joerattz wrote:
BUt, I very much disliked the progressive bi-focal.
So did I, for weeks.
I have the progressive multifocals as well, and it took me up to a month to get used to it. Now that my brain has learnt to work with it, I wouldn't want to do without it. Plus, it's fun to be able to read "Swiss mov't" at the bottom of the dial.
But we digress. Back OT.
One thing I fail to understand is:
It looks identical to a Rolex
Why (even passing up my opinion about Rolex design for the duration of this entire contribution) would that be a Good Thing?
Why do some diver's watches sport the Mercedes logo in the hour hand, like Rolex does?
What's the use of "looking identical to a [fill in your favourite diver's watch here]"?
On a somewhat more comical note. I read this blurb on their web site:
Debaufré wrote:hear the ocean roar as it tries to intimidate you with shear size and power. That doesn’t faze you though; you have the Ocean 1.
You'd think that they might at least yake the trouble to hire a copywriter who masters the English language
Debaufré wrote:its uni-directional turning bezel ensures that you don’t run out of air
Whoever wrote this has no idea of what scuba diving, and using a diver's watch for diving, is about.
Incidentally, Steinhart/Debaufré is a "sticker brand", in that they don't design or make this watch - the watches are in fact Grovana. I've never seen a Grovana in the flesh, but I hear that they are good watches.
I'd find it daring to say that Grovana "designed" the watch, as this, to me, looks like yet another Rolex lookalike.
I would think that considerably more care has gone into the Marcello C Neptune. While the Merc logon in the second hand puts me off a little (come on, Marcel, you don't need this!), it is evidently an individual watch, not a wannabe Rolex.
peter
Man with one watch, always know time. Man with many watches, never sure.
(unidentified Chinese philosopher)