zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: I heard this quote from someone on this forum
: "Those who buy with their hearts will
: always buy autos, and those who buy with
: their heads will always buy quartz".

True. Most people that do buy automatic will grudgingly admit this. They say the difference is that automatic has a 'soul'.

: What a joke. If you are going for complete,
: insane, and excessive accuracy, why the heck
: would you buy a Omega, Rolex, or any other
: mid-high end brand? That is a absolute joke.
: These mid-high end watches are about luxury,
: quality, longevity, and the privilage of
: owning a quality time piece. Not about being
: 1-2 sec accurate per month, which is not
: neccarry.

At least as far as Omega is concered, the cost at the factory is about $25 for the automatic vs. $5 for the quartz. The 'luxury,
quality, longevity, and the privilage of owning a quality time piece' still exists. Much more shock resistant. In fact quartz has just as much if not longer longevity. If it goes, toss the guts and pay for the replacement.

: Also, quartz watches lose a few seconds a day
: no matter what, but high end movements like
: the ones Rolex make, tend to lose the same.
: And high quality auto moving watches tend to
: even itself out in the end anyhow.

Keith's is probably more accurate than mine but I get +4 sec. /MONTH [SMP007]!! No worrying about winding, wearing, putting it up/down/sideways/ on the nightstand, and no sending in for adjustment.

: In fact, why buy a darn anologue watch to begin
: with? If you are so crazy as to care about
: losing a few minutes a month, then get a
: cheap $20 Casio digital watch my friend.
: Paying $1,000+ for a quartz watch is not
: using your head at all.

We buy it for the'luxury, quality, longevity, and the privilage of owning a quality time piece' that Casio doesn't offer. I switched over to analog because it's a known fact that one keeps better track of time, i.e. on time to appointments, etc., when one uses analog.