• nBodyProblem@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    That’s because Swiss precision is meaningless when a $1 chip can keep time better than a $6k mechanical watch. The only way they can survive is by selling the luxury angle.

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      11 months ago

      I bought a mechanical watch cause I like how the second hand moves continuously instead of “ticking” and it doesn’t need a battery.
      But yeah, if you want a watch that’s like the early Rolex’s today, buy a Seiko.

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        11 months ago

        Oh trust me, I understand. I own mechanical watches because there is a definite romantic appeal to them.

        However, I have had more than one seiko automatic die from vibration while riding motorcycles. Even high end watches like Rolexes can have -4/+8 seconds per day timekeeping error and be within “normal” tolerances.

        Meanwhile, a cheap digital quartz watch will typically be accurate to within a few seconds a month, even before we consider that many of them can sync to atomic clocks. They’re also pretty much indestructible.