What time is it? Watches and horology

Top tier Father’s Day present, grats!

Happy Father’s Day!

Excellent gifting.

Junghans Miesters now £2.1k? Bit of a wtf. Paid £800 for mine, new.

Bought a new band for my Apple Watch pro, the rubber one with holes through it horizontally if that makes sense, gives the watch a very different (and more fun) feel.

IWC have used ETA/Valjoux movements for a long time. They only just replaced the ETA in their Mark XX last year, and it’s still an outsourced movement, just a different supplier that they’re calling in-house.

Not that it really matters but I’m 99% sure that Sandstrom has a 2824-2 in it. It’s not a bad movement at all, it just doesn’t really make sense to call it an IWC movement.

2824-2 is in my Stendardo, I couldn’t ask for more in a daily.

There’s a reason why it’s been the standard for decades. Reliable, slim, easily serviced, and can be made to run at chronometer spec without difficulty. I have a few watches with them in (and one or two more with the Sellita SW200 clone).

The only real weakness is that they don’t like being hand wound too often. The power reserve isn’t the best nowadays either, but then ETA make a slightly modified version that runs at 3hz (rather than 4hz) which results in an 80 hour reserve, under the Powermatic moniker in Tissots and others. Nivarox hairspring too.

80 hour must be stellar.

Mine’s losing less than 4 seconds a day, that’s after 6 years of ownership (likely never serviced in the 25 years prior)… and having sat unused for a few years after the old case was damaged. I guess with a fettle it could certainly run at less.

That’s still within chronometer spec. 👍

I bet it could run within 2, mind.

First time I’ve seen one of these, there’s a two tone gilt version as well.

https://www.thepaleh.com/products/seiko-automatic-generating-system-a-g-s-7m22-6a50-from-1989

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A veritable font bash.

I would love this, that’s like an automatic that power a quartz right? I always wonder why that not a thing.

Edited; kinda answers my question; solar is less moving part.

Isn't that what kinetic watches do?

Yes.

Finally got my hands on one of these, haven’t pulled the trigger, yet.
Very very nice

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Not seen the inside of a kinetic watch before, guessing it’s the same as this?

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Yes, that was basically Seiko’s first kinetic movement, before they started branding them Kinetic. Catchier than Automatic Generating System.

Let me know if I can help.
Am an omega stockist.

Opened and adjusted the regulator, was half a notch to the minus. Back to the middle now, hope it will limit the loss over this week.

Thank you

Amazing pusher click on those and a really excellent bracelet. I like the ‘57 a lot, would like it even more if the lug to lug was a bit more compact.

And yeah definitely talk to @ejay2.0

I'll check to see if we have / when one is due.

Tried this on at the watch meet last night. It’s a couple of mm too large IMHO but yeah, it’s alright I suppose. 😃

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I mean it's OK i suppose , you wouldn't kick it out of bed for farting!