Post by rw16610 on Apr 8, 2014 13:12:08 GMT -6
On the topic of rare materials such as moon rock and other things, Louis Moinet incorporates quite a few different materials into watches. Everything from moon rock to dinosaur bone. Some of them are fairly stunning and quite a bit more traditional than RJ.
Wow, that's a nice grand complication piece! It's cool to see other brands doing similar things as well. Not too long ago I thought meteorite was the only exotic / hard to find material used in watches when compared to the conventional stuff.
I'm back home now.
Here's my reasoning for the above post, now we all know about the Titanic, but my grand daughter doesn't, when showing my watch to her or say for instance any grand child, the story of the Titanic and all those lost would be re told, and it would happen over and over again, no watch, no re telling of the Titanic story. Period. Now, if I was one of the relatives of one of the drowned, I would like that tragic story to be told over and over and not, through time, be forgotten. I regard it as a homage to the fallen rather than an insult.
Dave, it certainly shines light on a whole other perspective that makes perfect sense to me. When looked at from this angle it's no doubt a great way to preserve the history and memories of those lost. This concept has me intrigued to discover what other materials were used by this brand or others that have some historical significance.
That really is well put Dave, I had not thought about it that way and it makes a great deal of sense. You know, there is a great love of military wristwatches, I know I love them. I don't love them for the glorification of war though, I love them as they were worn by people who risked their all for others and that should be remembered forever and I guess one of the ways is to collect and preserve the things they wore so as to always preserve their memories and sacrifices.
Well put Dave, very well put!
Indeed, and it does apply to military watches directly as well. Some folks also collect other military memorabilia and I guess what matters most is that it's done respectfully and for the right reasons. The Titanic DNA watch struck me as sort of scary to own before thinking of it this way as well truly.