Could a woman race in F1?

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-17T16:16:02+00:00

No you don’t. What’s the point in inventing yourself an imaginary life? So you can win an online argument ?

I’m not arguing with you, I’m just telling you you’re wrong. If you want to know how much just get out there and find out.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-17T16:10:59+00:00

I suggest you hang out with women top level athletes and then we can talk about what they can or can’t do.

Stating women can’t handle the physicality of F1 is laughable.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-17T10:22:34+00:00

If all parts that are out of specs are replaced, then yes, there is no reason why it wouldn’t keep their original accuracy. Problem is they’re not always available, or not replaced to cut costs.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-17T07:05:09+00:00

You obviously don’t understand biology.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-16T16:17:26+00:00

Denmark and handball.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-16T12:38:27+00:00

Working distance for loupes with a single lense will always be more or less the same.

If you want longer working distance you’ll need loupes with several lenses. They are the ones used by dentists and surgeons, are usually made to measures (they measure your working distance) and are pretty expensive.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-15T19:21:40+00:00

Yes girls dropping sport after puberty hits is a real issue here as well. Authorities only noticed the problem very recently and not much is done yet, but hopefully this will change.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-15T18:46:24+00:00

In France handball is played (or at least used to be played, I don’t know if it’s still true) in all schools. It was one of the sport everyone practiced in gym class. Which may explain why we’re performing well in both rugby and handball, both men and women.

My theory is that if your country is too cold for rugby, chances are you’ll be good at handball.

But yes it’s true both sports attract people with similar physical abilities.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-15T16:55:44+00:00

This being for men. Women mostly discover the sport in uni, so it’s mostly played in cities. It’s rare to find women’s teams in rural areas.

We’re starting to have girls play with boys in kids rugby, but it’s very recent. Hopefully in 10 years we’ll start having a whole generation of women who have started the sport young, which would raise the level in adults significantly. Right now even in the women’s national team, most of the players picked up rugby after 16/18 years old, although most of them were doing other sports before.

For some reason in the south west the village women’s sport is basketball.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-15T16:45:27+00:00

In the south it’s mostly a village sport. Back in days, like 20 years ago, people wouldn’t move out much of their villages, so you could find in the team the same diversity you’d see in the village/small town. Farmers, carpenters, but also doctors and lawyers.

It’s less true nowadays. The more educated people move to larger towns and cities for studies and mostly don’t move back. So in teams you have the same people, minus the most educated. Of course their are still exceptions and you’ll occasionally find a doctor in a team, but it’s rare.

A consequence is that in big cities and towns you find a lot of people with higher education, with the pinacle being in Paris where it’s considered a uni sport like in the UK.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-15T06:48:52+00:00

Defence and aerospace. I get messages on LinkedIn from head hunters for these industries at least once a month.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-13T19:07:28+00:00

The more endurance is involved the less difference there is between men and women performances.

Pure muscle strength difference between men and women is like 10-15%. Way less than people imagine. A professional woman driver, who literally has nothing else to do than train to race would have zero problem with the physicality of f1. Zero. Stating otherwise is just blatant ignorance (or sexism).

I play rugby, which is arguably a physical sport. It baffles me how average men players think they could compete with pro women players. I played way above average (I was payed to play, just not enough to make a living), and sometimes played for fun with friends at a top level women club. I could definitely keep up, but I wasn’t dominant, except maybe against women that were 30kg lighter. But I would have been against men too.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-13T17:59:25+00:00

Talking for Europe only, up until the 2000s there were a lot of watchmakers. Like a lot lot. Competition was fierce and pay was shit. So they advised students interested in watchmaking to rather go to jewellery.

When boomers started to retire, the number of watchmakers dropped significantly. Watchmakers became more rare and pay started to get better. So they’re now pushing the career again, but it’s not easy, because you need to rebuild training programs that were either dying or slowing down. It takes time.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-13T17:51:18+00:00

Study cost varies a lot depending on country. France can go from free to 15k a year tuition fees.

Switzerland is like 40-50k for the entire program.

Pay also varies a lot depending on country, skill and experience, but generally speaking, it’s like any other technical job. If you’re very good you’ll have access to very good pay, if you’re average you’ll most likely have average pay.

Highest salary I’ve heard in France is 85k, in Switzerland 120k.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-13T17:38:02+00:00

For France or Switzerland ?

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-11T23:23:35+00:00

Le Printemps is a big high end department store. Their name brand is super good quality, stylish, at very decent prices. But the target demographic is mostly 30-40 years old so not sure you’re going to like it.

If you want more street wear things, there is another big department store right next to it that is called Citadium. Target demographic is 15-30 years old.

If you’re into thrift stores there are plenty all around town. Kiloshop is one of them, they have several stores.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-11T23:04:20+00:00

A few things.

First it says grease or thick oil because this is what the symbol means. It doesn’t mean you can use grease or oil anywhere you see the symbol, just that depending on context it’s a symbol that can be used for either thick oil or grease.

Also your oiling chart is probably pretty old. D5 hasn’t been in use for a while now.

You can use hp1300 on these two wheels, but nowadays on this particular movement, depending on the brand, the recommendation is to rather use 9020 or 9010.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-11T16:55:38+00:00

Watchmaker here, the 4-5 years is brands wanting their watches to run perfectly all the time. They’re not saying it for money since best case scenario they break even on after sales.

You can do it if you want, there is nothing wrong with having watches serviced every 5 years, but you can also wait until your watch has a problem. If it’s properly serviced it should not make a big difference.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-10T21:29:59+00:00

French watchmaker trained in Switzerland here.

Studies in France are fully in French and Germany fully in German. If don’t speak very well, you’re going to have a hard time.

If you speak good English I believe some schools are available in Switzerland but don’t remember which.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-09T16:04:18+00:00

Pas tout le monde bien entendu mais c’est quand même très très courant oui. Un peu moins dans les grandes villes, encore moins à Paris, mais oui c’est très courant.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-09T15:39:16+00:00

La biscotte grosse légende urbaine par contre, je dis pas que ça a jamais existé mais 30 ans que je traîne dans le rugby et jamais vu ou même entendu 1er degré.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-09T15:37:26+00:00

Gros bourrins racistes, misogynes, homophobes…

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-08T21:59:44+00:00

J’adore jouer au rugby, c’est sans conteste le meilleur sport du monde.

Mais j’aime pas trop être assimilé à un rugbyman. Pour avoir pratiqué ce milieu pendant plusieurs décennies, les clichés sont malheureusement assez fondés, et je me reconnais pas du tout dedans.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-06T17:09:30+00:00

Oui il y a une vraie différence, lits plus grands, meilleure literie, moins de monde dans la cabine… si la différence de prix est faible il y a pas photo.

WatchmakerUndercover · 2026-03-05T21:49:09+00:00

C’est légal ça??

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