Actually mechanical movements were probably saved by something apparently even more fascinating than the movements themselves: Swiss watchmakers' marketing. Inefficiency was rebranded as " handmade" , and expensive production cost vs. quartz was rebranded as "luxury". Genius.
I love both, people in watch forums underestimate the genius of the Quartz and the practicality of a Casio or Citizen solar powered that can last decades without servicing.
It's effectively jewelry for men and practicality is thrown out the window. When you want something beautifully polished with minute little details being perfect it cannot be mass manufactured. For all intents and purposes you don't need a luxury watch it's a modern day equivalent of a tribal bone necklace, they serve the same purpose - status indication and aesthetics.
But even then... Quartz isn't "just quartz" Seiko are going off and making some very lovely 'high-end' quartz watches, and just happened to notice that I can now pick up a citizen Eco-drive that retains the solar power - put picks up the time/timezone from a GPS satellite.. Then you have the "Astronomia" from Jacob & Co which are like beautiful little mechanical sculptures, that just happen to tell the time.. I think all I meant to say was that I don't agree that "Mechanical is for those who want watchmaking" - just that it's rather lovely to live in a time where whatever you want from a watch is available, in a multitude of styles/prices/complexities.
James Halliday Good points. I think if I’d have said mechanical is for those who want traditional watchmaking we’d be in agreement. There’s something incredibly satisfying about the way a traditional mechanical watch is put together, and that’s what a lot of folks like. However, some of us can also appreciate the technological marvels of quartz watches too: just in a slightly different way. I’ve got modern and vintage mechanicals together with kinetic and battery quartz pieces in my collection, and I appreciate them all.
In my mind, automatics are cool only because they have the sweeping second hand and the see-thru case back where you see the mechanics at work. If an automatic doesn’t have a see-thru case back or open heart design, I tend to seek quartz due to accuracy, ease of use, and nowhere near as much service costs as even the cheaper automatics (like Seiko). And almost 90% of automatics on the market are mass produced, not hand assembled (even Rolex and Omega).
My traditional watches are all < $60, a couple only $20. I have one watch that is $299. because it's a function in a Fit-bit. I can't afford to spend a lot of money on things that don't have utility that matches their cost.
ROMANS BUILT THINGS WITH A TYPE OF CONCRETE THAT CANT BE BUILT ANYMORE,,, AND STILL RESIST NOWADAYS, ANCIENT GREEKS HAD ALREADY MECHNICAL WATCHES,,, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A NECESSITY, AND I HAVE TO STATISFY MY NECSSITIES, NOT LISTEN TO WATHS STUPID SOCIETY SAYS, THEY CREATY FALSE NECESSITIES ITS CALLED MARKETING... OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO SEE WHAT DO YOU NEEED, UNLESS YOUR RETARDED, IF YOU DONT NEED MECHNICAL WATCHES THAS OK,,, BE HAPPY. BUT DONT BOTHER OTHERS...
For me, a mechanical watch is a metaphor for my life and a relationship. If I take care of the watch it will take care of me. If I stop moving the watch stops moving. I have to occasionally adjust the time and date. But these things remind me that the watch, like me, is not perfect and I need to stop racing around and take a moment for self care. When I look at my watch I am reminded of all the little things that makes life keep going which I use to take for granted. I find tranquility, harmony and balance in a mechanical watch.
WaywardPondering you nailed it, man. Told my wife the same story, she said I am getting too clever for just a watch... should I buy her a quartz watch or simply change wife?
I have 4 quartz watches and three mechanical watches. Two of my mechanical watches are pocket watches. Like the smooth sweep of their second hands and I enjoy the loud tick they make.
I love my mechanical watches . Yet, I'm mesmerized by my Seiko Marinemaster GPS solar watch also. A watch that gets it's power from the sun. A watch that looks to the heaven's for accuracy. A watch that knows where in the worlds it's located and adjusts the time accordingly. A perpetual calendar. Two time zones. A true representative of the advancements in horology.
If one is in military, or crossing the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean on a sailboat, or climbing a tall peak, a quartz watch would be best. However, yesterday's technology is today's art. Wearing an automatic movement is like wearing a metal heart on your wrist. It's story about technology from the middle ages repurposed during Renaissance and into essentially what was the first computer.
batteries last for like 10+ years, just get prepared to change it at that time that, or if you know you won't schedule every 10 years, get a solar powered or kinetic watch
The only watches that a battery will last 10 years in are digital watches, which I personally find hard to read. In an analogue piece, you will be lucky to get 3 years out of a battery. I like the idea of solar watches, I have owned 8 of them. But 3 have failed. This is a bad failure rate for just my personal experience with them. Two of them the crowns just fell out (both Seikos) and the 3rd, the battery wouldn't charge and needed to be replaced (defeating the point of a solar watch). The Seiko quartz line seems in general much more cheaply made than Seiko mechanicals, which makes me suspect they are designed by different departments within Seiko. All of my Seiko quartz pieces have had truly terrible crowns that just pop out whenever they want to. I had another quartz piece, a Victorinox, that needed a battery change every year, and on the 3rd battery change, stopped working entirely. I had another quartz, a Seiko Chronograph, that after I replaced the battery the second hand began moving backwards. (And yes I did trip the circuit, it didn't help). So now I wear my Seiko Turtle, SKX007, or SNK809. Much better made than Seiko's quartz pieces, and no battery to worry about.
@@a_single_white_female hell some people CANT wear a battery powered watch, something about their personal magentic field (or something) kills watch batteries super quick. Ive met at least 2 people with this issue, its a real thing!
Mechanical is horseback riding and archery, quartz is driving the car. Mechanical watches are an anachronism, no longer needed but much loved for its tradition, feel and look among many other reasons just like the horse and the bow. Quartz and mechanical are not mutual exclusive.
Thomas Lee How is cycling nostalgic? Everyone i know cycles because it has tangible advantages over a car (fits in smaller spaces, better for your health, no fuel,...) while mechanical watches dont have these over quartz. They rely on feelings and not real advantages to appeal to people. Comparing mechanical watches to bikes is stupid.
Actually, mechanical is Lancia Delta Integrale from mid-80 where it is the driver that decides how to drive. Quartz is today supersport car, with launch control and suspension adjustable by push of the button. With ABS, ESP and other safequards. Your grandmother can do 0-100 km/h with this level of electronic support. Yet true driver longs for old, cumbersome Lancia Delta Integrale, because only behind it's wheel the skill can measured.
It depends on your rationale for wanting a watch. Quartz is better if you want to tell time. Mechanical is better if you want the only form of jewelry, except for a simple wedding band, socially-acceptable for traditional males. That may be cynical, but I'm convinced it's the main reason for high-end watches to survive.
James David Walley yeah I’m often teased as being a jewelry wearing male when I wear a tennis bracelet and a T ring along with whatever watch I have on
That’s odd, my mechanical watches tell the time too. It might be a minute or two off every week, but it tells the time. And holds its value. And looks and feels better. And is more interesting. If you need to tell the exact time to the second, yes, quartz is better. But if you think I’ll trade my Seiko Presage for a Casio, you’re mad.
I often wear mechanical watches just to tell the time of course. But i wear them to just appreciate the skill and craftsmanship that goes into it. It feels a lot more special. Also mechanical watches and quartz don't even need to be that accurate as a few seconds don't really make much of a difference.
snackouzi well for that reason, as another commentator said, wear a sun dial. If you try to excuse mechanical watches with anything other than “I just like them better”, you are very possibly wrong.
I think we made an art out of that obsolete piece of technology, this is what keeps it alive. The same way as painting is still alive when we could print drawings made on a computer.
What's the purpose of a watch?: Giving you the time. The more exact/accurate/precise a watch is, the better. The less maintenance it needs and, in such case, the fastest and cheapest, the better (less moving and friction/wear components). The more time it keeps running without the need of wearing it in a daily basis or otherwise to winding it, the better So yes, undoubtedly a quartz watch is better than a mechanical one. Morover, generally speaking they are even much cheaper. However I do love mechanical watches more than I do with quartz/battery operated ones (having both types, including Breitling Aerospaces and Emergencies). There's something in them (call it art, beauty, engineering skills, craftsmanship or whatever) that just keeps my admiration, because I can feel they are "alive" and need my care. Drawings made by a computer may be perfect in comparison to the subtle "imperfections" from those made by humans (Picasso, Goya, Velázquez, Sorolla, Monet, Rembrandt, Van Gogh...), but I just prefer a Sorolla or a Monet rather than that drawing made by Sonny in "I, Robot". Even though quartz watches are better, the industry of mechanical watches keeps going because most enthusiasts just LOVE them and PREFER them, even being anachronistic. The industry just produces (and makes profits) what clients demand. Period. Just my two cents.
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3:15 mind blown. My jaw dropped to the floor. As if the watch wasn't already amazing enough, the case pivots and can be locked in from both sides ! Superb video, long live the art of horology.
A wonderful video!! I love and appreciate both, and I believe any watch lover end up liking both as they both are mesmerizing and amazing in their own way
When I was 17 (the summer before my senior year) I worked construction during the day, at a steakhouse at night & mowed lawns on my day off Sunday to save up & buy a motorcycle. 1 week before school started I walked into a Honda dealership & rode off in their best sport bike. It was the most technologically advanced bike they had. Others at the time were buying Harleys. They needed constant repair, they didn't perform well, were uncomfortable, broke down frequently & were more expensive. They said they were traditional, classic, representative, a work of art. I could outrun & outperform them, mine was reliable, durable & required little maintenance. I enjoyed speeding past the traditionalists while they struggled to push their works of art down the highway.
