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River Pearl Dials and other marketing Bullshit by shill and Invicta
Jim Skelton:
"TONIGHT at 11pm Central, Midnight Eastern: Join Mongo Kid and myself as we present the Limited Edition Subaqua NOMA III GMT with River Pearl dials as a special Today's Top Value offering. Might be the least expensive SAIII ever offered! 2 hours of fun, it's gonna be a killer show, hope you're there"
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Important info about SAN III LE Anniversary TTV
With all of this being said, some of you may have noticed how unique the "mother of pearl" looks in Jim's picture of the new Anniversary Edition of the SAN III. The reaosn that it looks unique is that it is, in fact, not mother of pearl in the sense you are use to seeing it. It is "River Pearl". A new material never before used by Invicta and only used by a handful of other brands in the world.
This fresh water mother of pearl comes from a large lake near the city of Shanghai in the Yangtze Delta Plain called [color=red]Taihu or "Grand Lake". It is the 3rd largest lake of the 5 freshwater lakes that China is known for. The cultivation of this material from the Taihu Lake is strictly controlled with a quota and is heavily supervised. This assures a high level of eco and habitat friendliness. Please keep in mind that it takes a total of 7 years before this material can be harvested and start the special and delicate process of turning them into an Invicta dial. This material is unique in tone, providing a more of a muted marble like finish and are much more unique than "standard" mother of pearl. While the volume of material harvested is controlled, Invicta has the sorting/choice priority where we chose only the best in texture, color, size and uniformity. Additionally, our strict QC over this process ensures that there is no distortion, impurities, cracks, tears or any other signs of distress[/color]
Don't you mean Mussel shell dials from a polluted lake in China?
In May 2007, the lake was overtaken by a major algae bloom and by major pollution with cyanobacteria. The Chinese government called the lake a major natural disaster despite the anthropogenic origin of this environmental catastrophe. With the average price of bottled water rising to six times the normal rate, the government banned all regional water providers from implementing price hikes.
The lake provides water to 30 million residents, including about one million in Wuxi. By October 2007 it was reported that the Chinese government had shut down or given notice to over 1,300 factories around the lake. However, Wu Lihong, one of the leading environmentalists who had been publicizing the pollution of the lake, was sentenced to three years in prison for alleged extortion of one of the polluters,[4], but, undeterred, alleged in 2010 that not a single factory was closed.
Jiangsu province planned to clean up the lake, and chaired by Wen Jiabao the State Council set a target to clean Taihu Lake by 2012.. However, in 2010 The Economist reported that a fresh pollution outbreak had occurred, and that Wu, released from prison in April, was claiming that the government was trying to suppress news of it, all the while switching to other supplies in place of lake water.
Three of the lake's islands are known as the Sanshan Islands ('three hill islands'), one of the Chinese National Geological Parks. It was a notable haunt of bandits.
How fitting.....
river pearl
Freshwater pearls sourced from the Mississippi River in the United States. Mississippi River pearls are usually irregular and elongated in shape
A real grade A mother of pearl dial and a real watch, not made in china
http://www.ninanet.net/watches/others03/Mediums/mlange1.html
Not really a name you guys came up with, just marketing eh?
The River Pearl Mussel
http://www.weichtiere.at/english/bivalvia/river_pearl_mussel.html
"TONIGHT at 11pm Central, Midnight Eastern: Join Mongo Kid and myself as we present the Limited Edition Subaqua NOMA III GMT with River Pearl dials as a special Today's Top Value offering. Might be the least expensive SAIII ever offered! 2 hours of fun, it's gonna be a killer show, hope you're there"
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Important info about SAN III LE Anniversary TTV
With all of this being said, some of you may have noticed how unique the "mother of pearl" looks in Jim's picture of the new Anniversary Edition of the SAN III. The reaosn that it looks unique is that it is, in fact, not mother of pearl in the sense you are use to seeing it. It is "River Pearl". A new material never before used by Invicta and only used by a handful of other brands in the world.
This fresh water mother of pearl comes from a large lake near the city of Shanghai in the Yangtze Delta Plain called [color=red]Taihu or "Grand Lake". It is the 3rd largest lake of the 5 freshwater lakes that China is known for. The cultivation of this material from the Taihu Lake is strictly controlled with a quota and is heavily supervised. This assures a high level of eco and habitat friendliness. Please keep in mind that it takes a total of 7 years before this material can be harvested and start the special and delicate process of turning them into an Invicta dial. This material is unique in tone, providing a more of a muted marble like finish and are much more unique than "standard" mother of pearl. While the volume of material harvested is controlled, Invicta has the sorting/choice priority where we chose only the best in texture, color, size and uniformity. Additionally, our strict QC over this process ensures that there is no distortion, impurities, cracks, tears or any other signs of distress[/color]
Don't you mean Mussel shell dials from a polluted lake in China?
In May 2007, the lake was overtaken by a major algae bloom and by major pollution with cyanobacteria. The Chinese government called the lake a major natural disaster despite the anthropogenic origin of this environmental catastrophe. With the average price of bottled water rising to six times the normal rate, the government banned all regional water providers from implementing price hikes.
The lake provides water to 30 million residents, including about one million in Wuxi. By October 2007 it was reported that the Chinese government had shut down or given notice to over 1,300 factories around the lake. However, Wu Lihong, one of the leading environmentalists who had been publicizing the pollution of the lake, was sentenced to three years in prison for alleged extortion of one of the polluters,[4], but, undeterred, alleged in 2010 that not a single factory was closed.
Jiangsu province planned to clean up the lake, and chaired by Wen Jiabao the State Council set a target to clean Taihu Lake by 2012.. However, in 2010 The Economist reported that a fresh pollution outbreak had occurred, and that Wu, released from prison in April, was claiming that the government was trying to suppress news of it, all the while switching to other supplies in place of lake water.
Three of the lake's islands are known as the Sanshan Islands ('three hill islands'), one of the Chinese National Geological Parks. It was a notable haunt of bandits.
How fitting.....
river pearl
Freshwater pearls sourced from the Mississippi River in the United States. Mississippi River pearls are usually irregular and elongated in shape
A real grade A mother of pearl dial and a real watch, not made in china
http://www.ninanet.net/watches/others03/Mediums/mlange1.html
Not really a name you guys came up with, just marketing eh?
The River Pearl Mussel
http://www.weichtiere.at/english/bivalvia/river_pearl_mussel.html
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