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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 247807, member: 25"]Modern and probably Chinese. For some reason the Chinese are</p><p>mad about sweep centre seconds hands, often if not usually in red.</p><p>It reminds me of a short science fiction story where the Earth was invaded secretly by aliens. They wondered why it was so easy to round them all up, turns out they were all disguised as perfectly proportioned 3 foot high real estate agents</p><p>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the Chinese will keep wondering why their knock-offs are spottable across the room, as they stick on the red sweep seconds hands. Try Alibaba or some other Chinese wholesale source to get a wholesale price, I doubt if it is more than $30 a pop.</p><p>The one on the left has a subsidiary seconds dial as well as a sweep seconds.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Historically they have always had a love of centre seconds hands, watches and clocks made in the west to trade with China in the 19th C. were always made with centre seconds hands which must have been due to local demand as they were not typical in the west unless they served a special function.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 247807, member: 25"]Modern and probably Chinese. For some reason the Chinese are mad about sweep centre seconds hands, often if not usually in red. It reminds me of a short science fiction story where the Earth was invaded secretly by aliens. They wondered why it was so easy to round them all up, turns out they were all disguised as perfectly proportioned 3 foot high real estate agents . Maybe the Chinese will keep wondering why their knock-offs are spottable across the room, as they stick on the red sweep seconds hands. Try Alibaba or some other Chinese wholesale source to get a wholesale price, I doubt if it is more than $30 a pop. The one on the left has a subsidiary seconds dial as well as a sweep seconds. Historically they have always had a love of centre seconds hands, watches and clocks made in the west to trade with China in the 19th C. were always made with centre seconds hands which must have been due to local demand as they were not typical in the west unless they served a special function.[/QUOTE]
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