Stan... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Timebuilder) http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/688 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:57:59 GMT http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/689/t/COSC-Uses-Robots-To-Test-A-Million-Watches-A-Year-.html
The sensor used is a CCD cell coupled with an optical sensor which detects the position of the seconds hand (black) on the dial division (white). A system of reference points enables absolute centering of the image (by translation and rotation of the axes) and renders the measurement insensitive to the tolerance of movement position under the camera. Each BO uses a time base... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Timebuilder) http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/689 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:10:44 GMT http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/690/t/Hamilton-Wrist-Watch-Serial-Numbers-and-Years-Produced-.html
Movement Serial Numbers Years.

979 2900001-2931900 1934-1951
986 2100001-2191300 1922-1926
401 H50001-H57500 1930-1933
987 001-0486300 1937-1948
987E 4025301-4523000 1928-1937
987S SS001-SS87400 1940-1948
980 G101-G669400 1934-1951
980B A001-A8900 1937-1946
H980 HW001-HW1075 1942-1949
980I W001-W1050 1942-1948
982 J1001-J670600 1935-1951... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Timebuilder) http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/690 Tue, 30 May 2006 14:18:14 GMT http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/691/t/The-History-of-the-Patek-Philippe-Founded-1839-.html The Company known today as Patek Philippe was founded in Geneva in 1839, by an exiled Polish Nobleman. Count Antoine Norbert de Patek and his compatriot Francois Czapek. The earliest watches were signed Patek, Czapek & co. until 1845 when Czapek left the partnership. Several years later the company was joined by French watchmaker , Jean Adrien Philippe, who later became the inventor of their famous stem-winding and hand setting mechanism, a modern and reliable concept. From May 1845... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Timebuilder) http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/691 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:46:44 GMT http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/692/t/A-Special-Gruen-Gents-Wrist-Watch-Restoration-.html

feeds@yuku.com (Timebuilder) http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/692 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:20:53 GMT http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/693/t/Jesse-Jackson-s-FREE-Rolex-.html
Moreover, just few weeks after Rev. Jackson's "reconciliation conference", Taylor's security forces attacked ethnic Krahns (President Doe's ethnic group) in densely populated city neighbourhoods killing as many as 300, according to the US State Department report, although the actual figures were much higher since the government refused to allow relatives and friends to claim the bodies. Women and children were gunned down and wounded ones hauled... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Horologist) http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/693 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:57:40 GMT http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/694/t/Rolex-watch-sells-for-record-price-at-Geneva-auction-.html
Tuesday, November 19, 2002

(11-19) 14:31 PST GENEVA (AP) --

A Rolex wristwatch that belonged to the former emperor of Vietnam sold for a record $235,000, the auctioneers said Tuesday.

The Phillips auction house did not identify the buyer of the 1952 Oyster Perpetual Rolex, sold Monday in Geneva. The watch is one of three known to have been made with a black dial and diamond indexes, Phillips said.

The... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Timebuilder) http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/694 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:11:27 GMT http://horologist.yuku.com/topic/695/t/Bulova-Markings-Indicating-When-A-Watch-Was-Made-.html

Stan Hoffman

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