I started to crave mechanical in the 1970s, as soon as it became virtually impossible to buy a mechanical watch any more. I mean, just a few years previous, you could buy mechanical everywhere. Then almost over night they were gone. It was then I started to miss the old mechanical watches. I remember searching through Manhattan looking for one. Everyone looking at me like, "waddya want a mechanical watch for when it isn't gonna be as accurate as a brand spanking new quartz watch...?" Because I want one, was my answer. I felt the workmanship in a mechanical. I wanted the quiet little city of gears turning in an orderly and peaceable way right on my wrist which was otherwise immersed in a chaotic world. So...after some time I found a jewelry story in Lower Manhattan which, for the umpteenth time I made my request and received the same reply but, as I began to turn to go out the owner said, "wait! let me check in back..." and after a few minutes he came to the counter with a small box containing an Omega automatic which, as he didn't plan to sell any more, he sold to me for about $150, as I recall. I still have that watch and have loved it ever since...No quartz (and I have them) watch can do that for me...
I think it's very reminiscent of the digital music vs. vinyl records debate. Or perhaps similar to learning how to use a firesteel in the wild when camping instead of a lighter. A compass + map vs gps. The hardest, non-convinient oldschool option is often the most gratifying!
It all depends: the only movement I dont have represented in my watch collection is Kinetic, so I cant really speak to that first hand. That said, I find with my lifestyle (working nights, always on-the-go, etc.), quartz just makes so much more sense than anything else... It is definitely more accurate & reliable-- and, yes, I'm taking battery changes into consideration. Thats why I have more than one quartz watch with staggered battery changes. Also, solar quartz watches are just awesome for that. Regretably, I just dont have time to 'reset' a mechanical or self-winding movement every time I need to leave the house, although I still do love them.
I've had a Seiko 5 in the past. A really accurate one, too. It gained one second per 24h. But it really annoyed me that it stopped after not wearing it for 2 days, so I sold it. As of right now, I only wear solar watches, because they also have an interesting technological aspect to them and are more accurate and in general more practical than mechanicals. I kinda get the appeal of mechanical watches but it just doesn't do it for me. And who even came up with that "Wrist watches are not for telling the time anymore"?? That's exactly what I use them for, so I don't have to use my phone. Never understood that argument. I don't like that watch afficionados want everyone to buy an automatic. They are not better by any means.
Well think of it this way. Got to live with the times. Technology had to advance at some point. In theory the quartz crisis should have never existed. Accurate time is a must. One must work smarter not harder. Eventually a mechanical spring will weaken. Things that work more efficiently should require less maintenance and with less friction. Quartz and digital watched are a living testimony to that. A mechanical watch always has to be tweaked especially if the lubrication oils dry. In a quartz or digital watch very little tweaking oiling or no oil at all is required. Technology is just evolving from gears to electromechanical and electromagnetic servos and stepper motors using a Rochelle salt Chrystal tuning for instead of an escapement
@@davidzell8885 I left my solar g-shock in a draw for 12 months and it was still ticking away when I found it. I've had it for 9 years now. No battery change no service.
@@davidzell8885 lol mechanical watches require maintenance genius.. Lol.. And they ain't as durable, as multi function as a quartz watch integrated with high end GPS, Bluetooth, wifi technology. Quartz could sell as much as a mechanical watches but they are doing mankind good. Unlike those mechanical watch makers who just want to squeeze every penny of yours into their bank account. Kinda like iPhone is some way.. Giving you outdated technology and charging you high price and say they are the best
@@alexkwan3 I don't know about ot being more expensive to maintain. They can be serviced at way longer intervals than mechanical watches. Even if you have to ship them to Japan every 15 years, still cheaper
Lucas Milagre Tavares Ferreira no that’s just plain false. Seiko recommends a full service once every 3 years, so you actually have to service it more regularly than a standard mechanical watch.
Lucas Milagre Tavares Ferreira and seriously, are you comparing a mechanical watch service to a quartz? battery change every 3-5 years costs $10 a pop. And quartz is far easier to service due to having way less moving parts, making it much cheaper.
For a vulcan, quartz is the only option. However, for a human, mechanical is usually more appealing, because humans are illogical and prefer looks, history and craftmanship over performance.
solangino I assume spock would wear a casio f91-w, because it would give him the best accuracy for the least money. Or he would be wearing a watch-sized atomic clock by then.
Michael Horn The second hand moves smoother on mechanicals, for some thats important. There are also more options in the mechanical world, so youre most likely going to find a watch you like the looks of there.
kokakoliah Well i cant think of a logical reason to wear mechanical over quartz, so i truely believe only humans are stupid enough to pay 10k for a watch that will be several seconds of every day.
after buying expensive quarts for years i found an old hand winding watch that belongs to my father, i got it repaired to gift the watch back to him and .....................................now i have a collection of vintage mechanical watches so you sir summed it up clearly "we don't care" and might i add love this old technology.
I look forward to seeing new quartz timepieces that embrace the unique characteristics that quartz can bring alone, rather than imitating the mechanical movements. When a company can match this marvel with a mechanical movement, then we can appreciate the ingenuity and craftsmanship.
I have automatic watches going for twenty years still keeping 5 to 7 seconds a day that have never been serviced. When quartz can run that long with light or no light solar variant or straight battery than they are better than quartz. Spring Drive gives the best of both worlds and potentially makes it better than both.
As someone who started his technical career in IT maintaining ST series mechanical calculators from Friden, then studied transistor theory and made the transition to the first Electronic Calculator - the Friden EC130, I enjoy refurbishing the ST machines, they are both fascinating and 100% redundant.
Mechanical watches can, in theory, be repaired and maintained forever so they have heirloom cred’ - that’s the selling point. My Seiko divers quartz has kept perfect time since 1983 with a new battery every five years or so despite a hard life. But when it breaks down that’s it - Seiko don’t supply parts for it any more and no watchmaker can repair the electronics. But the mainstream luxury watches, Rolex, Omega etc. are now mass produced, if you want a true heirloom watch you are into six figure prices. So may as well buy quartz.
Give it a little more time and there will be a way to fix the more difficult parts in quartz movements. It will require an interdisciplinary skillset and different way of thinking that hasn't been taken seriously before.
They are mass produced. But they still take tons of hours to make and are massivvely complicated and well crafted. I love mechanical watches, waaaaay more than quartz watches, amd this is coming from a 21 year old rofl
never had to replace a battery on my 1970s rollie. Its never been cleaned or repaired and it functions wonderfully. Every couple months I have to move it a couple minutes back. No problem and is actually quite fun to wind it back. Was my grandpa's and will be my nephew's one day unless I have kids.
I enjoy very much both mechanical and quartz watches, but have drifted towards quartz watches over the years. I'm in love with my Casio Oceanus & will probably wear it until I eventually purchase a Grand Seiko Snowflake. Maybe it's just the 'phase' I'm in, but I find quartz to just be much better value for my purposes right now. I just can't justify forking over 1-3k for such basic mass produced movements most mechanical have in this range. The only mechanical that particularly excites me in my price range is a Grand Seiko that utilize spring drive.
Well yes, but a Casio or a Seiko just doesn't have the same history as a A. Lange or a PP, they're just not as beautiful and for those people who wear a watch primarly as a piece of art and as jewelery a Seiko or Casio simply won't do it
I build software for a living. I am always, endlessly surrounded by technology. But I do derive quite a lot of pleasure from the idea that my watch doesn't have battery or motors or soldering. It's old fashioned and antiquated but it carries a nostalgia that can't be replaced with efficiency.
Good choice to use the Reverso as an example of a beloved mechanical watch. There's nothing else like it and the 30s design will never go out of style.
It is true.. Quartz maybe or rather is better is many ways but the satisfaction a mechanical watch gives is amazing and not comparable... :) BTW I like both quartz and mechanical ;)
I have a 1955 Omega 505 constellation automatic that after being in drawer for years still starts up with a few side to side movements. Compare that to the large number of quartz watches taken out of drawer to wear for special accasion to find the battery has leaked and at the very least a new coil is now the order of the day. I know I am provoking remarks of ' well change the battery more often then' but it's that ' you can leave a mechanical in the drawer for five years and it'll still start that I find appealing over the quartz and whose to say in fifty years you will still be able to source batteries for today's quartz watches.
While mechanical time pieces can't come close to the accuracy, or reliability of quartz. they have a certain charm that quartz time keepers just can't match.
I've got both - a Tissot Seastar day-date automatic and a Seiko SQ quartz. The Seiko is more accurate but I prefer the way the second hand moves on the Tissot (6 beats per second, as opposed to one).
Nobody needs a watch nowadays having a mobile phone. If I buy a watch it is only because of it's beauty and the emotions it gives to me. That is why I use mechanical, it makes me have faith in humanity, we can create such an awesome piece of art.
Why don't you make a video on Smart-Watches which is so prevalent these days amongst consumers? I personally wear a Fossil Gen3. Would love to see your reviews and comments on Smart-Watches.
I’d rather have a Vacheron, AP or Patel quartz (they all make them) than a mass produced automatic from Rolex or Omega. They finish even their quartz movements to a very high standard and the rest of the watch - you know, the parts you actually interact with - are on a different level in terms of quality. Don’t get me wrong, all things being equal, I’ll take an automatic over a quartz, and a hand wound over either, but those people who categorically rule out quartz watches are either profoundly uneducated about watches or just...wrong. In any event, another great video and what a breathtaking JLC.
But if you were spending serious money on a watch you would not even consider Quartz movement, its commonsense and nothing to do with a lack of education on the subject.
@@LG-kl3co You can spend $30k on a high end mechanical, readjust the time once a month and spend $1,000 every 3-5 years to service it. Or you can spend $750 (or less) for a high end solar or kinetic quartz, have perfect time all the time, never change the battery and spend nothing on service or maintenance. There is a place for both in every collection. I have both in my collection. But if you are paying serious money for any quartz, I'm afraid you're not a very smart shopper.
