Re: [Leica] Forbes article on mechanical wristwatches

["Matt Morgan" <mattmorgan@pdseurope.co.uk>]

>>Lots of cool moving parts, but you end up setting both every week.  The
standard variance for mechanicals, or so I read, as +/- fifteen seconds
per day.  That's a hell of a lot when you compare it to +/- 30 sec/month
with a one-dollar Japanese quartz movement.<<

I've had my Rolex Submariner for a dozen years now, and I absolutely love
it. However, although its long overdue a service, it's hardly ever accurate.
I forget the exact measurement, but it always gains time. But I don't mind,
taking it off and winding it is part of the tactile relationship I like with
many of my mechanical possessions.
Matt.

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>From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Forbes article on mechanical wristwatches
>Date: Wed, Sep 13, 2000, 7:07 pm
>

>
> I have a 1998 Swatch Automatic that runs on an Eterna 2xxx 23-jewel
> caliber (I don't have it in front of me, but I was shocked when I read
> through an Italian watch book showing all of the calibers and what they
> went in), which is the same one used in lot of Omegas and other SMH group
> watches. Only difference is that the Swatch has a clear plastic case and
> ran (when they made them) $80.  The Omega mechanicals start at over
> $1,000.  What's in a name?!  The Swiss must be laughing their asses off.
>
> I do have a real Omega, too.
>
> Lots of cool moving parts, but you end up setting both every week.  The
> standard variance for mechanicals, or so I read, as +/- fifteen seconds
> per day.  That's a hell of a lot when you compare it to +/- 30 sec/month
> with a one-dollar Japanese quartz movement.  But nothing beats a good 5hz
> mechanical tick.
>
> BTW: how many people on this thread know that the crappy Swatch quartz was
> what bailed SMH (the Swiss watch consortium) out in the mid-80s?  It was
> designed to be a high-profit subsidizing line.  Pretty ironic.
>
>
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 ARTHURWG@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Funny you should mention this. I wear a Panerai "Luminor" wristwatch, which
>> was designed for the Italian Navy many decades ago. It's BIG, makes my Rolex
>> seem tiny, has no second hand and YOU HAVE TO WIND IT! I guess I enjoy the
>> envolvement, just like I enjoy my M6. Arthur
>>
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