Invicta Speedway Multi-Function Mother of Pearl Dial Purple Silicone Ladies Watch 21969

Did you know......
that President Johnson had a lot to do with Hamilton's demise? In the 60's he took the tariffs off of watch imports.It wasn't so much the Swiss they were worried about....it was Timex. They had their watches built in several places around the world and they were running high on the "takes a licking and keeps on ticking". Now they were able to import them at a cheaper cost. They also were the first watch company to sell watches outside of a jewelry store. You could pick up a Timex at the drug store which was totally unheard of at that time. They offered a 30% margin to those other retailers and a 50% margin to the Jewelers.

REVIEW: The Seiko Premier Automatic
Review of the Seiko Premier Automatic SPB001J1By: John B. Holbrook, II9/21/09

Since we had that long thread on the fake"Otis", here's a real one
Freshly unpacked from the Express Mail package!Movement shot by the seller:Ad previously shown here by Tom D. I think the IW pigskin I chose is pretty close to the original, but perhaps not quite. It takes a 17mm strap, by the way. Probably an original in 17mm would be the proverbial unobtanium.

Some Heavy American Iron!
I just saw Dennis's (ulackfocus) new pick-up from the seventies, a beautiful Longines Olympian and I thought, hey, let's see some heavy American iron from the seventies!So let's see some of those big and crazy American watches from the funky, cool 70's!My big and bold and all 70's Benrus Citation - Electronic!

Chinese Watches - Must Reading!
From europastar.com:March 28, 2008 By Keith W. Strandberg You would think that a watch manufacturer in the middle of China would be a world away from Switzerland. In some ways it certainly is, but at the basic level of making watches, things are not that much different. Parts still have to be made or sourced, movements have to be as-sembled and cased, straps and bracelets have to be put onto the watch and the timepieces have to go into boxes to be transported to clients.It is not rocket science and the Chinese are starting to get good at it.Thanks to Genender International and one of their clients NakedWatch, Europa Star got an exclusive tour of a Chinese watch manufacture.The exterior of the Chinese watch factory, incoming quality control, quartz and mechanical assembly, the design departement of the factory, the storage of all the parts that go into the watches, water resistance testing Lowest cost migrates Lowest cost production moves in phases. For watches, lowest cost quartz watch