watch advice

hittman said:
indeed i did. what are the up and downsides to quartz and automatic in general?
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quartz

upside

more accurate
cheaper ( expensive quartz watches are little different to cheap ones internally )

downside

need to replace batteries
not considered a "real watch"
movement is scrap if it fails


mechanical


upsides

a proper piece of engineering
can last much longer
easily repaired if it fails

downside

not as accurate
needs winding ( or kept wound if auto )
more expensive
 
never heard of them :confused:

the website says they use ETA and Valjoux movements in the mechanical watches, both of which are fine
 
fullspizz said:
I love my Superocean (Breitling) to bits.
Feels extremely sturdy and to me looks the dogs.
Never liked Jacob's watches, far too tacky and some look like a fisher price design.
I also have a Seiko kinetic as a workhorse watch as well, hasn't let me down since I bought it.
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Went to see a Breitling Chrono Superocean, blue dial, Professional II bracelet on Wednesday when we took the car to Chester for a service. I'm going back next week to haggle ;)

Looks quite nice on my wrist.

I was going to get either a Superocean or a Chronomat Evolution (but I liked the look of the Superocean better). They both share the same movement though.

My workhorse day to day watch is a Tag (shock horror :p) I bought years ago. LVMH replaced the bracelet for me for nothing when it detached from the crown about six months ago which was good. The only downside to it is that it's got a small dial on it which was all the rage when I bought it LOL, but it's a perfect day to day watch, and I don't give a monkey's if it gets scratched :)
 
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