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  • Mechanical hand wound

    16 45.71%

  • Mechanical automatic

    15 42.86%

  • Quartz

    1 2.86%

  • Quartz solar

    2 5.71%

  • Spring drive

    1 2.86%

  • Kinetic

    0 0%
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Thread: Power Source / Movement Type

  1. Jan 10, 2015, 11:53 PM #1
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    Power Source / Movement Type

    So, what do you prefer? What's your favorite way to power your watches?

    For me it's a manual hand wound mechanism. I love the involvement. In at a close second it's solar Quartz for its perfect practicality. It just keeps going. Forever.

    Over to you....
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    Steinhart: Ocean GMT 39mm
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  2. Jan 11, 2015, 12:36 AM #2
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    Ideally, I'd have voted for the top three equally. As it is, I've voted for manual.

    And solar quartz doesn't keep going forever.


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  4. Jan 11, 2015, 01:58 AM #3
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    I wind enough crowns setting the time each morning I don't need to do it to keep her wound up too. Fully automatic for me.
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  6. Jan 11, 2015, 02:02 AM #4
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    It depends on the watch, but hand winders have really grown on me.

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  7. Jan 11, 2015, 04:19 AM #5
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    My preference is auto/hand-wind mechanicals. I like the best of both worlds.
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  8. Jan 11, 2015, 04:27 AM #6
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    He he he....I voted quartz
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  9. Jan 11, 2015, 04:41 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Domo View Post
    He he he....I voted quartz
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  11. Jan 11, 2015, 07:51 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Domo View Post
    He he he....I voted quartz
    I actually thought more would.
    G-Shock: GW3000B-1A
    Rolex: Submariner 14060M
    Accurist: 1961 Shockmaster (Gold) & 1965 Shockmaster (Steel)
    Omega: Speedmaster Professional 3570.50.00
    Meistersinger: Perigraph AM1002
    Ben Sherman: S489.OOBS
    Rotary: 1990 Quartz (Gold)
    Steinhart: Ocean GMT 39mm
    Certina: DS Super PH500M & DS PH200M
    Timex: MKI Mechanical
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  12. Jan 11, 2015, 07:53 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by tribe125 View Post

    Well yeah, but you know what I mean... :-)
    G-Shock: GW3000B-1A
    Rolex: Submariner 14060M
    Accurist: 1961 Shockmaster (Gold) & 1965 Shockmaster (Steel)
    Omega: Speedmaster Professional 3570.50.00
    Meistersinger: Perigraph AM1002
    Ben Sherman: S489.OOBS
    Rotary: 1990 Quartz (Gold)
    Steinhart: Ocean GMT 39mm
    Certina: DS Super PH500M & DS PH200M
    Timex: MKI Mechanical
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  13. Jan 11, 2015, 08:33 AM #10
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    Top two equally, but voted handwind because the movements tend to look nicer.
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