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For decades I wanted mechanical watches. Then I had some and I learned that I wanted the image of mechanical watches but not reality. I gave my mechanical wat
by KingOfCoders 2y ago
For decades I wanted mechanical watches. Then I had some and I learned
that I wanted the image of mechanical watches but not reality.
I gave my mechanical watches to my wife and bought an UHF quartz,
which as an 80s kid is much more to my liking I've learned to my suprise.
- SargeDebian 2y agoSame. I have the Withings Steel Hr, which looks mostly analog except for the small screen. The mechanical watches started breaking down and becoming unreliable, and fixing Russian (Poljot mentioned in the article) and Chinese watches is a challenge, apparently.
- __turbobrew__ 2y agoA f91-w will keep better time, never breaks, and costs about 2-3 coffees. You cannot beat the utility.
- a-french-anon 2y agoAnd the F-105W will do the same but with a usable night light.
- KingOfCoders 2y agoI also have a (little more expensive) GWM5610-1 and I think it is the best watch (for what is important to me, solar, sleep mode, radio, gshock, waterproof) - it will probably outlast me.
- a-french-anon 2y agoI have one too, but find myself favouring the much lighter and simpler F-105 anyway.
- KingOfCoders 2y agoThen I need to get that one too ;-)
- criddell 2y agoI have an F-91 and the thing I dislike about that watch and watches like it are the 3-button design. There's a pad for the fourth button and some functions could have been easier with a fourth button, but it probably increased the bill of materials by $1. Not sure why, but the 3-button asymmetry just feels wrong to me. Timex has a similar watch with 4 buttons and when my Casio dies, I'll probably buy one.
- criddell 2y agoI wear a mechanical watch and I love it for a few reasons. First and foremost, I like how it looks. It's jewelry. I also love that it's a little self-powered machine that captures energy from me living my life and stores it in a little spring. When I hold it very close to my ear and listen carefully, I hear the 4 Hz ding-ding-ding-ding-ding sound that can calm me down almost instantly when I'm feeling a lot of anxiety. If I don't want to hold my wrist to my ear, just watching the second hand moving around the dial has a similar effect. I feels alive, it's an engineering marvel, a work of art, and useful. I also have a digital watch I wear for similar reasons. It lacks the kinetic qualities of the mechanical version, but it too is beautiful, a technical marvel (to me), and useful.