[time-nuts] Watches - the china connection

[Chuck Harris]

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
>>
> 
> 
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