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[–] FunnySalt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just ordered a mechanical watch. Primarily because I think they're cool, but it not even having a battery feels as far away from a smartwatch as you can get to me, and I like that too.

[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

honestly, I like my Seiko mechanical watch, but there would be periods I wouldn't wear it and then have to re-set the time often enough that it irritated me and I got a Citizen Eco-Drive, and I fucking love the thing. It does everything I need from a watch: tells me the date, tells me the time, has an easy way to switch on/off DST, even automatically accounts for leap years and has a few functions like a stopwatch and a timer that I never use; but it doesn't play stupid games like modern tech and it never needs winding.

Having said that, seeing the winding mechanism through the clear back glass of my Seiko is magical in a way you can't get from any electronic watch.

[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

They should make a watch stand that rotates so they stay wound

Edit: patent pending, don't steal my idea pls

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I have bad news for you...

In all seriousness though, I have a case with a winder for a mechanical watch, and while it keeps the mechanism ready the watch still needs to be reset regularly. Mechanical watches can't match the precision of quartz crystal timing. They will gain or lose a few seconds every day even if kept perfectly wound, and after a week in the winder it will be noticeably off.

A $10 digital watch keeps time more accurately than a $1000 Swiss mechanism.

[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 2 days ago

they do, but I'm not enough of a watch collector to necessitate owning one (I have a grand total of two, the two I just listed, and one is usually on my wrist)

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I bought an Eco-Drive 10 years ago and it's still working great. I never have to worry about it, it just works. I've bought two more since, the very cheapest basic model I could find (BM-8180 https://ebay.io/m/wZhDp4), and a fancier dressier one (CA-4553 https://ebay.io/m/TbSiJ5). My original GN-4W-S has taken a real beating over a decade, the glass and body are scratched all to hell, it's been dropped and banged against door frames &etc. It doesn't seem to mind, still keeping time like it did brand new.

If you want a watch that just does its job and doesn't really need anything from you, the Citizen Eco-Drive models are great.

[–] FunnySalt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

TIL about Citizen Eco-Drive watches. Looked them up. I like them!

I'll try living that mechanical watch life first, but if I have the same irritations, could see me going the same route.