If you give me your hand, I'll give you a hand wound free of charge-I have a cabinet full of sharp kitchen knives at the ready. Also a box cutter and stuff, but that might get messy.
L G Yeah, I don’t know what you consider serious money, but I have a quartz Royal Oak and a quartz Nautilus, both of which were more than $10,000. Maybe that’s not serious money to you, and if so, congratulations, but it’s more than pretty much any Rolex or Omega (and I have a Sub and Seamaster 300, both of which I love, but which are nowhere near as nice as the APRO or PPN). And for whatever it’s worth, I actually wear my quartz Royal Oak more than my automatic Royal Oak, because it’s thinner and more durable. So it is actually pretty dumb and not at all “commonsense” to say that no one would spend serious money on a quartz. Anyone with a basic knowledge of watches, a functional brain or access to a price list would happily swap me their Sub or Speedmaster for a quartz AP or Patek, and anyone with a mind of their own would care more about the craftsmanship that you get in every aspect of a watch from a brand like AP or Patek than the type of movement that comes in a mass produced watch, especially since most people will never even see it. Cheers.
Ive heard the AP Quartz battery is very expensive to replace as it requires the entire movement to be removed. I wouldn't fancy forking out hundreds for that every couple of years.
Art is not merely style over function, it is also 'sufficient' function. When quartz watches include a power reserve they may fix the last quartz handicap?
Unmentioned: Watch batteries if left sitting in the watch can leak, and ruin the watch. A mechanical movement can never do this. Also, batteries simply die. A dead quartz watch is a useless paperweight without a new battery. An automatic or HW can always be woken up simply by flicking your wrist or a few seconds of winding. Mechanical watches and vinyl have a lot in common. The automatic wrist watch and the first LP records were created around the same time, and both are incredibly archaic and complicated compared to modern digital alternatives. But it doesn't matter. Mechanicals are cool, and vinyl is cool. Quartz watches and CDs are not.
I don't like the inaccuracy and the high maintenance needs of mechanical watches. I'm a complete Quartz fan. But I understand the appeal of seeing that movement in motion, one that you're literally responsible for powering. You explained it very well!
Love this reviewer! This channel is just perfection! The voice, the presentation, the video editing, everything is just perfect! Keep up with the awsome work with all the beautiful watches you show us! Love from Sweden! ❤
If only Oris and Omega would make a good quartz watch that had the same approach to build and detail that their automatic watch have--then I'd be very happy. But alas, they force us to believe that quality equals automatic and mechanical. And Swiss.
I agree that a Spring Drive should be in the neighborhood of a quartz watch. I think Seiko says 1s per day, which is half the stated accuracy of my citizen. And that's perhaps due to the more complex regulation system in Spring drive. Spring drive is pointless as a purely practical device because a Citizen Eco can keep as good or better time with a lifespan of 10+ years, and will keep running as long as you keep enough light on it per day. But I would buy a Spring Drive for sure! I love it's complexity and how it marries a number of technologies. It's cool.
Yes spring drive is cool; if only because the phrase that this video ends with 'we just don't care' very much applies to that technology, and to Seiko's philosophy. They even still make Kinetic Quartz watches, and that really doesn't make sense. (To have a moving rotor weight to charge a watch when solar is objectively better.) So what does spring drive offer.. it basically removes the battery from a quartz regulated movement, replacing it with a traditional main spring to power the movement. But it's anyone's guess as to why that's a good idea. While it still doesn't appeal to the purists to have a quartz crystal in there at all.
What about combining both of them? I mean, you could still use a battery to get a pulse from the quartz, but instead of using the quartz electrical signal, you could use it's mechanical vibrations to somehow wind up a smaller spring, then in turn you could use less gears to limit the spring unwinding speed because this spring would store less energy because it'd be wounded up more often by the quartz constant vibrations. Or something like that, I really don't know much about watches, I'm ball pitching here
I have this unique piece of Jaeger LeCoultre mechanical watch from my Archtect grandpa it's already 60+ years old and only been serviced once still working perfectly and keeping accurate time 😊 what I love about mechanical watch is the sound that it makes.
i remember years ago when the computer finaly beat kasparov for a chess championship but we just went on playing any way not caring that a computer would beat the masters. we didn't care
G-shocks are the true marvels of engineering and craftsmanship because they do not break. They also do it without having to break your bank. So quartz ftw.
I have a quartz Fossil Sport and a Seagull m186s automatic. One for work and one for pleasure. I have a Nikon D300s digital camera and a Pentax 67 analogue(film). One for work. (I am a photographer) and one for pleasure respectively in both instances. What's the problem.
@@michaelhorn8962 colour negative and transparency film done usually within 2 hours at my local (Cheltenham) laboratory. Black and white I develop myself and enlarge using either of my 2 enlargers.
Some people, like me, are mechanical minded and are fascinated by gears and springs and whirling bits. The mechanical shown with it's skeletonized and sculpted frame is a beauty to look at. The quartz, however, without a dial is rather bland and boring. It's true that the quartz is more accurate, but there are quartz and digital clocks everywhere nowadays, and almost every one is different from another by minutes, so what's the big deal with a mechanical watch losing a few seconds?
@@lkkjhtemmexv1838 eh? Wtf lol, he's right, a smooth second hand looks far better than the jittering mess of a quartz second hand. Also the sound of a mechanical watch, you cant beat it.
All my watches except one are mechanical which is a quartz Tissot PRC 200. I bought it because it was quartz and although it doesn’t get much wrist time, it’s a pleasure to get it out and find it still within a few seconds from perfect even if it was last set months ago. No need for a watch winder, just grab it and go. They do have plenty of advantages.
Quartz is good for a work watch. The quartz movement is often less damaged by shock than an automatic movement. So I wear a quartz watch if I have to do any heavy lifting. As soon as I get home, I take it off and put on my favorite watches.
Why hasnt anyone pointed out that the comparison is irrelevant? That was made intentionally, but, honestly, it can work out with noobies only. We had a 30k JLC and a quartz caliber from a 50 buck watch. Why wasnt that a JLC vs a quartz Patek? Or at least a Grand Seiko? And the same the other way: why not a bare Sellita vs that quartz one? The answer is too obvious.
I like your videos very much. Having said that, your statement at the beginning of this video is categorically wrong. Quartz watch are more precise yes! But not better. Quartz watches go trough a process of aging even without being used, and they fail much faster than mechanical parts. I have some 30 good quality quartz watches from the 80s. Eleven of them suffered electronic failure (not battery issues!). I have also a collection of vintage mechanical watches, all in working condition including a verge watch dating back to 1760. After I cleaned and oiled it, the watch works perfect (within +/- 60 sec a day). I want to see a 200 years old quartz watch, in working order. Patek has an advert, that you don't buy a Patek for yourself but for your further generations doesn't hold for Quartz!
None of my quartz watches survived, I think this has more to do with their cheapness than an inherent flaw in quartz designs. But I have inexpensive digital watches that are 30 years old and still worn today. Quartz watches can have both electrical failures and mechanical failures. Solid state is accurate and reliable, but not aesthetic.
Which model do you want them to talk about. I have four tissot watches, three of them are quartz and one automatic (tissot t Lord small second) which costed around 1k dollars and out of the box it was giving me a power reserve of maximum 10 hours. I was so disappointed. Anyways I think that the only mechanical tissot watch which deserved to be talked about is the tissot prs 516 automatic chronograph which has the 7750 valjoux movement
batman Arkham i've got the tissot ballade powermatic 80 and i think it's a great watch for the money; i don't really know what watch they should pick, i just know that the brand deserves a shout-out for their work in the industry
@@watchnerds yes I did. I have a swatch automatic chronograph which is one fourth the price but works perfectly fine. The same goes for my omega. Maybe its a faulty piece
In the past, I get frustated when my quartz stop working because of the drained battery. With the mechanical, it always stop every week after the weekend, but it is a joy to shake it and watch the watch come a lives.
My wife recently replaced her 5 year old Tissot quartz for a new Rolex datejust. All she has to say about the Rolex is that she has to adjust it every week...oh and the bracelet is uncomfortable.
Yes but she now has a worthwhile investment. Now if that Rolex had been quartz, well, it would have been less than worthwhile. It might surprise you to know that the quartz movement in the Tissot is actually about £18 to buy. So that illustrates the value of a quartz watch. Compare a mechanical movement , properly looked after with the occasional service will last for decade after decade. The Quartz movement will not....without a shadow of doubt it will not. I gave up with Quartz when my Omega Constellation Megaquartz packed up for the second time. I have had Orient/Seiko quartz , Casio, and Tissot quartz give up on me. My Rolex GMT master 2 will celebrate its 20 birthday next year.....and it's worth a great deal more than I paid for it. BUT, you pay your money and its your call.
@@LG-kl3co True, the value of a quartz watch is definitely NOT in its movement. And you should never buy one with the intent of it becoming a family heirloom. But that is reflected in the initial purchase price, and the cost of maintenance. (What does it cost to have a Rolex serviced through an AD these days?) I would agree that most quartz watches are, ultimately, disposable (although the one I received as a service award at work is still running fine after over 18 years of rough usage), so I guess it all depends on what you're expecting to get out of a watch, and what it's worth for you to pay. BTW: Have you SEEN what an old Rolex Oysterquartz goes for today?
does she wind it up ever? Self winding watches need to be wound, when ever they are allowed to stop or when brand new. You unscrew the crown and in the neutral position rotate the crown clockwise 30 times, set time then the date.
She is a person who values practicality in a watch rather than whatever it is that makes some of us love very high quality mechanical timepieces. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being that way but I am rather confused as to why someone who only has annoyance over adjusting a mechanical watch and doesn't like a jewellery-grade bracelet and watch would even buy one in the first place. It doesn't make any sense to me. She has something truly beautiful and a masterpiece of mechanical engineering and she is annoyed with interacting with it to set the time once per week? She really should have bought something else.
