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 Posted: Wed Aug 13th, 2008 10:41 pm
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IanM



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 O - that COSC GMT is a beauty, I must say! It is a very sweet piece of design. I will trawl the posts and see if I can get a better look at your others (wow - thats a heck of a collection of VTbDs you've got, good sir!!). I have put an e-mail in to Princeton watches - let's see what they come back with. And of course the Aussie dollar has nosedived in the last two weeks, so that less 35% is more like less 25% in AUD today mistake.gif even compared to last week...

I just wanted to know what the ownership experience was for 3Ters who have them. We can't really talk about service - cos there won't be any, really, in terms of factory support. But I value your opinion on fit, finish, accuracy and collectability. Such a pity that the company did not survive. LCD has long been considered the "poor man's cousin" to the more usual analog autos and handcrankers, but these VTbDs took the watch world by the throat and shook hard. I would love to add one to the collection, but am still a bit unsure about how big they wear. Most were in the 34 to 38mm diameter range and I wouldn't wear a small watch - unless it was legible. That was why I thought about this Ventura LCD.

Do you think one of the MGS models would be worthwhile?? Are they temperamental?

And AntFarm - I agree. These are cool as a cucumber. Some models have anatomic casebacks, some have double curved crystals, bauhaus design, simplified crown functions, some round, some rectangular, some with huge LCD readouts and some with a more restrained design - interesting little oddities that aren't available elsewhere then or now. Glad you like!

Thanks for the feedback men - much appreciated! The search goes on....

Ian hand6.gif