zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: At some point I'm sure I will get a mechanical
: watch as well (hopefully a PO) but sadly
: that will be some years away yet. In the
: meantime, I'm extremely happy with my quartz
: SMP

Thanks Dale and Pricey

I've had my heart set on a mechanical movement from the outset. Whilst I can appreciate that a quartz movement will be more accurate I'm not knowledgable enough to comment on the overall reliability.

I do know that I've had good Quartz (Citizen and Seiko) watches let me down on a couple of occasions at very inconveiniant moments. My understandiing is that there is little to go wrong with a well serviced mechanical watch and I can determine when it's serviced. Unlike a quartz watch where I can't determine when the battery goes flat!

I once undertook some travel where I knew I'd be relying on the watch for a period of months. My watch had only had a new battery less than 12 months earlier and it still went flat while I was away.

I've had two watches fail for no apparent reason and one watch fall victim to electromagnetic disruption equipment. The only watch I have now that has never failed is a 20+ year old Seiko automatic divers watch that has never been serviced. A sense on nostalgia has seen make take it just about everywhere and on several occasions it has been called back into duty. It's only problem is that it keeps awful time (a service may fix that) and the luminesence on the dial and hands is all but gone.

Thanks for your input and advice if you believe my rationale above is misguided please let me know! I tend to be a "one watch" bloke and I'm keen to make sure that watch is tough, accurate (I can afford to reset it once a week) and reliable. I appreciate any suggestions or guidance.

regards

Manix