Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari watches on Groupon

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Dang - I have enogh trouble just trying to find parts for my 1970 Heuer
Carrera and that has only one complication - a Chronograph.

I'm open to suggestions where I can find the start stop gf buttons for it.

Onward

DOUG

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From: hns [at] biosafepanama.com [mailto:hns [at] biosafepanama.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 7:40 AM
To: DOUG
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari watches on Groupon

True enough.

Open the case up on many high end watches and you will find ETA movements
either in stock form or modified to look better. In some cases, there are
extensive modifications to the movement. 

This may or may not be a good thing depending on your perspective. For
example, parts for my old Girard Perregaux quartz are unavailable from the
factory. (Sound familiar?) GP made their own quartz movements for a while
before heading back into mechanical movements. One is left to hunt for parts
(especially circuits), which I need, on eBay, etc.

I have another quartz watch from Tiffany. It has an ETA movement that is no
longer made, though you can find a replacement movement very easy though it
is gold tone versus silver on the original. I chose to find the original and
found one. The only thing I needed to do was change a small cover over the
coil, which was marked "Tiffany" keeping the watch original as possible.

Most quartz movements are about $25 dollars unless modified by the maker.
Some, are given special attention in the form of extra complications,
decorative engravings or gold plating. Those can go for hundreds of dollars.

The same could be said for mechanical movements. 

Open the case of any watch you own and see if it is bespoke or somewhat
generic. Your watchmaker can tell you if it is a good idea to buy certain
replacement parts now. Certainly, if you have a prized quartz watch, I would
invest in a replacement circuit and coil. The mechanical parts are less
likely to fail.

For mechanical, ask your watchmaker for advice. In my experience, balances,
winding clutch and pinions get a lot of wear. Again, certain movements are
more prone to wear so let your watchmaker be your guide.

The parallels to owning a Ferrari are similar.

Cheers,

Hunter





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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael James <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:17:28 
To: Hunter Schultz<hns [at] biosafepanama.com>
Cc: The FerrariList<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari watches on Groupon

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