Watches - another OCD problem
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dayshours power reserve and accurate to 15 secs per month and does not require a battery change every so often. Show me another movement that can do that, at any price…...Challenge accepted!
The very cool Accutron Spaceview offers a similar level of accuracy and is also self winding. I don't know what the power reserve is, and it comes from more of a quartz tradition than the Spring Drive.
The Citizen 0100 is accurate to a second a year, is solar powered, and has a six month power reserve if it's left in a drawer somewhere. OK, it's a quartz watch too.
The Zenith Defy Inventor is a mechanical watch that's accurate to within 0.3 seconds a day, so around 10 seconds a month. But it's only got a fifty hour power reserve.
The Defy Inventor hasn't turned up yet. When I asked Zenith they said it would arrive in Australia around Easter next year, which suggests that they've had problems getting it ready for production as it was announced last year.
That Grand Seiko is lovely, though.
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My understanding is that the Springdrive doesnt have a battery at all but uses a capacitor to power the circuitry and brake. I had a GS snowflake but sold it a while ago. Great watch, truly amazing movement, and light as a feather. The movement is really fun to watch bc the flywheel is amazingly fast and it kept to spec without any issues.
I will say their Ti does scratch pretty easily and mine was starting to show its age. I sold it to fund a piece of art and it was a good investment. I’ll probably own another some day.
The Accutron is nice but not nearly in the same league. I have a Citizen Chronomaster and timed it for a year over which it lost 1.2 seconds. There were fluctuations month to month but the net loss was really good. Runs through batteries pretty quickly though. I’m not sure about the Zenith but it will probably cost the same as 2-3 Springdrives and no offense but is a bit too flashy. It would make a Breitling look low key!
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@Anesthetist I don't think that the Accutron is comparable to the Spring Drive either! Grand Seiko do some very nice pieces, their new GMT looks awesome.
Felix (formerly of Time and Tide) reckoned that the Defy Inventor gave him a headache from the oscillator vibrating so quickly. That might be another reason to skip one.
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My favorite Grand Seiko is the 231: hand wound, no date. My only "complaint" is that at 37.3mm it's a bit large. If this were closer to the 30mm Calatrava 96 it'd be as perfect as the 25oz 634S.
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New Submariner?
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My favorite Grand Seiko is the 231: hand wound, no date. My only "complaint" is that at 37.3mm it's a bit large. If this were closer to the 30mm Calatrava 96 it'd be as perfect as the 25oz 634S.
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Picked this up. Simple watch, but love the whole blackout thing
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Tag Heuer from late 80's. Spent its life as a daily wear and numorous world wide dives over 30yrs.
Bought from original owner and treated to new sapphire crystal, hand relume, new movement,New gaskets and isofrane strap as fitted when new.Tag Heuer 980.23n deep dive watch
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@Graeme My thoughts also. Considering that the Sea-Dweller has been updated 3 times in the last 10 years lends one to think that the Submariner is overdue.
Rolex are moving onto the 32xx series of movements, so I'd guess that it's the Submariner's turn this year. The Explorer and Milgauss are also overdue, but 2021 is the Explorer 2's fiftieth anniversary, so that might be next year.
Of course, the odds of scoring any of these at RRP is slim…
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Jules and I will have been together for ten years in June 2021 and both being watch lovers have decided to mark the milestone with a gift to one another of a watch;
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Kids— don’t skateboard with a Rolex
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^ Ouch, that's gonna hurt however, new bezel and new sapphire crystal . . . . job done ^
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^ Ouch, that's gonna hurt however, new bezel and new sapphire crystal . . . . job done ^
Rolex –- " Takes a licking and keeps on ticking"
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Ouch!
Funny story: I purchased my first Rolex (Sea-dweller) from a Jeweller about 7 years ago. The sales person was telling me about how they can rebuild the watch in situations such as your's. I was new to this and asked how she knew, and she gave me the backstory.
Apparently, she caught her then boyfriend cheating on her. She took his prized possession (Rolex) and smashed the hell out of it with a hammer. I guess he sent the Rolex (what was left of it) back to the service centre for repair, and they returned a practically new watch.
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