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Quartz bothers the hell out of me. Should it?

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Archer Archer
IMO no true collector would rule out owning a watch simply because it has a quartz movement, or uses a battery. Obviously many here disagree.

Only you can decide if this is something you can get past.

Cheers, Al
I own two cheap quartz watches, one finds my wrist about once a week but both are in my pile o watches for sentimental reasons so that right there puts them in the equation. There are some pretty interesting 70's early 80's quartz watches floating around that one ought to consider if you like the styling of the era. There are some nice examples that you just aren't going to find as a mechanical.
 
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IMO no true collector would rule out owning a watch simply because it has a quartz movement, or uses a battery. Obviously many here disagree.

Only you can decide if this is something you can get past.

Cheers, Al
You know, I'm still in two minds about this. I'm trying to negotiate a better price in the hope that I can recoup most or all of my money should an automatic become available.

Anyway, I'm glad you responded. I've read a lot of your posts with interest and admiration for you craft. This is totally off topic but I've been meaning to ask a question but didn't know where was appropriate to ask.

So.....@Archer, there's obviously been a lot of watches in your hands over the years. If you could choose just one that you'd like to own which one was it?
Just curious, it must be the voyeur in me. 馃榾

Cheers
Paul
 
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dx009 dx009
That can also be a possibility as well, I guess. But a quality and REAL quartz movement can still have chance of resurrection, unlike those cheap and tiny quartzes. 馃榾

That sentence makes absolutely no sense.

What is a REAL quartz movement?

Have you any knowledge of Heuer/Tag Heuer quartz watches and their movements, or are you just saying words?

You know all the other comments, on other threads about not adding "information" that isn't actually based on facts, or intelligent thought... can you please just stop?
 
dx009
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Real quartz movement 4282444509_3d55e6c0c5_b.jpg

And then there's this roylonmove.jpg
 
tyrantlizardrex
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Those are both real quartz movements.

One is no more "real" than the other. Do you mean better quality?

Again:

Have you any knowledge of Heuer/Tag Heuer quartz watches and their movements, or are you just saying words?

You know all the other comments, on other threads about not adding "information" that isn't actually based on facts, or intelligent thought... CAN YOU PLEASE JUST STOP.
 
dx009
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Obviously I mean the quality (and accuracy). There's good quartzes and then there's bad quartzes. A vintage tag heuer made me change my mind about quartz movements in general. Although the design of the watch played a significant part...
 
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Obviously I mean the quality (and accuracy). There's good quartzes and then there's bad quartzes. A vintage tag heuer made me change my mind about quartz movements in general. Although the design of the watch played a significant part...

It's not obvious. At All.

You're using the word REAL.

As in Real vs. Fake.

For the sake of my sanity, and not seeing another thread filled with the dis-information which you seem to feel is required on every thread going, please stop commenting on things which you have zero understanding of.

You are not adding anything positive.

Stop.
 
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So a real quartz movement has a battery installed, while a not-real quartz movement doesn't have a battery in it. Right. Gotcha.

馃う 馃槖
 
dx009
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What I'm saying is that a good quality quartz movement should not mean that a watch is bad, terrible, undesired, cheap, etc. As opposed to one of those 5$ quartz movements that, sometimes, can last for a few months and then stop working.

I know that most watch enthusiasts don't like them but quartz watches can be just as satisfactory as mechanical ones. Both have pros and cons.

That's why I was giving as an example a higher quality swiss movement (although there are better more complicated ones out there).
 
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@Archer Help! You had a comprehensive post about quartz movements on this or another forum that I thought was awesome. Could you post a link to it?
 
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Quartz has a time and a place. If I'm under the hood of the car or bashing about in the woods or out in the canoe, it quartz time.

My wife is notoriously hard on watches (forgetful kindergarten teacher) and quartz watches (Longines currently) suit her fine, no winding and no broken heart if it ends up in the wash (don't laugh, it took two trips through the washer and dryer to kill her damn Timex quartz)

BUT.... for me? going out, regular wear, at the desk at work, whatever...... vintage mechanical, there's simply no other way, its what I want.

So each has its uses, what do you want it for?

Actually, it sounds like you really don't want it, you want its mechanical twin.

So, simple, problem solved, start searching.

And please gentlemen..... mail all your quartz watches to the above squirrel, he loves to bury things in the forest.

But, for the sake of the environment, please remove the batteries.
 
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Just to confuse things...I have this that I like very much...
image.jpeg

...it has a battery, but it is not a Quartz.馃槈
 
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