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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    YellowSnow said:

    Swaye said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    Geezus H Krist on a popsicle stick, HH is getting SOFT

    This is true. Watches are the only thing I do that has any culture to it whatsoever. The rest is all booze, Jeeps, guns, hunting, fishing, easy women and college football. It is my one respectable vice.
    Jeeps and fishing hot talk is welcome here. Guns trigger Snowflakes like me and are bad for bidness.
    I put my new gun purchases in the Tug to not offend your delicate sensibilities and to get Hondo frothing at the mouth.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    There are only three people in this thread which makes me think nobody likes watches and this place is full of poors.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,850 Founders Club
    Swaye said:

    There are only three people in this thread which makes me think nobody likes watches and this place is full of poors.

    It’s early.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,850 Founders Club
    So is this a battery watch or perpetual watch?Which do you prefer?
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    YellowSnow said:

    So is this a battery watch or perpetual watch?Which do you prefer?

    I don't even own a battery watch. All my watches are mechanicals, or automatics as it were. I don't do quartz. I have a phone for accurate timekeeping. I only buy watches because the craftsmanship is amazing to me. I just like to look at them. None of them, and I have some nice ones, are more accurate than an iPhone.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,850 Founders Club
    Swaye said:

    YellowSnow said:

    So is this a battery watch or perpetual watch?Which do you prefer?

    I don't even own a battery watch. All my watches are mechanicals, or automatics as it were. I don't do quartz. I have a phone for accurate timekeeping. I only buy watches because the craftsmanship is amazing to me. I just like to look at them. None of them, and I have some nice ones, are more accurate than an iPhone.
    I think I asked you this before, but my Rolex runs about 10 secs fast per day. Seems like that’s still within spec? Do you agree?


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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 70,081 Founders Club
    Swaye said:

    There are only three people in this thread which makes me think nobody likes watches and this place is full of degenerates.

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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 116,018 Founders Club
    Swaye said:

    There are only three people in this thread which makes me think nobody likes watches and this place is full of poors.

    What's a watch?

    Haven't worn one since phones put the time on the front
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    edited February 2019
    YellowSnow said:

    Swaye said:

    YellowSnow said:

    So is this a battery watch or perpetual watch?Which do you prefer?

    I don't even own a battery watch. All my watches are mechanicals, or automatics as it were. I don't do quartz. I have a phone for accurate timekeeping. I only buy watches because the craftsmanship is amazing to me. I just like to look at them. None of them, and I have some nice ones, are more accurate than an iPhone.
    I think I asked you this before, but my Rolex runs about 10 secs fast per day. Seems like that’s still within spec? Do you agree?


    Opinions are like assholes on this stuff, but my opinion is 10 seconds fast is more unusual than 10 seconds slow. Neither is a huge issue. Slow usually indicates it needs cleaning or lubrication, whereas fast usually indicates it has been magnetized (yes mechanical watches can get magnetized which causes them to be off time). There are articles online for how to demag a watch. Might want to try that. Many of the newer watches are being designed with anti-mag properties - in fact Rolex made one many years ago, and recently brought it back. The Milgauss. I own one. Sharp watch. Omega Seamasters (higher end ones) now have a 15,000 gauss demag design.

    A Rolex should be serviced every 7 years they say - but vintage opens a whole new can of worms. How old is the watch? I like to get a watch overhauled completely once it is 5-10 years old, but then if it runs fine not touch it again until it needs it (which is judged my how it is timing). Almost like the first oil change on a fresh motor, do it at 500-1000 miles to get any crud out of it, then it is fine to let it ride more.

    Let me know how old the watch is, and provide a pic if possible. I know you inherited it, so it might be REALLY old. And usually, on the really old ones, if it isn't REALLY off, you just let it ride because even service centers don't have the parts to fix the true vintage stuff. HTH.
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