The Watch Appreciation Thread (Reviews and Photos of Men's Timepieces by Rolex, Patek Philippe, Brei

[imageWIS]



Any watch repair suggestions?

Sorry, in which regards?

 

[Mr. Moo]



Did you register just to post this nonsense on here? This is a thread discussing complications and high end watches and you felt it necessary to put up a low quality pic of your Marc Ecko watch? ...give your head a shake...and welcome to the forums

Wow, you're a real turd. Proud of yourself yet?

 

[Kid Nickels]

altho' I like the story behind the Grand Seiko's dial ... that's cool! Doesn't really make me like the watch any more however.

 

[Cylon]

Wow, you're a real turd. Proud of yourself yet?

Good life lesson for everyone: don't be a dick.

Applies to styleforum. Applies to life.

 

[Cylon]

Well, some are, some are not really and some are definitely not.
/M

I've slowly been slogging through this entire thread. You have an awesome collection my friend! gdl and zippyh too...oh and medtech expat and ktowngreg....theres a lot of good stuff buried in here

got any tips for taking awesome photos of watches?

 

[Singular]

You get an A for effort for reading it all...

...and thanks.

/M

 

[akatsuki]



They have only one full mechanical movement, the 9S. Everything else (movement-wise) they make either has a quartz component to it or is outright fully quartz.

"The Seiko Spring Drive is a true mechanical watch..."
http://www.timezone.com/library/rdnotebook/200509073623


As far as comparing Seiko to the Swiss:

Seiko Credor Sonnerie:


Seiko Credor Eichi


I don't even own a Seiko, but they are fully capable of being competitive with the best that the Swiss or Germans have to offer...

 

[imageWIS]



"The Seiko Spring Drive is a true mechanical watch..."
http://www.timezone.com/library/rdnotebook/200509073623
As far as comparing Seiko to the Swiss:
Seiko Credor Sonnerie:

Seiko Credor Eichi

I don't even own a Seiko, but they are fully capable of being competitive with the best that the Swiss or Germans have to offer...

From your TZ link:



Is that 100% mechanical? No. I don't care what you call it, it is what is and what it isn't is a fully mechanical movement.

I'm not taking away from GS... they make really cool and very well made watches; however they aren't comparable due to Swiss watches (as a whole concept).

To give you an example, the closest Swiss chrono I can think of to the GS chrono is the Breitling Chronoracer Rattrapante, which is no longer made. It utilized a F. Piguet (Breitling Cal. 69) made quartz movement with a mechanical chrono and rattrapante ébauche. The Chronoracer Rattrapante hasn't been made in many years and was a total flop.

Watch:



Movement:



GS Chrono:



GS 9R86 Spring Drive movement:

 

[TheFoo]

^^^ Semantics aside, the Spring Drive movement is fundamentally different from traditional mechanical movements in that it is not operating by a spring-driven balance wheel. Rather, it is regulated by an electrically powered circuit. Yes, there is no battery, but i think it is nonetheless a stretch to call such a device purely "mechanical."

 

[akatsuki]



^^^ Semantics aside, the Spring Drive movement is fundamentally different from traditional mechanical movements in that it is not operating by a spring-driven balance wheel. Rather, it is regulated by an electrically powered circuit. Yes, there is no battery, but i think it is nonetheless a stretch to call such a device purely "mechanical."

Even so... the Sonnerie and Eichi are purely mechanical by your definition.

 

[antikantian]

Has anyone seen the new-ish JLC Master Eight Days Perpetual in SS? I've been wanting to get a perpetual in stainless, but there are no JLC dealers near me so I haven't seen one in person yet. I'm not sure if I like the updated dial design versus the older Eight Day Perpetual, but the previous model doesn't come in SS, and the rose gold version seems a bit spendy.

 

[Kid Nickels]

^ wow that's nice! I like...

 

[imageWIS]



Has anyone seen the new-ish JLC Master Eight Days Perpetual in SS? I've been wanting to get a perpetual in stainless, but there are no JLC dealers near me so I haven't seen one in person yet. I'm not sure if I like the updated dial design versus the older Eight Day Perpetual, but the previous model doesn't come in SS, and the rose gold version seems a bit spendy.

Very nice. Great layout too, everything seems to be very legible.

 

[akatsuki]

I'll take that back. The sonnerie is a spring drive. I think the eichi is mechanical.

 

[Newcomer]



I'll take that back. The sonnerie is a spring drive. I think the eichi is mechanical.

Naw, the Eichi is also spring drive. Just a very sexified spring drive.

"Kenji Shiohara from the Micro Artist Studio sought out Philippe Dufour for advice on watch finishing when the Spring Drive Sonnerie was in development. And in typical Japanese fashion they took the advice and went even further. In a conversation with Mr Dufour a year ago, he expressed respect for Seiko’s fanatical dedication to quality."

http://www.watchesbysjx.com/2011/12/one-of-finest-finished-watches-in-world.html

From arguably one of my favorite posts ever.