ALL the NASA astronauts (moon mission) in A LOT of vintage photos show how much they loved this bracelet, that they wore their speedmaster (42mm wide watch) and on their ACCUTRON astronauts (38mm wide watch) on them almost exclusively both on and off duty as well as numerous NASA staff .. I personally love it and use it on vintage. watches with 18mm to 20mm lugs (despite it is only 19mm wide)
ALL the NASA astronauts (moon mission) in A LOT of vintage photos show how much they loved this bracelet, that they wore their speedmaster (42mm wide watch) and on their ACCUTRON astronauts (38mm wide watch) on them almost exclusively both on and off duty as well as numerous NASA staff .. I personally love it and use it on vintage. watches with 18mm to 20mm lugs (despite it is only 19mm wide)
OLD TIME KEEPERS still functioning in the year 2023 when things were made to last and planned obsolescence was NOT even considered
The origin of the phrase planned obsolescence goes back at least as far as 1932 with Bernard London's pamphlet Ending the Depression Through Planned Obsolescence.[11] The essence of London's plan would have the government impose a legal obsolescence on personal-use items, to stimulate and perpetuate purchasing. However, the phrase was first popularized in 1954 by Brooks Stevens, an American industrial designer. Stevens was due to give a talk at an advertising conference in Minneapolis in 1954. Without giving it much thought, he used the term as the title of his talk. From that point on, "planned obsolescence" became Stevens' catchphrase. By his definition, planned obsolescence was "Instilling in the buyer the desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary."
The origin of the phrase planned obsolescence goes back at least as far as 1932 with Bernard London's pamphlet Ending the Depression Through Planned Obsolescence.[11] The essence of London's plan would have the government impose a legal obsolescence on personal-use items, to stimulate and perpetuate purchasing. However, the phrase was first popularized in 1954 by Brooks Stevens, an American industrial designer. Stevens was due to give a talk at an advertising conference in Minneapolis in 1954. Without giving it much thought, he used the term as the title of his talk. From that point on, "planned obsolescence" became Stevens' catchphrase. By his definition, planned obsolescence was "Instilling in the buyer the desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary."
let me clarify ... in the context a certain period of time the mindset was that we build them well and we build them to last, perhaps u missed the context i meant ?
