Hello all,
This ETA 2451 came in a box of estate stuff. It made me laugh.
A LOT!
See the claim of 41 jewels on the face. Well, they didn't lie, exactly, because they are indeed there...
What I would like to understand is the purpose of such an arrangement, apart from the fuzzy feeling inside the 4" of gooey stuff between the ears of the person who who bought it in the first place.
Granted, the ratchet pivots on the reverse winding gears might, possibly, maybe, almost, perhaps, in an exotic world, benefit from the reduced friction of jewelled bearings. But Wow! Did somebody need to blow out a train load of shiny little red rocks? And the other 16 jewels, sitting pretty in their own little orbit with nothing to do; What might they be for?
Coincidentally, I picked up a nearly identical watch at a flea market yesterday with the proud boast of 31 jewels in an ETA 2452...
Does anybody else have examples of outrageous marketing hype?
Martin
This ETA 2451 came in a box of estate stuff. It made me laugh.
A LOT!
See the claim of 41 jewels on the face. Well, they didn't lie, exactly, because they are indeed there...
What I would like to understand is the purpose of such an arrangement, apart from the fuzzy feeling inside the 4" of gooey stuff between the ears of the person who who bought it in the first place.
Granted, the ratchet pivots on the reverse winding gears might, possibly, maybe, almost, perhaps, in an exotic world, benefit from the reduced friction of jewelled bearings. But Wow! Did somebody need to blow out a train load of shiny little red rocks? And the other 16 jewels, sitting pretty in their own little orbit with nothing to do; What might they be for?
Coincidentally, I picked up a nearly identical watch at a flea market yesterday with the proud boast of 31 jewels in an ETA 2452...
Does anybody else have examples of outrageous marketing hype?
Martin




