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Caribou gorn |
The time is everywhere... phone, computer, microwave, oven, car, etc. It is easy to just know what time it is. So watches for me, ironically enough, are about more than what time it is. Also, I tend to treat time in very round numbers. If someone asks what time it is and it is 7:18, I say 7:20. 11:57 = Noon. Therefore, a minute or two here or there over a month is no big deal. Quartz watches aren't always dead nuts accurate either, plus their batteries die. Some people like manual transmissions, lever action rifles, revolvers, bone handled knives, etc. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
Many decades ago, an automatic watch was so you didn't need to wind it. This was before quartz, digital, etc. A Rolex or other quality watch was like a expensive 1911. As much jewelry as anything. If yours doesn't keep good time, have it serviced by a competent shop or Rolex. All of mine and others I've seen have been excellent time keepers for a mechanical watch. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Want to see an incredible watch movement, The Jacob & Co Astronomia Tourbillon Jacob & Co makes some very interesting watches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=judUNclg5v0 The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. As ratified by the States and authenticated by Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State NRA Life Member | |||
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The simple, yet complex movements with one single purpose. Mechanical art. "Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am." FBLM LGB! | |||
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There is a certain joy I get from wearing this that my G-Shock just never had. The accuracy of this automatic watch is wild. It’s not hard to keep it 1-2 seconds from atomic time by leaving it crown up or crown down at night.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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Check out the book Longitude by Dava Sobel. It’s about the quest to find longitude in the 17th and 18th century...the battle between those who believed the answer to timing navigation lay in the heavens (stars and planets) and those who believed it could be done mechanically. (Pendulum clocks don’t work on ships, so it required a whole new type of keeping time.) I have a decent watch collection. I have atomic clock-syncing G-Shocks and two-hander mechanical watches, and stuff in between. My mechanical watches are within a couple of seconds a day, so they’re not that inaccurate. Quartz is fine. Contrary to popular belief, they’re not perfectly accurate either (most of mine gain 0.15–0.30 seconds per day). There’s something cool about a watch that ticks eight times a second, every second, using springs, gears, and levers, and only being off by a couple of seconds a day. It’s the mathematical equivalent of running a half-marathon and being off by a car length. Pretty neat. Not everything is about utility. Why leather shoes instead of plastic crocs? Why a cigar instead of an e-cigarette? Why an oil painting instead of a photograph? Therein lies an answer. | |||
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| Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated |
And ditto! "Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am." FBLM LGB! | |||
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I no longer require to the second precision and enjoy the look of my automatic aviators. They have ecodrive citizens that sync on atomic clocks if you need that kind of precision. An overlooked fact is batteries fail eventually and mine will work as long as my arm moves. I know unlikely to run out but still. Also more common depending on where you are and what you do, I was on a cruise that passed back and forth on the time zone and people's apple watches went nuts. My automatic kept time and the alarm functioned perfectly. | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Tempting to wear it upside down some days.  You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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eh-TEE-oh-clez |
Candle light or flashlight? The flashlight, by measure of utility, is far superior. But, I would never trade dinner by candlelight for dinner by flashlight. In the same way, I prefer an automatic watch over a "superior" quartz watch. | |||
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high five. that's a great analogy. | |||
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I use a digital watch only. I use mine a lot for timing and navigation, and as a compass. I move time zones a lot, and use a watch that has zulu/GMT time displayed all the time, plus the time zone I'm in; it's automatic, with "atomic" time keeping. It's also solar powered, and illuminates with a wrist tip, eliminating the need to use another hand to activate the light. The automatic atomic time keeping feature is handy, checked regularly against GPS signals and time signals to verify accuracy. | |||
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| Experienced Slacker |
Understanding the attraction to mech watches just doesn't get me over the prices most command. This makes me a philistine in the watch threads, but I can't help myself. I'm pissed that my G-shock 5600 from over a decade ago isn't keeping seconds per week like I think it should. | |||
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| eh-TEE-oh-clez |
Just so we're all talking about the same thing: An "automatic" watch is a mechanical watch that self-winds. It is "automatic" in the sense that it winds itself, without the user manually winding the watch. An "automatic" watch does not refer to the atomic time keeping function of a watch. That's just atomic time keeping or radio synchronization. | |||
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| eh-TEE-oh-clez |
Yeah, you have to just look at a high end mechanical watch like you would a piece of art. Like art, it's valuation comes from the reputation of the maker, and the rarity of the individual piece. There is no utility justification for the valuation of art. A discussion on the value of a high-end watch can easily be analogous to the valuation of a painting or photograph. Even something like a a Banksy graffiti painting isn't even "masterfully" executed as far as paintings go, but the reputation/notoriety of the artist and the piece's rarity (each one unique) commands hundreds of thousands of dollars (and millions in some cases). If you can't appreciate how art can carry large sums of money (and that's perfectly ok), then you won't appreciate how watches, jewelry, and even ultra-rare cars can cost more than the sum of the labor, materials, overhead, and profit to make such items. | |||
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everyone has covered most of the reasons, wearing a Rolex Sub daily for 6 or so years. I can pretty much keep it dead nuts accurate by changing the overnight resting position alternately. leave it dial up over night it will run approx +3 to +6 seconds a day, I rest it crown down and it slows down overnight. to me it's amazing how accurate a mostly hand made mechanical watch can be. I also hand grind my coffee beans so I'm just wired to like this stuff. | |||
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Any GOOD watch mechanic will be able to regulate a good movement to very high levels of accuracy. I have 7s26, 6r15, 8L35, 3035 and 3135 and 7750 all regulated better than +2 min/month, the majority +1 min/month. You might have to get your watch regulated, wear it a while, then go back, but it can be done. | |||
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Whatever. I don't use watches with hands and gears. Atomic time keeping is as close to automatic as I'll get. Solar powered does the rest; nothing to wind, no battery to change. | |||
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| Official forum SIG Pro enthusiast |
Those capacitors don’t last forever in solar watches. I am confident there are automatics (mechanical automatic winders) that will outlast a solar watch and it’s capacitor. Though I do hope my solar watches last a good long time because I have a few of them too. I use my solar radio atomic Citizen to check the accuracy on my autos.  I can’t be too harsh on solar watches, it was a solar powered watch that kicked off my watch fascination/obsession.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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| eh-TEE-oh-clez |
Sure, and your P series handgun is automatic too I bet. Maybe your Glock uses clips? I'm just pointing out that some words have specificity. If someone asks what the draw is to a nice bourbon, and you come in and say that you really like your Jack Daniels because it's smooth, your response to someone who points out that Jack is a Tennessee whiskey is "Thanks, I didn't know there was a difference." Not, "Whatever." | |||
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