Thanks for the response. Is your answer a good reason not to spen $900.00 on an Omega seamaster Pro quartz watch. I really have no interest in the mechanical goings on of an automatic watch and I know that quartz wathces are more durable and keep better time. However, I would rather not spend a "grand" on a quatz watch if the watch will not last a lifetime or two. Part of the reason that I want to purchase a fine watch is so that it will last longer than me. the one watch for the rest of my life. Again, I really dont like the idea of purchasing an automatic but now I am concerned about purchasing a quartz.
What to do?
: Electronic parts deteriorate over decades.
: Also, manufacturers of electronic parts have
: so much demands for the 'latest and
: greatest' that they stop making replacement
: parts for older devices after a while. That
: is why most electronics are treated as
: disposable when they fail after they are 10
: to 20 years old. So finding replacement
: parts for a vintage quartz would get harder
: and harder.
: Though for many quartz watches with analog
: displays, the movement could likely be
: replaced decades later with a different one
: of newer design as long as certain features
: (such as positions of a date window and
: mounts for the hands) matched. The watch
: would no longer be 'genuine' and its value
: significantly decreased, but it would at
: least look the same on the outside and be
: fully functional.
: By contrast, mechanical movements can ALWAYS be
: repaired by having a watchmaker handcraft a
: replacement part.
