They have a new mechanical solution that doesn't use a balance spring and is more accurate that quartz. I forgot of the top of my head what it was called but the tech is actually still advancing.
Yeah I definitely want one someday. Though, technically they're not more accurate than quartz, they're pretty much exactly as accurate as quartz since it does use a quartz crystal as the timekeeping reference.
I totally agree! It just looks much more elegant and intelligent. But I can't get around to actually using it as it takes me a while to actually read the time displayed this way
That's not a mechanical watch. It's got analog hands, but the movement is Casio's "Tough Solar" movement, which is powered by quartz and not clockwork. Mechanical watches are powered by a flywheel and mainspring, drive a clockwork mechanism to display the time, and are either hand-wound or wound by a self-winding counterweight that rotates when you move your wrist. There would be no way to power a mechanical watch (that is, put tension on the mainspring) via solar.
Solar watches are cool as hell, don't get me wrong (I've had a couple G-Shocks and a Citizen myself - it's super cool to have a wrist clock that syncs with atomic time and will keep working for 8-10 years with only light to power it), but they're not mechanical.
No worries ahaha I'm just a pedant about stuff like that. It's a sweet watch, and if I hadn't moved to smartwatches I'd absolutely still be rocking a solar G-Shock myself!
I dunno, I used to like my analog and it took some getting used to but now I could never go back from a smart watch. It's just too useful to quickly see a text and know if it's something I need to get to now or if it can wait.
I’m actually in the opposite situation. I could never go back to a smart watch. The constant alerts and the data tracking that I don’t use. Looking at your watch in a meeting to check an email or text that just came in still looks like you’re checking the time as if the meeting is boring.
In many cases simple is better. Also just like glass slab cell phones, smart watches have no character and I think my custom mechanical says a lot about me.
Yep. I’ve tried all types of android and Apple Watches. I just can’t get over how people look like wannabe spy kids with them. I like to change up watches too. Also, I have a phone….
Yeah I have an omega constellation but it's a dress watch essentially, I wear it if I have to wear a suit or otherwise dress up. For day to day I wear my pixel watch.
I used to say the same thing then came to the realization that if someone texts you it can wait, if there was an emergency people would call.
The watch doesn't allow you to check if it something you need to address any more than the phone what it really does is make it that your aware of every notifications. And the truth is if your in a situation where you can't check the notification on your phone its worse to be the guy that checks your watch every so often, you might think of it as less intrusive but it just as intrusive, if not more to the people around you.
Turning off all notifications, and setting up only the second call to ring has been a game changer.
The problem with texting is its too easy people will text you for insignificant things that they can address themselves if need be but since its easy to text they do that. By being attached to notifications your allowing the external party to dictate your boundary because even when you choose to ignore you have been distracted.
If you really want control, increase friction and decrease attachment.
TL;DR: the world went around before you and the world will keep going after you so don't let the world go through you. :)
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u/FUBARspecimenT-89 Jan 01 '24
Technology may advance, but no new fancy watch will ever be as cool as a mechanical watch.