You have just taken this channel from watch-making/wearing/appreciating to philosophy in 6 minutes and 58 seconds. How on earth did you think that one out? Genius... and it scratched to the point of elimination the itch that has stopped me buying a mechanical watch till today. I am now convinced a Seiko Presage will be my next. I love my Seiko quartz but its new brother will co-exist in Zen-like harmony rather than unspoken envy.
Quartz is only better at time-keeping. So if you watch exists solely for the purpose of keeping the time, then quartz is better. But most people who would ever be watching this video have a watch as a piece of jewelry, and all those shiny metal bits in a mechanical movement make for better jewelry than the electronic bits in a quartz watch.
Yes, but to be fair, most mechanical watches do not have visible movements , especially when on the wrist. It is the knowing that they are there that makes them special - I have a JLC Master small second almost entirely because of this channel and the movement is only visible from the back. And I love it. To be fair, it is also very accurate - or at least as accurate as I would ever need!
If you just want to know what time it is, your mobile phone will do, with astonishing precision, but a watch, and especially a mechanical one, is more than that, it a tradition. I own several watches...among them an old dogma prima that I like to rewind, this simple act is magical that only watch enthusiasts can understand.
What is the function of a watch? To show me the time. Quartz will show me the time more accurately and while taking a harder beating than any mechanical, so it is better at being a watch. Mechanicals are only good at being art, and for some people, that is enough to prefer it.
There are watches more durable, more accurate, more portable, longer lasting, and faster to look at than your cell phone. Not everyone is always in the city, with cell towers. The cell phone does not replace the watch.
Nobody with a mechanical watch cares about the time they just care about the craftmenship and the looks if they want to see the accurate time they just look at there phones!
I don't own a mechanical watch however as I understand it the appeal is similar to that as fountain pens, film photography and vinyl. There are quicker cleaner ways to listen to a piece of music but you don't get that warmth, you could write with a biro pen but you don't get the line variation and as for film photos well the grain speaks for itself. Are my assumptions correct or am I way off kitler?
There are always different ways of thoughts: modern vs old school. You have Braun electric razor or Gillette Fusion or on the other hand double edge shaving which is still getting popular. No wonder quartz watches are more accurate, but if only accuracy matters why not look at the I Phone which would even more accurately tell you the time. What matters which school you are in. Besides the biggest question is can you pass a Casio or Swatch to your next generation? So my vote will go always for the mechanical time pieces. While accuracy being an issue an Omega is quite accurate watch in keeping time well if you are not asking for Atomic time keeping!!!
Depends what you need. If you want a daily tool/simple fashion accessory then get a cheap digital or quartz watch. Or better yet, get a Seiko solar, Casio/G-Shock solar, Citizen eco-drive, or a smartwatch. But I can't fathom why someone would ever consider a quartz watch that costs more than $400. At that point, you're starting to get into the lower end of the mid-range; which consists primarily of watches that should serve essentially as long-term investments and wearable art. The majority of quartz pieces are not going to still be around and still functioning 30 years from now; while for many higher quality mechanical and automatics, that will just be another milestone.
From a practical perspective, not all quartz watches are born equal. Aside from different quality standards between swiss, german, japanese, american or chinese, watches using additional mechanical or solar technology (kinetic, spring drive, eco drive...) offer extra value. Lets see a special on your topselling luxury quartz timepieces, would be interesting...
Its same like cars. Modern cars are more economical mileage-wise and reliable with fancy technology, but nothing beats the feeling of driving a 60s Mustang or Impala. I haven't driven any of those but something in that engine sound and body always attracts me.
quatz might be better but you cant deny that a mechanical watch is a much more beautifull and more satisfying to look at, plus a mechanicam watch holds its value.
why is better? with a mechanical,,, YOU NEVER LOOSE A FLIGHT,,, AND IAM BEING PRATICAL NOT THEORICAL... IT LAST A LIFETIME IS MORE BEAUTIFULL, , HAVE NOT SO MANY PLASTICS... THYE ARE MORE RESISTANT SOME ARE VERY STETIC.,they are ARTSome are jewls..remeber they were made by artists hands not machines.. GIRLS LOOK TO MECHNICALS NOT TO QUARTZ.... IN A VERY HARSH ENVIRONMENT I HAVE TO USE MECHNICAL, QUARTZ FAIL A LOT. SO... WHY IS BETTER? YOU DONT LIKE TO WIND A WATHC?? REALLY BUT YOU LIKE TO SPEND HOURS LOOKING TO A STUPID MONITOR, ....AND MASTURBATING YOURSELF LOOKING LIKE A RETARD. I NEED A MECHNICAL WATCH AND I DONT CARE ABOUT YOU STUPID OPINION,,, I KNOW MY NECESSITIES, I DONT CARE ABOUT A SOCIETY THAT MAKE FLASE NECESSITIES IN YOUR BRAIN - MARKETING. WHY real rich, inteligent people, buy mechnicals, are they stupid? if theya re more satisfying to lookSO THEYA RE BETTER, WHY BUY SOMETHINF THAT GAS A STUPID LOOK,.?
@@lkkjhtemmexv1838 a quartz is subjectively better, it keeps the time better and has less that can go wrong. BUT, like the guy said, we dont care, mechanical watches have cool factor, they literally have a beating heart, they feel organic, and i LOVE mechanical watches. I personally have an omega speed master racing with the blue face, its beautiful :)
I'm a US Marine. I wear g-shocks. I've broken 2 of them so far from some of the things we do. I am starting to get into watches and i am looking for a mechanical watch. I wouldn't wear one into combat or during training. But i am fascinated by them. Anybody willing to help me out with suggestions on what to start getting? I'm poor.. ha. My max budget is $120. I'd really like a durable mechanical watch. Something that can handle being roughed up a bit and the high volume of shooting i do. Even if it's not mechanical, is there something other than a g-shock for $120 or less, or maybe multiple watches up to that point you'd suggest i start looking at to get into this? I am grateful for any advice.
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I like tradition. That's why I wear a sun dial.
Douglas George ok, now that’s funny.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Douglas George I carry the earth on my shoulders. When the sun is in my eyes, it’s daytime
Douglas George wrist sundials are available on Amazon 😬.
Everyday is an arm day.
Actually mechanical movements were probably saved by something apparently even more fascinating than the movements themselves: Swiss watchmakers' marketing. Inefficiency was rebranded as " handmade" , and expensive production cost vs. quartz was rebranded as "luxury". Genius.
I love both, people in watch forums underestimate the genius of the Quartz and the practicality of a Casio or Citizen solar powered that can last decades without servicing.
It's effectively jewelry for men and practicality is thrown out the window. When you want something beautifully polished with minute little details being perfect it cannot be mass manufactured. For all intents and purposes you don't need a luxury watch it's a modern day equivalent of a tribal bone necklace, they serve the same purpose - status indication and aesthetics.
well we do not really need watches anymore, we have supercomputers in our pockets. Watches just look cool @@betochiwas
@aahchoo1 Hard facts!
"We just don't care". Couldn't have said it better.
thank you, someone who gets how dumb it is to post a video saying opinions are facts
exactly. if I like the watch I don't care what movement is inside.
@@LordArioh thats what i mean, then you get watch snobs who throw a tantrum if its not swiss made and hand forged from hercules left nipple sweat
@@kevinmorrice I got automatic, mechanical and quartz Japanese and Swiss watches, like them all.)
"we just don't care" because everyone uses their phones to check the time. 😂😂
Quartz is for those who want a watch. Mechanical is for those who want watchmaking.
Amen brother
Good point. I like both honestly. I where my quartz on a regular basses, but I where my mechanical more around people who like art and designs more.
Fancy! But most of the people who love both dont really care.
But even then... Quartz isn't "just quartz"
Seiko are going off and making some very lovely 'high-end' quartz watches, and just happened to notice that I can now pick up a citizen Eco-drive that retains the solar power - put picks up the time/timezone from a GPS satellite..
Then you have the "Astronomia" from Jacob & Co which are like beautiful little mechanical sculptures, that just happen to tell the time..
I think all I meant to say was that I don't agree that "Mechanical is for those who want watchmaking" - just that it's rather lovely to live in a time where whatever you want from a watch is available, in a multitude of styles/prices/complexities.
James Halliday Good points. I think if I’d have said mechanical is for those who want traditional watchmaking we’d be in agreement. There’s something incredibly satisfying about the way a traditional mechanical watch is put together, and that’s what a lot of folks like. However, some of us can also appreciate the technological marvels of quartz watches too: just in a slightly different way. I’ve got modern and vintage mechanicals together with kinetic and battery quartz pieces in my collection, and I appreciate them all.
In my mind, automatics are cool only because they have the sweeping second hand and the see-thru case back where you see the mechanics at work. If an automatic doesn’t have a see-thru case back or open heart design, I tend to seek quartz due to accuracy, ease of use, and nowhere near as much service costs as even the cheaper automatics (like Seiko). And almost 90% of automatics on the market are mass produced, not hand assembled (even Rolex and Omega).
My traditional watches are all < $60, a couple only $20. I have one watch that is $299. because it's a function in a Fit-bit. I can't afford to spend a lot of money on things that don't have utility that matches their cost.
Mechanical watches are functional jewelry. Quartz watches are accurate tools, that can also be jewelry.
I only have a mechanical and I use it as a tool watch
Sara kadi that’s cool what is it?
@Sara kadi Cartier I'm assuming?
True
This is like being in a room full of audiophiles and saying, “CD or Vinyl?” Lol
Tube or solid state?
fryloc359 even better analogy....
More like mechanical lever or solid state.
CD every time.
