Automatic?

[gaz1234]

Works how?
I gave seiko 5 and vote zen which are different...

[Hoofy]

What?

[PJ S]

Hoofy said:

What?

Some people are on a different planet, so there's an inevitable garbling of messages due to cosmic radiation.

[SVS]

gaz1234 said:

Works how?

Automatic watches work using a mainspring app, which you can buy from ETA on the iTunes Store.

[ecain63]

Hoofy said:

What?

You mean when?

[Hoofy]

ecain63 said:

Hoofy said:

What?

You mean when?

I don't know!

[Paul Drawmer]

Is this a wind up?

[ecain63]

NeMiSiS said:

I wanted to use that.

Wish i had the quick wittedness to have even considered that.

[Hoofy]

It's the complete opposite, surely.

[gaz1234]

Oops. Damn iOS. Okay difference between citizen Eco, Seiko 5 and say auto steinhardt is?

[VBRJ]

Automatic watches use no batteries and are powered by a spring. They tend to have a "sweeping" second hand (actually 4 or 5 small ticks every second).

Things like Kinetic watches use a battery and the second hand ticks once per second like any old quartz movement.

ETA: Seiko 5s are great entry level automatic watches - I have several myself!

[PJ S]

Yeah, yeah, iOS is the culprit, not the inebriated user's fingers!

Eco drive is Citizen's name for solar recharging technology, and is a quartz with a rechargeable battery.
Seiko 5's are Seiko's cheapest automatic mechanical movements fitted.
Steinhart is an ETA or Sellita automatic or manual mechanical movement fitted, depending on model.

Welcome back to planet Earth, space cadet.

Edited by PJ S on Saturday 8th February 16:00

[gaz1234]

PJ S said:

Yeah, yeah, iOS is the culprit, not the inebriated user's fingers!

Eco drive is Citizen's name for solar recharging technology, and is a quartz with a rechargeable battery.
Seiko 5's are Seiko's cheapest automatic mechanical movements fitted.
Steinhart is an ETA or Sellita automatic or manual mechanical movement fitted, depending on model.

Welcome back to planet Earth, space cadet. :big laugh :

So auto stein is same as seiko5?

[Hoofy]

From a non-watch geek's perspective, yes.

[gaz1234]

Hmm, that's a shame. Would most agree then that citizen Eco drives are damn good, as im forever setting up the 5 every 5 minutes...

[gaz1234]

And my Swiss golana is just battery..

[Hoofy]

gaz1234 said:

Hmm, that's a shame. Would most agree then that citizen Eco drives are damn good, as im forever setting up the 5 every 5 minutes...

The Eco-Drives are more accurate. They'll probably lose or gain a second a month. The 5 should lose or gain no more than 30 seconds a day.

[Paul Drawmer]

VBRJ said:

Automatic watches use no batteries and are powered by a spring. They tend to have a "sweeping" second hand (actually 4 or 5 small ticks every second).

Things like Kinetic watches use a battery and the second hand ticks once per second like any old quartz movement.

ETA: Seiko 5s are great entry level automatic watches - I have several myself!

just for clarification:
A mechanical watch can be either hand wound or automatic. Both store the energy on a spring which releases the energy to drive the watch via a mechanical movement.

An automatic is kept wound up by the action of an eccentric weight within the watch housing. As the wearer's wrist moves, the weight drives the spring winding mechanism. Terms like power reserve describe how long the mechanical watch can run following a full wind.

[gaz1234]

whats the eco drives than?
i'd quite like to get a oris, tag or stein, but feel like they are a waste compared to the ecos...

[PJ S]

It's in my reply above, read it again.