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Automatics Bore Me...
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janice&fred
·I read that Andy Warhol was the same with his watches. Mind you he was an artist so I kind of get it.
Says the guy with Lou Reed as an avatar.
A few of us tri-state watch hunters knew Andy Warhol from the Chelsea flea markets. Nice enough guy who would chat about watches and whatever else he bought that day. Lou Reed? He was much stranger. Little known fact...he had an illegitimate daughter living in Connecticut. Was my on and off again girlfriend for a couple years. She used to come along with me sometimes to Manhattan for the flea market runs so she could meet up with her dad usually in Hell's Kitchen and get money. He was surprisingly good to her. Sometimes he would be chatty and other times not even look my way. One time in a fit of good will he actually invited us to join in for pizza. One time. 😁
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timoss
·I read that Andy Warhol was the same with his watches. Mind you he was an artist so I kind of get it.
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RevZMan123
·anyone else?
Realized recently that I very much enjoy the engagement and tactility of manual wind movements far more than the "set it and forget it" nature of an automatic movement.
With a manual wind I have to interact with the watch to keep giving it life and thusly offers the added benefit of removing it from my wrist to do more than just merely fondle it.
Even better, a manual wind that also allows me to manipulate a bezel and engage/disengage a chronograph.
Yeah, I am missing my Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster (which allows all three interactions) but in the meantime I've got the Speedmaster Professional to at least scratch two of those three itches.
Does anyone else feel like the more you can interact with a watch, beyond just wearing/holding it, the more you enjoy it?
I do love the sound of a manual wind watch and the interaction. Automatics are cool but cooler when it's a micro-rotor or ball bearings or some "other" type design.
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Dsloan
·Says the guy with Lou Reed as an avatar.
A few of us tri-state watch hunters knew Andy Warhol from the Chelsea flea markets. Nice enough guy who would chat about watches and whatever else he bought that day. Lou Reed? He was much stranger. Little known fact...he had an illegitimate daughter living in Connecticut. Was my on and off again girlfriend for a couple years. She used to come along with me sometimes to Manhattan for the flea market runs so she could meet up with her dad usually in Hell's Kitchen and get money. He was surprisingly good to her. Sometimes he would be chatty and other times not even look my way. One time in a fit of good will he actually invited us to join in for pizza. One time. 😁
Sure, sure, but what kind of watch did he wear?
Seriously though, thats an awesome story. I had a college friend who did some work for Laurie Anderson and then got invited to their place a couple of times for Xmas parties and I was sooo jealous.
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timeisvertical
·Much prefer hand winds, unfortunately some of the aesthetically pleasing pieces that I could not pass up are only offered in autos, sigh
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