Another great piece! I think anyone who says they don’t have a quartz watch or two or many in their collection are missing out on
good, perhaps superior, watches.
I did have a bad experience of having a quartz watch battery die when it was most needed - in Afghanistan no less! Shame on me - I should have followed the rule of two is one and one is none. My new solar powered “Arnie” solves all of that. Of course, my days going into Afghanistan are over.
Another great piece! I hate the watch snobs who look down upon quartz watches. I can't help but think of Alton Brown's watch snobiness when he said, "If I look over at a guy and I see his seconds hand is ticking, I immediately downgrade him." What a schmo!
Anybody who wears a watch is okay in my book. Be it quartz, mechanical, smartwatch, whatever... it's all good. Happy New Year, man.
Unabashedly proud owner of a 9F-powered piece (the only watch movement that ever really fascinated me - am with you on being more appreciative of aesthetics etc), as well as a Timex Q and a Casio Worldtimer. Quartz too is cool.
For those who think of quartz tech as some recent thing: the development of quartz oscillators has a strong military connection in WW1 (to regulate radio waves) and the first quartz clock was built in 1927.
I read this again in preparation for my Scurfa D1-500 I have coming this week. All of my quartz watches are G-Shocks bc they're fun watches that I can swap out whenever I want. I haven't had an analog quartz watch in quite some time but I'm very excited about my D1-500. The quartz aspect was actually part of its appeal. I can't wait to get it and break it in on a few December hunts in the Northwoods.
Great piece sir! The cyclical nature of these things makes me wonder what the next big step in tech will be, the one that starts the whole cycle over again. Hopefully something with lasers...
Amen to this. I have a solar Seiko SSC017 dive chrono, and a Scurfa Diver 1 M.S.19 (the blue dialed, fully hashed bezel LE.) Both have been scuba diving with me multiple times, and both are wonderful watches.
And yeah, I am absolutely in love with GS's 9F movements. The SBGX335/337, or even the SBGX115/117 from a few years ago are just about the most cool quartz divers around (your amazing CWCs excepted.)
What a great article. One cannot say they are a watch fan and shun quartz, if so then you are a fan of only mechanical watches and are missing out on a fleet of wonderful watches. Note to self: buy a quartz watch soon.
Jason,
Another great piece! I think anyone who says they don’t have a quartz watch or two or many in their collection are missing out on
good, perhaps superior, watches.
I did have a bad experience of having a quartz watch battery die when it was most needed - in Afghanistan no less! Shame on me - I should have followed the rule of two is one and one is none. My new solar powered “Arnie” solves all of that. Of course, my days going into Afghanistan are over.
Cheers mate!
Great piece and a lovely way of thinking of quartz as part of your story.
Another great piece! I hate the watch snobs who look down upon quartz watches. I can't help but think of Alton Brown's watch snobiness when he said, "If I look over at a guy and I see his seconds hand is ticking, I immediately downgrade him." What a schmo!
Anybody who wears a watch is okay in my book. Be it quartz, mechanical, smartwatch, whatever... it's all good. Happy New Year, man.
Unabashedly proud owner of a 9F-powered piece (the only watch movement that ever really fascinated me - am with you on being more appreciative of aesthetics etc), as well as a Timex Q and a Casio Worldtimer. Quartz too is cool.
For those who think of quartz tech as some recent thing: the development of quartz oscillators has a strong military connection in WW1 (to regulate radio waves) and the first quartz clock was built in 1927.
I read this again in preparation for my Scurfa D1-500 I have coming this week. All of my quartz watches are G-Shocks bc they're fun watches that I can swap out whenever I want. I haven't had an analog quartz watch in quite some time but I'm very excited about my D1-500. The quartz aspect was actually part of its appeal. I can't wait to get it and break it in on a few December hunts in the Northwoods.
Beautiful piece. The ninth verse to add to Ecclesiastes 3:1-8--a time for mechanical, and a time for quartz.
Nicely articulated explanation of the significance and desirability of quartz watches.
Thank you for clarifying my own feelings when I enjoy wearing my own "Arnie," "Casioak," Seiko kinetic, or Casio Duro.
Great piece sir! The cyclical nature of these things makes me wonder what the next big step in tech will be, the one that starts the whole cycle over again. Hopefully something with lasers...
Amen to this. I have a solar Seiko SSC017 dive chrono, and a Scurfa Diver 1 M.S.19 (the blue dialed, fully hashed bezel LE.) Both have been scuba diving with me multiple times, and both are wonderful watches.
And yeah, I am absolutely in love with GS's 9F movements. The SBGX335/337, or even the SBGX115/117 from a few years ago are just about the most cool quartz divers around (your amazing CWCs excepted.)
Awesome read, Cheers!
What a great article. One cannot say they are a watch fan and shun quartz, if so then you are a fan of only mechanical watches and are missing out on a fleet of wonderful watches. Note to self: buy a quartz watch soon.