Does the Second Hand Hit the Markers?

No;

Do I give a damn?

No;

I just got a lucky angle for the photos, so it looks like the alignment is good, but really it is off by a smidge when looking directly down at the dial. Yes this is still a $300 USD watch, even with grey market discounts, but I think it is still important to have the right mindset when buying a quartz watch. Some automatics from big brands can’t even have proper alignment of the hour markers, bezels, etc for much higher priced pieces, so I try to remember to have the right expectations when I buy new pieces.

Believe me, I would love if the seconds hand hit all of the markers dead-on, 100% of the time, but I am much too busy looking at that fantastic dial finishing, and of course the case and bracelet finishing to even remotely care about the seconds hand.

This used to be a deal breaker for me, since I have been extremely “lucky?” In the past with all of my Quartz watch purchases, and all of them had great seconds hand alignment. One of those watches even had a Swiss-made Quartz movement as well, not an ETA like the PRX , but a Rhonda, which are still held to high standards in the community—this was a Shinola quartz chronograph that I have since sold. It set my standard high for Quartz because not only did the small running seconds hand have perfect alignment, but also the chronograph seconds hand. I have had Miyota Quartz calibers perform equally as well, just not with a chronograph complication.

Either way, my days of worrying about seconds hands on quartz watches are over. As long as the dang thing keeps time, and I can’t hear the tick from across town, then I am a happy camper.

Where I would expect to see a little more QA would be on extremely minimal quartz watches, where there really isn’t much else to look at other than the dial markers and hands, but I am not into minimal watches, and still I’m sure there are other aspects of the minimalist watches that could distract you from a misaligned seconds hand.

Happy Sunday!