NWD! (New Watch Day). Does anyone else like mechanical wristwatches?

[mrpinter]

Stowa Marine Classic Roman 36

 

[mayfly]

Hey Mr Pinter!! Have you heard of these guys?

https://diywatch.club/
https://diywatch.club/

 

[mrpinter]

Hey Mr Pinter!! Have you heard of these guys?

https://diywatch.club/
https://diywatch.club/
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I had not heard of that company. I took a look, and they look legit. They use decent Japanese movements in their kits, and on the whole they look fairly stylish. If you plan on buying one of their kits to save money, you should be aware that you can buy watches with those same - or comparable - movements for considerably less than what some of the kits cost, especially if you buy from a discounter like Jomashop. They have Seiko automatics for as low as $90. But if you like the styles of the DIY watch kits their prices still are pretty reasonable, you're just paying a bit of a premium for the fun of putting it together

 

[mayfly]

Here's my little collection: Two Connies and a couple Seikos. The Seiko on the left is an Automatic... oooooooo automatic....

 

[mrpinter]

Nice collection @mayfly, I love Connies, and automatics rule!

 

[Zemexters]

I’ve always been into mechanical watches too—there’s just something cool about the gears and how they keep ticking without a battery. I like the weight and feel on the wrist.

 

[BroccoliRob]

I’ve always been into mechanical watches too—there’s just something cool about the gears and how they keep ticking without a battery. I like the weight and feel on the wrist.

if this isn't a chatbot, I'll eat a button right off my nice peacoat

 

[mrpinter]

Gotta show off my wife's new watch. I got her a nice Christophet Ward quartz watch ten or twelve years ago, and she's worn it every day since. A few days ago it went cuckoo; so she needed a replacement. I persuaded her to join the mechanical club, and spent some time online picking out a selection of autos. This is the one she chose.

We had it in a couple days. It came already wound and with the correct date (80 hour power reserve), and with two extra straps besides the one on it. But I ordered a better strap anyway - as is my custom when I buy a new watch, because the ones they come with are almost always cheap. She really likes the watch, and after several days it is still right on the money for accuracy.

It's a Swiss made Mido automatic, with a diamond and mother of pearl dial, and a good reliable movement. It should be good for decades, with proper servicing. Here it is on my wife's wrist:

Has anyone else here bought his wife/GF a watch lately?

 

[mayfly]

Not lately, but I got her a tiso on her birthday awhile back. She wears it daily.

 

[DaveT]

I like automatic watches with day and date - as long as they are not enormous.
And therein lies the problem! All the modern ones are giant bling watches.
Assorted dirt cheap old Seikos lasted a couple of months.
I have a Citizen that was cheap and keeps on working and has become my 'daily' watch.
Recently I got a very nice 1970s RADO with day and date but that has stopped aftr 6 months and will need a visit to the repair man.
I am coming around to deciding I will have to get a 1960s Omega Constellation with day and date and pay accordingly...
My 1994 Omega Seamaster date only is very elegant and still going strong after a recent (expensive) refurb so other than I would rather spend the money on guitars I can see an old Omega in my future!

 

[mrpinter]

@DaveT, If you can live without the day feature, there are a lot of automatic watches that are in the traditional "sweet spot" of 35mm to 38mm diameter. My Stowa Marine I showed earlier in the thread measures a very wearable 36mm, and my RGM model 107 Pilot watch (which I posted on the first page of this thread) is 35mm. In fact the trend now in higher end watches is towards more reasonable smaller sizes. Even Rolex has a 36mm model.

 

[mrpinter]

Weekend watch: my sixty year old chronograph. It's overdue for a checkup and servicing, but it still keeps very accurate time; in fact, it is probably my most accurate (mechanical) watch. Its stopwatch function works perfectly too.

 

[HumanisHappy]

Without looking it up, I have no idea what makes up a chronograph.

 

[mrpinter]

Without looking it up, I have no idea what makes up a chronograph.

A chronograph is basically a stopwatch integrated into a wristwatch. With a central sweep seconds counter hand, and a minutes counter sub-dial (on the right), this one counts up to 45 minutes. The regular seconds hand is in the subdial on the left.