Am I a Watch Snob?
These Addiesdive watch ticks every box in a time piece especially with this design cue. But I KNOW I won't wear it because it's not an automatic LOL 🤣😂😆
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Jamair23
Love Analog Automatic and Mechanical Watches 💪🏽😎👊🏽
Vancouver BC Canada
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7.00” / 17.78 cm
Nah, I can enjoy a quartz watch but manual/ automatic is far more fascinating in my opinion.
I wish that some watches with fantastic dials, cases, hands would be quartz, they would be less expensive almost no maintenance , but those only comes with in house movements or cost lots of k anyway..... don't see the problem with a quartz movement.
Imagine this ⬇️ being a quartz , the hell with the movement, if I could have a case, dial and hands like this for less than a 1k !!! but no brand seams to be able to came with these kind of aesthetics, only the multi 10's of k price brands .... go figure.
No, you are not a snob. You know what you want, nothing wrong with that. I don't think there is anything wrong with quartz watches, but they are not what I want. Half of what I'm buying a watch for is the movement. But I know that isn't everyone.
No shame in liking quartz.
But why the LOL?
Why not look at it's sister brand Steeldive, the SD 1953 is almost the same watch (has cyclops) with a Seiko NH35. I bought their Seiko Willard Homage, SD 1970, before buying the actual Seiko to try out the case/style. Could not speak more highly of my experience with the brand, solid build and superb lume.
eBay Link for info only:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/364808447940?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=txdWCmBqSau&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=3h5jlqjktnw&var=634348553209&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Quartz is highly accurate! Grab and go!
Lots of fiine watches are quartz.
@Riverside I can agree with that. There are a lot of watches that look down right amazing and can do some pretty cool things both quartz and mechanical. I guess for me it’s everything that goes into the watch. A Casio A168 will do everything and anything I could ever need in a watch but pretend for a moment that it came in a mechanical option…. ( yes I know the a168 is a digital watch) for me someone making a mechanical watch and to make it as precise as possible and continuous innovation and improvement is
More impressive to me that updating a chip in a circuit board. To make micro gears and drive trains with such precision that it will tell you the time within + or - a
Few sec a day it nuts, and to go as in-depth as something like a grand complication and be precise with all those gear ratios is insane to me.
No shame in liking quartz.
But why the LOL?
Not sure what you mean, why like quartz watches?
want whatcha like and like watcha want ... no shame in that!
I do appreciate the appreciate the "no-fuss-no-muss" convenience of a quartz piece and think that Addiesdive watch is VERY nice! I'd wear it fer sure! 👍
$40 though... That's cheap.
They make them in automatic.
Nah, I can enjoy a quartz watch but manual/ automatic is far more fascinating in my opinion.
You're absolutely 100% correct!!!
I wish that some watches with fantastic dials, cases, hands would be quartz, they would be less expensive almost no maintenance , but those only comes with in house movements or cost lots of k anyway..... don't see the problem with a quartz movement.
Imagine this ⬇️ being a quartz , the hell with the movement, if I could have a case, dial and hands like this for less than a 1k !!! but no brand seams to be able to came with these kind of aesthetics, only the multi 10's of k price brands .... go figure.
You could probably find a quartz watch that looks like that but the subdials won't move hahaha 😂
No shame in liking quartz.
But why the LOL?
Oh @foghorn aka Jeff - I know there's no shame in liking quartz. I have a handful of them in my collection and with aesthetics/design cues that I love. Unfortunately, after purchasing these pieces having a short feeling of the honeymoon phase these watches never seen any wrist time at all. So, with the initial question "Am I a watch Snob?" I never thought I was and considered myself to be a watch enthusiast. But, after thinking my experience with quartz watches, how they feel on wrist and how they perform visually - I straight up can't rock them and it's got to be an automatic/mechanical with that smooth ticking second hand. Which may constitute me as a watch snob. That's why I'm laughing out loud hence the LOL. Thanks for the comment. Stay Thirsty My Man 🍻👊🏽
Why not look at it's sister brand Steeldive, the SD 1953 is almost the same watch (has cyclops) with a Seiko NH35. I bought their Seiko Willard Homage, SD 1970, before buying the actual Seiko to try out the case/style. Could not speak more highly of my experience with the brand, solid build and superb lume.
eBay Link for info only:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/364808447940?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=txdWCmBqSau&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=3h5jlqjktnw&var=634348553209&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
You're correct! I have a handful of Steeldive watches unfortunately I don't have a single Addiesdive. I wanted to see and experience this sister LOL 😂
Quartz is highly accurate! Grab and go!
You are absolutely accurate with that comment! Unfortunately the probability of the "Grab" is very low 😜
Lots of fiine watches are quartz.
The beauty is in the eye and heart of the beholder brother 🍻👊🏽
@Riverside I can agree with that. There are a lot of watches that look down right amazing and can do some pretty cool things both quartz and mechanical. I guess for me it’s everything that goes into the watch. A Casio A168 will do everything and anything I could ever need in a watch but pretend for a moment that it came in a mechanical option…. ( yes I know the a168 is a digital watch) for me someone making a mechanical watch and to make it as precise as possible and continuous innovation and improvement is
More impressive to me that updating a chip in a circuit board. To make micro gears and drive trains with such precision that it will tell you the time within + or - a
Few sec a day it nuts, and to go as in-depth as something like a grand complication and be precise with all those gear ratios is insane to me.
Agreed! With that complications comes with heft - Which I also look forward too when wearing a watch 🍻👊🏽
want whatcha like and like watcha want ... no shame in that!
I do appreciate the appreciate the "no-fuss-no-muss" convenience of a quartz piece and think that Addiesdive watch is VERY nice! I'd wear it fer sure! 👍
100% I'm infamous for saying "ROCK what you LOVE ... Buy what you can afford!" Unfortunately, I've got way too many similar watches like these that are automatic and I know I won't wear it. Cheers mate 🍻👊🏽
$40 though... That's cheap.
I know and it's most likely built well. But $40 bucks can go into my beer funds 🤣
They make them in automatic.
True but not at $40 bucks 🤣 Cheers man 🍻👊🏽
Yes
Yes
LMAO 🤣
There's nothing snobby about your train of thought. I prefer an automatic myself. Battery changes can be a pain. Yes, mechanical watches should be serviced. I mean let's be honest, an NH35 will run for a decade then you swap the movement.
There's nothing snobby about your train of thought. I prefer an automatic myself. Battery changes can be a pain. Yes, mechanical watches should be serviced. I mean let's be honest, an NH35 will run for a decade then you swap the movement.
That's why I follow ya brotha 💪🏽😎👊🏽
I would never wear it just because the brand sounds like "adhesive" mispronounced. The logo is hideous, or hidedeous
I would never wear it just because the brand sounds like "adhesive" mispronounced. The logo is hideous, or hidedeous
Can I get an AMEN!!!
LOL well played 🤙🏽🤣😂