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Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Re: Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Post by NoSalt »

dnemmers wrote: post #45
NoSalt wrote: post #41

I have LOVED the beauty of mechanical watches my entire life. About 15 years ago, I started a little savings account to purchase an Omega Speedmaster. I have long since past the amount needed to purchase that beautiful timepiece, but I now have a wife, child, and house. The money is still there, but I cannot seem to pull the trigger. My wife says she is entirely Ok with me doing this as we are comfortable money-wise,…

It might be worth purchasing one second hand, then most of the depreciation is already gone. If you need the money, you're likely to recoup most of it by re-selling.

I have thought of this, but I would forever live in fear that I had been ripped off by a fake.

Re: Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Post by NoSalt »

dionian wrote: post #47
dnemmers wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It might be worth purchasing one second hand, then most of the depreciation is already gone. If you need the money, you're likely to recoup most of it by re-selling.

Or buy a nice Swiss automatic in the 1-2000 range.

Do you have any good recommendations for me?

Re: Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Post by sdoering »

fellerts wrote: post #64

This article inspired me to build an exploded view of a mechanical watch movement in real-life (2025): https://fellerts.no/projects/epoch.html

Were my father still alive I would pay you nearly anything for such a model. Or would totally be inspired to work on this for his next year's birthday (he would have had his 80th bd next year).

This made me smile and in remembering cry. Thanks a ton kind stranger. It was a lovely stroll down memroy lane. I still have a few pieces from his collection that are near and dear to my heart.

Re: Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Post by rainbowDolphin »

aquova wrote: post #34
awongh wrote: post #17

As a teacher I understand how difficult it is to explain complex topics in a simple step by step way. The site has some really impressive technical aspects, but the educational angle is the most rare and special! The simplicity of the language and explanations disguise how difficult this is to do. This is the original use of the internet- giving away free knowledge to people, perfectly suited for the medium of a webs…

While I do agree, if the author is reading the comments one piece of feedback I have is the overuse of the phrase "In this article I will...". It's a bit of a pet peeve of mine, and they use a version of the phrase three times in the first four paragraphs.

I find the convention whereby authors 'explicitly tell readers what they're going to do' a hallmark of good explanatory writing, so long as the writing is supposed to be explanatory and the author follows through.

So your comment got me to take a closer look, and yeah, the author could certainly cut "in this article" and "in this blog post" from the third and fourth paragraphs.

Otherwise, yeah, this is an excellent piece of work. Reminds of that ancient, short, black and white film from General Motors that artfully demonstrates how differentials work.

If the HN commentariat knows of similarly excellent educational work that uses intuitive visual to explain software concepts, please do share.

Re: Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Post by cacozen »

throwpoaster wrote: post #50

This (re-)triggered a huge (dormant?) mechanical watch special interest for me when it was first posted. Neurospiceys tread carefully. <3

I hope nobody tells the neurodivergent about rotatewatches.com or diywatch.club, because it's been a money sink...

Re: Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Post by Quizzical4230 »

fellerts wrote: post #64

This article inspired me to build an exploded view of a mechanical watch movement in real-life (2025): https://fellerts.no/projects/epoch.html

Thank you for your post! It's only through yours I got to know about the posted article. Your efforts on the exploded view are mind blowing!

Re: Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Post by theappsecguy »

aquova wrote: post #34
awongh wrote: post #17

As a teacher I understand how difficult it is to explain complex topics in a simple step by step way. The site has some really impressive technical aspects, but the educational angle is the most rare and special! The simplicity of the language and explanations disguise how difficult this is to do. This is the original use of the internet- giving away free knowledge to people, perfectly suited for the medium of a webs…

While I do agree, if the author is reading the comments one piece of feedback I have is the overuse of the phrase "In this article I will...". It's a bit of a pet peeve of mine, and they use a version of the phrase three times in the first four paragraphs.

I'd rather read imperfect human writing than modern day AI slop. Seeing human writing "mistakes" like this is a breath of fresh air.

Re: Mechanical Watch (2022)

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Post by hughw »

Coincidentally for the last week or so I've revived my Glycine automatic as my daily wearer and I'm gauging my level of dependence on my Apple watch. So far -- hey, I wasn't all that dependent on it, and I guess, I was feeling a bit too digital. I'm going to keep going for a while this way.
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