Favorite Movement
I love me an automatic watch! Especially skeletonized or with exhibition/exposition/display caseback. But when it comes to accuracy many automatics, definitely at the price level I buy my watches, are outperformed by quartz. Also in ease-of-use, when used without winder, quartz has the upper-hand. You just take your watch and put it on and go.
Now there are some hybrid movements out there like Solar, Eco-Drive, and Kinetic.
I happen to own one of each. My G-shock GX-56BB-1DR is solar-powered, de movement in my Citizen Promaster Avion BX1010-02E is Eco-Drive, and the movement in this beauty happens to be Kinetic.
I love the fact that I will never have to replace the battery of my G-shock and how easy it is to recharge using sunlight. However, the drawer I keep it is quite dark. After not using it for a while I sometimes find it's completely dead.
When that's the case - recharging can take up more time than I have - and I often end up picking another watch for that day.
The Eco-Drive movement in my Citizen is absolutely amazing. The watch even charges on artificial light. However, the drawer I keep it is quite dark. After not using it for a while I sometimes find it's completely dead. Recharging it does go faster than in the case of my G-shock, but sometimes still not fast enough.
Where the first two movements need to wait for enough light to come to life, my Kinetic doesn't. In case of my Seiko Kinetic I only need to shake it for a bit, set the time and date, and off I go...
What is your favorite (type of) movement that's super user-friendly? I look forward to reading your comments...
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I am a fan of solar movements myself, and find it easy to make sure they are always ready to go. Just put my watch box with my solar watches in a window for a day once a month. I did have a couple Seiko watches with kinetic movements, but I found the rotors too noisy; they are as noisy as Miyota 8000 series movements. For mechanical and automatic movements, I prefer no date so they are easy to set when I want to wear them.
That is why I keep my Citizen Eco-Drive in a glass topped watch box.
I am a fan of solar movements myself, and find it easy to make sure they are always ready to go. Just put my watch box with my solar watches in a window for a day once a month. I did have a couple Seiko watches with kinetic movements, but I found the rotors too noisy; they are as noisy as Miyota 8000 series movements. For mechanical and automatic movements, I prefer no date so they are easy to set when I want to wear them.
Great stuff, thanks for the tip! Yeah, I know what you mean. I guess I don't wear it often enough for it to really notice...
I do have some automatics where the crown is either too small, or without quick-set. Those are definitely a pain in the neck...
That is why I keep my Citizen Eco-Drive in a glass topped watch box.
i used to have it under a light, but when I've worn it or used it voor content or swapped a strap then sometimes I don't have/ take the time to put it back and the movement dies on me 😅
I used to be so tidy 🫣
Any battery powered quartz, really. Most have a battery end-of-line indicator to warn you before they're about to run out.
For guaranteed super-accuracy I like my Tissot Seastar 1000 36mm as it's fitted with an ETA F05.412 thermocompensated movement which is accurate to +/-10s/year. As there's daylight saving time where I live, it gets reset every six months or so anyway.
When I need to look smarter I go for this gold Omega De Ville. Normal ETA quartz movement. Keeps chugging along fine over the decades.
Any battery powered quartz, really. Most have a battery end-of-line indicator to warn you before they're about to run out.
For guaranteed super-accuracy I like my Tissot Seastar 1000 36mm as it's fitted with an ETA F05.412 thermocompensated movement which is accurate to +/-10s/year. As there's daylight saving time where I live, it gets reset every six months or so anyway.
When I need to look smarter I go for this gold Omega De Ville. Normal ETA quartz movement. Keeps chugging along fine over the decades.
Those are some great watches, my friend 👌🏽
The accuracy of that Tissot you mentioned is insane 🤯
I love me some vintage Omega, the Deville line is absolutely gorgeous 😍
I prefer mechanical. Then quartz is down a few levels.
That is why I keep my Citizen Eco-Drive in a glass topped watch box.
That’s where mine live!
If you want accuracy and dependability go Swiss. They put more emphasis on quality than the Japanese. GS is the outlier and they price it so. Japanese quarts and Eco drive suffer electronic failures like the capacitors or coils going out. The saving grace for the Japanese is the cheap movement replacement. Swiss regulation is at a higher standard overall.
That is why I keep my Citizen Eco-Drive in a glass topped watch box.
I do the exact same thing with my Eco-Drives. The ambient daylight in the room seems to do the trick.
If you want accuracy and dependability go Swiss. They put more emphasis on quality than the Japanese. GS is the outlier and they price it so. Japanese quarts and Eco drive suffer electronic failures like the capacitors or coils going out. The saving grace for the Japanese is the cheap movement replacement. Swiss regulation is at a higher standard overall.
Thanks for weighing in, I will keep that in mind.
I'd very much like to buy a Swiss watch some day 😃