When I was a field engineer with a big government contractor many years ago, we had clocks like these for maintaining the time and date to the equipment I was working on. Extremely accurate. Thanks! ^_^
I saw one 're-fueling' (or rather recharging) at a local Walgreen's Pharmacy store that has an electrical recharge station. I wonder how long that takes? I still like the idea behind a plug-in version of a Toyota Prius, for example. I don't know, maybe I'm old school, but in our quest to become more
" mesoscaphe , diving vessel built by the Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard that suspended itself automatically at predetermined depths. The first mesoscaphe was built for the 1964 Swiss National Exhibition in Lausanne and designed as a tourist submarine for 40 passengers. Although it could descend to
LeCar by Renault many years ago; my Mom, who was Swiss, would always laugh because car in French is la voiture, not 'le'. But at least with LaFerrari, it kinda fits in with the 'there she is' (referring to the car) mentality. I think it also has something to do with Italian wine, women and pasta. :
such as pharmaceuticals, machinery, as well as cheese and chocolate, it's all about the argent (money). Maybe the watch industry needs a labeling standard like 'Swiss Made - 50' for 50% Swiss made or 'Japan - 100' for a timepiece totally made in Japan, for example. Caveat emptor....whatever. : O
The Packard is a right-hand drive, I would think made or modified for Australia, while the Cadillac is left-hand drive. Very interesting, and cool paint jobs. Thanks! : )
Interesting info on Mr. Chaplin on Wikipedia. I have family in Switzerland near Vevey, Chexbres, et Lausanne, and my Mom ('Maman') was from the Canton du Valais, and so I spoke French before I ever spoke English. I also had an aunt, Tante Marie-Angel, who worked for Omega in Bienne, and on one of my
"The 7S26 uses Seiko's patented Diashock shock protection [3] on the balance pivots, has a soft, plastic spacer ring [4] closely integrated with the movement and a relatively low mass rotor [5] that is unlikely to bend or break even with very severe shocks" BTW, thanks! HAGWE! ^_^