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	title of this thread your message When Herman Miller 'reintroduced' all of those previously discontinued pieces, alterations were made to the materials, and yes, even to some of the parts. Are they original? Who cares? All these years that Fritz Hansen has produced the Jacobsen Swan and Egg chairs, don't you think they made some changes to them? Certainly the stuffing ain't the same. There MIGHT be a designation to be made between something that has continuously manufacutered all these years, and pieces that have been discontinued and later reintroduced. I guess you could say that none of the Mies van de Rhoe pieces produced by Knoll are original, since they took over production from the 1930's European makers. Heck, some of the Aalto Artek pieces were originally made by Thonet before Artek was started. Getting back to the clocks, all of the Vitra's as well as as the two Howard Miller's have completely different motor movements, taking a AA battery, not the C battery. There ain't no electrics or wind-ups anymore. Are they original? Does it all come down to what term are you going to use? I wish there was a drop-dead accepted batch of terms for each variant in a piece's manufacturered history. Reissue? Original? Reintroduction? Knockoff? New version? The list is (appparently) endless. And until there is some aggreed-to standardization, then these conversations will continue without end. associated web images (optional) associated web link (optional) your email your password create a forums account \| you forgot your password?