Great Shot. Beautiful Watch.(nt)

Dec 24, 2005,03:03 AM
 

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Jour et nuit

 
 By: SJX : December 24th, 2005-01:01
I like this photo because the shadow over the dial makes the elegant 'Chinese' numerals stand out, it captures the spirit of the watch perfectly....  

Nice shot Jia Xian

 
 By: vlim : December 24th, 2005-03:03

Great Shot. Beautiful Watch.(nt)

 
 By: Teacher Yang : December 24th, 2005-03:03

IMHO, this position of day and night indicator is terrific.

 
 By: Ruckdee : December 24th, 2005-08:20
I'm quite obsessed when it comes to dial symmetry so this arrangement is perfect for my liking. If only they made it in stainless steel.....(sigh).... Anyway, thank you for the pic! Ruckdee

in appreciation of symmetrical dials ...

 
 By: Dirk : December 25th, 2005-01:01
first of all, thank you Jia Xian for the beautiful photo then, for Ruckdee - like you I am keen on symmetrical dials and yes, there is one with day and night indicator in a steel case - admittedly a bit larger to accomodate an automatic movement and witho... 

Congrats Dirk!

 
 By: SJX : December 25th, 2005-05:17
You must show us the new watch sometime. Merry Christmas, JiaXian

thanks JiaXian!

 
 By: Dirk : December 26th, 2005-05:05

Congratlations, Dirk. That's wonderful. I hope you can share some pics...

 
 By: Ruckdee : December 26th, 2005-10:10
...next week or after that when you have some time. I saw the press photo once but forgot to save it. Ruckdee

no photos of mine just yet but previously posted here ...

 
 By: Dirk : December 28th, 2005-01:01
or you can check out this post showing all of this years' Wempe limited editions http://www.network54.com/Forum/169624/message/1130510688/WEMPE+Jewelers+Celebrates+100th+Anniversary+of+the+WEMPE+Chronometerwerke including a picture of the reverse. Cheers,...  

It just occurred to me

 
 By: SJX : December 28th, 2005-04:04
That there is a lot of German language text on that dial. I know Wempe is German, but it strikes me as odd for a JLC. The design is very attractive though. Regards, JiaXian

the one thing holding me back ...

 
 By: Dirk : December 29th, 2005-06:06
until it was almost too late was the abundance of text around the seconds dial ... I could have done without the 100 years - just the reference to Chronometrie Wempe would have been better. I bought the watch because I felt the text would be too small to ...