http://newwatchtips.com Find Out More About Watches That Are Prestige, High Fashion Or High Tech Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:53:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://newwatchtips.com/quartz_vs_mechanical_watch.php/#comment-6 admin Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:58:30 +0000 http://newwatchtips.com/quartz_vs_mechanical_watch.php/#comment-6 I personally have a body movement powered watch (forgotten the correct term), and although I don't do a lot of walking/random swinging of my arms, it has always had enough power to keep it running. Then again, other than 4-6 hours of sleeping, it is always on my wrist. I personally have a body movement powered watch (forgotten the correct term), and although I don’t do a lot of walking/random swinging of my arms, it has always had enough power to keep it running. Then again, other than 4-6 hours of sleeping, it is always on my wrist.

]]> http://newwatchtips.com/quartz_vs_mechanical_watch.php/#comment-5 Mr C Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:50:35 +0000 http://newwatchtips.com/quartz_vs_mechanical_watch.php/#comment-5 Still though, a mechanical watch represents over a hundred years of refinement of manual movements. They're carefully crafted and handmade, which explains the higher price. A quartz-watch, even the more expensive ones, have a $2 dollar movement. So yes, your cheapass $20,- Timex-watch will keep time more accurately then a mechanical watch, but owning a mechanical watch sets you apart from the masses and it's all about appreciating the mechanical movement. For me a mechanical, handwound, watch is the only watch I will ever own. Keeping good care of it, winding it every morning, and setting the correct time every few days really bonds you, instead of an anonymous quartz which never needs to be cared for and simply dies after 20+ years. My watch is still going strong, and it's from 1972!\ Mechanical rulez! (And yes, Quartz-watches rule too, because of their extreme accuracy. But it's just not for me...) Still though, a mechanical watch represents over a hundred years of refinement of manual movements. They’re carefully crafted and handmade, which explains the higher price. A quartz-watch, even the more expensive ones, have a $2 dollar movement. So yes, your cheapass $20,- Timex-watch will keep time more accurately then a mechanical watch, but owning a mechanical watch sets you apart from the masses and it’s all about appreciating the mechanical movement.
For me a mechanical, handwound, watch is the only watch I will ever own. Keeping good care of it, winding it every morning, and setting the correct time every few days really bonds you, instead of an anonymous quartz which never needs to be cared for and simply dies after 20+ years. My watch is still going strong, and it’s from 1972!\
Mechanical rulez! (And yes, Quartz-watches rule too, because of their extreme accuracy. But it’s just not for me…)

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