My Dad buys Chinese semi-knockoff G-Shocks (He didn't even know what brand they were copying, just liked that they were dirt cheap) of which he has given me several. When people used to complement me on my G-Shock, my standard line was " no, it's an 'S-Shock'. It's eleven letters better!" I wish my current solar powered one had the 'S-Shock' branding. I guess the S stands for Skmei.Originally Posted by Greg
They are the Rohm of watches.
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REPETITION CREATES BELIEF
REPETITION BUILDS THE SEPARATE WORLDS WE LIVE AND DIE IN
NO EXCEPTIONS
Only the bezel is tegimented!? What am I, a poor?
Oddly enough, the $10 Casio F-91W is a widely faked watch.
If the rumors of ETA halting sales outside of the Swatch group ever come true, Sellita is going to be pretty much all we have for Swiss ebauche movements.
I have a pink Timex Indiglo. Pink, because I would take off my watch when doing minor aircraft maintenance and sometimes, it'd fall between the seats. Pink was easier to see. These days, I only wear a watch when I go to the movies.
When I was working, I regarded Rolex watches as an indicator that the guy across the table was going to either be difficult or a real asshole, for who the hell buys a gizmo that costs as much as an Acura to tell time. They're flaunting their status like a woman waving around her new engagement ring.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
Buy watches with in house movements....job done
Everyone below Rolex tier seems to modify ETA/Sellita movements just enough to get away with calling them "in house" these days. I have a Junghans like that.
And Rolex's movements aren't much to write home about in terms of horology. They're durable and reasonably accurate, which is awesome, but I don't think of them as being artful like JLC. Not to mention that Rolex's constant march upmarket is making it more and more difficult to own them.
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That's only good advice for major established brands.
Buying an in house movement is a good way to end up with an in house paperweight when the mechanical watch market slumps again.
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
I sometimes resemble that remark.
Rolex made one product line with a decorated movement, the Cellini Prince. It also looks nothing like a Rolex Oyster as the design inspiration was from the Rolex Prince line, a line that predates the Oyster. The Cellini Prince models are somewhat obscure even to Rolex fans, of which I am one.
Why is this a bad thing?
The Minority Marksman.
"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword: Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet."
-a Ch'an Buddhist axiom.
True. Which is why buying no name makers is odd to me.
Skydweller and YM II have unique and useful (relatively) complications.
I’m one of the few who love omegas coaxial work - just not the brand and non-existent 2nd value of modernish pieces.
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