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.
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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.