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Originally Posted by swatsurgeon
What, no self winding watch?? Wouldn't that make more sense than a battery watch?
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Good point-guys used "regular" watches for YEARS...some still do! A couple of things to consider with
most self winding watches on the market today...
-FEW are shock resistant...until you get into the thousands of dollars for quality Swiss timepieces. Standard watches aren't made to be beat up with many of the riggors of training and actual combat. The watch hands get knocked off the post rather routinely in previous Casios and Timexs I have owned. One or two good bumps are OK....a hundred is a bit much to ask for $30.
-concussion / shock waves from explosions can alter the self winding mechanism in watches that have "less than quality" watch innerds. The cog latchkeep junction can be momentarily stretched / deformed and slow the watch's movement so it no longer keeps accurate time. This is one reason that self winding aerospace watches like Omega and Breitling have patented mechanisms and cost thousands of dollars. They work irrespective of both absolute gravity and g-forces on the timepiece. Not to mention all those fancy numbers printed around the inner bezel
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-missing the conveniences: countdown timers and chronographs on non digital watches are difficult to both see and operate. It is much
more convenient to be able to see a large number display than it is to count the number of times the little hand went around while waiting for something to go boom.
-cost: Much rather forever lose a $30-$100 digital than a $300 (basic Seiko)-$5000 (basic Rolex) self winding quality timepiece.
This is pretty much the extent of my basic research-so if you need anymore info-I would have to defer to someone smart like TS or TR
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