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I'm not against quartz at all - always partial to a gshock or Seiko or anything that's had a bit more thought put into the movement than just some ETA out of a catalogue that's the right size to fit your latest over-priced piece of jewellery that's being marketed as some legacy "time piece".
Cartier should be better than that. Especially for that money.
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Agree that that Cartier does seem a bit pricey for what you get, but then again I feel the same about a large number of the nice watches posted here.
Then again, if Citizen decide to rerelease my current watch with a chrono that can work for more than an hour*, I'd be willing to shell out a bit more.
* Maybe someone here can tell me why this is a thing. Is it linked to solar charging? (I know that sounds ridiculous that there's a link.) I've got two Seikos with what seem to be pretty much identical movements, the non-solar (7T62) chrono will keep ticking on past the 60 minute mark until it's stopped, whereas the solar (V172) stops once it hits 60 minutes. Same goes for the solar Citizen (Eco-Drive H800).
I realise that looking for in depth quartz movement knowledge may be asking a bit much, but just curious if anyone has any idea why the difference. It seems that it would have to be an intentional design to have the chrono stop at the 60 minute mark.
mmccarthy
I hear this a lot, and I'm not disputing it (again, not trying to stir things up, different strokes for different folks). Personally I don't see it, which is why I'm interested in hearing what it is.