Patient_Fox_6594

joined 1 year ago
 

Something to do with the plane of the magnetic field? Thanks.

[–] Patient_Fox_6594@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The watch community seems rather disdainful of both of them overall. Flawed watches for high prices is my impression of the general discontent with them.

 

As far as I know, the only way to buy these is imported by a gray market dealer. I think I may have had a Lorus decades ago, so at one time they were in the US? Thanks.

 

I've read that some are cheap plastic, some are made of composites and used in higher end movements. Apparently plastic has less friction than metal. Plastic gears leach oil as they age, adding self-lubricating? I know there are very poor quality metal gear trains, but wasn't aware of high quality plastic/composite gear trains. Thanks.

 

ETA (Unitas. Valjoux), Sellita, Miyota, Ronda, Seiko (SII. TMI. Hattori.) Seagull. Please add any missing brand.

Module/movement must be available for sale to various companies and brands, not in-house.

[–] Patient_Fox_6594@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Damn, grew up in Mass., and blew the remaining dregs of my watch money yesterday.

What would the repair fee range be for a Starking automatic that's never run? Crown goes "whirr," doesn't wind the mainspring, and I can adjust the hands fine. Thanks.

 

Since this has become possibly a majority of the posts on r/Watches at times, I suggest creating another subreddit for watch identification, maybe r / WatchID or r / WatchIdentification. I've noticed that people seem to be growing frustrated with this "ID my watch posts," and it might be easier for people who are into ID'g watches to have a separate subreddit to keep track of things. I think ID'ing a watch is just a separate category; it's not about watches, it's learning what the watch is so you can then talk about it.

 

They seem to have made an Electra line, and at least one with the label says "Swiss Made" on it: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/184124510

I thought it was a fake, but at least one person on here said that "Longine" was a real brand. The Goodwill responded to me with:

Hi, this item is from a lower brand made around the same time period as Longines and is not counterfeit.

Obviously, "same time period" covers pretty much everything and everyone. Thanks.

[–] Patient_Fox_6594@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Where is Armitron? They're the little still American watch brand that often can.

I know actual upper-middle class professional people. Know what they wear? Stuff like low-end Timex and low-end Citizen. They'd find a low-end Tissot extravagant, and have no idea what is more expensive than a Rolex.

[–] Patient_Fox_6594@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The gold is worth about $63.68 atm. If you sold it, maybe get 90% of the value at max, since it's pure. Uncertain.

[–] Patient_Fox_6594@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I see. Thanks, didn't know Movado did that. Well, 1975 $29K debased US currency is 2013 nearly $166K debased US currency, 471.9%.

[–] Patient_Fox_6594@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wouldn't really think well of a Movado. Bulova makes some nice high-precision quartz models. A 7s26 Seiko 5 would be interesting, perhaps. Not that you can't find Bulova/Citizen/Seiko (and Casio) more expensive than some Movados. I also just ordered a small number of Casios, and an Armitron.

You may find gray-market dealers have Movados, some under $300, that may be worth considering, if you what to get him a Movado.