[HuntWhenever]

I typically have one mechanical that I wear 90% of the time, and any other watch I add to the collection is quartz (usually solar). That way when I feel like wearing one of the other watches for a hike or a hunt or out on the boat, its ready to go. At the end of the day, my mechanical is still ticking away and waiting to go back on the wrist.

 

[Jonathan T]

glad you did, OP!
I Love quartz two handers. no ticking second. can't tell it's quartz.

 

[Medusa]

Sometimes it takes a quartz watch to snap back to reality as far as accuracy, price and performance go.

 

[Earthjade]

Sometimes it takes a quartz watch to snap back to reality as far as accuracy, price and performance go.

Oops, there goes gravity.

 

[Bigcupj]

I love quartz. I have a few automatics left but I’d be perfectly content with one nice auto. That’s easy for me to do though because I essentially only wear two watches.

 

[Shallowguy]

I like quartz watches. I recently got a blue Tissot Seastar. I paid about US$370. The movement is accurate to within 10 seconds per year. The fit and finish are quite decent. I am perfectly happy with it. I think one reason why it is this inexpensive is that many watch buyers prefer automatic movements. Long may that continue.

Pic from the web.

 

[Rodentman]

I have no issue with quality quartz. And I don't mean necessarily expensive. This Tissot was a few hundred $ and has been to the second for months. OTOH my hideously overpriced Breitling Endurance Pro is back at BUSA for the 2nd time, running -1 spd. Doesn't sound bad but way out of their COSC SQ spec of +/-.07 spd. Mistake buying that one.

 

[ExpiredWatchdog]

Quartz.... you have no idea what time it is between ticks.

 

[OmegaA]

I love mechanical for how it feels, sounds, and performs. I love quartz for accuracy, and in my own case, the aesthetic perfection of the watch that houses this great movement. It's possible to love both, and enjoy both.

 

[MrDisco99]

I really like my Longines VHP. It's a nice complement to my Omega AT and competes for wrist time.

It makes me want to get more quartz watches. I just got a Swatch and I'm looking at Tissot PRX and Seastar.

 

[dwalby]

Quartz.... you have no idea what time it is between ticks.

compared to mechanical, where you have no idea what time it is, ever. Or stated another way, you can read the wrong time 100% of the time.

 

[nachob]

I also like quartz. I'm pretty new to watches, and I've already come full circle on quartz. Starting out thinking that quartz is great and low-maintenance and even desirable. Then transitioned into prioritizing mechanical movements as I gained understanding and fascination of the marvels of mechanical engineering that even low end mechanical watches are. Now I see the value in both and have space in my collection for these fundamentally different technologies that achieve the same end. There is beauty in quartz too - they are marvels of electrical engineering.

Exactly. I have renewed appreciation for both now!

 

[nachob]

I come from a mechanical background, so when I started getting into watches…once I learned how quartz and mechanical worked, I naturally gravitated towards mechanical. Quartz sucks with battery changes…so ideally it would be solar or some kind of spring drive-ish kinetic…but I’ve grown to really appreciate quartz for allowing a quick and cheap breadth of styles and colors to cover anything I might want to wear/do, and of course for allowing either a quick reference to set mechanicals to, or just a straight grab and go. But those battery changes still suck.

I find battery changes about every 4-5 years a lot simpler than finding a good service and it costs $275 per service. Batteries cost me about $20

 

[nachob]

I'm not saying quartz is better by the way just saying I had lost interest in them, went mechanical but now I have renewed love and respect for them again and they are have some plusses over mechanical. It's kinda like I prefer a 60s Ferrari for sundays but sometime a fuel injected car that always starts in the morning reliably and looks good has its charm as well! I see quarts watch's like my trusty VW GTi. Fun, inexpensive and gets me where I want to go in style. I know it's not the Ferrari but stil love it. So kudos to Quartz we can love both!

 

[dwalby]

I find battery changes about every 4-5 years a lot simpler than finding a good service and it costs $275 per service. Batteries cost me about $20

what fun is there in paying $20 every 5 years and either getting the battery changed while you wait, or at worst come back an hour or two later. The real joy of watch ownership is to wait 6 months and pay hundreds of dollars to have your watch serviced, and then find out they didn't even do the job right and it has to be sent back again. That's how you know you own something truly special.

 

[thetick-thetick]

30+ years of collecting. I have experienced most of the wristwatch technology available. Except for the Spring Drive. Mechanicals, electronic, and quartz. Analogue, digital, and hybrid. Getting lazy to wind my mechanicals, I turn to quartz with solar or eco-drive. They are accurate and require less maintenance. I always have a few of them in my collection, albeit treasure most on mechanicals.

 

[DukeLarue]

A quartz Omega for my 40th got me into vintage watches. I love the look of many integrated bracelet quartz watches from the seventies.
Unfortunately it was running fast and repair was more than the watch was worth ( 2 years ago ).
Problem with these watches (for me) is they're not easy to repair if needed.
But if money was no object I'd own a hoard of batteries and a nice Breitling in titanium like the one being auctioned on ebay for the moment.

 

[bigclive2011]

Always have had both Quartz and mechanical watches.

Those of us that want the interaction that comes with a mechanical watch…enjoy

Those of us that want the ease of use and ultimate accuracy of Quartz.…enjoy

Both exist next to each other and both have their merits, we don’t need to argue over them?

Do we 🤔

 

[el_duderino]

A few years back, I switched to Quartz movements, they were always ready to go, less maintenance and more rugged, then recently I went back to vintage watches. Winding every day, re-setting the time every other day, finding a dependable place to maintain them that I trust and does good work etc. I do like winding the watches and hearing the tik, tik sound but my last purchase was a Seiko Quartz Mechanical RAF issues watch and man, I know Quartz is looked down up by the congnoscenti, but I have renewed appreciation for them. I pick it up and it is exactly on time, every day. Just strap it on and go...there is something tool-ish and cool about it as well. I think it was nice to get away from them for a bit and now I have renewed appreciation for them. If I was going camping for example with no phone to sync with, I would take my Quartz field watch any day.

Perfectly reasonable. But even though they appear to be the same (watches) and ostensibly serve the same purpose (timekeeping), they're indeed very different things that exist in their own different worlds.

 

[gaidong]

I love mechanical for how it feels, sounds, and performs. I love quartz for accuracy, and in my own case, the aesthetic perfection of the watch that houses this great movement. It's possible to love both, and enjoy both.

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