And here is the latest present from my mis***ss  (I am not very good with android phone photos)

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How about this one:

Wonderful but I wonder about the longevity and the $200,000 price tag!

Millemissen wrote:

 

How about this one:

link. 

(Link courtesy of -g)

Wood you, or wood you not....

Limited edition.Prebooking red one.Just to commemorate this year's World Cup and Davis Cup finals.

A votre sante

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I’m not sure this is a place for fake watches  

OldJack wrote:

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Congrats,bayerische ! You are the first one to observe.

Yes,this is original chinese.Being curious some 10 years ago,and bought it as a souvenir,at one of the street shops at Zhoushan,china.Price : automatic 20,battery operated 25 usd.How can they make it,even bracelet is worth 20 ?

Just imagine what they can do with beoplays ?

Re: Luxury brand watches , they are Status Symbols only.What do you really get out of 10k rolex? Design & build qualiy.

If you are looking for basic watch purpose,accuracy,any smartwatch/smartphone is more accurate than any branded (amd expensive) mechanical wrist watch. But,de gustibus... I still love my Thomas Mercer ship's chronometer,and I am winding it regularly,for nostalgia reasons.

The same applies to B&O products.What attracted me to B&O ?

1) design

2) build quality

To be honest,my beolabs 8000 are not the best sounding speakers,And yes,audio-wise you can get much better speakers  for a fraction  of money.

But I like them for 1 & 2 and nostalgia reasons.What upsets me,is beoplay products made at far east.Poor design & build qualty,destroying brand image.I don':t know what profit b&o makes of it,but I have seen many A8 earphones selling on thee streets for 20 $.Boxed,and it is hard to see (and hear) any difference from originals.

No way to be a luxury brand made in ch.... Bring B&O back to Denmark,where it belongs

I know this post is at wrong place,but...

Hi,

This one's a little different...

If you drive north from Struer for about an hour, you get to a town about the same size called Thisted.

On the 15th of June, 1871, a man names Jørgen Peder Sørensen setup up shop as a clockmaker  on Store Torv in Thisted. He made and repaired watches and clocks (including the town church's clock) until, in 1925, he died and the business passed on to his son, Rasmus Frederik.

I just spent most of the evenings in the past week getting this key-wound pocket watch, made in Thisted by J.P. Sørensen, up and running again. It was in quite a mess when I got it. Years of congealed oil and dirt had seized the movement, the mainspring had come off the arbor, so it couldn't be wound, and one of the pins was missing from the dial. So, it had to be completely stripped down and cleaned, oiled and reassembled. I also had to turn a new pin for the dial on the lathe and epoxy it in place. (Solder is a bad idea on an old watch face - the heat can ruin the enamel).

Now, apart from the missing second hand (I'll put one on there when I find one that matches and fits), it's up and running again - and keeping time well enough that I haven't been late for a meeting for a couple of days!

Cheers
-geoff

Geoff Martin wrote:

Hi,

This one's a little different...

If you drive north from Struer for about an hour, you get to a town about the same size called Thisted.

On the 15th of June, 1871, a man names Jørgen Peder Sørensen setup up shop as a clockmaker  on Store Torv in Thisted. He made and repaired watches and clocks (including the town church's clock) until, in 1925, he died and the business passed on to his son, Rasmus Frederik.

I just spent most of the evenings in the past week getting this key-wound pocket watch, made in Thisted by J.P. Sørensen, up and running again. It was in quite a mess when I got it. Years of congealed oil and dirt had seized the movement, the mainspring had come off the arbor, so it couldn't be wound, and one of the pins was missing from the dial. So, it had to be completely stripped down and cleaned, oiled and reassembled. I also had to turn a new pin for the dial on the lathe and epoxy it in place. (Solder is a bad idea on an old watch face - the heat can ruin the enamel).

Now, apart from the missing second hand (I'll put one on there when I find one that matches and fits), it's up and running again - and keeping time well enough that I haven't been late for a meeting for a couple of days!

Cheers
-geoff

 

 

 

Great work and a great story - you should send that to Hodinkee, the venerable watch site.

They'd love it!

iPhones are made in China.

And they're regarded as being of very high build quality.