ROMANS BUILT THINGS WITH A TYPE OF CONCRETE THAT CANT BE BUILT ANYMORE,,, AND STILL RESIST NOWADAYS,
ANCIENT GREEKS HAD ALREADY MECHNICAL WATCHES,,,
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A NECESSITY, AND I HAVE TO STATISFY MY NECSSITIES, NOT LISTEN TO WATHS STUPID SOCIETY SAYS, THEY CREATY FALSE NECESSITIES ITS CALLED MARKETING... OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO SEE WHAT DO YOU NEEED, UNLESS YOUR RETARDED,
IF YOU DONT NEED MECHNICAL WATCHES THAS OK,,, BE HAPPY.
BUT DONT BOTHER OTHERS...
For me, a mechanical watch is a metaphor for my life and a relationship. If I take care of the watch it will take care of me. If I stop moving the watch stops moving. I have to occasionally adjust the time and date. But these things remind me that the watch, like me, is not perfect and I need to stop racing around and take a moment for self care. When I look at my watch I am reminded of all the little things that makes life keep going which I use to take for granted. I find tranquility, harmony and balance in a mechanical watch.
WaywardPondering you nailed it, man. Told my wife the same story, she said I am getting too clever for just a watch... should I buy her a quartz watch or simply change wife?
What a great way to look at it !
how would a watch take care of you?!
@@jjodise it shows you the time..?...(to not miss your meeting..?or whatever..)
I have 4 quartz watches and three mechanical watches. Two of my mechanical watches are pocket watches. Like the smooth sweep of their second hands and I enjoy the loud tick they make.
I love my mechanical watches . Yet, I'm mesmerized by my Seiko Marinemaster GPS solar watch also. A watch that gets it's power from the sun. A watch that looks to the heaven's for accuracy. A watch that knows where in the worlds it's located and adjusts the time accordingly. A perpetual calendar. Two time zones. A true representative of the advancements in horology.
BINGO!!! I feel the same way about all of my Seiko Astron Solar GPS watches...they've gotten me to stop wearing my extensive Rolex and AP collections.
solar quartz>mechanical!
If one is in military, or crossing the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean on a sailboat, or climbing a tall peak, a quartz watch would be best. However, yesterday's technology is today's art. Wearing an automatic movement is like wearing a metal heart on your wrist. It's story about technology from the middle ages repurposed during Renaissance and into essentially what was the first computer.
What if the battery runs out halfway across the ocean? This is why I prefer mechanical. It can still be with you.
batteries last for like 10+ years, just get prepared to change it at that time
that, or if you know you won't schedule every 10 years, get a solar powered or kinetic watch
The only watches that a battery will last 10 years in are digital watches, which I personally find hard to read.
In an analogue piece, you will be lucky to get 3 years out of a battery.
I like the idea of solar watches, I have owned 8 of them. But 3 have failed. This is a bad failure rate for just my personal experience with them. Two of them the crowns just fell out (both Seikos) and the 3rd, the battery wouldn't charge and needed to be replaced (defeating the point of a solar watch). The Seiko quartz line seems in general much more cheaply made than Seiko mechanicals, which makes me suspect they are designed by different departments within Seiko. All of my Seiko quartz pieces have had truly terrible crowns that just pop out whenever they want to.
I had another quartz piece, a Victorinox, that needed a battery change every year, and on the 3rd battery change, stopped working entirely.
I had another quartz, a Seiko Chronograph, that after I replaced the battery the second hand began moving backwards. (And yes I did trip the circuit, it didn't help).
So now I wear my Seiko Turtle, SKX007, or SNK809. Much better made than Seiko's quartz pieces, and no battery to worry about.
@@a_single_white_female hell some people CANT wear a battery powered watch, something about their personal magentic field (or something) kills watch batteries super quick. Ive met at least 2 people with this issue, its a real thing!
@@goldendawn7 maybe that has been my problem, I am a magnet woman
Mechanical is horseback riding and archery, quartz is driving the car. Mechanical watches are an anachronism, no longer needed but much loved for its tradition, feel and look among many other reasons just like the horse and the bow. Quartz and mechanical are not mutual exclusive.
kind of why riding a bicycle can be nostalgically liberating ...
Life is short. Do archery while your friend drives.
#shotgun
Thomas Lee How is cycling nostalgic? Everyone i know cycles because it has tangible advantages over a car (fits in smaller spaces, better for your health, no fuel,...) while mechanical watches dont have these over quartz. They rely on feelings and not real advantages to appeal to people. Comparing mechanical watches to bikes is stupid.
Actually, mechanical is Lancia Delta Integrale from mid-80 where it is the driver that decides how to drive. Quartz is today supersport car, with launch control and suspension adjustable by push of the button. With ABS, ESP and other safequards. Your grandmother can do 0-100 km/h with this level of electronic support. Yet true driver longs for old, cumbersome Lancia Delta Integrale, because only behind it's wheel the skill can measured.
It depends on your rationale for wanting a watch. Quartz is better if you want to tell time. Mechanical is better if you want the only form of jewelry, except for a simple wedding band, socially-acceptable for traditional males. That may be cynical, but I'm convinced it's the main reason for high-end watches to survive.
James David Walley: Exactly correct. High-end watches are man-jewelry.
James David Walley yeah I’m often teased as being a jewelry wearing male when I wear a tennis bracelet and a T ring along with whatever watch I have on
That’s odd, my mechanical watches tell the time too. It might be a minute or two off every week, but it tells the time. And holds its value. And looks and feels better. And is more interesting. If you need to tell the exact time to the second, yes, quartz is better. But if you think I’ll trade my Seiko Presage for a Casio, you’re mad.
I often wear mechanical watches just to tell the time of course. But i wear them to just appreciate the skill and craftsmanship that goes into it. It feels a lot more special. Also mechanical watches and quartz don't even need to be that accurate as a few seconds don't really make much of a difference.
Scott what makes you say that? 😄
Quartz is accurate. But mechanical is heritage.
Quartz is a watch, mechanical is timepiece
there are pretty damn good and also very expensive quartz watches out there.
Quite romantic....but wrong. Quartz is as a timepiece as mechanical.
You're right. Watchmaking has been a tradition in Europe for over 500 years. It's not so much about practicality as it is about culture.
snackouzi well for that reason, as another commentator said, wear a sun dial. If you try to excuse mechanical watches with anything other than “I just like them better”, you are very possibly wrong.
@@oscarbaezsoria1650 it was poetic exaggaration, of course it is. a quartz is also 'heritage'....
I think we made an art out of that obsolete piece of technology, this is what keeps it alive. The same way as painting is still alive when we could print drawings made on a computer.
What's the purpose of a watch?: Giving you the time. The more exact/accurate/precise a watch is, the better. The less maintenance it needs and, in such case, the fastest and cheapest, the better (less moving and friction/wear components). The more time it keeps running without the need of wearing it in a daily basis or otherwise to winding it, the better
So yes, undoubtedly a quartz watch is better than a mechanical one. Morover, generally speaking they are even much cheaper.
However I do love mechanical watches more than I do with quartz/battery operated ones (having both types, including Breitling Aerospaces and Emergencies). There's something in them (call it art, beauty, engineering skills, craftsmanship or whatever) that just keeps my admiration, because I can feel they are "alive" and need my care.
Drawings made by a computer may be perfect in comparison to the subtle "imperfections" from those made by humans (Picasso, Goya, Velázquez, Sorolla, Monet, Rembrandt, Van Gogh...), but I just prefer a Sorolla or a Monet rather than that drawing made by Sonny in "I, Robot".
Even though quartz watches are better, the industry of mechanical watches keeps going because most enthusiasts just LOVE them and PREFER them, even being anachronistic. The industry just produces (and makes profits) what clients demand. Period.
Just my two cents.
3:15 mind blown. My jaw dropped to the floor. As if the watch wasn't already amazing enough, the case pivots and can be locked in from both sides ! Superb video, long live the art of horology.
A wonderful video!! I love and appreciate both, and I believe any watch lover end up liking both as they both are mesmerizing and amazing in their own way
Holy crap that Jaeger-LeCoultre movement is BREATHTAKING !!
When I was 17 (the summer before my senior year) I worked construction during the day, at a steakhouse at night & mowed lawns on my day off Sunday to save up & buy a motorcycle. 1 week before school started I walked into a Honda dealership & rode off in their best sport bike. It was the most technologically advanced bike they had. Others at the time were buying Harleys. They needed constant repair, they didn't perform well, were uncomfortable, broke down frequently & were more expensive. They said they were traditional, classic,
representative, a work of art. I could outrun & outperform them, mine was reliable, durable & required little maintenance. I enjoyed speeding past the traditionalists while they struggled to push their works of art down the highway.
Succinctly put,quartz is better, mechanical inefficient- but we just love it! The internals are totally mesmerising. Another great video!
I started to crave mechanical in the 1970s, as soon as it became virtually impossible to buy a mechanical watch any more. I mean, just a few years previous, you could buy mechanical everywhere. Then almost over night they were gone. It was then I started to miss the old mechanical watches. I remember searching through Manhattan looking for one. Everyone looking at me like, "waddya want a mechanical watch for when it isn't gonna be as accurate as a brand spanking new quartz watch...?" Because I want one, was my answer. I felt the workmanship in a mechanical. I wanted the quiet little city of gears turning in an orderly and peaceable way right on my wrist which was otherwise immersed in a chaotic world. So...after some time I found a jewelry story in Lower Manhattan which, for the umpteenth time I made my request and received the same reply but, as I began to turn to go out the owner said, "wait! let me check in back..." and after a few minutes he came to the counter with a small box containing an Omega automatic which, as he didn't plan to sell any more, he sold to me for about $150, as I recall. I still have that watch and have loved it ever since...No quartz (and I have them) watch can do that for me...
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I think it's very reminiscent of the digital music vs. vinyl records debate.
Or perhaps similar to learning how to use a firesteel in the wild when camping instead of a lighter. A compass + map vs gps. The hardest, non-convinient oldschool option is often the most gratifying!
