[time-nuts] Watches - the china connection

[WB6BNQ]

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
> >>
> >
> >
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