zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

Hi Gary.....nope, wouldn't swap it for a quartz no matter what! As a practical matter, i do realize that the currently great timekeeping of this watch may change over a longer period of time. But i do try to wear a mechanical watch pretty uniformaly however, .....which is fairly easy for me as i work as bench jeweler 7 days a week so my mode of wear is pretty equalized. This is most likely a large part of the reason the watch is so consistant. I even wear it to bed.......never want a burgler to have a nice watch as "easy" pickins sitting on the table while i'm asleep! LOL

A mechanical high grade watch has been a regular part of my life for many years.....probably 30 of my 47. I feel more connected to them with the heart beat like ticking, and have missed it on the very few quartz watches i've owned in the past. About the only thing that came close was an early Bulova "Spaceview" Accutron i owned for awhile when they first came out.....but there's a whole lot of mechanical things going on there also.

Always liked that watch......that Accutron was my first "hummer"! hehe

Joe T

: Joseph,
: It has often passed through my mind that we
: hear of watches, like your 561 was that are
: a few seconds fast or slow per day. In
: reality they are probably 2.034829374 secs
: fast or maybe 1.9834826 secs slow. I suppose
: therefore that there is nothing at all to
: prevent a watch being 0.0000secs fast or
: slow - it's just another number. Granted,
: it's a quite remarkable number, but
: nevertheless, a number.

: Tell us, now it's running like a quartz, would
: you swap it for a quartz to ensure the same
: accuracy? Or do you find the odd second gain
: or loss (that you used to have) mildly
: satisfying. I know I feel quite involved
: when adjusting the time on my old Seamaster
: every now and again. As someone else around
: here said, "A quartz watch is an
: appliance, a mechanical watch is a pet"
: - has your pet become independent?

: Gary

: Hi all......just thought i would relay to