new LEICA watch

[chip j]

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/leica-watch-l1-l2-introducing

 

[CropDusterMan]

Lets be realistic here...it's a watchmakers movements with a Leica Logo.

 

[Eric Rose]

Lets be realistic here...it's a watchmakers movements with a Leica Logo.

And all that for a paltry $11,000+ USD. Heck I'll take one in black and one in red.

 

[faberryman]

I'm thinking they need to market their own after shave. All the other luxury brands have one.

 

[AgX]

Here is the official website:
https://ernst-leitz-werkstaetten.com/en/

 

[mshchem]

Nuts!

 

[jim10219]

The Leica watch. For those who know when the decisive moment is at hand. Look for it at fine pawn shops everywhere.

 

[Mick Fagan]

Well they look pretty interesting, made in Germany and there are some very interesting and in some cases, exceptional watch makers in Germany that are relatively unknown in the wider world. However, for my money, I would like something better than five atmospheres, not even safe under a hard shower, let alone a garden hose inadvertentley pointed at a wrist. Ten atmospheres would be a minimum for something as supposedly well thought out and manufactured these days. Also, they are a bit on the large size.

For my money, I still haven't seen anything to better a Seiko Grand Master watch.

That said, I'm extremely happy with my Lorus sports watch, made by Seiko, ten atmospheres. Cost me $55.00 brand new when first released, many many years ago.

Small neat and easily readable under various bad lighting.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lor...AUIDigB&biw=1536&bih=710#imgrc=mefC3ZtHYWOgHM:

Mick.

 

[Eric Rose]

Well they look pretty interesting, made in Germany and there are some very interesting and in some cases, exceptional watch makers in Germany that are relatively unknown in the wider world. However, for my money, I would like something better than five atmospheres, not even safe under a hard shower, let alone a garden hose inadvertentley pointed at a wrist. Ten atmospheres would be a minimum for something as supposedly well thought out and manufactured these days. Also, they are a bit on the large size.

For my money, I still haven't seen anything to better a Seiko Grand Master watch.

That said, I'm extremely happy with my Lorus sports watch, made by Seiko, ten atmospheres. Cost me $55.00 brand new when first released, many many years ago.

Small neat and easily readable under various bad lighting.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lor...AUIDigB&biw=1536&bih=710#imgrc=mefC3ZtHYWOgHM:

Mick.

You are definitely not their target market imho.

 

[Sirius Glass]

If they were labelled Hasselblad instead, I would get one for each arm.

 

[Fujicaman1957]

Aimed at the "more money than brains" crowd. Seriously, 15K and only waterproof to 50 meters? Hell, my $44 Casio G-Shock is rated to 200 meters! and more than likely keeps better time! I think they need to up their game if they want to sell watches.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

It's designed for status seekers - actually, for people who think a Leica branded watch means anything to anyone else.

I'm glad my Leica M3's, III, and IIIf don't advertise themselves to the world with ostentatious logos. They're from an era with a different mindset and different values.

For true watch aficionados, there are plenty of mechanical watches with interesting complications for far less than $11k.

At least my manual-wind Omega Speedmaster has a distinguished heritage.

 

[MattKing]

If they were labelled Hasselblad instead, I would get one for each arm.

Are they square format, and do the come with a jam release tool ?

 

[Eric Rose]

They're aimed at the small penis types who buy BMW's and leave them on the driveway so everyone can see they have one.

 

[MattKing]

They're aimed at the small penis types who buy BMW's and leave them on the driveway so everyone can see they have one.

Sorry Eric, I think at least half of their target market is female.
Otherwise, your observation makes sense.

 

[Patrick Robert James]

They're aimed at the small penis types who buy Maserati's and leave them on the driveway so everyone can see they have one.

There. I fixed it for you. Lol.

Yeah, who buys a watch like that? Leicaweenies, that is who.

If'n I was going to spend ten G's on a watch, it wouldn't be one of those. Of course if I had ten g's to spend on a watch, that watch would probably be my 50th one, so whatevs....

People reading this thread that will buy the Leica watch- 0. Somewhere on the internet right now, people bragging they are getting the Leica watch- more than 0, and more than the number that will actually buy a Leica watch...

Still though, it doesn't look too bad. I'd give 'em a couple hundy for one.

 

[4season]

I figure that the average citizen of the USA fritters away a lot more money than that over the course of a lifetime with less to show for it than a nice wristwatch.

 

[summicron1]

Wait -- 11 grand AND YOU HAVE TO WIND IT MANUALLY????

 

[summicron1]

OK, here you go -- $50 and it's an official Leica product (sort of, probably subcontracted to Swatch.)

More accurate, too.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-LE...h=item4b57879ffa:g:WnMAAOSwFXdbvAkt:rk:3:pf:0

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Wait -- 11 grand AND YOU HAVE TO WIND IT MANUALLY????

In the World of Watch Enthusiasts, the pecking order is:

1. (topmost). Manual wind watches. Mechanical, obviously. If they're good, they are accurate to +/- 5 seconds per day. Maybe better. They are admired for their mechanical design. Many are hand built. The process of winding them creates a bond between the owner and the watch, as it must be cared for (wound) every day or so.


2. Automatic (rotor) watches, also mechanical. Same old-world (in)accuracy. If you have many automatic watches, it's a pain to keep them all running - which is what you would like to do if they display date and day and you want to keep them in sync. This is why some hobbyists have programmable watch winder machines. So: now your hobby has a hobby.

3. Quartz (timed) watches. Extremely accurate to a fraction of a second per month; some are precisely accurate all year long if they receive time signals. However, these watches are boring and of no interest because they are just electronic circuits in simplest form and programmed microprocessors in their most complex form -- hence, they're designed by software monkeys and stamped out by the millions.

 

[summicron1]

In the World of Watch Enthusiasts, the pecking order is:


3. Quartz (timed) watches. Extremely accurate to a fraction of a second per month; some are precisely accurate all year long if they receive time signals. However, these watches are boring and of no interest because they are just electronic circuits in simplest form and programmed microprocessors in their most complex form -- hence, they're designed by software monkeys and stamped out by the millions.

Yes -- once Consumer Reports did a contest between a Rolex Oyster and a Hello-Kitty quartz watch for $4 -- you can imagine who won.

I used to see the airmall catalog selling those winding boxes for watches -- $100 or so for one watch, and up for many. The mind boggles...

I was a "Mechanical watch or nothing" guy for years when you could still buy decent wind-up watches at sane prices -- Half a dozen years ago I went with a Citizen Eco-drive, which gains and loses maybe a second a month and never needs a battery. Now I fantasize about winning the Longitude prize with it....such is progress.

 

[abruzzi]

I hate things on my wrist, so I always used a pocket watch, so I made the switch to using my phone as my watch easily.

 

[guangong]

There was an article that appeared in the WSJ several years ago that the owner of SWATCH was going to stop selling movements to the major Swiss watchmakers, hoping to force them to begin remaking their own parts because he thought the crafts would disappear. A short while after article appeared, he died. Never heard any more about this.

During the summer I also prefer a pocket watch.

 

[faberryman]

I figure that the average citizen of the USA fritters away a lot more money than that over the course of a lifetime with less to show for it than a nice wristwatch.

Yes, Leica give you an opportunity to fritter it away all at once.

 

[Ces1um]

Yes, Leica give you an opportunity to fritter it away all at once.

Now that's efficiency!