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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 02:04 pm |
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EricAldovino Guest
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Wouldn't say snob appeal, more like Quartz sucks. I am sorry if I offend anyone's amaizng swatch collection, it was never my intention. yourock.gif It's not a watch, but a cell phone with really really bad reception.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 02:46 pm |
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Foster 3T WIS 
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I think it's pretty ignorant to assume there are no good quality quartz watches out three. I also think it's stupid to not get a watch you like simply because a mechanical verison is not available. The Citizen Nighthawk comes to mind......way too cool for me not to own, and an unbelieveably well put together watch for the money.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 03:56 pm |
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EricAldovino Guest
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I think it's stupid to think it's stupid if one elects mechanical over quartz. As far as I am concerned... quartz is not a real watch and I would cry if I got a quartz watch as a gift. I would sooner wear a mechanical timex over a "quartz" Gevril etc. Ignorant? no... convinced. Quartz sucks.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 04:09 pm |
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KenC Admin 
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Foster wrote: I think it's pretty ignorant to assume there are no good quality quartz watches out three. I don't think that "there are not any good quality quartz watches out there", I am simply saying that, to me, I wouldn't spend high-end dollars on a quartz watch. Additionally, I think a $2 SpongeBob Squarepants quartz watch is a accurate and high quality a quartz movement as most others, be it TAG, Movado, Omega or other. It is not stupid of me, (BTW, thank you very much), or anyone to not get a watch I like simply because a mechanical version (meaning - it is quartz) is not available...because I can't think of any quartz watch that I like. I can like the looks of a quartz watch dial, case, bracelet, whatever, but I do not like the watch...and that is my right as it is yours to like quartz watches. The Citizen Nighthawk comes to your mind, because you like it. It does not come to my mind because it is quartz...kenetic, atomic, solar, battery...I don't care...a quartz is a quartz is a quartz! That said, I do like the Seiko SNA281 my wife gave me one year for Christmas...because I have to!:D
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 04:20 pm |
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EricAldovino Guest
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KenC, you hit the nail right on the head. There is simply nothing remotely interesting to me about a battery powered watch in a world full of sub $100 automatic options. watch2.gif Gimme a Seiko Monster anyday with killer lume over anything, and I mean ANYTHING with a battery in it.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 04:48 pm |
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Foster 3T WIS
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I am not calling you stupid, Ken, if you don't like quartz watches, you don't like them Personally, if I am attracted to a certain watch I am not going to let the fact that it's a quartz be the only reason that keeps me from buying it Out of nearly 50 watches in my collection I think 4 or 5 of them are quartz watches that I felt I liked enough to own. So be it. I am not saying (as pretty boy up there seems to think) that quartz watches are better than mechanical, but it is silly to think that every single mechanical watch in the world is better than every single quartz watch in the world. BUT....you know what we say around here.....TO EACH HIS OWN...eveyone has an opinion and everyone is free to buy whatever they hell watch they want. Unless it's a Renato.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 05:02 pm |
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KenC Admin
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Foster wrote: I am not calling you stupid, Ken, if you don't like quartz watches, you don't like them Okay...I agree with the Renato...and BTW...I am prettier! 
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 05:04 pm |
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EricAldovino Guest
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Hahahahahahahaha!!!!! They do suck though.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 05:08 pm |
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Foster 3T WIS
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Go get 'em, tiger! To clarify further for Eric.....I have been at this a while. I have a Monster, a Landshark, a 007, a 009, a vostok, etc, etc, etc. I pretty much already own all of the sub $200 mechanical watches I am interested in, both new and vintage. If I see something that I really like, I am going to buy it. End of story. I don't feel the presence of a few quartz watches will lessen my collection's value to me in any way. I can still grab my Monster and wear it whenever I want!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 05:54 pm |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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I can agree and disagree on many levels here as I have spent the past year concentrating on not only collecting certain watches but the engines that drive themwatch2.gifIn both Auto.Mechanical and Quartz there are movements worth owning as they play a part in Horology and for most of us the hobby is Horology...http://www.horology.com/ which as you can see by this link I use is very vast and covers more than just buying watcheshand6.gif As there are hords of auto/mechanical movements that molded the watch industry in the very earliest stages there are also quartz...The Swiss did invent the quartz watch regardless of some WIS' beliefs and back in 1969 displayed this new movement unprotected in the Worlds Fair at which Texas Instrumemnts and Casio along with Seiko snatched up and thus the Quartz revolution began!coyote2.gif...I was amazed at the new technology and how thin a watch could be made as I am sure many of us were,but as I have grown in the hobby it has led me to mechanical movements like the Peseuax 7040 I just picked up sizing in at a mere 3mm thick!!..there are many quartz watches in my collection that are imho amazing in there own right and the Swiss once again took them to a new height with gilded jeweled quartz movements,chronograph movement and now triple retrogrades which allow many WIS to enjoy these complications as well as 100's we could mention at a fraction of the cost than a auto or mechanical version ...I enjoy these watches for what they are as well as the asthetic attraction and enjoyment they give mewoohoo.gif My preference is Swiss/German/Asian auto's and mechanicals but I don't hesitate buying a quartz based on what powers it and again just pure gotta have a fix or a deal I can't pass up...same go's for mechanicals...the hunt and the deal drive me and I am happiest when a watch comes to me I have been wanting!  There is room for both mechanical and quartz collectors in my WIS world as it's all about watches isn't it?...I would hope so as we can all learn from each other as we have from this thread  To each his own ...let's share our knowledge as we always have on this forum as well as our likes and dislikes in a way respectful to all cause' a forum would be pretty dull imho opinion if we were all on the same page..... or in this case Wrist!  just my 2 cents:D
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 06:01 pm |
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EricAldovino Guest
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I wish I did not have issues when it comes to quartz....but they are deep rooted ;-) At the end of the day, we are all watch-nuts. And damn it... it feels good. smile8.gif
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2008 06:01 pm |
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Eeeb 3T WIS 
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tny795 wrote: Well, for me, once I saw the smooth-as-silk gliding of the automatics or mechanicals, I couldn't take the clunk, clunk, clunk of the quartz. ... Look closely and you will see 'smooth-as-silk', on a 28,000 BPH watch (most mechanicals), is acutally 8 discreet twitches of the second hand per second. (You can actually see this if your eyes are good enough.) Only tuning fork watches are 'smooth-as-silk', at least to the human eye. (They have about 100 twitches per second.) But Aardvarks have such visual acquity that it is believed they can see the twitches on Omega f300s. (I wonder if Aardvarks could collect watches what would they like??)happy1.gif
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