Random Watch Thread #3

[Cybotron]

[Cybotron]

[mlcor]

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If they really tried, I bet they could have used even less of the available real estate for the hour indicator. Why make it visible to the naked eye at all?

[rodia77]

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A lot of empty space but I like it.

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A lot of empty space and I don't like it.

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Budget cuts.

I wouldn't be surprised if they're more reliable than Omegas or what not.

[Samanator]

If they really tried, I bet they could have used even less of the available real estate for the hour indicator. Why make it visible to the naked eye at all?

The crammed in numbers on the Minute wheel make that also almost impossible to tell the time. I'd put it down as a typical non watch person designing a watch and failing miserably as nearly all do.

[Samanator]

That one’s a fake.

I can believe that. I don't understand it, since the original is not a model that is rolling off the shelves in high volumes.
I just discovered a article on the brand in an copy of Europa Star that was discussing British Brands. It's still in the can't tell the time in two seconds catigory which would keep me away. Reason being I'm looking for the foot and the rubber duck to figure out what time it is. Explaining to someone how to tell the time on it has all the makings of a joke or a children's song.

[tribe125]

I can believe that. I don't understand it, since the original is not a model that is rolling off the shelves in high volumes.

You’ve set me thinking - and Googling. I sometimes find I underestimate the sales of some of these companies. In particular, I’m often surprised that small British companies have significant international sales - and aren’t necessarily that small.

Then I reflect that Mr Jones has a shop in Covent Garden where rents are going to be very high, and they employ 40 people (although not necessarily full-time). They must be selling a good number of watches.

After a bit of Googling I’ve come up with a list of annual production figures. Obviously, there are companies here that don’t bear comparison, but funky little oddball Mr Jones is selling around 200 watches a week, which is more than I might have guessed. The same as GO, not absolutely tiny compared with Nomos, more than twice as many as Stowa. Broadly comparable with Zenith and Sinn.


Christopher Ward 25,000 *
Nomos 20,000
Doxa 15,000 *
Bell & Ross 13,600
Sinn 12,000
Zenith 12,000
Glashütte Original 10,000
Mr Jones 10,000
Girard Perregaux 9,500
Harry Winston 8,500
Ulysse Nardin 7,000
Lange & Söhne 6,000
Richard Mille 5,600
Stowa 4,000
Moser 3,500
Parmigiani 3,000
F. P. Journe 1,800

* involves a bit of guesswork


I guess a Mr Jones watch can be worth faking, especially as they’re about a kind of pop-art appeal.

[mlcor]

You’ve set me thinking - and Googling. I sometimes find I underestimate the sales of some of these companies. In particular, I’m often surprised that small British companies have significant international sales - and aren’t necessarily that small.

Then I reflect that Mr Jones has a shop in Covent Garden where rents are going to be very high, and they employ 40 people (although not necessarily full-time). They must be selling a good number of watches.

After a bit of Googling I’ve come up with a list of annual production figures. Obviously, there are companies here that don’t bear comparison, but funky little oddball Mr Jones is selling around 200 watches a week, which is more than I might have guessed. The same as GO, not absolutely tiny compared with Nomos, more than twice as many as Stowa. Broadly comparable with Zenith and Sinn.


Christopher Ward 25,000 *
Nomos 20,000
Doxa 15,000 *
Bell & Ross 13,600
Sinn 12,000
Zenith 12,000
Glashütte Original 10,000
Mr Jones 10,000
Girard Perregaux 9,500
Harry Winston 8,500
Ulysse Nardin 7,000
Lange & Söhne 6,000
Richard Mille 5,600
Stowa 4,000
Moser 3,500
Parmigiani 3,000
F. P. Journe 1,800

* involves a bit of guesswork


I guess a Mr Jones watch can be worth faking, especially as they’re about a kind of pop-art appeal.

I'm kind of gobsmacked that Richard Mille sells that many each year, given their stratospheric prices. Wow.

[tribe125]

I'm kind of gobsmacked that Richard Mille sells that many each year, given their stratospheric prices. Wow.

5,600 is around the number of professional footballers in England.

[geoffbot]

A lot of empty space but I like it.



A lot of empty space and I don't like it.



I wouldn't be surprised if they're more reliable than Omegas or what not.

Missed opportunity for a third space comment/pun there