J H the difference is that a compass and a map is more accurate and better in most real circumstances
It all depends: the only movement I dont have represented in my watch collection is Kinetic, so I cant really speak to that first hand.
That said, I find with my lifestyle (working nights, always on-the-go, etc.), quartz just makes so much more sense than anything else...
It is definitely more accurate & reliable-- and, yes, I'm taking battery changes into consideration. Thats why I have more than one quartz watch with staggered battery changes. Also, solar quartz watches are just awesome for that.
Regretably, I just dont have time to 'reset' a mechanical or self-winding movement every time I need to leave the house, although I still do love them.
Watched this video already several times and the last sentence always gets me and makes me proud..to be human?!
Excellent Essay. Thank you.
I've had a Seiko 5 in the past. A really accurate one, too. It gained one second per 24h. But it really annoyed me that it stopped after not wearing it for 2 days, so I sold it. As of right now, I only wear solar watches, because they also have an interesting technological aspect to them and are more accurate and in general more practical than mechanicals. I kinda get the appeal of mechanical watches but it just doesn't do it for me.
And who even came up with that "Wrist watches are not for telling the time anymore"?? That's exactly what I use them for, so I don't have to use my phone. Never understood that argument.
I don't like that watch afficionados want everyone to buy an automatic. They are not better by any means.
Solar, I agree. Too bad the options are limited.
It’s a movement watch what would you expect? You would really have to wind it every two days
Well think of it this way. Got to live with the times. Technology had to advance at some point. In theory the quartz crisis should have never existed. Accurate time is a must. One must work smarter not harder. Eventually a mechanical spring will weaken. Things that work more efficiently should require less maintenance and with less friction. Quartz and digital watched are a living testimony to that. A mechanical watch always has to be tweaked especially if the lubrication oils dry. In a quartz or digital watch very little tweaking oiling or no oil at all is required. Technology is just evolving from gears to electromechanical and electromagnetic servos and stepper motors using a Rochelle salt Chrystal tuning for instead of an escapement
My Casio has a ten year battery life. Nuts really compared to my 40 hour automatic 😂
@@davidzell8885 I left my solar g-shock in a draw for 12 months and it was still ticking away when I found it. I've had it for 9 years now. No battery change no service.
@@davidzell8885 lol mechanical watches require maintenance genius.. Lol.. And they ain't as durable, as multi function as a quartz watch integrated with high end GPS, Bluetooth, wifi technology. Quartz could sell as much as a mechanical watches but they are doing mankind good. Unlike those mechanical watch makers who just want to squeeze every penny of yours into their bank account. Kinda like iPhone is some way.. Giving you outdated technology and charging you high price and say they are the best
Fun fact: that fourty hour automatic will outlive you with proper care than that cheap piece of plastic.
@@chongyen7923 until it stops working , mechanical watches don't really need servicing that much
Seiko spring drive best of both worlds!
E x p e n s i v e
still isn’t as accurate as quartz and has a high up front and maintenance cost.
@@alexkwan3 I don't know about ot being more expensive to maintain. They can be serviced at way longer intervals than mechanical watches. Even if you have to ship them to Japan every 15 years, still cheaper
Lucas Milagre Tavares Ferreira no that’s just plain false. Seiko recommends a full service once every 3 years, so you actually have to service it more regularly than a standard mechanical watch.
Lucas Milagre Tavares Ferreira and seriously, are you comparing a mechanical watch service to a quartz? battery change every 3-5 years costs $10 a pop. And quartz is far easier to service due to having way less moving parts, making it much cheaper.
For a vulcan, quartz is the only option.
However, for a human, mechanical is usually more appealing, because humans are illogical and prefer looks, history and craftmanship over performance.
Le Lemon So... what does Spock wear?
solangino I assume spock would wear a casio f91-w, because it would give him the best accuracy for the least money. Or he would be wearing a watch-sized atomic clock by then.
Le Lemon: Are the looks any different unless the mechanical watch is skeletonized?
Michael Horn The second hand moves smoother on mechanicals, for some thats important. There are also more options in the mechanical world, so youre most likely going to find a watch you like the looks of there.
kokakoliah Well i cant think of a logical reason to wear mechanical over quartz, so i truely believe only humans are stupid enough to pay 10k for a watch that will be several seconds of every day.
after buying expensive quarts for years i found an old hand winding watch that belongs to my father, i got it repaired to gift the watch back to him and .....................................now i have a collection of vintage mechanical watches so you sir summed it up clearly "we don't care" and might i add love this old technology.
Quarts of what?
i get it, its quartz
spelling nazi!!!!
I look forward to seeing new quartz timepieces that embrace the unique characteristics that quartz can bring alone, rather than imitating the mechanical movements. When a company can match this marvel with a mechanical movement, then we can appreciate the ingenuity and craftsmanship.
I have automatic watches going for twenty years still keeping 5 to 7 seconds a day that have never been serviced. When quartz can run that long with light or no light solar variant or straight battery than they are better than quartz. Spring Drive gives the best of both worlds and potentially makes it better than both.
"We just don't care" Yet, Rolex owners are concerned why their $9,000 watches aren't nearly as accurate as a $29 Casio
Well they are just stupid lol.
they are? really?
@@TjPhysicist yeah and you don't know?
As someone who started his technical career in IT maintaining ST series mechanical calculators from Friden, then studied transistor theory and made the transition to the first Electronic Calculator - the Friden EC130, I enjoy refurbishing the ST machines, they are both fascinating and 100% redundant.
Mechanical watches can, in theory, be repaired and maintained forever so they have heirloom cred’ - that’s the selling point.
My Seiko divers quartz has kept perfect time since 1983 with a new battery every five years or so despite a hard life. But when it breaks down that’s it - Seiko don’t supply parts for it any more and no watchmaker can repair the electronics.
But the mainstream luxury watches, Rolex, Omega etc. are now mass produced, if you want a true heirloom watch you are into six figure prices. So may as well buy quartz.
Give it a little more time and there will be a way to fix the more difficult parts in quartz movements. It will require an interdisciplinary skillset and different way of thinking that hasn't been taken seriously before.
They are mass produced. But they still take tons of hours to make and are massivvely complicated and well crafted. I love mechanical watches, waaaaay more than quartz watches, amd this is coming from a 21 year old rofl
never had to replace a battery on my 1970s rollie. Its never been cleaned or repaired and it functions wonderfully. Every couple months I have to move it a couple minutes back. No problem and is actually quite fun to wind it back. Was my grandpa's and will be my nephew's one day unless I have kids.
Did your Grampa have it serviced?
I enjoy very much both mechanical and quartz watches, but have drifted towards quartz watches over the years. I'm in love with my Casio Oceanus & will probably wear it until I eventually purchase a Grand Seiko Snowflake. Maybe it's just the 'phase' I'm in, but I find quartz to just be much better value for my purposes right now. I just can't justify forking over 1-3k for such basic mass produced movements most mechanical have in this range. The only mechanical that particularly excites me in my price range is a Grand Seiko that utilize spring drive.
The Oceanus is awesome!
Well yes, but a Casio or a Seiko just doesn't have the same history as a A. Lange or a PP, they're just not as beautiful and for those people who wear a watch primarly as a piece of art and as jewelery a Seiko or Casio simply won't do it
Διρhα did you eve read my comment? 😁
I build software for a living. I am always, endlessly surrounded by technology. But I do derive quite a lot of pleasure from the idea that my watch doesn't have battery or motors or soldering. It's old fashioned and antiquated but it carries a nostalgia that can't be replaced with efficiency.
theres something beautiful about the past, i live in a cave
Good choice to use the Reverso as an example of a beloved mechanical watch. There's nothing else like it and the 30s design will never go out of style.
It is true.. Quartz maybe or rather is better is many ways but the satisfaction a mechanical watch gives is amazing and not comparable... :) BTW I like both quartz and mechanical ;)
I have a 1955 Omega 505 constellation automatic that after being in drawer for years still starts up with a few side to side movements. Compare that to the large number of quartz watches taken out of drawer to wear for special accasion to find the battery has leaked and at the very least a new coil is now the order of the day. I know I am provoking remarks of ' well change the battery more often then' but it's that ' you can leave a mechanical in the drawer for five years and it'll still start that I find appealing over the quartz and whose to say in fifty years you will still be able to source batteries for today's quartz watches.
While mechanical time pieces can't come close to the accuracy, or reliability of quartz. they have a certain charm that quartz time keepers just can't match.
it's all in your head
I've got both - a Tissot Seastar day-date automatic and a Seiko SQ quartz. The Seiko is more accurate but I prefer the way the second hand moves on the Tissot (6 beats per second, as opposed to one).
Listening to your beautiful narrations is always such a joy!
Quartz is for those who want a timepiece. Mechanical is for those who want jewelry.
Mechanical watches are portable Rube Goldberg machines, that's what makes them so entertaining.
EXACTLY! Most of my watches are quartz. But I enjoy my skeleton mechanicals for just that reason.
Nobody needs a watch nowadays having a mobile phone. If I buy a watch it is only because of it's beauty and the emotions it gives to me. That is why I use mechanical, it makes me have faith in humanity, we can create such an awesome piece of art.
True, but the love of mechanical is a personal thing...similar to classic cars!
Why don't you make a video on Smart-Watches which is so prevalent these days amongst consumers? I personally wear a Fossil Gen3. Would love to see your reviews and comments on Smart-Watches.
Advertising campaigns for “traditional timepieces” are keeping the mechanical watch alive, and advertising for quartz watches will eventually kill it.
I realize it is not really your style, but it would be very interesting if you did some videos on G-Shocks, especially "classic" ones.
