Automatic watches accuracy

If Omega did away with the helium valve how would I do all my deadly serious which is obviously what these watches get used for diving and decompression?

yep I only bought mine for proper diving....

said no one ever 

I still want to buy a couple of old-school Vostoks for curiosity's sake but for whatever reason my finger just never presses the Buy button. I've got a Raketa Big Zero and I never wear it, and that's probably nicer/more interesting than most Vostoks.

I've got two spaces left in my watch box and one of those is reserved for when I think Fuck It I'll Buy That Hamilton Elvis Ventura.

I’ve got the blue face version of that on the stainless steel strap. Love it! I’ve got the blue rubber strap for it as well but I just found it uncomfortable so never use it. I love the website where you can pick out the nato straps. 

Ended up getting this instead of a Rolex Explorer 2 Polar. I was next on the waiting list but decided to sack it for the Omega. No regrets. 

Still want a Reverso at some point but my cash is going elsewhere these days. I certainly have no need for a dress watch. 

It took me years, nay decades, to finally admit to myself that I don't like Omegas. I'd even started collecting late 50s devilles and piepan seamasters, a few of which are still sitting in the bank, waiting for the market to pick back up. They just seemed to wander further and further from my desired aesthetic, or my desired aesthetic wandered away from them as I went deeper. Same goes for Rolexes, I just don't like that oyster design motif. However, they're all still excellent watches, they just don't do it for me. I'm extremely fickle now; APs, Patek's, Lange's, VC and Jaunes are all pretty ghastly to my eye, most have always been so I'm really at a loss as to what I actually like these days. I think the more militaristic field and pilot watches are more my speed these days, but I still haven't found one that really turns my head.

I mean, shit. I just wear a modded g-shock now.

I've been uhming and ahhing about buying this to scratch an itch I have for a retro 70s watch. I'm just not sure I'd wear it and I have too many watches already (pretty much just wear the Milgauss 95% of the time)

It is nice though

www.retro-watches.co.uk/product-page/jaquet-girard-automatic-watch-circa-1970s-swiss-eta-2782-new-old-stock

That citizen is interesting....

Went watch shopping with the GF a few days ago. She was originally planning on buying a cheap-ish Tissot, now she really fancies a 29mm Longines La Grande Classique with two-tone silver/rose gold bracelet, either with a white face with roman numerals or with mother-of-pearl face and diamond indices like in this picture:



Yes it's a quartz (ahem thread title), but she really likes the 4.5mm thickness. She also can't decide between the two watch faces; she likes the one in the above photo a bit better, but isn't sure if she'd still want to wear it when she's 60. Here's it is with the other watch face:



And yes, the difference in tackiness between photo and product shot is real. She almost didn't want to try the two-tone version (it also comes in pure stainless steel) because we thought it looked incredibly tawdry in the catalogue, but in real life (they let us take it out of the shop to see how it looked like in natural light) it looked great.

Seems like a solid choice IMO, can't really go wrong with a Longines?!

Your missus has lovely hands, oz

Yeah, I posted one in the EG thread, but all those complications are distracting and really not all that necessary. Same goes for my previous crush on Fortis Cosmonauts.


IWC is alright, as clem mentioned a few posts back, but I think I'm just out of the market now. Weird feeling after being fairly obsessed with watches my entire life. 

I'm thinking about buying my first automatic. Question: are the rotors silent, or is it possible (e.g. in a very quiet room) to hear or even feel the rotor spinning when moving the arm? Or does this depend on the model, some models are audible and others aren't?

Yep as smoothpete said, I have an iwc, a seamaster 300m and aquaterra that are silent but my zenith and especially the zodiac are both loud.

I have the 8900 version, it has a longer power reserve (two barrels) and jumping hour hand. The 8800 has about 5 hours less reserve and quick set date. I think both are silent. When you have heard loud you'll know about it. Oh and ask them to throw in a leather strap, they always do that for a sale

I meant there are different tolerances, I mean if you but the aqua terra close to your ear and shake your wrist you might be able to hear the rotor faintly. However this is perfectly fine. I've owned some automatic watches where your can hear the rotor loudly when you are walking around the house.