John Overman 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Maddox [mailto:cmaddox3@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:09 PM
To: Overman, John W KRT-KRT
Subject: Re: Imai Book

On 5/25/04 17:22, "Overman, John W  KRT-KRT" <john.overman@kraton.com> wrote:

Chuck,

John,

I recently learned from a mutual friend (Brian Cantor) that Imai has also published a book on the Seamaster line.

This is incorrect...  World Mook has published a Seamaster Book, but it is not authored by Imai...

I have two copies of the Imai Speedmaster book, one in the original Japanese, and one translated to English. I am embarrassed to say I do not remember how I ordered these, it has been so long. I was not aware that there was also a book about Seamasters.

I hear you...  I forget stuff too...  You know what the first sign of Alzheimer's is don't you?   I told you yesterday...  =)

Would you be able to steer me in the right direction so I could order one of these.  

I'd be happy too...  I ordered mine through Amazon.co.jp...

Omega seaming machine star story world mook (447)
Shozo Nakamura and Tadashi Noda
Book data

    *     Large-sized book: 175 p; Size (cm): 29  
    *     Publisher: World photo press; ISBN: 4846524477; (2003/10)
    *     The male be completed degree:  The number of customer reviews: 1  review is written  
    *     Amazon.co.jp sale ranking: 42,345

and here is the page:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.co.jp%2fexec%2fobidos%2fASIN%2f4846524477%2f250-0300198-7361054

And you can go to Amazon.co.jp's site (either directly, or you can use Bablefish to translate the page for you, fill out the forms to open an account and order it from them.  This is what I did.  You can also purchase other Japanese language books there including Imai's Speedmaster book if you'd like.  Express Delivery takes about 3-5 days.

I am an avid Speedmaster fan, but I also own a couple of Seamasters, one a c.321 chrono, as well as a 300 diver.

It's roughly as useful as the Japanese language version of the Speedmaster Book, but for Seamasters.  It's very nice and only runs about $22 before shipping.

In fact, I've thought about buying about 10 of them and selling them off on eBay at profit.  But I don't like to profit from what I consider a hobby...  So...

Hope this helps!

Chuck

Thanks in advance.

John Overman

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