Do quartz watches break this easily??
Story time- I was getting ready for the day and due to the nato strap which is still a little stiff, It isn't that comfortable experience while wearing the watch, but I have been doing it since a month now so was in the process of wearing the watch and the belt slipped out of my fingers and the watch dropped on its back and just like my heart skipped a beat, my watch stopped, and it wasn't even a 3 feet drop and not a hard one too,
It stopped working and the minute hand became flimsy moving in all the direction,
Took it to the watch repair guy turns out the movement broke due to the shock, the guy told me to not to repair it and just yank it out of my collection, but he doesn't know for the sake of having a minimal collection I just had two watches 1 mechanical and 1 quartz well i guess this is the end of my two watch collection,
But the idea of having a watch on nato strap and not even surving a 2 feet drop is just ridiculous to me, the mechanical watch that I have is my great grandfather's watch it has been yanked multiple times but nothing like this happened to it in last 40 years it's still working like a charm,
Ruined my morning and now i just want to buy gshocks, it may be bulky won't suit my outfits but atleast it won't break and ruin my mornings.
G-Shocks are quartz. I have no idea whose movements Titan uses but in my experience you can drop the cheapest quartz watch almost daily and maybe some cumulative effect will appear after a few years. It's like an Android phone: you just expect it to take the abuse. Now mechanical watches, those are delicate and (like an iPhone) you expect it to die at the first whiff of abuse.
I guess it's possible that this landed in just the right way to do real permanent damage. I've had a couple cheap quartz watch movements irreparably die in the last thirty years, so it does happen, but always after many years. The loose hand makes me suspect that the watchmaker may not be giving full diligence. Did he attempt to sell you something right afterward? A battery or hand coming loose is more common than complete failure.
More importantly, the chances are the movement can be replaced for the cost of a couple batteries. You can probably do it yourself.
It's a possibility with any watch, you just had bad luck. Also your watch guy is lazy.
Open up the back, buy a new movement. Probably something from Ronda or Miyota and then get the new movement with the watch to another watchmaker. Swapping out the movement is a 15 minutes job and quartz movements like that cost anywhere from 5-15$ .
Don't trash the watch based on one opinion, there is still life left in it.
It's not just the distance but also how the watch hits the ground and also what it lands on. I have gone into mosh pits wearing quartz watches and many of those have survived. Of course I tend to wear digital watches, so having less mechanical parts = less points of failure. Bummer your watch broke though! Watches are so personal and something we assign such a high level of esteem that it always stings when one becomes inoperational.
Looks like Titan watch, ah good to find someone from the same country in WC!
Bummer. Hadn't heard of Titan before but did a little research and I'm not impressed. Sounds like there is no shock absortion system in their design.
Was it under warranty? If so, send it back to get fixed!
Most quartz movements are pretty much indestructible, although I have had a Tissot quartz die, and not from abuse. Lesson learnt: Don’t buy a Titan.
The whole "repair vs. replace" topic is touchy for me. While Apple engineers excellent products, I don't need a new phone every year just to throw the old one out. I feel the same way about watches, shoes, (some) clothes, (most) jewelry...you get the idea.
The whole "repair vs. replace" topic is touchy for me. While Apple engineers excellent products, I don't need a new phone every year just to throw the old one out. I feel the same way about watches, shoes, (some) clothes, (most) jewelry...you get the idea.
Sunglasses! Let's not forget sunglasses...I choose to repair instead of toss out and replace every time (when it's not absurdly stupid to do so)!