Quartz?

[cody p]

Originally Posted by Flash Gordon

My Cartier is the only quartz watch that I bought over 2 decades ago. However, I feel I would much prefer to own a mechanical watch than quartz for serveral reasons:

1. Periodically changing of battery is not good for the watch, the case gets scratched, the screws in the back of my Cartier are visibly aged due to the screw driver, open and close the case every two years or so is also a costly operation especially you own a Cartier or other expensive quartz.

2. Quartz is a much cheaper movement compared to the mechanical movement of the same make. However, brands like Cartier charge a lot of money for a cheap quartz movement that they don't even make! I feel you get much better "value" for a mechanical watch than a quartz one. Heck, putting a quartz movement in a luxury (expensive) watch, is short changing the customer! My 0.02.

My 0.02

i tend to agree, especially with your second point. i have a tag f1 which i bought a couple of years ago for about $800 can. MY BAD! the quartz movement in it is an eta F06.111. it is a low end eta quartz movement that can be purchased for approx $17 us from a watchmaker supply company. it has worked well and is accurate to 1 sec a month, but $800 for that watch, i don't think so.