Yeah its kind of sad that a lot of watches try to hide that they are quartz.

I love the omega skywalker, chronoquartz and the Breitling. They know what they are and they use it to there advantage.

I saw something on Instagram where someone said that a Rolex GMT Master II is an entry level watch because it is made out of steel.

While i dont have the watch i maybe can give an answer.

For the winding system your longines uses a ball bearing system. This winding system is used because it needs less servicing, but they make quiet a loud noice when winding. As i know that is even the reason because Rolex didnt want to use that system because it was so loud. They just recently added it in there movemnts because they found anway to reduce the noice.

I would not panic. If it you here something that spins and there is no knocking you should be fine. But if you really are concerned then find a place where they can take a look in your watch.

Note that im not watchmaker so i dont really know if somethings wrong or right.

I think that 4HZ is little bit overrated. For me a long powerreserve is always a very good feature. It just needs to keep good time which the powermatic does and should be not disposable, it should also be reliable.

I agree with the regulation part. For me it is also a deal breaker. I want the movement i bought with the watch and replace parts if it needs to be done. Dont want the entire movements replaced.

On the other hand i really like high beat movements but that is because the watchmaking in that watches are very interesting and in my experince high beat movements are the most interesting.

Yeah also a problem for me. I dont want the entire movement replaced in a service and of course i would like the feel of the watch i wear not to be a disposable item.

Its just a little disapoiting because the swatch group has a lot of great watches that for me dont make the cut the for me because i fear that when they once break down that it is just the end of the watch.

Thankfully in your place they dont let you in be in the rain that they cant service the watch. While not a perfect solution it is better then nothing.