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Watches ... Yes/No ? (now with poll)

So...do you?

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#161
Razman said:
I did an experiment last year - I set them all to the same time according to Time.gov and checked them a month later. All were fast; the Precisionist was the most accurate, but I was surprised to find the Curren ($11 @ Amazon) got second place! It was followed by the Seiko and then the Citizen.
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The Precisioninst would be the obvious favorite in that type of competition, unless any of the others were HEQs, but it pays a price for it by being much more power hungry for the accuracy - needing a huge battery that likely will need to be replaced more quickly than the others. That may sound like I'm knocking them, but in actuality while I don't own one, I'm a huge fan of the Precisionist movements!

Of the others, just out of curiosity, which one got the most wrist time when you were doing your experiment?
 
#164
HeavyDuty said:
Every day. Usually one of my fleet of Seiko automatic divers, but I mix it up.
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I have 2 Seiko Divers watches. This one I have since late '92.
 
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#166
I thought it was funny watching a clip of Nirvana MTV interview and Kurt Cobain was wearing the kind of watch that was very popular in the early 90's. Gold-tone case with gold dial with a darker center. Brown leather strap. So many young people wore them. I think they were made by Fossil or Guess. Popular watches in the 80's and early 90's were more like dress watches. Even for a grunge-era singer.
 
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#168
Kro said:
The Precisioninst would be the obvious favorite in that type of competition, unless any of the others were HEQs, but it pays a price for it by being much more power hungry for the accuracy - needing a huge battery that likely will need to be replaced more quickly than the others. That may sound like I'm knocking them, but in actuality while I don't own one, I'm a huge fan of the Precisionist movements!

Of the others, just out of curiosity, which one got the most wrist time when you were doing your experiment?
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I wore the Bulova; whether in the light or not the Seiko and Citizen last for months in a drawer without light. My only beef with the Bulova is the band - unless I clean it every so often, it starts to smell funky.

The Citizen and Seiko don't have that issue because the links are solid. The Citizen I got while in the Navy over in Dubai (1996); it's a non-US model. I had to send it in for warranty service in 2000 (within 5 year limit) as the capacitor wasn't holding a charge; it's been running on that updated movement ever since and does great. It's super light weight and slim, so sometimes I'll wear it if I have on a long sleeve dress shirt (for church) and don't have room for the bulky Bulova. Or I may wear the Seiko.

Also while in the Navy I had a Seiko automatic but threw it away because it too wouldn't hold a charge, I didn't think it could be fixed. :banghead: :rollno: :(

I don't really GAS for watches now; I like looking at them, and I'll probably need to update my Curren some day as the band is getting really corroded. There are some good online retailers like banggood.com that has some cool stuff for very low prices. I would only buy another 'nice' watch like the Bulova (or better) if I found a good one used for a good price.

My old high school friend seems to find Tags and such on OfferUp and CL for very cheap - not sure how he does it, but he has a knack for finding them for next to nothing (or low-balling them). He gave me the Bulova as a gift.

Raz
 
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#170
Razman said:
I wore the Bulova; whether in the light or not the Seiko and Citizen last for months in a drawer without light. My only beef with the Bulova is the band - unless I clean it every so often, it starts to smell funky.

The Citizen and Seiko don't have that issue because the links are solid. The Citizen I got while in the Navy over in Dubai (1996); it's a non-US model. I had to send it in for warranty service in 2000 (within 5 year limit) as the capacitor wasn't holding a charge; it's been running on that updated movement ever since and does great. It's super light weight and slim, so sometimes I'll wear it if I have on a long sleeve dress shirt (for church) and don't have room for the bulky Bulova. Or I may wear the Seiko.

Also while in the Navy I had a Seiko automatic but threw it away because it too wouldn't hold a charge, I didn't think it could be fixed. :banghead: :rollno: :(

I don't really GAS for watches now; I like looking at them, and I'll probably need to update my Curren some day as the band is getting really corroded. There are some good online retailers like banggood.com that has some cool stuff for very low prices. I would only buy another 'nice' watch like the Bulova (or better) if I found a good one used for a good price.

My old high school friend seems to find Tags and such on OfferUp and CL for very cheap - not sure how he does it, but he has a knack for finding them for next to nothing (or low-balling them). He gave me the Bulova as a gift.

Raz
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I was just curious to see if maybe the Curren was more accurate because it received more wrist time than the others (not counting the Bulova). I've found that most of my quartz watches are most accurate when on the wrist. Since none of them are thermocompensated, it seems like some brands tend to have their quartz movements tuned to operate at their max accuracy (whatever that is) when at body temperature.

When worn regularly, I'd say that most of my quartz watches have an accuracy of about +3 seconds per month.
 
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#171
Kro said:
I was just curious to see if maybe the Curren was more accurate because it received more wrist time than the others (not counting the Bulova). I've found that most of my quartz watches are most accurate when on the wrist. Since none of them are thermocompensated, it seems like some brands tend to have their quartz movements tuned to operate at their max accuracy (whatever that is) when at body temperature.

When worn regularly, I'd say that most of my quartz watches have an accuracy of about +3 seconds per month.
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I've also noticed that they are more accurate when worn. Because of this, people might mistakenly misjudge their accuracy if they just check them after sitting in a drawer.
 
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#172
edro said:
Just a cheap pot metal band LCD watch that had the swimmer outline printed on the genuine plastic crystal... ;)

Letters for days of week across top with a hash underneath... Did very little but digital is digital, kept time... A bud of mine did flea markets and he'd buy the movement and band/case for about $0.25 ea part and sell em for a few bucks.... He'd watch tv and assemble watches... a few bucks for a watch he had a bit over 50cents each in with shipping, he'd make him some gas money... He told me that was just a cheap generic lcd 'movement' that many cheap watch companies used for theirs...doing the same thing he was doing...
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By the way that's a cool story about the flea market shop. I've seen shops that sold cheap watches and always wondered about them. It's sad if they are no longer doing that.
 
#173
Kro said:
I was just curious to see if maybe the Curren was more accurate because it received more wrist time than the others (not counting the Bulova). I've found that most of my quartz watches are most accurate when on the wrist. Since none of them are thermocompensated, it seems like some brands tend to have their quartz movements tuned to operate at their max accuracy (whatever that is) when at body temperature.

When worn regularly, I'd say that most of my quartz watches have an accuracy of about +3 seconds per month.
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Huh, I did not know this about crystals.
 
#174
Razman said:
Huh, I did not know this about crystals.
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Temperature variance cause the crystal to expand and contract altering oscillating frequency. Just like with basses!

Fun fact: most quartz watch crystal resonators are designed to oscillate at 32.768 kHz.

That Precisionist that you have owes its increased accuracy to oscillating at 262.144kHz!
 
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#177
Jeff K said:
I'm old, so yes, I wear a watch. :D I've worn one nearly all my life, and I feel naked without one! This simple Citizen has been my companion for at least 10 years, and never a problem. No batteries, and never loses time. I love it...
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It's a great looking watch! ...But it still has a battery. I say that mostly just so that you know that when it needs a new one when it stops holding its charge in 5-15 more years. The good news? They're easily swapped just like a normal quartz, and thanks largely to Citizen the batteries are plentiful and should be even then!
 
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