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Funny that, my interest in watches started /because/ of the smart watches. I picked a cheap chinese automatic watch on aliexpress last year, just to see if it'd still annoy me to wear a watch, as it used to last time I tried a few years back. Idea was, if I can wear a basic watch, i'd buy a smart one... Lo' and behold, I loved it. My £12 chinese crapiola was actually pretty darn good and I wore it for several weeks,…
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> Also, the battery life is really good. I went away and forgot my charger and got 2 1/2 days out of it. I'm surprised that they can sell 2 days battery as a feature and have people swallow it. What's written behind my watch: "10 year battery life".
To be fair, your watch can be replaced by a well crafted stick and dial combo.
Infinite battery life! Eat that, user5994461's watch! ;)
My Dad had in no particular order: Audemars Piguet (gold with Moon phase) Breguet Jumphand Limited Edition Diamond encrusted Patek Phillipe Reversible face Jaeger le Couture sports watch Various 1960s Omegas and Longines with beautiful designs/inlays And for years I thought of luxury watches as something interesting and worthwhile, even if I personally could not countenance or afford spending £30,000 on one. But I le…
Everything you wrote is true - the watch needs maintenance and they don't keep great time. For me, that's part of the charm. It has quirks like if I leave it face down, it loses a bit of time. When it gets very quiet, I can hear the watch's heartbeat. When I got it, the watch was fast by about 5 minutes every day so I bought some tools to open the case and adjust the machine to slow it down.
When a month has less than 31 days, I have to adjust the date on the watch and that involves turning the crown which is a shaft with gearing on the end that spins the date dial. It's all very physical.
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> Also, the battery life is really good. I went away and forgot my charger and got 2 1/2 days out of it. I'm surprised that they can sell 2 days battery as a feature and have people swallow it. What's written behind my watch: "10 year battery life".
To be fair, your watch can be replaced by a well crafted stick and dial combo.
"The most resilient part of the industry is that you buy a Swiss watch because you want to say, 'I have a Swiss watch,'" said Paul Swinand" I love mechanical watches. I repair watches. I love all things related to horology. That said, if I bought a new Rolex, I really wouldn't own the watch the minute it went out of warranty. What? Yea, Rolex, and 99% of the other Swiss Watch Companies will not sell parts to their cu…
Unless the watch companies are doing something actually illegal I don't see how they are doing anything wrong. Why should they be forced to help their competitors?
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To be fair, your watch can be replaced by a well crafted stick and dial combo.
And throw on a compass to align it correctly. Of course this has been done already, and you can be the proud owner of a wrist sundial for only $40! https://www.amazon.com/Sundial-Compass-Leather-Strap-C-3117/... Infinite battery life! Eat that, user5994461's watch! ;)
Funny that, my interest in watches started /because/ of the smart watches. I picked a cheap chinese automatic watch on aliexpress last year, just to see if it'd still annoy me to wear a watch, as it used to last time I tried a few years back. Idea was, if I can wear a basic watch, i'd buy a smart one... Lo' and behold, I loved it. My £12 chinese crapiola was actually pretty darn good and I wore it for several weeks,…
Do you have a favorite watch?
As a full blood nerd, my read favourite is the Bulova Accutron Spaceview from 1964 -- it as ONE transistor, so I call it my smartwatch ;-)
Funny that, my interest in watches started /because/ of the smart watches. I picked a cheap chinese automatic watch on aliexpress last year, just to see if it'd still annoy me to wear a watch, as it used to last time I tried a few years back. Idea was, if I can wear a basic watch, i'd buy a smart one... Lo' and behold, I loved it. My £12 chinese crapiola was actually pretty darn good and I wore it for several weeks,…
Do you have a favorite watch?
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Do you have a favorite watch?
Actually the one I wear the most is the Steinhart diver one... because it's quite sturdy; and not expensive enough to be scared if it's bumped into stuff... It's really excellent value, I think. As a full blood nerd, my read favourite is the Bulova Accutron Spaceview from 1964 -- it as ONE transistor, so I call it my smartwatch ;-)
But I still wanted a watch. So I took a look at some good mechanical watches. You know what? Many of them are beautiful. I want to wear one. Sure, they're expensive but — they're jewelry: there's nothing wrong with that!
So I ended up getting a good-quality mechanical watch, and I couldn't be happier.
There was a time when digital watches were the height of extravagance, but they quit being fashionable because they're honestly not better. Right now, smart watches are honestly not better, and I suspect that they never will be.
I wear a watch to tell the time, and to look good; I have a phone (or, better still, a tablet) to be a handheld computer.