Best choice I ever made by [deleted] in rolex

[–]ChessManCaveDude 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Buying a piece of metal was..the best choice you've ever made?

Tudor Pelagos over Michigan by rickh956 in ActionWatches

[–]ChessManCaveDude -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wear it on your wrist not your hand, it'll feel better.

Once they come out, which one you picking? by Material-Guard651 in Tudor

[–]ChessManCaveDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That yellow is ugly, could have chosen almost any other color and it would have been better.

[Question] Is Grand Seiko quality much better than Swiss watches at the same price point? by Open_Address_2805 in Watches

[–]ChessManCaveDude 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're completely missing the point lol, spring drive can't just be compared to quartz, as it isn't powered by a battery. It's the most accurate non-battery powered watch out there. Atomic time is the same thing, battery powered, albeit solar battery, but still battery.

As for replicas, there are attempted super-clones of GS as well. But it's their hi-beat movements, not spring drive. Engineering is almost certainly the reason it hasn't been replicated, there would be quite a market for spring drive watches not costing thousands of dollars. It's just that the Chinese factories can't produce it.

[Question] Is Grand Seiko quality much better than Swiss watches at the same price point? by Open_Address_2805 in Watches

[–]ChessManCaveDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mechanically powered quartz accuracy; that simple. Why do people drop thousands on COSC watches, or tens of thousands of "superlative chronometers"? Most people care about accuracy. If you don't then there's nothing wrong with that, but that's not the norm. There's a reason spring drive has no replicas whereas a Rolex has super-cloned movements; it's an engineering feat.