieces.
>
>
>The Swiss were in deep trouble earlier than that - the 1976 oil crisis =
>caused a massive slump in sales, and many Swiss companies were =
>effectively bankrupt then (competition had decimated profits in a =
>saturated market). In the History of Tissot, there are photographs of =
>large crates full of watches (without straps) being sent for scrap in =
>1976/7, because they could not be sold. Four years later, as the =
>'proper' electronic watches started to become popular, they decided to =
>shut down some 80-90% of their industry. Now they (a) can't keep up =
>with demand for mechanical watches, and (b) can't attract new blood into =
>the industry. It's easy to over-react=21=21
>
>FYI:
>Swatch is a part of SMH Group, owned by Nicolas Hayek, of Smart car =
>fame. Also in the Group are: Omega, Tissot, Lanco, Lemania, ETA, to =
>name the active ones. Most expensive mech watches now have ETA =
>movements - e.g. Breitling, TAG-Heuer, Mido, Longines, etc., as well as =
>SMH Group members.
>
>Rolex (as I understand it) is South African-owned, IWC, Zenith -Movado, =
>Oris are largely US owned; TAG is Saudi owned.
>
>Scary what can happen if you get it wrong, isn't it?
>
>Gun cameras: ever tried walking into an airport carrying one...? ;-) =
>Seriously, they are likely to be made illegal here shortly: but who is =
>going to try to rob a bank based on carrying in a WWI Lewis-gun camera? =
>The danger is, it seems, that our poor police are likely to shoot anyone =
>carrying a gun camera in public, so they need to be protected from such =
>trauma.
>
>And, finally - your history lesson=21 May I just add the comment: over =
>the main entrance to Auschwitz nowadays is a quote of, as I remember, =
>Schiller: =22If we allow history to be forgotten, it will happen again.=22
>
>When I'm over this Detroit bug - I'm still poorly, and my wife is =
>suffering, too - I'll get some more pics to post. =
>Maybe I should post some from my youth.......
>Cheers
>Keith
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