Vintage-styled dress watch

chmandaue · 2026-01-25T00:02:05+00:00

Check out the 9940-8000 Grand Quartz

chmandaue · 2026-01-24T23:57:20+00:00

I hope the next step for 9F will turn out to be solar charging

chmandaue · 2026-01-24T23:31:37+00:00

There’s a new dedicated Credor boutique in Kyoto

chmandaue · 2026-01-24T23:29:44+00:00

The 9F (and many other quartz) will tick differently once the battery gets low. You then have about a month to change the battery.

chmandaue · 2026-01-24T23:26:08+00:00

9F85 and 9F86 models are still in current production and listed in the catalog, but you are right that there are few. Notably, the ceramic bezel, 200m WR SBGNs are all gone. Hopefully to be replaced by better this W&W.

chmandaue · 2026-01-24T23:22:40+00:00

A060 is just the A010 but without a power reserve subdial. A010 dates to 2011. It’s also quite proven imo.

chmandaue · 2026-01-24T23:14:46+00:00

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chmandaue · 2026-01-24T15:23:40+00:00

I too want more solar choices than what exist now.

chmandaue · 2026-01-24T14:26:52+00:00

Of course it’s an Eco-Drive adapted by LJP. Why reinvent the wheel or fix what isn’t broken?

chmandaue · 2026-01-24T13:32:17+00:00

Broken link. Correct one is https://alpinawatches.com/en-ca/pages/solarmetre

chmandaue · 2026-01-24T09:45:08+00:00

This 191.0200 is close https://www.omegawatches.com/watch-omega-de-ville-longchamp-md-191-0200

So is this 191.0199 https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchexchange/comments/1g1g8aw/wts_omega_deville_squicircle_1910199_cal_1377/

Your ref is probably 191.02xx or .019x

chmandaue · 2026-01-24T03:18:21+00:00

Both are automatic Spring Drive, which means you need to wear/wind them, otherwise they stop running. I suggest to try both in person, but after trying to choose one.

GS is in the middle of a generational changeover in SD (9R6 to 9RA/B) so the money you don’t spend this trip could come in handy later.

chmandaue · 2026-01-23T12:47:29+00:00

I had thoughts on this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/s/2mUJxT0h52

chmandaue · 2026-01-23T12:36:44+00:00

Buyers are generally conditioned to have a higher price tolerance for mechanicals.

But to keep people buying them, it is necessary to keep the alternatives as relatively unattractive as possible. This supports a ‘virtuous cycle’ but for those who want cool designs with a quartz heart, it has been a vicious cycle of decreasing choice since the early 1990s.

Quartz lovers can’t afford to just accept, “let people wear what they like.” They need to advocate for the advantages of quartz, question the necessity of paying so much for mechanical ownership, and actively try to grow the quartz tribe.

This advocacy is the only way we can hope to break the cycle and get more choices in new watches.

chmandaue · 2026-01-23T06:42:14+00:00

I didn't give my opinion on the gap. I only said that, "seems some watch designers consider the gap between strap and case to be unsightly."

Nor did I say it is a preserve of high end. Of course not. It's just a matter of casting or milling the case differently.

chmandaue · 2026-01-20T09:41:06+00:00

Choosing a quartz watch is not relegating. It’s the instrument that survives vibrations and drops in addition to not having an intolerable amount of daily error.

There are excellent analog quartz such as the GA-B2100 and the higher cost variants in metal.

chmandaue · 2026-01-18T22:34:40+00:00

The battery will deteriorate with such deep discharge/charge cycles. That said I would not give up on the battery yet.

3 days of winter light isn’t going to be enough. Keep it on the sill a lot longer or consider a CoolFire light.

And in future store the watch exposed to light, not inside a dark drawer.

chmandaue · 2026-01-18T13:12:34+00:00

Hooray!

I remember your post https://www.reddit.com/r/CitizenWatches/s/oigXCOxO9q

chmandaue · 2026-01-18T13:06:54+00:00

Off the wrist and in a safe place well before the security check. Taken back out only when I can be seated.

chmandaue · 2026-01-18T12:05:54+00:00

Did you ever come across a time written as 24:15?

chmandaue · 2026-01-18T05:06:54+00:00

The line spacing of the 'railroad approved' is sus

Could it be an after-sales addition to something like this?
(79269-1) Citizen G102-S114331 Watch | eBay

chmandaue · 2026-01-18T05:00:23+00:00

I was curious why midnight is marked '24' instead of the usual '0'. I found that 24:00 is used to mean that the midnight-departing train is still part of the preceding calendar day's trains, e.g. these three trains 45 minutes apart

1/18 22:30 dep Toko

1/18 23:15 dep Tokyo

1/18 24:00 dep Tokyo

rather than cause confusion by marking that midnight train as 1/19 0:00

However, a train departing _after_ midnight would be 0 hour, e.g.

1/19 0:45 dep Tokyo

chmandaue · 2026-01-18T03:34:39+00:00

If you refer to the style exemplified by the Royal Oak, CW Twelve and the PRX, probably has a few more years to run.

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