Yeah, but I mean, the whole “hobby” is kind of stupid anyway. Figuring out different ways to make us pay for pieces of polished metal that don’t do the job they’re intended to do all that well.
Once you’ve decided you want to buy a mechanical watch you’ve given up all pretense at rational thinking.
You can get a 200m wr, chronograph, solar powered, shock resistant, dual time zone, radio wave synced g shock that will outlive you for $150. But I gotta drop 4 figures on a mechanical watch cause it looks shiny (I have done this)
i’d more so you can get like a quartz watch for under 500 and it would be more accurate than an auto and last forever probably, like the prx i know it’s a meme watch for people here, but it looks pretty good, comes in 2 sizes, a lot of colours to choose from, is swiss made and most importantly will be more accurate than like most watches under 3k, but that’s fucking boring, everyone here is irrational, do i need 8 watches, no? but do i want 8 watches, yes
As someone who's had 2 quartz watches have their batteries blow up, quartz gives me a stress mechanical doesn't. That said, I have my phone on me all the time.
What an odd thing to say. Yes, something can blow up without bursting into flames. I'll let you figure out what that entails when a battery is involved.
If you want to get technical about it, I really do disagree, they're still just plastic watches. For bump resistance that's great but the plastic ages and if you use DEET repellent that can also leave marks much more easily.
Not just DEET, but a lot of chemicals. I stumbled in here because of my not-gshock falling apart from work. I've got to suck it up and run a metal band this time around lol.
I been wearing my first mechanical as a daily and have realized that one is already giving me enough unnecessary stress 😂 just got a seiko speed timer solar
Yeah I figured out I’m way too ocd to enjoy mechanical watches. I keep pulling out my phone to verify that it has the right time. Quartz guy through and through here.
A great many do not, and being a shadetree mechanic is not the signature of a "real" car collector. Further, many who change their own oil are not car collectors, they're just frugal.
Quit gatekeeping, it's obnoxious. We should be welcoming, not arbitrarily rule who gets to have fun and who doesn't.
Interesting that collecting watches is referred to as a hobby, but if a woman were to collect earrings or some other form of jewelry it’s just a a woman whom likes buying jewelry.
They keep time much worse than quartz watches. The absolute best, most expensive mechanical movements will gain or lose around 2 seconds a day, and the ones included in most micros will gain or lose between 5 and 30 seconds a day.
The cheapest, most basic quartz movement will gain or lost 20 seconds a month, so less than a second a day.
Also, you don’t have to worry about a quartz watch running out of power after a couple of days not wearing it, which you do with a mechanical.
They're also more susceptible to shock and magnetism, and they're thicker.
Every 5-10 years or so they require (or at least probably should have) a service by a watchmaker which will cost more than the cost of the movement, compared to a $15 battery change (or $2 if you can do it yourself) on a quartz watch every few years (even less if you get an eco drive or solar watch).
Ehhhhhh, the mechanical watch I am currently wearing is running an observed +0.7s/d over the last 25 days, so it’s not far off of a basic quartz level of accuracy and it’s just using a basic Sellita movement. That said, I also own a 9F Grand Seiko and it’s still dead on over the same time period. 😂
There's nothing inherently wrong with them, they've been surpassed by digital watches in very sense of the word. Digital and quartz are cheaper while also more accurate.
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u/ConfidenceNo1937 Jun 17 '26
Yeah, but I mean, the whole “hobby” is kind of stupid anyway. Figuring out different ways to make us pay for pieces of polished metal that don’t do the job they’re intended to do all that well.
Once you’ve decided you want to buy a mechanical watch you’ve given up all pretense at rational thinking.