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I bought a Seiko SKX007K as my intro to mechanical watches. I like it, but the inaccuracy is annoying. I've never really measured it, but I would imagine a coup
by gadders 4y ago
I bought a Seiko SKX007K as my intro to mechanical watches. I like it, but the inaccuracy is annoying. I've never really measured it, but I would imagine a couple of minutes per day.
I also have an Omega Seamaster from the 90's when they were producing a quartz variant which I really like, but before I got my cheap fitness tracker my go-to daily watch was a radio controlled, solar powered, digital G Shock. Always ready to go, indestructable, and perfectly accurate.
- hotpotamus 4y agoA halfway decent mechanical watch shouldn't drift more than 10 seconds a day. If it's off by that much, it needs to be fixed/services, but that's not economical on most Seikos. If the movement is cheap enough, or if there's a cheap clone movement available, I think you just take the watch apart, separate the hand and face from the old movement, attach the new movement, chuck the old parts in the trash, and put it back together. There are reasons the world moved on, but that doesn't mean you can't appreciate the old tech either.