I’d rather have a Vacheron, AP or Patel quartz (they all make them) than a mass produced automatic from Rolex or Omega. They finish even their quartz movements to a very high standard and the rest of the watch - you know, the parts you actually interact with - are on a different level in terms of quality.
Don’t get me wrong, all things being equal, I’ll take an automatic over a quartz, and a hand wound over either, but those people who categorically rule out quartz watches are either profoundly uneducated about watches or just...wrong.
In any event, another great video and what a breathtaking JLC.
But if you were spending serious money on a watch you would not even consider Quartz movement, its commonsense and nothing to do with a lack of education on the subject.
@@LG-kl3co You can spend $30k on a high end mechanical, readjust the time once a month and spend $1,000 every 3-5 years to service it. Or you can spend $750 (or less) for a high end solar or kinetic quartz, have perfect time all the time, never change the battery and spend nothing on service or maintenance. There is a place for both in every collection. I have both in my collection. But if you are paying serious money for any quartz, I'm afraid you're not a very smart shopper.
If you give me your hand, I'll give you a hand wound free of charge-I have a cabinet full of sharp kitchen knives at the ready. Also a box cutter and stuff, but that might get messy.
L G Yeah, I don’t know what you consider serious money, but I have a quartz Royal Oak and a quartz Nautilus, both of which were more than $10,000. Maybe that’s not serious money to you, and if so, congratulations, but it’s more than pretty much any Rolex or Omega (and I have a Sub and Seamaster 300, both of which I love, but which are nowhere near as nice as the APRO or PPN). And for whatever it’s worth, I actually wear my quartz Royal Oak more than my automatic Royal Oak, because it’s thinner and more durable. So it is actually pretty dumb and not at all “commonsense” to say that no one would spend serious money on a quartz. Anyone with a basic knowledge of watches, a functional brain or access to a price list would happily swap me their Sub or Speedmaster for a quartz AP or Patek, and anyone with a mind of their own would care more about the craftsmanship that you get in every aspect of a watch from a brand like AP or Patek than the type of movement that comes in a mass produced watch, especially since most people will never even see it. Cheers.
Ive heard the AP Quartz battery is very expensive to replace as it requires the entire movement to be removed. I wouldn't fancy forking out hundreds for that every couple of years.
Art is not merely style over function, it is also 'sufficient' function. When quartz watches include a power reserve they may fix the last quartz handicap?
Unmentioned: Watch batteries if left sitting in the watch can leak, and ruin the watch. A mechanical movement can never do this. Also, batteries simply die. A dead quartz watch is a useless paperweight without a new battery. An automatic or HW can always be woken up simply by flicking your wrist or a few seconds of winding.
Mechanical watches and vinyl have a lot in common. The automatic wrist watch and the first LP records were created around the same time, and both are incredibly archaic and complicated compared to modern digital alternatives. But it doesn't matter. Mechanicals are cool, and vinyl is cool. Quartz watches and CDs are not.
I don't like the inaccuracy and the high maintenance needs of mechanical watches. I'm a complete Quartz fan. But I understand the appeal of seeing that movement in motion, one that you're literally responsible for powering. You explained it very well!
"WE JUST DON'T CARE'' was the best statement!
Love this reviewer! This channel is just perfection! The voice, the presentation, the video editing, everything is just perfect! Keep up with the awsome work with all the beautiful watches you show us! Love from Sweden! ❤
If only Oris and Omega would make a good quartz watch that had the same approach to build and detail that their automatic watch have--then I'd be very happy. But alas, they force us to believe that quality equals automatic and mechanical. And Swiss.
But all of those things are true. And i do think fans would be kinda angry if they jumped ship from mechanical, and i cant say i blame them.
Sad to see how some of the parts of the reverso where not properly finished
Spring Drive, baby! Best of both worlds
I would not mind a spring drive watch. Very cool invention.
Or worst of both... not accurate as quartz and not have the fully mechanical appeal
Loris Maderno: Spring Drive is regulated by an oscillating quartz crystal as well. How is it not as accurate as any quartz watch?
I agree that a Spring Drive should be in the neighborhood of a quartz watch. I think Seiko says 1s per day, which is half the stated accuracy of my citizen. And that's perhaps due to the more complex regulation system in Spring drive. Spring drive is pointless as a purely practical device because a Citizen Eco can keep as good or better time with a lifespan of 10+ years, and will keep running as long as you keep enough light on it per day. But I would buy a Spring Drive for sure! I love it's complexity and how it marries a number of technologies. It's cool.
Yes spring drive is cool; if only because the phrase that this video ends with 'we just don't care' very much applies to that technology, and to Seiko's philosophy. They even still make Kinetic Quartz watches, and that really doesn't make sense. (To have a moving rotor weight to charge a watch when solar is objectively better.)
So what does spring drive offer.. it basically removes the battery from a quartz regulated movement, replacing it with a traditional main spring to power the movement. But it's anyone's guess as to why that's a good idea. While it still doesn't appeal to the purists to have a quartz crystal in there at all.
What about combining both of them? I mean, you could still use a battery to get a pulse from the quartz, but instead of using the quartz electrical signal, you could use it's mechanical vibrations to somehow wind up a smaller spring, then in turn you could use less gears to limit the spring unwinding speed because this spring would store less energy because it'd be wounded up more often by the quartz constant vibrations.
Or something like that, I really don't know much about watches, I'm ball pitching here
The watch shown in this video is so beautiful ....
you wouldn't wear that
I have this unique piece of Jaeger LeCoultre mechanical watch from my Archtect grandpa it's already 60+ years old and only been serviced once still working perfectly and keeping accurate time 😊 what I love about mechanical watch is the sound that it makes.
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G-shocks are the true marvels of engineering and craftsmanship because they do not break. They also do it without having to break your bank. So quartz ftw.
I have a quartz Fossil Sport and a Seagull m186s automatic. One for work and one for pleasure.
I have a Nikon D300s digital camera and a Pentax 67 analogue(film).
One for work. (I am a photographer) and one for pleasure respectively in both instances. What's the problem.
Where on earth do you get film developed nowadays?
@@michaelhorn8962 colour negative and transparency film done usually within 2 hours at my local (Cheltenham) laboratory. Black and white I develop myself and enlarge using either of my 2 enlargers.
Apart frim watches photograper shold be using D500 at least!
Yes, but would a Quartz watch still work after an electromagnetic pulse event?
S/V Femme du Nord me and my mechanical watch will be ready for WW3.
well pretty sure an electromagnetic pulse would throw off the time keeping ability of your mechanical watch because it will polarize the metal
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Some people, like me, are mechanical minded and are fascinated by gears and springs and whirling bits. The mechanical shown with it's skeletonized and sculpted frame is a beauty to look at. The quartz, however, without a dial is rather bland and boring.
It's true that the quartz is more accurate, but there are quartz and digital clocks everywhere nowadays, and almost every one is different from another by minutes, so what's the big deal with a mechanical watch losing a few seconds?
A quartz watch is superior in keeping the time, a mechanical is superior in entertaining.
There's something rather calming to a smooth second hand.
tell that to your grandfather...stupid kid.
@@lkkjhtemmexv1838 eh? Wtf lol, he's right, a smooth second hand looks far better than the jittering mess of a quartz second hand. Also the sound of a mechanical watch, you cant beat it.
All my watches except one are mechanical which is a quartz Tissot PRC 200. I bought it because it was quartz and although it doesn’t get much wrist time, it’s a pleasure to get it out and find it still within a few seconds from perfect even if it was last set months ago. No need for a watch winder, just grab it and go. They do have plenty of advantages.
Mechanical watches are just a really big flex
true
Quartz is good for a work watch. The quartz movement is often less damaged by shock than an automatic movement. So I wear a quartz watch if I have to do any heavy lifting. As soon as I get home, I take it off and put on my favorite watches.
Why hasnt anyone pointed out that the comparison is irrelevant? That was made intentionally, but, honestly, it can work out with noobies only. We had a 30k JLC and a quartz caliber from a 50 buck watch. Why wasnt that a JLC vs a quartz Patek? Or at least a Grand Seiko? And the same the other way: why not a bare Sellita vs that quartz one? The answer is too obvious.
Nice video. So better quarts or mechanical reverso?
I like your videos very much. Having said that, your statement at the beginning of this video is categorically wrong. Quartz watch are more precise yes! But not better. Quartz watches go trough a process of aging even without being used, and they fail much faster than mechanical parts. I have some 30 good quality quartz watches from the 80s. Eleven of them suffered electronic failure (not battery issues!). I have also a collection of vintage mechanical watches, all in working condition including a verge watch dating back to 1760. After I cleaned and oiled it, the watch works perfect (within +/- 60 sec a day). I want to see a 200 years old quartz watch, in working order. Patek has an advert, that you don't buy a Patek for yourself but for your further generations doesn't hold for Quartz!
None of my quartz watches survived, I think this has more to do with their cheapness than an inherent flaw in quartz designs. But I have inexpensive digital watches that are 30 years old and still worn today. Quartz watches can have both electrical failures and mechanical failures. Solid state is accurate and reliable, but not aesthetic.
Nah, mechanical watches are so fragile, they can’t handle vibration.
holy god thats a breathtaking reverso movement..that decoration!
can you talk about tissot? you guys are amazing :)
Which model do you want them to talk about. I have four tissot watches, three of them are quartz and one automatic (tissot t Lord small second) which costed around 1k dollars and out of the box it was giving me a power reserve of maximum 10 hours. I was so disappointed. Anyways I think that the only mechanical tissot watch which deserved to be talked about is the tissot prs 516 automatic chronograph which has the 7750 valjoux movement
batman Arkham i've got the tissot ballade powermatic 80 and i think it's a great watch for the money; i don't really know what watch they should pick, i just know that the brand deserves a shout-out for their work in the industry
batman Arkham did you fully wound it?
