Hi Chuck, I was not admiring anything, just presenting a different view point.
The point was if a company does not want to support a product of interest, and there is enough of an interest, then it will get supplied by others at some point. As to the fraud aspect, that is why I said they should be up front and put their own name on the product instead of those who they copy. Bill....WB6BNQ Chuck Harris wrote: > Hi Bill, > > I guess it depends on what you think it is that the market is > desiring. > > There is little or no apparent interest in a newly manufactured > Bulova Accutron Spaceview watch. Modern Quartz watches have > long since eclipsed the Accutron's claim to fame (Accuracy, > no wind, freedom from positional variations...). The Spaceview > was a very basic watch. It had no calendar, no alarms, nothing > but a second hand, minute hand and hour hand, and a window to > peek through at the inner workings. > > But, the market has a great interest in original, and NOS > original, Bulova Accutron Spaceview watches. The Spaceview is > about the only Accutron model that commands a high price. > > So, when some Chinese company builds parts that allow one to make > a non-Spaceview watch appear to be a Spaceview watch, with the > apparent intent of facilitating fraud, I think there is little > to admire. > > -Chuck Harris > > WB6BNQ wrote: > > Hi Chuck, > > > > Well, there is another point of view to consider. If Bulova cannot see the > > need then MAYBE > > there is nothing wrong with someone else providing that which is wanted. > > > > Of course they should be up front and put there own name on it. It seems > > that Bulova has > > cheapened their product to some extent and are not paying attention to the > > market. > > > > Bill....WB6BNQ > > > > > > Chuck Harris wrote: > > > >> The Spaceview is the Accutron model that everyone seems to want (even I > >> want one), > >> so much so that the Chinese are now making the necessary reproduction > >> parts to > >> convert a model with a normal dial to a Spaceview. > >> > >> Apparently, there is no fraud so large, or so small that somebody in China > >> won't do the work necessary to make the fraud possible. > >> > >> -Chuck Harris > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
