Got my first ever watch, aside from super cheap ones. I am very happy.
Got my first ever watch, aside from super cheap ones. I am very happy.
I used to wear watches on my right wrist but had to change to the left as using a mouse all day is awful with a decent watch on. Guess it’ll take a while to get used to it.
Edit: I just noticed that by complete chance I took the image when the seconds were at 0. I did not plan that.
Great looking watch. Congratulations!
Thanks. It seemed like a sensible entry point to possibly a new addiction.
I love seiko watches. I dream of a grand seiko spring drive.
Those look great, but holy is the price a lot more.
Seiko in general has gone up in price a lot in recent years. The cheap and cheerful Seiko 5 were killed and resurrected as a mid-range sub-brand, and mid-range (like Presage etc) are now pushed twice the price they were a few years ago. There are no entry-level mechanical Seikos anymore.
Orient seems to be the last true Japanese manufacturer that still offers sub-$150 mechanical watches.
The engineering of the spring drive movement is actually pretty insane. It’s mechanically-powered, but uses a quartz regulator (mechanically powered via a very tiny generator) to keep perfect time, and uses inductive braking to adjust the speed of the hands super accurately. It’s a bit of an engineering marvel, to be completely honest. More details, if you’re curious.