Impressive seconds hand alignment. A sign it’s a good quality quartz watch??
The MRW-200H. So inexpensive; but yet…so functional, legible, comfortable…and whose seconds hand is aligned perfectly.
Like any enduring optical illusion, the emotional draw that something is good has to be expensive can be (and often is) misleading. This bumble often detours one down a craggy and stump-filled path to reach the same destination — in this case securing a capable watch. In the end…the poor soul may be left with achy, bruised feet, or in the case of the lured consumer, a battered pocketbook.
I’m not saying an aligned seconds hand is the definition of quality in a quartz watch…but it is certainly a good worm sign for the one who eschews avarice and just wants something nice on the wrist to wear.
What are the things you look for in judging the quality of a quartz watch?
Time dictates my linear path to its bitter end. My watches keep me one step ahead of time…and one foot out of the grave.
The second hand for sure, all my Casio's bar one hit it every time. The strap is a big tell also, and on most this is where they cheap out.
The second hand for sure, all my Casio's bar one hit it every time. The strap is a big tell also, and on most this is where they cheap out.
Straps are often over-looked. Sometimes like a set of tires (or shall I spell it tyres) on a car.
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The second hand for sure, all my Casio's bar one hit it every time. The strap is a big tell also, and on most this is where they cheap out.
£20 come on 🤣
£20 come on 🤣
Well you may have a point ! 😂
The only use the seconds hand has , for me, is as an indicator that the watch is runnning. I have some quartz that hit all markers, miss all markers, and hit some markers and miss others. None are consistant with any particular price point. I very seldom look at my watch long enough to even notice the hand moving.
This discussion has always intrigued me.
I look for alignment in any watch as a sign of quality and good QC - quartz or mechanical.
And I love it when a $20 Casio can do what a $2,000 Seiko can't 😂
It will come down to accuracy and hitting the markers for me.
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The only use the seconds hand has , for me, is as an indicator that the watch is runnning. I have some quartz that hit all markers, miss all markers, and hit some markers and miss others. None are consistant with any particular price point. I very seldom look at my watch long enough to even notice the hand moving.
This discussion has always intrigued me.
I suffer from a bout of anality…so I find myself besieged with such excessive fascinations.
I look for alignment in any watch as a sign of quality and good QC - quartz or mechanical.
And I love it when a $20 Casio can do what a $2,000 Seiko can't 😂
There is certainly truth to that.
It will come down to accuracy and hitting the markers for me.
Looks good with a white dial!
The seconds hand hits the markers every time! Great watch for $15
It is such a great watch, I just used mine while mowing the lawn today.
There is certainly truth to that.
Thats kinda sad, isnt it?
It will come down to accuracy and hitting the markers for me.
Looks so good in white.
It is such a great watch, I just used mine while mowing the lawn today.
Same!
It is such a great watch, I just used mine while mowing the lawn today.
Love the clean look.
I find Casio is the most consistent in QC (given the price). And most consistent in hitting the markers. I believe it's necessary to be the ones also making the movement to achieve this.
I find Casio is the most consistent in QC (given the price). And most consistent in hitting the markers. I believe it's necessary to be the ones also making the movement to achieve this.
That is a valid question though: how many Casio movements are in-house as opposed to 3rd party? For instance…I believe the Duro has a Miyota or similar movement in it?
That is a valid question though: how many Casio movements are in-house as opposed to 3rd party? For instance…I believe the Duro has a Miyota or similar movement in it?
The Duro uses a Casio movement: https://www.mastersintime.com/movement/2784/
The Duro uses a Casio movement: https://www.mastersintime.com/movement/2784/
Oh, then that is good to learn. My blue Duro is another fantastic example of value for quality.
It’s an indication of it being put together by a machine, not by hand.
Durability, longevity. Some Casios run just fine after 3 or 4 decades, and they were probably only expected to be used for half of that.
I have one of these in the mail! Planning to oil fill it and stress test it as my new daily at the shop
Love the clean look.
I am not a huge fan of the fieldwatch dial most MRW200 got, it just doestn fit.