
xevious wrote:To be honest, mechanical watches are already obsolete. Why continue pursuing a more expensive, problematic and less accurate form of time keeping when another concept exists that is far less expensive to manufacture, really never has trouble save for a defective part, is definitely much more accurate, and can incorporate advanced features like solar recharging and atomic clock synchronization? Nostalgia. Tradition. Reverence for the masters of old. But as soon as the next few human generations cycle through, this will be left behind for most of the population. I do not doubt that some people will continue an allegiance to the old ways and pass it on. There's something about human fascination that continues on in the face of adversity. But for the majority of people, they'd just scratch their heads and wonder why anybody would bother when a 100% accurate digital "watch" 3mm thick that comfortably sticks to your wrist, recharged by the bioelectric current of your own body as well as rays of light, can tell you all you need to know at the flick of your wrist (date, time, weather, incoming caller, upcoming appointment, outside air temperature, your own temperature and pulse rate, barometric pressure trends, etc).
While all that is true, no attempt is being made to sell even a modestly "jewelry quality" digital. Like the new Hamilton Pulsematic - which is slightly overpriced. $100 worth of better metals, machined nicely, with the ubiquitous $20 movement.....I think a lot of people wouldl pay $300-600 for that if done nicely. People like nicer stuff - sure the cheap item will do the job, but nobody ever held their head down in shame for having bought "nicer".
My Seiko Kinetic died - I love the bulbous Saphire crystal. I have a nice reverse display LCD movement(Chinese, what else) I hope to put it in the Seiko. Maybe this summer when I am taking a break. Then I will have an [almost] jewelry quality watch with a modern, digital movement.
The watch is dead, but the gun still works fine.

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