@@watchnerds yes I did. I have a swatch automatic chronograph which is one fourth the price but works perfectly fine. The same goes for my omega. Maybe its a faulty piece
@@MB-eo3my as a teenager I used to love the ballade design fifteen years back
In the past, I get frustated when my quartz stop working because of the drained battery. With the mechanical, it always stop every week after the weekend, but it is a joy to shake it and watch the watch come a lives.
Mechanical/Automatic is ART - Quartz is TECHNOLOGY. Period. Both should be respected and collected in one's collection IMO.
Telling the time is just a nice extra to a watch. It is like adding some contrast to your house with a painting.
My wife recently replaced her 5 year old Tissot quartz for a new Rolex datejust. All she has to say about the Rolex is that she has to adjust it every week...oh and the bracelet is uncomfortable.
And if she takes it off for a couple of days, the time AND date must be reset. A watch is supposed to tell YOU the time, not the other way around.
Yes but she now has a worthwhile investment. Now if that Rolex had been quartz, well, it would have been less than worthwhile. It might surprise you to know that the quartz movement in the Tissot is actually about £18 to buy. So that illustrates the value of a quartz watch. Compare a mechanical movement , properly looked after with the occasional service will last for decade after decade. The Quartz movement will not....without a shadow of doubt it will not.
I gave up with Quartz when my Omega Constellation Megaquartz packed up for the second time. I have had Orient/Seiko quartz , Casio, and Tissot quartz give up on me. My Rolex GMT master 2 will celebrate its 20 birthday next year.....and it's worth a great deal more than I paid for it. BUT, you pay your money and its your call.
@@LG-kl3co True, the value of a quartz watch is definitely NOT in its movement. And you should never buy one with the intent of it becoming a family heirloom. But that is reflected in the initial purchase price, and the cost of maintenance. (What does it cost to have a Rolex serviced through an AD these days?) I would agree that most quartz watches are, ultimately, disposable (although the one I received as a service award at work is still running fine after over 18 years of rough usage), so I guess it all depends on what you're expecting to get out of a watch, and what it's worth for you to pay. BTW: Have you SEEN what an old Rolex Oysterquartz goes for today?
does she wind it up ever? Self winding watches need to be wound, when ever they are allowed to stop or when brand new. You unscrew the crown and in the neutral position rotate the crown clockwise 30 times, set time then the date.
She is a person who values practicality in a watch rather than whatever it is that makes some of us love very high quality mechanical timepieces. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being that way but I am rather confused as to why someone who only has annoyance over adjusting a mechanical watch and doesn't like a jewellery-grade bracelet and watch would even buy one in the first place. It doesn't make any sense to me. She has something truly beautiful and a masterpiece of mechanical engineering and she is annoyed with interacting with it to set the time once per week? She really should have bought something else.
Drives me crazy when people misuse the word decimated. It means reduced by a factor of 10 rather than destroyed or damaged as so many people use it.
Quartz may be more accurate, but it doesn't quite have the "soul" that a mechanical movement does.
The mass produced ETA and Sellita movements hardly have 'soul' either.
So a crystal from the earth that vibrates and gives us energy to precisely measure time has less soul than a metal spring?! If you say so
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@@kbeightyseven yes
Can you elaborate? Why mass produced "mechanical" movement hardly have 'soul'? Don't get me wrong but your comment to me sninks of "watch snobbery".
You have just taken this channel from watch-making/wearing/appreciating to philosophy in 6 minutes and 58 seconds. How on earth did you think that one out? Genius... and it scratched to the point of elimination the itch that has stopped me buying a mechanical watch till today. I am now convinced a Seiko Presage will be my next. I love my Seiko quartz but its new brother will co-exist in Zen-like harmony rather than unspoken envy.
Quartz is only better at time-keeping. So if you watch exists solely for the purpose of keeping the time, then quartz is better. But most people who would ever be watching this video have a watch as a piece of jewelry, and all those shiny metal bits in a mechanical movement make for better jewelry than the electronic bits in a quartz watch.
Yes, but to be fair, most mechanical watches do not have visible movements , especially when on the wrist. It is the knowing that they are there that makes them special - I have a JLC Master small second almost entirely because of this channel and the movement is only visible from the back. And I love it. To be fair, it is also very accurate - or at least as accurate as I would ever need!
If you just want to know what time it is, your mobile phone will do, with astonishing precision, but a watch, and especially a mechanical one, is more than that, it a tradition. I own several watches...among them an old dogma prima that I like to rewind, this simple act is magical that only watch enthusiasts can understand.
What is the function of a watch? To show me the time.
Quartz will show me the time more accurately and while taking a harder beating than any mechanical, so it is better at being a watch.
Mechanicals are only good at being art, and for some people, that is enough to prefer it.
Nicolo Maita If you want accuracy. Just look at your phone.
Nicolo Maita Then don't even own a watch. Look at your cell phone for the time.
There are watches more durable, more accurate, more portable, longer lasting, and faster to look at than your cell phone. Not everyone is always in the city, with cell towers. The cell phone does not replace the watch.
Alexander Nevsky Accuracy discrepancies are entirally negligable and none noticeable.
Sure, in most situations. But even with that, there's 4 other factors I mentioned where the watch is better than a cell phone.
Where can you find a old high beat quartz watch? I'd love to see people look at the seconds hand and mistake it for a mechanical watch.
Nobody with a mechanical watch cares about the time they just care about the craftmenship and the looks if they want to see the accurate time they just look at there phones!
And they find themselves reading all notifications then half an hour later they check what time it is again
Well...that's stupid! The whole point of a watch is to keep time! Mechanical watches are merely expensive wind up toys!
I don't own a mechanical watch however as I understand it the appeal is similar to that as fountain pens, film photography and vinyl. There are quicker cleaner ways to listen to a piece of music but you don't get that warmth, you could write with a biro pen but you don't get the line variation and as for film photos well the grain speaks for itself. Are my assumptions correct or am I way off kitler?
There are always different ways of thoughts: modern vs old school. You have Braun electric razor or Gillette Fusion or on the other hand double edge shaving which is still getting popular. No wonder quartz watches are more accurate, but if only accuracy matters why not look at the I Phone which would even more accurately tell you the time. What matters which school you are in. Besides the biggest question is can you pass a Casio or Swatch to your next generation? So my vote will go always for the mechanical time pieces. While accuracy being an issue an Omega is quite accurate watch in keeping time well if you are not asking for Atomic time keeping!!!
Depends what you need. If you want a daily tool/simple fashion accessory then get a cheap digital or quartz watch. Or better yet, get a Seiko solar, Casio/G-Shock solar, Citizen eco-drive, or a smartwatch. But I can't fathom why someone would ever consider a quartz watch that costs more than $400. At that point, you're starting to get into the lower end of the mid-range; which consists primarily of watches that should serve essentially as long-term investments and wearable art. The majority of quartz pieces are not going to still be around and still functioning 30 years from now; while for many higher quality mechanical and automatics, that will just be another milestone.
From a practical perspective, not all quartz watches are born equal. Aside from different quality standards between swiss, german, japanese, american or chinese, watches using additional mechanical or solar technology (kinetic, spring drive, eco drive...) offer extra value. Lets see a special on your topselling luxury quartz timepieces, would be interesting...
Its same like cars. Modern cars are more economical mileage-wise and reliable with fancy technology, but nothing beats the feeling of driving a 60s Mustang or Impala. I haven't driven any of those but something in that engine sound and body always attracts me.
quatz might be better but you cant deny that a mechanical watch is a much more beautifull and more satisfying to look at, plus a mechanicam watch holds its value.
why is better?
with a mechanical,,,
YOU NEVER LOOSE A FLIGHT,,, AND IAM BEING PRATICAL NOT THEORICAL...
IT LAST A LIFETIME
IS MORE BEAUTIFULL, , HAVE NOT SO MANY PLASTICS...
THYE ARE MORE RESISTANT
SOME ARE VERY STETIC.,they are ARTSome are jewls..remeber they were made by artists hands not machines..
GIRLS LOOK TO MECHNICALS NOT TO QUARTZ....
IN A VERY HARSH ENVIRONMENT I HAVE TO USE MECHNICAL, QUARTZ FAIL A LOT.
SO... WHY IS BETTER? YOU DONT LIKE TO WIND A WATHC?? REALLY BUT YOU LIKE TO SPEND HOURS LOOKING TO A STUPID MONITOR, ....AND MASTURBATING YOURSELF LOOKING LIKE A RETARD.
I NEED A MECHNICAL WATCH AND I DONT CARE ABOUT YOU STUPID OPINION,,, I KNOW MY NECESSITIES,
I DONT CARE ABOUT A SOCIETY THAT MAKE FLASE NECESSITIES IN YOUR BRAIN - MARKETING.
WHY real rich, inteligent people, buy mechnicals, are they stupid?
if theya re more satisfying to lookSO THEYA RE BETTER, WHY BUY SOMETHINF THAT GAS A STUPID LOOK,.?
@@lkkjhtemmexv1838 a quartz is subjectively better, it keeps the time better and has less that can go wrong. BUT, like the guy said, we dont care, mechanical watches have cool factor, they literally have a beating heart, they feel organic, and i LOVE mechanical watches. I personally have an omega speed master racing with the blue face, its beautiful :)
I'm a US Marine. I wear g-shocks. I've broken 2 of them so far from some of the things we do. I am starting to get into watches and i am looking for a mechanical watch. I wouldn't wear one into combat or during training. But i am fascinated by them. Anybody willing to help me out with suggestions on what to start getting? I'm poor.. ha. My max budget is $120. I'd really like a durable mechanical watch. Something that can handle being roughed up a bit and the high volume of shooting i do. Even if it's not mechanical, is there something other than a g-shock for $120 or less, or maybe multiple watches up to that point you'd suggest i start looking at to get into this? I am grateful for any advice.