JMan
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Automatics to disappear by 2015......
Hello All,
Now that I have your attention 
, a thought has been bothering me for a few days and I thought I would ask for your opinions.
It seems that the power reserve on watches have been steadily increasing over the years. 3 days seems like a standard. 8 days on quite a few watches and Lange has one with 31 days! If watches can be built with a long power reserve, does the automatic mechanism serve any purpose? Would it be better to "lose" it for better viewing pleasure? I am assuming that these manual winders also are designed well to take care of the higher torque and keep the accuracy consistent through the entire power reserve period.
Do you think that manuals with long power reserve are going to dominate?
J.
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Automatics to disappear by 2015......
Hello All, Now that I have your attention , a thought has been bothering me for a few days and I thought I would ask for your opinions. It seems that the power reserve on watches have been steadily increasing over the years. 3 days seems like a standard. ...
Well...
I don't think we can really include super-long PR watches in a discussion of "normal" The Lange is about as thick as a tuna-can, and needs a special key to wind it, not to mention the price-tag. The only other >10 day watches are equally weird and expensi...
i do support...
what you said, and by the way i loved the exact discription of Lange, not all the watch buyrs out there are purists . i mean the ones who operate in that price range. unless the movement of long power reserave price will see a major drop, than thats anoth...
i agree.....
Hi A, I agree with you that the current long PR watches are not the best looking. But I am sure technology will keep improving....... Do you have all your automatics on a watch winder full time? I do not currently do it since I am under the impression tha...
No winders at all
That's why i like the 3,4 or 5 day automatics, they're ready to roll unless I've ignored them for a long time A
I think automatics will continue to be the norm
with the availability of winders and most prefering the ease of operation, it's hard to see high power reserve watches become the standard. Outside of people like us, most with discretionary income will likely purchase expensive watches that also require ...
the CFB calibre comes to mind......
I thought that the new CFB caliber with peripheral rotor really bridged the gap between an automatic and the aesthetics of a manual. J.
Those are all quite exotic.
The most common long-running movement is the F. Piguet caliber 11.50 (or whatever the Swatch Group is now calling it) with a four-day power reserve. Even that is a relatively unusual and high-end movement. There are a lot of disadvantages to long power re...
an aspect to keep in mind....
Hi everyone.. From a viewing standpoint manual wind movement is less clutter to the eye. From a service standpoint fewer parts to break and service... So for some WIS I can see the automatic could go the way of the Do do bird. As a vintage collector I hav...