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·To be fair, Seiko and Swatch chapter ring or bezel are mostly misaligned. But their price is "cheap" so no complaint there from me.
My Rolex however, everything is on point, it was great. But the movement failed me one time and i need to serviced it for a price. Well not the entire movement, the hour and minute hand still moving just the running second hand didn't. It happened. But yeah the quality of the movement and built is excellent. Could it be because they made rather simple watch and over the years adopt the no-nonsense attitude along the way ?
What i am surprised to learnt in here today, not everyone like noisy rotor ! I was into mechanical watches the first time because my friend (my watch mentor to be honest) told me using mechanical watches is like having a motor racing machine in your wrist. It's noisy, you can feel it rotation, etc etc. It what was gotten my attention about watches in the first place which otherwise i wont start the whole journey ! Then later i found out not all movement you can feel the rotor moving and sound. I found out most of the ETA based manual wounding tend to be noisier than the self winding one, etc etc. I learnt along the way. But really the one thing that got me interested was the "ticking-ticking" sound and the sound of rotor "wheeezzzzzz"ing.
That is why until now i still like the Valjoux 7750 based regardless the 6-9-12 register dial setup because it is loud and feels like "pulsating" in your wrist, if that makes sense.
I also think that the rotor spin and spin and spin without so much weight being put on it is a good thing. This is personal opinion of course, because my friend own Patek Aquanaut. And one thing he told me how to spot Aquanaut real and fake it by the spinning of the rotor. The real one he said will spin and spin and spin without so much effort needed and it was so soft. Of course he showed me about it. I don't know whether this one is a good indicator or not but he surely owned a Patek and i don't.
Not defending Tag Heuer or anything (I have issues with few of my Tag Heuer watches as well) but i think it is normal. I experiences other brands out there also have the same problem sooner or later, it just to many factors about mechanical watches that made it so. I guess it's inevitable. like cars, no matter what car it is, at the end of the days...you know...
@THJunkie thanks for giving your honest opinion 👍 we always learnt new things in this great forum everyday.
As you say, part of the appeal of mechanical watches is exactly that they are like engines and engines go wrong. Even when they do work fine they seem to cause more stress than joy (for me anyway, and I don't even wear them long enough to notice the timekeeping side of things), which is why I have 80% quartz pieces - although I am looking at a Kirium chronometer... 😗
