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Are chronographs worth it for you?
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Vitezi
路I think of chronographs as works of art, for your wrist:
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pdxleaf
路路So on and so on and scoobie doobie doo..but remember, these are mechanical watches, its perhaps better to choose with your heart instead of your head... because objectively the casio fw91 already does all the things and for maybe $15 or so, and yet its rarely the one we find ourselves lusting after (though im sure many of us own one anyway)
My GW6900 in countdown mode for when to turn the biscuits in the oven.
My Speedy can't do this. 馃槦
Honestly, it's an amazing watch. Haven't changed a battery in years. Solar powered and sets time automatically from radio. And it's 鈥妛ay under $5000. 馃
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bardamu
路I never time things, but truth is that more than half of my watches are chronographs. Go figure.
Live from my wrist:
Live from my wrist:
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billiout
路I personally love chronographs. They allow for some interesting dials although I must admit I don鈥檛 use their chrono function lol
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Dan S
路My collection started with vintage hand-winding chronographs. I still have dozens of them and I find them very appealing. However, over the pandemic, my taste shifted more to simple watches and I'm not wearing chronographs very much these days. I never really used the timing feature for anything practical on a regular basis.
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ghce
路I have a lot of chronographs in my collection but almost never use the chrono function.
When I have to time something, which is quite often, I reach for my Junghans 1/10th second mechanical stopwatch and have done so for the last 30 years.
Won't stop me from collecting more Chronographs!
And a gratuitous Omega chronograph thrown in for good measure.
When I have to time something, which is quite often, I reach for my Junghans 1/10th second mechanical stopwatch and have done so for the last 30 years.
Won't stop me from collecting more Chronographs!
And a gratuitous Omega chronograph thrown in for good measure.
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Fish70
路Chronos are my faves but my eyes aren't what they used to be and good service can be hard to find too. I don't think practicality is going to overrule my tastes.
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mseamaster
路I think I will try an analog quartz Seiko chronograph. Should be a good addition anyway. Any movement recommendation? I would prefer something accurate and overengineered.
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Vinz Clortho
路I think I will try an analog quartz Seiko chronograph. Should be a good addition anyway. Any movement recommendation? I would prefer something accurate and overengineered.
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mseamaster
路Have you thought about the quartz Ploprof 馃ぃ
If you ever see a guy with a vintage Seiko and he's putting his elbow to the side and his palm near his chest, it could be me. 馃榿 Does anyone else do that when you see careless strangers bumping into each other?
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SC1
路Totally worth it, and my favorite complication to boot... manual wind makes it even better.
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SC1
路My GW6900 in countdown mode for when to turn the biscuits in the oven.
My Speedy can't do this. 馃槦
Honestly, it's an amazing watch. Haven't changed a battery in years. Solar powered and sets time automatically from radio. And it's 鈥妛ay under $5000. 馃
been wearing the absolute shit out of my M5510U.
Most accurate piece I own... and for $90 it kinda can't be beat.
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SpeedyPhill
路Yezz especially automatic chronographs... used in spaceflight
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Mute
路For my personal uses, a chronograph is more practical than other complications except some of the calendar complications (e.g. GMT, moonphase, world timer).
