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ASTROGATOR by HEINZ Hi, my name is Heinrich. I am working at the HEINZ Watch Company (HWC). I am responsible for the housekeeping and for product engineering. Our marketing department is lead by my boss himself, Mr. Heinz, because the marketing budget accounts for the biggest part of our operating e

From my point of view the danger associated with the handling of watches with radium dials is heavily underestimated by laymen. Many watch makers refuse servicing or repairing these watches in our days because it requires a vacuum decontamination chamber to conduct such work safely. In order to prot

From my point of view the danger associated with the handling of watches with radium dials is heavily underestimated by laymen. Therefore your answer may be sending out the wrong message. Many watch makers refuse servicing or repairing these watches in our days because it requires a vacuum decontami

I should have known better. It’ s not the new image uploader accessing the hard disk drive of my computer but one of the keen thinkers here in this forum that gets me into trouble. pplater, you seem to have identified my hidden agenda ‘in less than the beat of a 36000 Hz movement’. Never mind. I hav

Thank you, pplater. The artist likes the applause like the desert likes the rain. The watch is a homage to astrogator Atan Shubashi who successfully astrogated the spacecruiser Orion under extremely adverse conditions during a dramatic mission lead by commander Cliff Allister McLane at the beginning

The movement is about 44% of the total weight. Watch Model: ASTROGATOR Case Material: Delrin Top & Bottom Crystal: Hesalite Movement: Eta 6498-1 Strap Material: Silicone Design & Engineering: Heinrich Manufacturing: Heinrich's Alter Ego at the lathe down in the machine shop. Senior Technical Advisor

... they shake and try to break your watch while you are not at home ;-). Heinrich

No message body This message has been edited by Heinrich on 2010-03-28 03:58:18

Thanks a lot for this thought provoking post. I appreciate that someone has the standing to touch such a topic in this forum. Your reference to the world of Tolkien’s novels made me recognize the tightrope walk between a passion for beautiful things on the one hand and a greed for new acquisit

I was quited surprised to read a post on this forum which issues such kind of criticism regarding the watch business. From my point of view this criticism seems very biased. There may well be an incredible amount of new money waiting to be earned by horological artists, who perfectly understand the