Mechanical Watch (2022)

This post is what got me into mechanical watches as I've always wondered how the analogue clocks/watches work but couldn't bother myself to actually read upon it. But after the article, I even got myself a clean Seiko 5 automatic, not because I wanted a fancy watch, but I wanted to own a piece of mechanical wonder.

Re: Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Post by throw0101c » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 1:37 PM UTC

KolmogorovComp wrote: post #2

Previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31261533 on May 4, 2022, 413 comments

Other topics are gears, floating point, naval architecture, cameras & lenses, and GPS:

* https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=ciechanow.ski

Re: Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Post by lvl102 » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 1:44 PM UTC

pyr0hu wrote: post #6

This post is what got me into mechanical watches as I've always wondered how the analogue clocks/watches work but couldn't bother myself to actually read upon it. But after the article, I even got myself a clean Seiko 5 automatic, not because I wanted a fancy watch, but I wanted to own a piece of mechanical wonder.

Grand Seikos are some of the best mechanical watches. Their quartz line is also exceptional. Very underrated and much prefer them over overpriced Rolex.

Re: Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Post by samgranieri » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 2:02 PM UTC

This was the most engrossing article I’ve read in a while.

Re: Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Post by bigie35 » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 2:08 PM UTC

pyr0hu wrote: post #6

This post is what got me into mechanical watches as I've always wondered how the analogue clocks/watches work but couldn't bother myself to actually read upon it. But after the article, I even got myself a clean Seiko 5 automatic, not because I wanted a fancy watch, but I wanted to own a piece of mechanical wonder.

I feel like most watch folks have at least 1 Seiko in their watch case at least once in their collecting journey. Fantastic watches, enjoy!