: Funny how people don't question the
: authenticity of my Omegas.
: If accuracy is your goal, stay with quartz. If
: craftsmanship, precision, engineering,
: complexity, quality, timelessness and
: longevity are your goal, a quartz can't hold
: a candle to a mechanical (in my opinion).
: People don't buy mechanical watches for
: accuracy, they buy them for the reasons
: stated above (and probably more than that).
: I will not wear a quartz watch anymore, and
: I've had some very cool ones. Truth is, few
: people need that kind of accuracy on their
: wrist. When you think about all the
: engineering and workmanship that goes into
: quality mechanical watches... Well, it's a
: thing of beauty.
I have to disagree...I have owned at least 5 Rolex automatics, and they were all off by a few seconds a day, which is not necessarily a problem. However, by the end of the week they were off by 15-30 seconds, consistently. This may be within COSC limits, but I prefer the accuracy of my Omega Seamaster 200m pre-bond quartz. When I look at my watch to see the time, I want to know what time it is, not "about" what time it is. I hate missing the first 30 seconds of CSI or Law and Order because then you are lost for the rest of the show.
So I either have to sync my Rolex every day or so, or wear the Omega quartz, which has not lost or gained a single second in the last month. I do agree that an automatic is a marvel of enginerring, but the Omega case as far as fit finish and quality is just a s good on a Quartz.
