The Case for the Quartz Watch | Crown & Caliber 

Good luck picking up a college-educated woman with a quartz watch. They prefer guys with automatic watches.

@@GeorgeUK84, sounds like you have little hands.

@@GeorgeUK84, is that the best you have? Such utter nonsense.

@@GeorgeUK84 Sometimes I read comments, and I just cannot believe that someone would write something as such seriously. You have to be trolling.

@@GeorgeUK84 lmao

Also Casio!

Also a comparation between Swiss and Japan Quartz. And the new China Quartz.

The Swiss weren't interested in quartz at all, then Seiko started killing them in Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres competitions.

@@aestheticterritoryit’s interesting that ETA has a line of thermocompensated quartz movements that are roughly +-10 seconds per year or a bit worse, but almost nobody seems interested in using them. Some Certina watches mention it on the dial with “Precidrive,” some Tissot watches have something on the dial, nobody else mentions it.

Agreed. It sits next to my Submariners in a 3 watch roll, and I use the $300 Dark Side Lunar Pilot to set the time on the other two. I really enjoy it, one of the best bargains sub $500.

Citizen is a dirty name in the watch industry. More dependable build quality than Seiko at half the price but bc they primarily make *gasp* solar quartz watch snobs tend to ignore them. Lb for Lb the best tool watches…

What about Casio!!!

Over 1,000 watch companies went bankrupt and over 60,000 jobs went during the Quartz crisis. Mechanical came back, yes, but only when Quartz became easily accessible.

Nice! Me too. Inherited one from my Uncle when I was about 13 ish, even though it gets plenty of hate it carries so much sentimental value that it outshines my rolexes.

Mine for 12 years tag huer f1 👍👍

Yes you see almost no RU-vidrs showing quartz love. They’re so apologetic when they do actually review one. It’s definitely a stigma amount the watch community.

@@johnr6145 that's debatable, the oysterquartz is a move by rolex in the 1970s to keep the brand competitive with the largely growing quartz movement that was happening because of seiko, the oysterquatz was discontinued in 2001 when the quartz hype began to die down, but grand seiko manages to make one hell of a quartz movement that is the 9f movement with an accuracy of 5 seconds a year, compared to the obsolete oysterquartz with an accuracy of 1 minute per year. So at the time the oysterquartz might be the best, but not anymore.

No mention of Grand Seiko because Crown & Caliber doesn't sell Grand Seiko. Go on their site and you'll see gobs of Breitlings and Omegas.

@@johnr6145 No chance!

They didn’t mention Cartier and Tag Heur either. What’s your point?

@@tomnewham1269 They absolutely brought up Tag Heuer.

@@johnr6145 Breitling as a brand shits on Seiko? Are you sure about that? Seiko has different tears in their company, on the top they have credor which shits on half of the Swiss watch industry.

@@johnr6145 Yes the emergency watch must have saved the lives of literally dozens of watch snobs stranded half way up a mountain whilst going off piste!!

@@Andrew.W75 Reminds me of Sinn's firefighter watch for all those firefighters with deep pockets.

@@johnr6145 Really? Breitling makes good quartz watches but you cannot possibly say they shit on Seiko and Citizen. Credor was already mentioned, Grand Seiko 9F caliber, Grand Seiko Spring Drive (technically a hybrid), Citizen Chronomaster (accurate to +/- 5 sec/year), Citizen Ecodrive Caliber 0100 (accurate to +/-1 sec/year). The list goes on. So you cannot just dismiss these brands and say Breitling shits on them.

@@johnr6145 I couldn't justify buying a $5T GS Spring Drive or a $7T Citizen Eco-Drive Caliber 0100 at that price range I'd go mechanical. Sorry am not a quartz guy. But that doesn't mean I don't appreciate a good quartz and the technology behind it. Like I said Breitling's SuperQuartz is a good HAQ watch but it just doesn't compare to the offerings of Seiko and Citizen. Seiko and Citizen gets a bad rap because of they sell affordable watches. Just like your initial comment that people like it because it's cheap. Am not interested in the cheap Seiko and cheap Citizen quartz because they are the run of the mill quartz watch. But their high-end offerings are technically superior and actually more expensive than Breitling's Quartz offering. I think the GS 9F is on par in terms of price to Breitling's SuperQuartz but the Spring Drive is more expensive and so is the Citizen Caliber 0100 (Correct me if I am wrong on the pricing since it changes and I haven't actually seen updated prices as of late).

A point that doesn’t get made nearly enough

Yup, they're a lot more accurate. The batteries last a very very long time. There are no moving parts if it's a digital watch (aside from the vibrating crystal) or very few if it has a analogue dial. You don't need to worry about lubricating the movement or a shock damaging a jewel. I've never owned a mechanical watch. The only reason why you'd own one imo is if appearance or nostalgia are more important to you compared to the purpose of a watch. Also a mechanical watch needs constant maintenance which I guess is an indirect way to show off your wealth (ability to regularly spend on optional things)

all watches are jewlery

Hello Do you know how antimagnetic a normal quartz watch is? I mean an around 500€-1000€ Citizen, Seiko, Casio etc I'm not meaning no moving part square g shock here Thank you i would appreciate the help

Bulova Precisionist Chronograph. Best watch I ever bought. 10 seconds accuracy in a year with a lovely sweeping hi beat hand.

Just looked it up, $7400! Damn, didn’t know they made such a watch, looks clean!

That's a cool watch! Unfortunately Crown & Caliber won't acknowledge the existence of Seiko as they don't sell them!

I own that watch and it is the perfect one watch collection watch.

@@myhandlewastakenandIgaveup Citizen UK has a smaller, titanium version of the Promaster Tough (BN0118-55E) with all of the same benefits but 300m water resistance. I got the one with the titanium bracelet, and I am very happy with it!

What does it look like. I have the opportunity to get one in automatic or one in quartz. I’m also lucky enough to know a watchmaker who owns 4 Zodiacs from the 90’s, 2 in automatic and 2 in quartz. They are the divers with the blue dot and I do not know which one I want.

@@waynestapleton3 Mine is a red dot quartz. It is 200m. Black w. a gold bezel. It is 38-39mm wide. So feels small by todays standards. But it still runs fine.

@@M3LTUP I’m stuck deciding between quartz and automatic. The ticking hand or sweeping hand so hard to pick from. Since my friend is a watchmaker and there his I know there in great shape and I’ve seen them but just undecided. I know the quartz is more durable but it’s a mental thing. Does your second hand hit every mark or skip them, and does owning a quartz bother you?

@@waynestapleton3 I dont mind Quartz at all. I appreciate its accuracy. But Automatic is batter for value retention. In the era of the smart watch. I feel like Quartz is the new vintage.

"Never" - except for co$tly and inconvenient capacitor change.

@@redastrachan8978 Replacing a cap in a high end quartz watch is neither inconvenient nor costly. They're designed to be serviced. It is no more complicated than servicing a mechanical watch.

I think it's a matter of saving battery. If they sped it up, it would look better, but take more battery power.

I think that speaks more about the design of the watch rather than the movement inside..

My GS spring drive kept time at +2.5 seconds per week and it was a 15 year old watch when I bought. Excellent until you have to send it in for service. I wish they had more service centers. They need at least one in North America for sure.

@P M B That's not the point, it's just cool for an analog watch to do that. At this point "need" is not a question anymore. If you're talking "need", no one "need" a mechanical watch at all. They're just cool to have. 🤷