Smart Watches

[Hypocrite-The]

Just get Xiaomi miband 5. Less than 100 bucks. Use for 2 years and throw

 

[glockman]

I actually wanted to get an Omega, but then I care about accuracy, so I started looking at quartz watches. I travel a lot, so the trouble with quartz watches is that unless you get a solar powered one, you might need to change the battery at an inconvenient time. I eventually stumbled across the spring drive watches. Seiko does a shit job of marketing.

The spring drive is remarkably accurate. No need for fancy, easy-to-damage, overly complicated tourbillon movements, which still can't achieve the accuracy of a $5 quartz watch!

Glad you found the Spring drive then. It's the ideal watch tech for you. Yeah, forget about consistent accuracy with auto watches, but I have learned to live with it. I have a quartz seamaster in addition to an auto (omega came out with the quartz version, then the auto). When the batt is weak, it will indicate with the second-hand doing larger skips (as opposed to ticking one second at a time). I forget how long this will go on until the batt totally dies.

I have never touched tourbillons. To my mind, it's better to keep the mechanical bits as simple as possible.

 

[blackmondy]

To my mind, it's better to keep the mechanical bits as simple as possible.

IWC disagree with you with their USD300 Grand Grand Complications. Imagine the price of a HDB flat wrapped around your wrist...

 

[glockman]

IWC disagree with you with their USD300 Grand Grand Complications. Imagine the price of a HDB flat wrapped around your wrist...

Grand Complications = high horology = paying the watch maker an obscene amount of money to indulge in his wet dream.

 

[blackmondy]

Grand Complications = high horology = paying the watch maker an obscene amount of money to indulge in his wet dream.

The Grand Complications for mere mortals like us. Though USD800 is still a hard pill to swallow for yours truly in these uncertain times.

 

[sweetiepie]

KNN my uncle think wear watch is for fashion and accessories instead of for time since hp also got time KNN so my uncle don't understand why would people wear a all lu lu accessories that is not shiny on the wrist KNN

 

[Froggy]

All Springdrive watches are thick and hefty. Something along the line of Brietling Chronomats with thick steel bracelet.
Just lifting up your arm to look at the time is a form of exercise in itself !

I agree. As I get older, the preference is for lighter watches. Once in a while, I will swap out bracelets for silicone straps. Different feel, have a bit of variation.

Go for titanium. They are very very light for example

 

[Froggy]

By the way

 

[knnccb]

IWC disagree with you with their USD300 Grand Grand Complications. Imagine the price of a HDB flat wrapped around your wrist...

guess how much is this ugly ass watch
hint: can buy a whole hdb town

 

[knnccb]

I am not a smart watch person, but I reckon some, if not most of you are.

ur not a smart watch person, but ur a smart person so its ok...a smart watch person may not be smart

 

[blackmondy]

Go for titanium. They are very very light for example

Titanium scratches easily and will affect the resale value. My titanium Breitling Aerospace looks like it has gone through a warzone just after a few months.
In addition, it won't balance well in a Springdrive as it will be top-heavy. The watch will keep sliding to one side, especially on a smaller wrist.
Titanium also feels too light and didn't give me that value-for-money feeling.

 

[glockman]

Go for titanium. They are very very light for example

Titanium scratches easily and will affect the resale value. My titanium Breitling Aerospace looks like it has gone through a warzone just after a few months.
In addition, it won't balance well in a Springdrive as it will be top-heavy. The watch will keep sliding to one side, especially on a smaller wrist.
Titanium also feels too light and didn't give me that value-for-money feeling.

I only have one titanium watch, the tudor pelagos. I like the light weight for such a rather huge watch. 42mm case, 22m lugs, 14.3mm case height. Yes, aware that ti scratches easily, but can use ti satin polishing pads to remove the scratches. Ti will also oxidise, so with a treatment of the ti satin polishing pads, the lighter colour will return. I read that some people even use ink erasers (rubber) to good effect. My watch is now on a rubber strap, so it's even lighter. I get worried during times of strong winds, for fear of being blown away.