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mechanical or quartz watches, which do you prefer?
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Quartz. Casio is my favourite, but other quartz brands, such as Timex, are good as well. Casio has the nicest line of watches, though.
I have one mechanical watch, a Boucherer " Officially Certified Chronometer", something I bought in Switzerland some years ago. It's a nice enough watch, but I think that "Officially Certified Chronometer" is just a marketing gimmick.
I have one mechanical watch, a Boucherer " Officially Certified Chronometer", something I bought in Switzerland some years ago. It's a nice enough watch, but I think that "Officially Certified Chronometer" is just a marketing gimmick.
Well, for me ,I kind a like Quarts better. ( Not intend to flame
any Automatic fans, is just suit my lifestyle better).
If you have several watches and it's mechanical, you would need
a watch winder just to keep it all running, otherwise it will stop after 36-42 hours or so. For Automatic you should give it a C O A
( clean, oil, adjust) every 5-6 years in order to give it a good
timming and for the life span of the watch. In short, it will cost
you between $70-to $100 or more depending on your watch if it's just
a basic automatic or chronograph, brands name of the watch , the
service fee will gets higher.( I kidded you not ).
Actually, There are cheaper quart movements ( the one mostly plastic parts, the other types of quarts are very much like mechanical
except one area for battery instead of windding mechanism.
It would take a quarts twice as long for a C O A, because less
moving parts to wears out, less dirtier.
The most important thing that I look for in a watch are sapphire
crystal , screw down crown, screw down back, it protect the watch
better from the outside sourses. Then go for styles, brands name
and so on.
Most of Swiss watches you see today , their movement are made by
ETA anyway, both automatic and quarts. Which is very reliable. Very
fews Company do make their owns movements, some Company brought ETA
movements back to their company and modified it to their spec, some
are successes some are not . Some Company don't even do anything at
all to these movements , some don't even have their owns factory, they
order from another Company. Sometime, a $300 dollars watch have a same
movements at$3000. Watch, worse, in some case the more expensives watch even have less refine movements than the cheaper one. Timezone.com is a good sourse of information about watches just like
our BladeForum for us knives nuts.
ps: I'm not trying to bash anyone for their liking , weather automatic fans or expensive brands fans, we all have different points
and different taste.
By the way, newer Quarts movements , for the last 5 years or so does have this function call E.O.L (end of life indicator, the second
hand JUMP in 6 second interval to let you know the battery is getting
dry out, but the battery is still good for 2 weeks or more, plenty of
time for me to go get the new battery. Watch batteries are cheap if
you buy it and install yourself , it's pretty easy .
Regards,
PETER
:yawn:
any Automatic fans, is just suit my lifestyle better).
If you have several watches and it's mechanical, you would need
a watch winder just to keep it all running, otherwise it will stop after 36-42 hours or so. For Automatic you should give it a C O A
( clean, oil, adjust) every 5-6 years in order to give it a good
timming and for the life span of the watch. In short, it will cost
you between $70-to $100 or more depending on your watch if it's just
a basic automatic or chronograph, brands name of the watch , the
service fee will gets higher.( I kidded you not ).
Actually, There are cheaper quart movements ( the one mostly plastic parts, the other types of quarts are very much like mechanical
except one area for battery instead of windding mechanism.
It would take a quarts twice as long for a C O A, because less
moving parts to wears out, less dirtier.
The most important thing that I look for in a watch are sapphire
crystal , screw down crown, screw down back, it protect the watch
better from the outside sourses. Then go for styles, brands name
and so on.
Most of Swiss watches you see today , their movement are made by
ETA anyway, both automatic and quarts. Which is very reliable. Very
fews Company do make their owns movements, some Company brought ETA
movements back to their company and modified it to their spec, some
are successes some are not . Some Company don't even do anything at
all to these movements , some don't even have their owns factory, they
order from another Company. Sometime, a $300 dollars watch have a same
movements at$3000. Watch, worse, in some case the more expensives watch even have less refine movements than the cheaper one. Timezone.com is a good sourse of information about watches just like
our BladeForum for us knives nuts.
ps: I'm not trying to bash anyone for their liking , weather automatic fans or expensive brands fans, we all have different points
and different taste.
