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Re: Economy dial - marketing trick?
In Response To: Always had the same doubt... ()

Glad you said that Fabrizio,
From photos, I can't see any real difference between a so called 'economy' and standard dial.

Maybe it was a (rather strange) marketing trick so that buyers of the $200 'non Viceroy' didn't feel hard-done-by about people buying a Viceroy for $88.

Stewart

: In fact even catalogues refer to 'economy' version or dials, but I
: never was able to grasp the full meaning of the phrase.
: I own a Viceroy and I must tell that I don't find in it anything
: more economocal than other watches - the quality sure does not
: seem lower!
: Cheers,
: Fabrizio

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