Couple of noob questions about automatics...

[parapaul]

In general really, although I'm looking at a Seiko (probably a Monster ) for my next buy.

How accurate are they? I've only ever had quartz up to now, which will keep near perfect time until the battery starts to die. Is a weekly time set just a part of owning a 'better' watch?

Date...? I had a cheapo watch with a day/date window a few years back, and while the day section was fine, every other month I had to reset the date because the dial went to 31 every time - less than ideal when I wanted the watch to tell me the date, not the other way around! Are all analogues like this, or is there some clever trickery that makes them get it right?

[x200sxy]

A Monster will probably run about 10 seconds/day.

All analougues like that unless you get a perpetual calender, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[Revs_Addiction]

If you want a watch that automatically adjusts the date at the end of each month, then you will have to PAY!!

It's really not a big deal though, and only once a month obviously

(don't do it in the evening though, as it can bugger up the mechanism)

[markomah]

x200sxy said:

All analougues like that unless you get a perpetual calender, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

I think an Annual Calendar complication will get the days of the month right as well - doesn't have to be a perpetual calendar.

[Fittster]

Revs_Addiction said:

If you want a watch that automatically adjusts the date at the end of each month, then you will have to PAY!!

You can get a Seiko Kentic perpetual calendar for a few hundred pounds.

[Maris]

Fittster said:

Revs_Addiction said:

If you want a watch that automatically adjusts the date at the end of each month, then you will have to PAY!!

You can get a Seiko Kentic perpetual calendar for a few hundred pounds.

Are Seiko Kinetics classed as automatics ? Wrist movement is just used to charge a battery isn't it ?

[ShadownINja]

Maris said:

Fittster said:

Revs_Addiction said:

If you want a watch that automatically adjusts the date at the end of each month, then you will have to PAY!!

You can get a Seiko Kentic perpetual calendar for a few hundred pounds.

Are Seiko Kinetics classed as automatics ? Wrist movement is just used to charge a battery isn't it ?

Yep. Or capacitor, as they prefer to call them.

[lowdrag]

As I posted elsewhere, I bought a Seiko Monster 17 days back and it is now 10 seconds out. My IWC Spitfire gains 4 seconds a day yet the Seiko costs 4% of the IWC price. Money doesn't buy accuracy, but knowing you have a bit of real engineering on your wrist and not an electronic gizmo is part of the pleasure of watch collecting.

[Wadeski]

just a point to note - all seiko kinetics are quartz! they are just powered by movement not a battery.

but yes, some of them do have annual and perpetual calendar functions.

Spring Drive is seikos combination of kinetic and mechanical technologies, but they aren't cheap!

[yeti]

Seiko Kinetics are powered by movement, but regulated by the quartz crystal resonance.

Even a top-flight auto will be +/- 4secs/day, a £10 Casio is far more accurate. But don't confuse technology with craftmanship...

[deejuic]

ShadownINja said:

Maris said:

Fittster said:

Revs_Addiction said:

If you want a watch that automatically adjusts the date at the end of each month, then you will have to PAY!!

You can get a Seiko Kentic perpetual calendar for a few hundred pounds.

Are Seiko Kinetics classed as automatics ? Wrist movement is just used to charge a battery isn't it ?

Yep. Or capacitor, as they prefer to call them.

automatics yes, just not "mechanical automatics"