By the way, newer Quarts movements , for the last 5 years or so does have this function call E.O.L (end of life indicator, the second
hand JUMP in 6 second interval to let you know the battery is getting
dry out, but the battery is still good for 2 weeks or more, plenty of
time for me to go get the new battery. Watch batteries are cheap if
you buy it and install yourself , it's pretty easy .
Regards,
PETER
:yawn:
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Originally posted by marcangel
Well, I'm a Rolex fan, since the one I'm wearing is over 20 years old and was my 18th birthday present.
Know the feeling - my first Seiko was a present when I was *12*. Died when I was 38 after huge abuse.
Accurate to about a minute a month. Yeah, you can buy 70 or 80 G-shocks for that price, but I don't think your kids want to be left with 70 or 80 dead G-shocks.
Mine does about 3 minutes a month.
In my case, 20 or 30 Seikos... and if I'd not dropped it so often - it probably would have gone to my kids - hell no, though, it's not collectable. [But it gives 19 or 29 Seikos worth to spend on knives, flashlights, gadgets...]
I'd still love a Rolex - but it has to take it's place in the queue
Well, I'm a Rolex fan, since the one I'm wearing is over 20 years old and was my 18th birthday present.
Know the feeling - my first Seiko was a present when I was *12*. Died when I was 38 after huge abuse.
Accurate to about a minute a month. Yeah, you can buy 70 or 80 G-shocks for that price, but I don't think your kids want to be left with 70 or 80 dead G-shocks.
Mine does about 3 minutes a month.
In my case, 20 or 30 Seikos... and if I'd not dropped it so often - it probably would have gone to my kids - hell no, though, it's not collectable. [But it gives 19 or 29 Seikos worth to spend on knives, flashlights, gadgets...]
I'd still love a Rolex - but it has to take it's place in the queue
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I have always loved a good auto watch, and i have owned some very nice ones, including Omega, Rolex, Sinn, Rado, Heuer, Baume and Mercier, Breitling to name the first few that jump into my head. Like many knife nuts, i am attracted to anything thats made with fine materials, to extreme tolerances with great precision, BUT, to finance my new hobby of custom knives, i had to sell most of my nice auto watches, the odd thing that happened was i ended up buying a Casio G-Shock for $50 and it makes me realize that theres a LOT to be said for a cheap watch that you dont care about abusing, one that keeps PERFECT time, which NO auto can do, that doesnt need the date to be adjusted every other month, one with an alarm that comes in very handy, not to mention the bright blue backlight that is far more effective than the best luminescent painted hands/markers. Its 200m waterproof, and virtually indestructable, for fun, i throw it hard against walls and it has yet to fail. Try that with your precious Breitling! I dont care HOW tough you think your expensive auto is, no one would feel comfortable throwing it with abandon against a concrete wall.
So, i always said i would never wear a quartz watch and that autos were the way to go, but after wearing, abusing and getting so much use and efficiency out of my G Shock, i think it would be hard to justify plunking down $2,000 or more for another auto, id rather have a nice custom knife instead and continue to wear my Casio.
I still have a beautiful Baume and Mercier Capeland S Chrono if i need to wear a nice auto, couldnt part with that one, too pretty a watch, but for daily wear, its my Casio all the way, i did a total 180! Its ironic that after collecting fine watches for many years, i end up very happy with my $50 casio. Go figure.
So, i always said i would never wear a quartz watch and that autos were the way to go, but after wearing, abusing and getting so much use and efficiency out of my G Shock, i think it would be hard to justify plunking down $2,000 or more for another auto, id rather have a nice custom knife instead and continue to wear my Casio.
I still have a beautiful Baume and Mercier Capeland S Chrono if i need to wear a nice auto, couldnt part with that one, too pretty a watch, but for daily wear, its my Casio all the way, i did a total 180!
Its ironic that after collecting fine watches for many years, i end up very happy with my $50 casio. Go figure.
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Mechanical are my choice. I do have several quartz (Ti Luminox Diver and a Ti Citizen Tough) but I love the personality of the mechanicals. I have a flock of Seiko 200 meter divers, a few Sinns and an IWC Ti Aquatimer. Titanium and Talonite... what an addiction.