Horological Meandering - Politically incorrect? hmmm

Politically incorrect? hmmm

I like watches because for whatever reason (and it differs with the watch), they make me happy.

In the case of quartz watches, I have a few, both digital and analogue.

I have a G-shock that I wear when dirtbiking, camping and sometimes diving. Why? Not because I don't think other watches will take it but because it was not expensive and while other watches can take spudding into the dirt at 50kph...the g-shock looks better afterwards than before .

Another one used to get strapped to the top-yoke of my motorbike as it wasn't equipped with a clock. I wasn't going to stick one of my dive watches on there, as winding would be a pain.

I have a couple of Aqualands. Both ugly watches, but loved because they're what I've taken diving with me and shared experiences with me. You could give me Mavrostomos' watch and it would have less soul (to me) than those watches I've depended on. They also have alarms. When I travel I don't take my laptop, I don't take my phone...so the one watch is all I need.

My dive computers. A Suunto and a Uwatec. Same as above. But less admired, they're just doing their jobs and you can't wear them as a watch.

My race timer...quartz.

A little chunk of silicon dioxide isn't going to put me off.

Quartz Question

By: AndrewD : August 24th, 2010-16:22

On the few occasions when quartz watches are mention here Casio G-Shocks often predominate. For those of us who don’t have them, what is so good about this watch and are there any other quartz watches that purists use? Does anyone keep a quartz watch for ...

Seiko...

By: chaser579 : August 24th, 2010-16:55

and the occassional call to WWV (since it's a local call here in Colorado), or check the time at www.nist.gov or www.time.gov . I would imagine a radio-controlled quartz watch (like Oceanus from Citizen) would also do the trick. On the other hand (or wris...

No quartz wrist watch in use

By: anaesdoc : August 24th, 2010-17:19

Hi Andrew, an interesting (some may say politically incorrect in this forum ) question you ask. Well, I do have two radio controlled, battery-driven quartz watches as reference watches at home. At work I check exact time via the atomic watch on the intern...

Politically incorrect, but ...

By: AndrewD : August 24th, 2010-17:55

... I am happy to play to the strengths of all technologies, and for quartz watches/clocks it is their accuracy. We have to set our mechanicals in some way and I was interested to hear what PuristS use. Being a recent convert to all things Mac, the Apple ...

Politically incorrect? hmmm

By: BDLJ : August 24th, 2010-21:19

I like watches because for whatever reason (and it differs with the watch), they make me happy. In the case of quartz watches, I have a few, both digital and analogue. I have a G-shock that I wear when dirtbiking, camping and sometimes diving. Why? Not be...

Seiko Solar.......

By: JMan : August 24th, 2010-17:47

The reference to the nicer watches........ J....

Nicely put, JMan!

By: anaesdoc : August 25th, 2010-01:20

This reminded my of my former German teacher who used to say: "Nobody is completely useless - at least he/she may serve as a bad example!" , anaesdoc

Shooting, Scuba, and dog walking on the beach

By: Park : August 25th, 2010-00:18

The only quartz watch I've owned in many years. I actually like it, especially the central chrono. minute counter.. Park...

enough room in the PuristS universe for both, why limit yourself..

By: Ronald Held : August 25th, 2010-05:24

I have some RC watches I use to check the high accuracy quartz and other watches. As for G shocks, they make durable beaters and have useful functions.

Oh yes

By: allegro : August 25th, 2010-06:30

During the summer-time I often use my Certina DS Furious , especially on vacations. It's informal, cool, relatively inexpensive, yet very comfortable and of good quality. And the good thing is: You don't have to worry about setting or winding the watch. I...

Of course...

By: DonCorson : August 25th, 2010-13:30

I love my Longines Dolce Vita, be it quartz or not. And a couple of Swatches get worn at times. But somehow they don't catch me in the brain as a mechanical watch does. Maybe it is my training as an electrical engineer. I just keep thinking making a quart...

Interesting, Don.

By: BDLJ : August 25th, 2010-17:00

I like that point of view. Non-mechanicals don't catch my brain in the same way either. I'm not sure I 100% agree with it, though. Please don't take the following as anything other than points of discussion. Is a watch just the escapement? Is a quartz mov...

Yes, room for all in the Purists Watch Universe.

By: cazalea : August 25th, 2010-13:36

I have about a dozen quartz watches, and they are good for more than just setting the mechanical watches. They can be used to set the tuning fork watches, and the electro-mechanical watches. After all, I have to have something to set the clocks by!...

Quartz got me started

By: cfdfire : August 25th, 2010-15:43

In this nutty obsession. That's what my therapist calls it.....

Additional Question: radio-controlled clocks and signals

By: AndrewD : August 25th, 2010-15:57

Several posters have mentioned automatic synchronization with a transmitted signal, but I wonder how many of us are within range of transmitters and have access to that service. Is it available across all of the USofA? I don't believe there is such a syst...

Nothing wrong with a quartz

By: deBalzac : August 26th, 2010-13:52

My first “expensive” watch was a Junghans Mega 1, bought in 1991. The Mega 1 was the first radio controlled wristwatch in the world, it only receives signals from Germany, but will work in most parts of Europe. The accuracy is +/- 1 second in ...

Sure...I have two blaspheme pieces...

By: =RWK= : August 26th, 2010-19:36

x-33 1st Generation: Awesome watch Casio Pathfinder: Solar powered/Radio Controlled N.America, Europe, Japan Cheers, -- RWK....

What's so good about the G-Shock. . .

By: Jack Forster : August 29th, 2010-10:34

Hi Andrew, coming in a little late on this --well the thing I personally love about the G-Shock is that IMVHO (hahahaha, my wife says she never distrusts me so much as when I'm expressing a "humble" opinion) the most basic form of integrity a watch can ex...

That's a great story, Jack ....

By: AndrewD : August 29th, 2010-13:08

Now the G-Shock has both integrity and history, a very compelling combination! Thanks for chipping in. Andrew