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Curious about prevalence of mechanicals/automatics

Yehoshua
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Hi. I live with modest people. Other than me, I've seen only one other person with an Omega during 7 years. Maybe 5 others wearing a Rolex or Tudor or Longines or Certina. That's it, despite the stores offering everything.
Out of curiosity, where you guys live do you meet automatic watches regularly? So much that it's not a memorable event as it is with me?
 
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I work in a medical clinic that does health screening for executives at the big end of town, so I do see mechanical watches from time to time. Over the past 2 days I've seen an Aqua Terra 41mm blue dial, Seamaster 300 Heritage black dial and a white dial Seiko Presage. A bit unusual to see so many as I can sometimes go a month or two without seeing one. Just from memory, I seem to be seeing more Omega than Rolex. They're still noteworthy events for me as most people appear to prefer Apple Watches and fitness tracker watches.
 
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I work in a medical clinic that does health screening for executives at the big end of town, so I do see mechanical watches from time to time. Over the past 2 days I've seen an Aqua Terra 41mm blue dial, Seamaster 300 Heritage black dial and a white dial Seiko Presage. A bit unusual to see so many as I can sometimes go a month or two without seeing one. Just from memory, I seem to be seeing more Omega than Rolex. They're still noteworthy events for me as most people appear to prefer Apple Watches and fitness tracker watches.
And what country are you in?
 
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Most common is good coffee shops and bars, not Starbucks but quality places will often have a queue of people in good watches, that’s here in Australia.
 
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I guess it’s an idiosyncracy much in the same way as some people (well, me) still prefer using a fountain pen.

Of course, buying a new quartz battery, or a new quartz watch for that matter, is generally less expensive than buying a new or vintage quality mechanical watch, not to mention getting them serviced and repaired
 
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In Paris (France), I see quite often mechanical watches (Subway, bar, etc.). As a watchmaker (do they all do that?) I always look at the wirst. Actually I even talked to guy who was staring at my Polerouter in a restaurant, he knew the watch as he was a collector too. Also to a 105.003 owner in the subway....
 
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Here in Belgium I met the most famous, like; a lot of tv-time famous psychiatrist. He wrote left handed and yes, you guessed; I didn't point anything out but maybe I should: just to help him out. It's important, really: horological literacy
 
Dan S
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I do see people wearing mechanical watches on a daily basis, but I haven't accumulated detailed statistics. Unless it's a special watch (which is extremely rare), I don't really pay much attention to it.
 
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If I remember correctly from the " How often do you see any nice watches in the wild" tread, I see them in the pub, at airports and at work. Latest observation was a Seiko GMT at work. I saw a 2254 in the pub and at an airport. I live in Norway.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/how-often-do-you-see-any-nice-watch-in-the-wild.63763/ any4xx
Thread 'How often do you see ANY nice watch in the wild?' ·
I think I must just hang out in the wrong places.

Granted, my post-retirement job is driving a dump truck, so I never see a nice watch being worn anywhere I go except what is on my own wrist...
any4xx ·
 
Poppyboy
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Hardly ever other than at Fuelfed events. The last time was a few weeks ago in my concealed carry renewal class. An attendee shared with me his new Seamaster with a lovely green dial. He didn’t ask about my Tudor Heritage 41.
 
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I do see people wearing mechanical watches on a daily basis, but I haven't accumulated detailed statistics. Unless it's a special watch (which is extremely rare), I don't really pay much attention to it.
In the States?
 
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vaultair vaultair
I believe a geographic will not change his psychological approach
Sometimes it’s worth a try.
 
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Sometimes it’s worth a try.
Anything worth doing is worth doing Right. Sometimes it is indeed worth trying. Point is: guarantees aren't taken for granted n thé equasive decisionmaking process.
 
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I believe a geographic will not change his psychological approach
I don't know what that means.
 
vaultair
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A geographic is a term used in the psychology World. It can for example mean: even if you move further away grom the pub; it won't stop you from going.
 
Yehoshua
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A geographic is a term used in the psychology World. It can for example mean: even if you move further away grom the pub; it won't stop you from going.
Thanks. Well, the Chinese do own many more mechanicals than other places. So geographics come into play in regards to consumerism. I think the reason I hardly ever see a mechanical watch is because most people I know have typically 6 children and have better things to do with their money.
I just gather from the fact there are Omega commercials being made as well as many sponsorships, less children to support--that were I to be in America, I would see such watches being worn pretty frequently.
 
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Yehoshua Yehoshua
Thanks. Well, the Chinese do own many more mechanicals than other places. So geographics come into play in regards to consumerism. I think the reason I hardly ever see a mechanical watch is because most people I know have typically 6 children and have better things to do with their money.
I just gather from the fact there are Omega commercials being made as well as many sponsorships, less children--that were I to be in America, I would see such watches being worn pretty frequently.
Yes, but perhaps Américans would rather wear an American watch if they were mechanically affordable, there. Just guessing
 
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It is all iWatches here in the SanFrancisco bay Silicon Valley region.
 
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