Modern quartz at brekky

uhrensohn

Over the last few days I had several frustrating experiences with my vintage watches. A couple stood still after an insufficient wind, and the crown fell off a third one when setting the nonquick date. For the next month or so I'll stick with modern till that unpleasant memory fades.

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Pallet_Fork
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Sorry you're having trouble, brother, but that watch will undoubtedly bring some smiles to your face with that clean, classic design. 😍

xaguilax
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You need a watchmaker friend. The same happens to me when I'm in USA -- I only have reliable modern (or quartz) pieces since repair is so expensive. But in Mexico I keep all my vintage pieces. Repair/service is $25 + parts.

samdeatton
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Every single morning, your quartz watch will be ready to go to breakfast when you are. And if your quartz movement is a Seiko 7N42, you'll get a two-second hand sweep low battery warning that will give you about three weeks to change the battery.

uhrensohn
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samdeatton

Every single morning, your quartz watch will be ready to go to breakfast when you are. And if your quartz movement is a Seiko 7N42, you'll get a two-second hand sweep low battery warning that will give you about three weeks to change the battery.

Well, that escapement time has a Miyota 2S60 movement - battery life is 10 years.

samdeatton
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uhrensohn

Well, that escapement time has a Miyota 2S60 movement - battery life is 10 years.

That's (obviously) even better.

Yes, I admit a bias toward quartz.

uhrensohn
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samdeatton

That's (obviously) even better.

Yes, I admit a bias toward quartz.

My collection is more evenly split. I like the convenience of quartz, but design efforts have often been lacking.