About the tennis discussion, don`t you think that the shock from hitting the ball get transferred to the watch?
S Speedy13Oh, all members got me wrong.
All I want to say when you do tough work it's better to take another quartz watch. It's cheap and you don't need to worry. Sometimes, it does help and save you a lot. If you damage the chronograph watch you will end paying a lot and other thread clearly shows that.
I am sure no one really tested but if you seriously shake to the maximum level you could your mechanical watches they will lose or gain time just in a few minutes (by the way I did that stupid test, Speedy was not the best, Hamilton was more accurate in the end).
Golf and tennis could be ok, but anything more than that should be avoided.
Thank you all for chiming in with your experiences! This has been helpful.
Speedy-durability! Not often you see those two words in the same sentence.
The Speedmaster was made for rich boys to time their sport cars in the late fifties. Then it qualified to be worn in a zero gravity, dry and basically a laboratory environment in a space craft. The moon is pretty dry too. So what do you think, is the "Lawnmaster" a durable watch? Have a look around OF and you will see that nearly 75% of the treads are people worrying about their Speedys in some way.
What you should do is get a Seamaster, never any problem with those watches, they are mostly used by miners, divers and people affected by spontaneous human combustion.
Also they are sexy as he..
OH MY...he's SOOOOO controversial. The 75 percent exaggeration you note is because 95 percent of the members here wear Speedmasters that they love. Of course most of the commentary is related to Speedmasters. I deleted much of my initial comment. It was more entertaining but less gentle and spoke to the the reason why certain members of a community lash out passively AND aggressively against an established majority. Speedmasters aren't cheap. I understand. Maybe someday.
All I know is that I was wearing my Speedmaster while brushing one of my Maine coons last night while she purred like a roaring fire, and noticed that the watch was running 3 minutes fast afterwards!!! I think these members concerned about excessive vibration are onto something. It's not that the production is different then it was when these were riding the vibrations of Saturn Rockets through the atmosphere and into space, it's that the very nature of our reality has changed! I blame the invention of the internet, it must have created subtle and Sinister changes in the very fabric of our simulation.
Shame.
If it survives my abuse it will certainly survive yours.
And you have 5 years warranty if something goes wrong. I’d say Speedy is ideal daily watch: not too bling but indicates the nobility of the wearer 😀
It must be the static electricity form brushing the cat that affected the balance spring. Your summer blue Seamaster would have taken the electric shock like a champ! So no lawn moving and no pet petting with a Speedy, at least you can go to the moon.
No pictures of the Main Coon?
