Comments on: Can of Worms http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/04/25/can-of-worms/ A mechanical watchmaker in a digital world Wed, 16 May 2012 16:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Perdita http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/04/25/can-of-worms/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Perdita Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:03:17 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/04/25/can-of-worms/#comment-224 This comment is unrelated to your post and I wanted to write this on your "suggestions" page but there was no place to write! One of my friends sent me this link: http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/04/25/the-300000-watch-that-doesnt-tell-time/?mod=MostPopular My first thought was "this can't be real" and I thought maybe it was an April fool's joke, but the article was dated April 25th. After looking at the original website, here: http://www.romainjerome.ch/en/les-inatendus/day-and-night-en.aspx and looking at their other "watches" I knew it was ridiculous and the "press lounge" ended any doubts I had. Still it is pretty amusing. Especially the rusty watch you have to keep in an argon-filled glass dome. Someone put a lot of time into the site. Reading the comments on the WSJ is quite hilarious. This comment is unrelated to your post and I wanted to write this on your “suggestions” page but there was no place to write!

One of my friends sent me this link:

http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/04/25/the-300000-watch-that-doesnt-tell-time/?mod=MostPopular

My first thought was “this can’t be real” and I thought maybe it was an April fool’s joke, but the article was dated April 25th. After looking at the original website, here:

http://www.romainjerome.ch/en/les-inatendus/day-and-night-en.aspx

and looking at their other “watches” I knew it was ridiculous and the “press lounge” ended any doubts I had.

Still it is pretty amusing. Especially the rusty watch you have to keep in an argon-filled glass dome. Someone put a lot of time into the site.

Reading the comments on the WSJ is quite hilarious.

]]> By: Bryam http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/04/25/can-of-worms/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Bryam Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:58:33 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/04/25/can-of-worms/#comment-216 I try selling the repair based on the intrinsic or “heirloom” value and let my customer know ahead of time that the repair estimate is likely to be more than the dollar value of the watch. I try selling the repair based on the intrinsic or “heirloom” value and let my customer know ahead of time that the repair estimate is likely to be more than the dollar value of the watch.

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