On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:01:29 -0500, Chuck Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. All that's what made it so wonderful. It did one thing very well. I STILL miss the hum of that watch under my pillow.... I'll just bet that there would be enough of a market for SpaceViews to make a manufacturing run worthwhile. I'd certainly buy one. >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. Is that what they're doing or are they just satisfying the desire of a lot of us to have another SpaceView-like watch? I couldn't care less if one was made in 1967 or 2007. I'd just like to have another one. If I could pick up some other Accutron at an estate sale, then change out the dial and stuff to make it look like a SpaceView then I'd be as happy as a clam in sauce. To me, it would only be fraud if I tried to pass it off as an authentic antique. John -- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.neon-john.com http://www.johndearmond.com <-- best little blog on the net! Tellico Plains, Occupied TN Serenity: That feeling of knowing that your secretary will never tell either of your wives. _______________________________________________ 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.