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<blockquote data-quote="TANSTAAFL" data-source="post: 4041339" data-attributes="member: 27098"><p>Personally I like automatics because of the simplicity of use and I can always count on them. I can set aside an automatic for a year, wind it and put it on and it will work with reasonable accuracy. Quartz watches, it depends. The batteries die, solar watches and Mecha Quartz have batteries that can only accept so many charges (I do have a Citizen that went 14 years with no issues but that is the exception, not the rule). Batteries do leak, rendering the entire watch useless. Automatics typically will work and only need proper maintenance every 7 to 20 years. The second hands sweep smoothly with automatics and mechanicals unlike the nervous tick of most quartz watches. An automatic or mechanical is a family heirloom that typically will hold it's value and can be passed on, while a quartz watch not so much. Buy a higher end Swiss Watch like Rolex or an Omega and they are an investment that exceeds what you'd earn in a bank account or even the stock market, whereas I cannot think of any Quartz watches that will hold their value as well. Lastly, Quartz watches represent disposability and impermanence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TANSTAAFL, post: 4041339, member: 27098"] Personally I like automatics because of the simplicity of use and I can always count on them. I can set aside an automatic for a year, wind it and put it on and it will work with reasonable accuracy. Quartz watches, it depends. The batteries die, solar watches and Mecha Quartz have batteries that can only accept so many charges (I do have a Citizen that went 14 years with no issues but that is the exception, not the rule). Batteries do leak, rendering the entire watch useless. Automatics typically will work and only need proper maintenance every 7 to 20 years. The second hands sweep smoothly with automatics and mechanicals unlike the nervous tick of most quartz watches. An automatic or mechanical is a family heirloom that typically will hold it's value and can be passed on, while a quartz watch not so much. Buy a higher end Swiss Watch like Rolex or an Omega and they are an investment that exceeds what you'd earn in a bank account or even the stock market, whereas I cannot think of any Quartz watches that will hold their value as well. Lastly, Quartz watches represent disposability and impermanence. [/QUOTE]
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