tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10479308.post112093428976609161..comments2023-10-13T11:45:17.717+00:00Comments on Velociphile's Journey into Watches: Seiko Spring Drive - Akahane's Pointless MarvelVelociphilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00896736108085752668noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10479308.post-85887017505548059252009-05-06T14:20:00.000+00:002009-05-06T14:20:00.000+00:00One major problem I have with watches is the tick ...One major problem I have with watches is the tick of the seconds hand.<br /><br />Automatics tick at 8 to 12 times per second. While it is nice to watch the spin of the seconds hand on automatics, it is hard not to notice the ticks and I typically get vexed by the short and fast ticks eventually.<br /><br />This makes me go after quartz instead, as the one tick per second is much less an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10479308.post-67386404572260335422008-11-02T16:27:00.000+00:002008-11-02T16:27:00.000+00:00If I may add, “oscillates 8 times a second” actual...If I may add, “oscillates 8 times a second” actually translates to just “regulated 4 times a second”, or just half the number of regulations per second in the spring drive. In a mechanical watch, the stopping and releasing of the second hand by the balance wheel (or two oscillations) complete just a single regulation. One stop is not by itself a regulation because at that moment, the whole Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10479308.post-37047970047488284662008-09-29T09:24:00.000+00:002008-09-29T09:24:00.000+00:00There seems to be a difference between “regulated ...There seems to be a difference between “regulated 8 times a second”, which may apply to both a mechanical movement and the spring drive, and “oscillates 8 or 10 times a second”, which applies to a mechanical movement but not to the spring drive. The spring drive second hand is not stopped by any oscillation, and does not jump 4 or 5 times a second. The obvious advantage is that, when used as a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10479308.post-90798978308726017242008-05-27T03:13:00.000+00:002008-05-27T03:13:00.000+00:00I wear a 1970 Accutron (214 caliber) partly becaus...I wear a 1970 Accutron (214 caliber) partly because I like the smooth motion of the second hand--not because it represents "the true motion of time" (to use a phrase from Seiko Spring Drive ad copy) but rather for aesthetic reasons. <I>I just like the look of the smooth motion.</I> (I realize it's not an inherently smooth movement--the index wheel is nudged 360 times a second--but it's smooth Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10479308.post-55932543475401271062007-02-12T00:41:00.000+00:002007-02-12T00:41:00.000+00:00I agree, a year later. Time, like all the best myt...I agree, a year later. Time, like all the best myths; truth, justice etc, is all about the attitude we take to it.<BR/>Any attempt to measure time is futile as we have no independent criterion. <BR/>what is important is that we try - in a post religious world that is all we have. <BR/><BR/>This watch is an attempt to remove the discrete, digital aspect of our attempts to measure time. In this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10479308.post-1165771980039727482006-12-10T17:33:00.000+00:002006-12-10T17:33:00.000+00:00Consider this. Perhaps the spring drive is the mo...Consider this. Perhaps the spring drive is the most accurate watch in the world. Why? Because it shows time with a precision greater than any quartz watch - which move only once per second leaving the wearer in ignorance as to how much time must pass before another second has elapsed. And it also outperforms every mechanical watch - whose second hands move only a handful of times per second.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10479308.post-1127343506952897402005-09-21T22:58:00.000+00:002005-09-21T22:58:00.000+00:00Hi -The high-end watches are indeed often neither ...Hi -<BR/><BR/>The high-end watches are indeed often neither significant or a curiosity.<BR/><BR/>I've started collecting and have just recently understood what horological significance really is: it's something that nobody else does. Not because no one else is crazy enough, but rather because no one else *can*.<BR/><BR/>Most of the watches I've accumulated - around 30 - are junk watches, John F. Opiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445399643146235960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10479308.post-1127157908600521742005-09-19T19:25:00.000+00:002005-09-19T19:25:00.000+00:00John, thank you for that. Interesting to think of...John, thank you for that. Interesting to think of the Japanese as having their own mini crisis. And yes, that's a very important distinction: "horological significance" as opposed to "horological curiosity". Of course too often, the high end watch is neither....Velociphilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00896736108085752668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10479308.post-1127153404874224672005-09-19T18:10:00.000+00:002005-09-19T18:10:00.000+00:00Hi -I think that the SpringDrive watches are appea...Hi -<BR/><BR/>I think that the SpringDrive watches are appealing to those who would also buy one of those ETA calibers that are electromechanical, i.e. use a automatic winding system to power a quartz watch.<BR/><BR/>Sure, it's neat to be able to build such a thing, but it's neither here nor there. And you could indeed add a radio-regulation function to the watch without much difficulty.<BR/><BR/John F. Opiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445399643146235960noreply@blogger.com