What are the worst Movements you’ve ever owned?
This is a little different usually we ask what are some of the worst watches someone’s owned but what are some of the worst Movement’s you’ve owned? For myself personally I’ve owned two Sellita SW200s both from the same company using them the first lasted a few weeks while the other lasted a couple months. They both would make this grinding noise like metal scrapping and then decided to stop working all together. To be fair both watches were bought a couple years apart. The second movement I hate that I’ve owned is the Rhonda 515.24h anyone who’s owned one knows what a pain in the A$$ it can be sometimes when changing a battery nothing works after it’s installed. It’s like the movement is saying FU I’m not working anymore lol. Anyways these are two of the worst watch movements I’ve owned. But what about you?
Hi Everyone Im just your average watch collector I wouldn’t say I own or even have anything “Expensive” I usually collect brands like Citizen, Seiko, Mostly Invicta and other brands. Besides watches I...
I’ve had bad movements from a number of manufacturers over the years. Not a lot but stuff happens.
I’ve had bad movements from a number of manufacturers over the years. Not a lot but stuff happens.
True. I’ve had nothing but better luck with Japanese and even some Chinese movements.
I have to admit that, now that I’ve had some time with a watch that has a Seagull ST19 movement (a Detroit Mint), I am not impressed with it. It’s a bitch to wind, and I can feel it spring back a bit with every turn. The chrono hand also seems to snap back to dead center only when it feels like it. And the pushers are, in a (three) word(s), janky as f@&k. I really wanted to like it, but the whole operation doesn’t inspire confidence.
That’s interesting to hear your experience with the SW200. I have two watches with that movement, and it’s been nothing but great in both of them. I’m not saying you’re tellin’ tales out of school or anything; it’s just weird compared to my experience.
ETA C07/Powermatic 80, maybe my luck was bad but never but something wrong happens with the movement over time. Good accuracy but from my experience, feels like a fragile movement.
Had a Tissot Gentleman, the accuracy deviated after an year all of a sudden. Was not due to magnetism, I suspected probably from a shock and had to send it back to get it fixed under warranty.
Recently I had to send my 6 months old barely worn PRX because of a winding issue. Still being serviced, will sell it once I get it back and maybe get a iceblue variant someday. Also, the quartz variant of PRX is a hit and miss with the seconds hands hitting the markers, replaced two before I got a good one. Annoying considering a cheap Casio gets it right.
I finally got rid of my Girard Perregaux ww.tc after constant service issues. Four times returned for the same issue and gone for months each time. The issue was finally identified as a manufacturing defect on a small gear deep inside the 63 Jewel movement. Even though it was finally resolved, I was so annoyed it had to go.
I have to admit that, now that I’ve had some time with a watch that has a Seagull ST19 movement (a Detroit Mint), I am not impressed with it. It’s a bitch to wind, and I can feel it spring back a bit with every turn. The chrono hand also seems to snap back to dead center only when it feels like it. And the pushers are, in a (three) word(s), janky as f@&k. I really wanted to like it, but the whole operation doesn’t inspire confidence.
That’s interesting to hear your experience with the SW200. I have two watches with that movement, and it’s been nothing but great in both of them. I’m not saying you’re tellin’ tales out of school or anything; it’s just weird compared to my experience.
Sadly it’s true I don’t wanna name the brand using them because it wouldn’t be fair to those that wear and buy them.
I finally got rid of my Girard Perregaux ww.tc after constant service issues. Four times returned for the same issue and gone for months each time. The issue was finally identified as a manufacturing defect on a small gear deep inside the 63 Jewel movement. Even though it was finally resolved, I was so annoyed it had to go.
Man that sucks it’s such a awesome looking watch.
I think movements are a lot like cars. Some are better than others overall, but it mostly depends on the specific one you get. Some people probably have great Seagull movements and some people have terrible Omega movements.
Had a Lobinni with a Hangzhou 5000A that worked for a few months and then stopped running. Tried to get Lobinni to handle the warranty but received no help from them.
Local hobby watchmaker tried to service it but he broke a part while so that was that.
It's probably this mystery movement. It actually works alright, but winding it requires force, and makes quite a bit of noise. It feels and sounds like a kid's wind-up toy.
The one in my Vostok Amphibia, though the old version of the Miyota 8215 in my crappy Tauchmeister watch comes close.
These are my only non-hacking movements and a hacking movement would have to be really horrible in every imaginable way in order to be the same level of bad as any non-hacking movement as far as I'm concerned. And none of the other movements I have is quite that bad.
The Miyota is slightly better than the Vostok as its easier to jankily slow down/stop the seconds hand to set the time and it allows for quick date adjustment.
Had a Lobinni with a Hangzhou 5000A that worked for a few months and then stopped running. Tried to get Lobinni to handle the warranty but received no help from them.
Local hobby watchmaker tried to service it but he broke a part while so that was that.
Oh man that’s one model I was looking into getting but settled for their PP Calatrava Homepage with the Seagull ST2130 highbeat.
Oh man that’s one model I was looking into getting but settled for their PP Calatrava Homepage with the Seagull ST2130 highbeat.
Must have had bad luck with mine. Haven't heard bad things about the ones Baltic puts in their MR01. The customer care of AliExpress stores was to be expected.
For me, both « worst » movements are the ones in my Vostok Amphibia and Vostok Komandierskie. Not fond of whatever is in the Fossil quartz either because my father’s failed after a battery change (done by a watchmaker nonetheless). The Seagull 1963 is loud, but beautiful (display case back) and since I have many time pieces not often enough on my wrist to wear out rapidly.
Whatever is in the Swatch Sistem51, it’s so loud when self-winding. This was, unfortunately, also my introduction to automatic watches.
It's a workhorse, but a pain in the ass to wind. My Vostok. Not sure about its longevity.