Quartz satisfaction
There is something very satisfying in being able to grab a watch from the display box and knowing that I don't need to set anything before going out with my coffee.
Even more so when this watch turn out to be the all titanium Seiko SGG731 with its slim case and its charcoal dial.
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Claude
I'm a big fan of watches that are interesting because they are either unique, have interesting features, well designed or simply offer a great value for their price.
Hod Hasharon
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Totally agree and thought the same thing as I grabbed an Eco-Drive today!
Classic black dial. Love the sketch in the background!
Totally agree and thought the same thing as I grabbed an Eco-Drive today!
I was about to say, yep, why my travel watch is EcoDrive. You beat me to it.
100%!! two thirds of my modest collection are quartz 👍
I have one mechanical, one automatic, the rest are quartz. So convenient.
Quartz-tastic!
Solar is definitely the way to go with quartz, this is mine.
Yup, the older I get the more I find myself reaching for a quartz. Full circle really, as a little kid in the 70's we all lusted after quartz 🙂
Quartz and titanium feel like such a match! The carefree accuracy and solar powered battery, plus the lightness and slightly reduced but still present thermo-conductivity of titanium means that my citizen is my first choice for 'lazy wear around the house' watch. I often forget that I have it on.
Quartz and titanium feel like such a match! The carefree accuracy and solar powered battery, plus the lightness and slightly reduced but still present thermo-conductivity of titanium means that my citizen is my first choice for 'lazy wear around the house' watch. I often forget that I have it on.
This is exactly why I wear my SGG731. It's so light and thin that I often forget it's there until I need to quickly check the time.
Yup, the older I get the more I find myself reaching for a quartz. Full circle really, as a little kid in the 70's we all lusted after quartz 🙂
Indeed and this is something which is hard to understand for those who didn't grow up during this period. Quartz was premium and ticking second's hands were the bomb.
I have one mechanical, one automatic, the rest are quartz. So convenient.
I'm always having a hard time to understand collectors who snubs quartz.
I'm always having a hard time to understand collectors who snubs quartz.
Me too. It may not have the involvement of a mechanical etc, but I like them.
What stoic said!
Me too. It may not have the involvement of a mechanical etc, but I like them.
You may know how a quartz watch works. But if you don't, you'd enjoy reading up on it. In many ways, just as fascinating as mechanical.
Indeed and this is something which is hard to understand for those who didn't grow up during this period. Quartz was premium and ticking second's hands were the bomb.
Absolutely. I was but a child in the 1960s but I still remember how fascinated people were by the one-tick second hand.
Quartz and titanium feel like such a match! The carefree accuracy and solar powered battery, plus the lightness and slightly reduced but still present thermo-conductivity of titanium means that my citizen is my first choice for 'lazy wear around the house' watch. I often forget that I have it on.
Now if only we could have a titanium watch with a solar mecha-quartz movement. Titanium would solve the weight "problem", and solar mecha-quartz would solve the two "problems" of quartz - battery changes and the one-tick second hand.
You may know how a quartz watch works. But if you don't, you'd enjoy reading up on it. In many ways, just as fascinating as mechanical.
I agree, and I'm a big fan of both quartz and mechanical. They're both marvels.
I own several HAQ watches but I must say that the reunion of both mechanical and quartz regulation in the Spring Drive movements is just fascinating. Even though it’s not as much grab and go as a pure quartz watch.
As far as quartz is concerned I absolutely rely on Seiko and GS but « The Citizen » Solar Chronomaster appears to be a great alternative.
Now if only we could have a titanium watch with a solar mecha-quartz movement. Titanium would solve the weight "problem", and solar mecha-quartz would solve the two "problems" of quartz - battery changes and the one-tick second hand.
The tick of the second hand on a quartz watch is not a problem as long as the hand hits the mark…🧐
It does appear to be a problem on many quartz watches because they can't hit the marks. This doesn't bother me as much as a hand that's jumpy or jittery. I have a beautiful Tissot Everytime Large with the most erratic second hand I've ever seen on a watch. It is so erratic I wrote a whole story about it here on WatchCrunch. It's still on my profile and it's called "My Conversation with Mademoiselle Tissot."
The tick of the second hand on a quartz watch is not a problem as long as the hand hits the mark…🧐
This can be annoying. One of the reasons why quartz took off so fast was their precision that was also reflected on their one tick per second movement.
We are blessed today with mechanical watches that are far above and beyond what most of us had or could buy before we had quartz watches, and these watches sometime either stopped without any apparent reason or just didn't give the impression that they were reliable, more like "it kinda work so it might be the correct time - more or less so".
The ticking hand of quartz watches was both different and a blessing - if it worked, then it worked no questions asked. Therefore for me it's very annoying when I see a second's hand that seems to wander all around the place because the manufacturer didn't care enough to align the markers.