I'm considering purchasing this for my girlfriend's birthday. Any thoughts? She's not a watch aficionado, but she enjoys classic items. It's priced at $225 and it was professionally overhauled about a year ago.

 

Be advised that they are small. Dainty is a word that comes to mind. Also, unless you have a receipt and full explanation of work performed, assume it needs to be serviced. Just my thoughts. And yes, it is a pretty watch.

 

A female WIS would enjoy that.

Female WIS are rarer than 45 consecutive seconds of silence from Donald Trump.

She'll think it's cool at first (unless she thinks you're trying to shove your hobby down her throat), but after she realizes that it needs to be reset often the novelty will wear off and it will end up like most of my wife's mechanical watches...... banished to the jewelry box.

 

Nifty lil' movement...

 

My wife's favourite watch is the Rolex equivalent of the Omega which I gave her 26 years ago. Had I known I would have been resigning myself to 26+ years of winding it, setting it, and setting the calendar, I might have bought a quartz of some description, instead! An irrational love she has for this watch!

 

WIS?

 

Think I may just get her this. Should make her just as happy though she'd be wearing it under different circumstances. Probably a safer bed and for less dough. http://clusewatches.com/model/cluse-laboheme-full-black-cl18501

 

Never buy a watch for a woman without showing it first or having had an explicit info that she likes it.
Believe me, I have a lot of experience, and you would be surprised to see what watch she would have picked up.
If you don't beleive me just check
https://omegaforums.net/threads/1970s-omega-de-ville-jeux-dargent.33985/
to see how easy it is to get wrong.
best
Mounir

 

Well contrary to a couple of people's experiences noted in this thread, my wife knows to how wind and set her own watches (although I sometimes still do it for her anyway) and I have bought her a vintage watch that she had never seen before and she loves it.

I guess it depends a bit on her willingness to learn how to use a watch herself, and also how well you know her tastes...

I say go for it, but as noted unless you have proof it was serviced, count on having one done on this watch.

Cheers, Al

 

I think it looks great. I'm a woman so I can't speak for women who don't like mechanical watches, but automatic is not such high maintenance. I do agree style is very much a matter of personal taste and it's a good idea to seek an opinion first.
Cheers,
S

 

There are many wise comments in these forums from true watch experts, and I'm grateful for them. However, this is the wisest, most important and most profoundly true observation I have yet seen in any of these forums, despite the considerable competition. The noob tax for those who have not yet fully learned this truth, in terms of time and effort as well as money, can be substantial.

 

that! dont do it...women work differently

 

Just curious, if a woman buys a watch for a man without checking first he likes it-- is there a guarantee that he will in fact like it?

 

Ummmm, it depends...... and I won't post what it depends on. Suffice it to say, it's not dependent on the actual watch!

 

Is the hands original?

 

Ha ha ha!!

 

My wife has half a dozen mechanical watches, including a 684 which is a similar calibre to the one above. I think thats a 681.

She just selects one each day, sets and uses it. As the 68x are automatics, if your wife is wearing it every second day, it will just keep going. The rotor is small and not as efficient, in my opinion, as a man's size but it works fine and my wife's 684 has a power reserve of 42 hours or so.

I'd buy the Genève if it were me.

Cheers, Chris

 

Size is a question... some women like very small, feminine watches -- others like to wear larger watches.
One hint might be : what style and size of watch does she wear now?