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Old 23 July 2005, 05:18 AM   #1
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Your favourite FEATURE in a watch...

Hi guys,

What would you consider the best and your most favourite feature in a watch?

Personally, I would love each and every watch to have the 3185 movement of the GMT-II and Exp-II wherein the small, hour hand can be moved independently.

Just think of the convenience, not only whilst travelling, but also during change over with the start and end of daylight savings.

What's your favourite feature?

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Old 23 July 2005, 05:29 AM   #2
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My favorite would simply be the hacking feature. It used to come in handy when I was time anal. Never check anymore, but I like the seconds to stop while I set the watch.
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Old 23 July 2005, 05:31 AM   #3
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Fair point, Daren, but you do realise that virtually all modern day watches already incorporate this feature.

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Old 23 July 2005, 05:49 AM   #4
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Yes I know this, but that is why I like modern watches. I really would not worry about it on a manual wind, but on autos that is an important feature. Hey MONKEY, you asked for my favorite and I told you.
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Old 23 July 2005, 05:51 AM   #5
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Fair enough, LOL! Now, where are the others??
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Tough question, JJ.

I love the moon-phase indicator. I think it's a very classic item (although not particularly useful, except for planning full moon dinners with the wife) that completes the look in a dressier watch. After I bought my Rolex, a watch with this complication was next on my list!

As an aside, I plan to post a review of my Master Moon sometime soon.
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Thanks, Al. Another feature I really like is the Power Reserve indicator thingy. Wish Rolex would come up with such a model.

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Old 23 July 2005, 08:33 AM   #8
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I like watches with simple, classic looks. There's no particular mechanical feature that I want in every watch. That's why I like having a wide variety of watches. But I know that one thing I consistently AVOID in watches is much embelishment.
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While, unlike Peter, I love complication watches, I find that I hardly ever use the chrono feature, which at this point I only have on quartz watches. The only time I use the chrono is when we walk for exercise and when I sit on the beach, to know when to turn over. I do like the RC capability of one of my Casios - that's how I set the time of all my other watches. All my Casios have memory to store phone numbers, etc. That's a great feature which comes in handy when you need to get to your passport and other numbers quickly. As for other complications, I like the multiple time zone feature on my GP ww.tc and JLC Master Geo.

But the features I like best are those on my GMT-II: the ability to change the hour hand quickly and independently of the minutes and seconds, and the 24 hour hand that lets me keep my watch set to home time when I travel.
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Old 23 July 2005, 03:35 PM   #10
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Ooh, tough one to pick. My non-hacking Seiko Diver's definitely makes me appreciate the hacking on my SD and DJ, and with the travelling I'm doing these days, I've really got the GMT on my mind.

Tell you what I'd LIKE to see, though - a flyback hacking function that brings the second hand to the zero position when you pull the crown out.
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Myself like Peter Manatee, like watches to be simple,perhaps just with the date.
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My favourite feature in a watch is the ability to tell the time.
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My favourite feature in a watch is the ability to tell the time.
Do you have a talking watch, Adrian?
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Old 24 July 2005, 05:58 AM   #14
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Well it does have a face.
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But how accurate does it need to be (the time) for you Adrian?
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My favourite feature in a watch is the ability to tell the time.
LOL! I don't think I'm the only nutty guy around here.
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I really like the ability to tell time with my watches LOL
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I really like the ability to tell time with my watches LOL
See, that's what I was trying to say the first time.
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Old 25 July 2005, 04:28 AM   #19
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See, that's what I was trying to say the first time.
Do I hear an echo in this room? LOL!
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Don't mean to pick nits here but there's a good number of movements that don't have a stop-seconds feature.

Most F. Piguet and Lemania movements (used by a number of brands) and a good number of proprietary movements, like a lot of JLC and Zenith engines, don't hack.
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Don't mean to pick nits here but there's a good number of movements that don't have a stop-seconds feature.

Most F. Piguet and Lemania movements (used by a number of brands) and a good number of proprietary movements, like a lot of JLC and Zenith engines, don't hack.
Hell, my Panerai 112 does not even have a second hand.
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...as long as it tells time, that's all that's important.
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Old 24 August 2005, 06:49 AM   #23
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My fave feature is that it's a mechanical watch. LOL

Seriously... I do like the hacking but the quickset is the nicest feature of the 3185 movement. Since mine has been running non-stop for over 30 months now, the quickset comes in handly only when changing to daylight savngs time, although if I want the 4th hand to keep up, the quickset becomes moot.
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Hell, my Panerai 112 does not even have a second hand.
I think you got gypped, Daren. You should take back the defective one and ask for a complete watch.
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Agreed!! You got screwed, Daren.
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I must have got screwed, but it is the simplest watch I have, no date, no seconds and it gets far and away the most wrist time.

I promise I am not checking time.gov worrying about plus or minus seconds. What a nice feeling that is!!
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I must have got screwed, but it is the simplest watch I have, no date, no seconds and it gets far and away the most wrist time.

I promise I am not checking time.gov worrying about plus or minus seconds. What a nice feeling that is!!
Hmmmm....you got a good point there. I've never had a watch without a centre sweep. I think I'd feel naked without it!!
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I must have got screwed, but it is the simplest watch I have, no date, no seconds and it gets far and away the most wrist time.

I promise I am not checking time.gov worrying about plus or minus seconds. What a nice feeling that is!!
I've got one watch like that. It's an old (1963 vintage) Corum gold dress watch. Very plain, no luminova, manual wind, just two hands and a stick dial. It's a beautiful dress watch, but I don't wear it any longer. For me, it's just too simple. It's the only watch I own that has no complications at all. All my others have at least a date function. Many have much more. But I would never get rid of it. I inherited it from my stepfather 38 years ago. It has a lot of sentimental value, if nothing else.

For dress, I wear my YG DD, for semi-dress (suit), I wear one of my DJs and for everyday, well, we all know which one that is. Mainly because I like the complications of these watches.
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You'd love me for sure, Ed, if we ever meet up. I'm a very complicated man...complications run amuck within my 6 foot frame. LOL!!!
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Real simple features I like in a watch are good lume and water resistance.Probably a hang up from being in the Army doing many things in the dark and treating the watch as equipment.



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