Tornek-Rayville US

[abraxas]

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Tornek-Rayville US

Don't know what it is ... but it's darn fine:
http://www.mwrforum.net/cgi-bin/mwr.pl?read=87094

Anyone knows?

john


PS Just done some quick lookaround ...

It?s made by Blancpain and sold here:
http://tinyurl.com/32us3 (second item down)

More:
http://montresdeplongee.free.fr/blancpai.htm (last item below)
http://tinyurl.com/36ugb (we've been here before)

[swanbourne]

The watch featured was certainly made by Blancpain John but look who now owns the trademark in the USA!

Word Mark TORNEK-RAYVILLE
Goods and Services IC 014. US 002 027 028 050. G & S: Watches, watch dials, watch cases and parts of watches
Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING
Serial Number 78138072
Filing Date June 24, 2002
Current Filing Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Published for Opposition December 31, 2002
Owner (APPLICANT) MK II Corporation CORPORATION DELAWARE 2101 Chestnut St., Ste. 1016 Philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA 191033121
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

So I guess we can expect to see more of these soon.

Eddie

[gray]

I have seen the brand before. Frankly I think it's a fugly mish mash of styles.

Interesting ownership. I am sure someone will love the fugly remakes if/when they appear :wink:

[abraxas]

I have seen the brand before. Frankly I think it's a fugly mish mash of styles.

Interesting ownership. I am sure someone will love the fugly remakes if/when they appear :wink:

They wouldn't necessarily make a watch that looks like that ... Interesting tho. We better watch (boom-boom) that space.

john

[Crusader]

The TR is the holy grail of US military watches... Not sure whether that is based on technology, quality, style or scarcity. My hunch is the latter, but I am no expert at all.

I have no problem with a dead trademark being picked up by a decent horologist... better than to have some East Asian company flogging $ 9.99 watches with that name and thereby destroying the brand. Goes for Precista as well as for TR.

Crusader

[Watch Dilettante]

Gee, I don't find it ugly at all... Would seriously consider buying a remake of it, since the $9,000 thing isn't happening! :shock:

[Watch Dilettante]

Has anybody done a review of the new Type 48, etc. from Bill Yao? I would really like to know how they stack up against the Speedbird!