The Quartz Appreciation Society
Discussion
As we all know, you can never have too many watches, and any excuse to buy another is welcome. I was recently browsing relatively inexpensive watches that I could wear for work, and I quite fancied the idea of a Seiko Solar Quartz, as I could leave it in my watch drawer, and simply put it on whenever a day arose where I was headed to a meeting or the office, and it would still be the correct time. I only have one watch winder, which my wife has now pinched for her watch, and I prefer to just let my automatics all stop as I can go for weeks without wearing them.
I purchased this Seiko SNE039 for £95, and I have to say, I really like it.
The accuracy is as you would expect from a Seiko Quartz, and currently it is currently gaining around 2 seconds per month which I think I can live with
Power reserve after a couple of days in direct sunlight is 11 months.
I've really appreciated having the quartz accuracy again. My automatics can vary greatly in timekeeping, and to be fair they probably all need a service and regulation, but many I have just come to rely on as being accurate 'to within a minute or two' if I have been wearing them continuously for a few weeks without adjustment.
When I wear the Seiko, I love being able to see exactly what time it is, to the second, and not be wondering if it is wrong. In this world of making a cup of coffee with 30 seconds to go before a Teams meeting starts, or rushing to a platform and wondering if I'm on time for the train of have missed it by 30 seconds is much appreciated!
I'm still enjoying that reassuring tick-tick-tick and the fact I can pick it out of the drawer at any time and it's still keeping perfect time. So much so, that I'm looking at Omega Aqua Terra's and actually fancying buying the Quartz version for it's 'set and forget' nature.
There you go, I have fallen in love with Quartz again!
So let us all celebrate Quartz. What have you got? What do you fancy buying?
Digital and Analog Quartz all welcome. Casio to Grand Seiko.
I purchased this Seiko SNE039 for £95, and I have to say, I really like it.
The accuracy is as you would expect from a Seiko Quartz, and currently it is currently gaining around 2 seconds per month which I think I can live with
Power reserve after a couple of days in direct sunlight is 11 months.I've really appreciated having the quartz accuracy again. My automatics can vary greatly in timekeeping, and to be fair they probably all need a service and regulation, but many I have just come to rely on as being accurate 'to within a minute or two' if I have been wearing them continuously for a few weeks without adjustment.
When I wear the Seiko, I love being able to see exactly what time it is, to the second, and not be wondering if it is wrong. In this world of making a cup of coffee with 30 seconds to go before a Teams meeting starts, or rushing to a platform and wondering if I'm on time for the train of have missed it by 30 seconds is much appreciated!
I'm still enjoying that reassuring tick-tick-tick and the fact I can pick it out of the drawer at any time and it's still keeping perfect time. So much so, that I'm looking at Omega Aqua Terra's and actually fancying buying the Quartz version for it's 'set and forget' nature.
There you go, I have fallen in love with Quartz again!
So let us all celebrate Quartz. What have you got? What do you fancy buying?
Digital and Analog Quartz all welcome. Casio to Grand Seiko.
Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 10th April 10:34
Victorinox INOX, wear it at work a lot and its as tough as a tough thing.
The automatic version puts me off as it goes against the whole idea, the only concern have is that if I dropped it in the kitchen on the ceramic tiles I'm pretty sure it would crack them.
I've got a few Citizen Eco drives that are faultless. I nice compromise is the mechaquartz three handers (vk63?) so you get a bit of a sweep and no worries about missing indices - that is one thing about quartz that does frustrate...
The automatic version puts me off as it goes against the whole idea, the only concern have is that if I dropped it in the kitchen on the ceramic tiles I'm pretty sure it would crack them.
I've got a few Citizen Eco drives that are faultless. I nice compromise is the mechaquartz three handers (vk63?) so you get a bit of a sweep and no worries about missing indices - that is one thing about quartz that does frustrate...
Doofus said:
I was kind of surprised I have five, especially given I had all my watches stolen around 4 years ago. The Citizen was a direct replacement for one that got nicked, but all the others will have been bought since.
The Citizen (nighthawk?) is a cracking bit of kit, I do prefer the older version to the new.blue_haddock said:
I've no qualms with quartz watches, in fact in a reverse snobbery kind of way i actually prefer them.
Casio quartz - brilliant things.The history of the quartz watch is fascinating, most particularly use of the Lavet stepping motor. Unlike most motors the shaft runs perpendicular to the coil and not through the middle of the motor - so you get a nice, thin wristwatch. Clever stuff, delivering a £10 watch that can easily match any expensive chronometer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavet-type_stepping_...
r159 said:
Doofus said:
The Citizen (nighthawk?) is a cracking bit of kit, I do prefer the older version to the new.Gassing Station | Watches | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff