Kohai999
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Dann,
That is a handsome watch, but it does NOT look just like a $5000 Rolex, I assure you.
Best Regards,
STeven Garsson
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Near undestructable mecanical watches?
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Dann,
That is a handsome watch, but it does NOT look just like a $5000 Rolex, I assure you.
Best Regards,
STeven Garsson
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I had a Rolex sub a few years ago, a very nice watch but certainly not as accurate as my Casio. The thing that bugged my about it was the braclet, the clasp comes undone too easily and not secure enough. It also looks cheap and flimsy which it was. I'll stay away from Rolex until they make a braclet in line with the price they charge. Got my eye on a Sinn U1 on a metal braaclet at the moment. They use the common ETA 2824 movement as foundin Omegas and IWCs.
far be it from me to stand up for rolex but the bracelet on mine was quite heavy and latched very securely. it did not feel cheap at all. is it possible you got a fake rolex???? the sinn watch line is very good you should be pleased. later,ahgar
I've been useing a Tauchmeister (the 'diving' version of aeromatic) T80 and i like it a lot. Runs 11 sec fast per day, with (so far) only 1 oe 2 sec variation. Hacking movement, self winding. Seams reasnably impervious to biffs and bams.
Looks ok (vaugly rolex-ish i guess), felt heavy out of the box, band has SCREW-pins (not crappy pushers) to adjust length and (as long as you screw the crown down tight) its OK for swimmimg.
I read (online...) some folks dive with these watches.
The bracelet has a flipover thing on the clasp to stop it popoing open and it cost 50 bucks off E-bay. ... Chinese or not thats a lot of watch for the money.
That said i also change it out for my G shock a lot of the time....
Looks ok (vaugly rolex-ish i guess), felt heavy out of the box, band has SCREW-pins (not crappy pushers) to adjust length and (as long as you screw the crown down tight) its OK for swimmimg.
I read (online...) some folks dive with these watches.
The bracelet has a flipover thing on the clasp to stop it popoing open and it cost 50 bucks off E-bay. ... Chinese or not thats a lot of watch for the money.
That said i also change it out for my G shock a lot of the time....
Seiko is another company that makes every thing in house.
Seikos can also be regulated easily to be very accurate.
Chad
well since i have a early '70s seiko diver which has never in 30+ yrs had the back off, and still works fine, i would say seiko ranks right up there with any of them. & i wore the watch HARD, swimming, diving , skiing, gym, daily use, working on cars, at work, its been there/did that for sure.
rolex subs and GMTs are also excellent.
rolex subs and GMTs are also excellent.
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Most of those watches are really nice! That said if I start wearing a watch again it'll be an atomic syncing watch. I stopped wearing them because I get obsessive about it and end up resetting them once or twice an hour from my atomic clock in my room...
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The thread is about mecanical watches.
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Rado make several mechanical watches in scratchproof tungsten carbide including the "original" which I have two of in teo tone and still looks new after 15 years. no scratches on the sapphire crystal either !!I
Congrats on the Seamaster Joss! :thumbup: I've got a Seamaster Chronograph myself, plus my (almost) EDC Rolex Explorer.
I wanted to chime in on accuracy in mechanical watches, because its clear that most don't understand what they're seeing or hearing about. -A lot of the same old misinterpreted anecdotal stuff.
Take Rolex, for example: there are many high-end mechanicals that are more expensive than Rolex. Rolex is not considered haute horologie. There are none however, that are more accurate as a brand.
In mechanical watches there is the COSC, Swiss Chronometer Certification. They set the standard for accuracy, and it's an old one, pretty easily met by today's mechanicals, certified or not. When a movement earns a Chronometer certificate it means that the movement (outside the watch) performed to a standard that works out (through a convoluted route) as no more than +6 seconds to -4 seconds a day, over several positions, temperatures and over a number of days.
That's it. Any Chronometer should run within Chronometer specs. You may find a Rolex, or an Omega, or an IWC that runs spot on. You may find any of them that runs +6 seconds a day, or -3. They're all within spec, and really, +6 seconds a day every day, is better than +1 today, -3 tomorrow, because consistency is the goal. -You might even find an Omega that runs +1 second a month, but I promise "Omegas" do not, and certainly nor do Rolex, nor IWC and so on as a brand.
The point is if you hear someone say, "Rolex aren't that accurate." that's simply false. Rolex (in the past as proof of quality, these days more as a marketing tool) certifies more Chronometers than anyone. That means they sell more watches guaranteed to run within a certain spec than anyone.
I wanted to chime in on accuracy in mechanical watches, because its clear that most don't understand what they're seeing or hearing about. -A lot of the same old misinterpreted anecdotal stuff.
Take Rolex, for example: there are many high-end mechanicals that are more expensive than Rolex. Rolex is not considered haute horologie. There are none however, that are more accurate as a brand.
In mechanical watches there is the COSC, Swiss Chronometer Certification. They set the standard for accuracy, and it's an old one, pretty easily met by today's mechanicals, certified or not. When a movement earns a Chronometer certificate it means that the movement (outside the watch) performed to a standard that works out (through a convoluted route) as no more than +6 seconds to -4 seconds a day, over several positions, temperatures and over a number of days.
That's it. Any Chronometer should run within Chronometer specs. You may find a Rolex, or an Omega, or an IWC that runs spot on. You may find any of them that runs +6 seconds a day, or -3. They're all within spec, and really, +6 seconds a day every day, is better than +1 today, -3 tomorrow, because consistency is the goal. -You might even find an Omega that runs +1 second a month, but I promise "Omegas" do not, and certainly nor do Rolex, nor IWC and so on as a brand.
The point is if you hear someone say, "Rolex aren't that accurate." that's simply false. Rolex (in the past as proof of quality, these days more as a marketing tool) certifies more Chronometers than anyone. That means they sell more watches guaranteed to run within a certain spec than anyone.
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I used to break a watch every year until I got a Rolex. My Rolex is 20 years old and serviced twice. Still working just fine.
I also have a Tauchmeister (mine's a quartz, 'tho), and they are "alot of watch for the money"...Mine looks just like a $5000 Rolex, and seems to keep excellent time:
come on now 'bro ya know thats BS lol, if its not a rolex its not a rolex, though it might keep perfect time.
sure its a nice watch though.
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Joss, are you actively looking to purchase a watch or just interested in the information/consensus?
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I was interested, I have bought the Seamaster now. I looked at some other watches with more of a hard core reputations, but most were pretty ugly IMHO.