2002-05-31 Could it have something to do with the best watches coming from Switzerland? The Swiss watchmakers may have set the standard to which all must comply.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2002-05-31 16:34 Subject: [USMA:20282] Re: Speigel > Brian J White wrote: > > > > At 11:55 2002-05-30 -0700, M R wrote: > > >Today I saw Speigel watch straps in CVS store > > >with the width quoted in millimeters. Unfortunately > > >they use 'MM' instead of 'mm'. > > > > > >Atleast I am happy that they used metric. The company > > >is US based, but the product is Made in China and > > >slowly metric only products are creeping into USA. > > > > > >Madan > > > > As far as I've ever seen, watch strap width has always been > > millimeters. No big win there. > > That strap width is related to the pin length, which has been metric > for a very long time, apparently. > > Jim > > -- > Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" > James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ > 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 >
