zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

HOLD ON TO THE AUTOMATIC!!!!

I'll tell you what my thinking is on quality timepieces. Quite frankly, you have to have an appreciation for the MOVEMENT, not the namebrand, to make buying an expensive watch worthwhile. And I don't necessarily mean knowing the calibre, just whether it's an automatic, or a quartz, or an automatic chronograph, chronometer, etc. When you've got an automatic, you're also paying for the fantastic assortment of little moving parts and rotors and stuff inside of the watch. A quartz looks more like a little green circuit board with a battery on it. It's not romantic at all, and I think spending anything more than a hundred or two dollars on a quartz watch isn't worth the money, even if the exterior craftsmanship is nice. Steel just isn't that valuable, especially if it's mass produced. The only expensive quartz worth having is probably some sort of quartz Chronograph, because at least the movement is somewhat complicated, and can be useful in its timing and accuracy attributes.

Bottom line is, stick with the automatic, it's actually worth the money.