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[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I bought a mechanical watch cause I like how the second hand moves continuously instead of "ticking" and it doesn't need a battery.
But yeah, if you want a watch that's like the early Rolex's today, buy a Seiko.

[–] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Oh trust me, I understand. I own mechanical watches because there is a definite romantic appeal to them.

However, I have had more than one seiko automatic die from vibration while riding motorcycles. Even high end watches like Rolexes can have -4/+8 seconds per day timekeeping error and be within “normal” tolerances.

Meanwhile, a cheap digital quartz watch will typically be accurate to within a few seconds a month, even before we consider that many of them can sync to atomic clocks. They’re also pretty much indestructible.