Reply With QuoteGo on then, thickness 17.7mmFriday TV Is poor.
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You know how rock, paper, scissors works, you know how Top Trumps works. Let's have some fun with an oddball hybrid involving watches! Might be fun, will probably die on its arse, but let's see.
The rules: I'll start off with a watch, all you have to do is post another watch that "beats" it in some random metric of your choice. Beat it and you get to choose the next watch, simple. Oh, and post a photo so we can see the exact watch you're talking about, model number too might be useful.
The bigger the number, the better. Beat me in water resistance, diameter, lug width, RRP, age, thickness, power reserve, weight (if you want to weigh your watch against the previous one), whatever, it doesn't matter. Some measurements can be obvious; an 8-day PAM, an Oyster Perpetual 36, but let's see if we can mix it up a bit with some left-field metrics. Categorical metrics don't count; auto is not better than quartz, gold is not better than steel
To kick-start it then, the CWC G10
Go on then, thickness 17.7mm
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Age: 1,000,000+ yearsOriginally Posted by TonyAFC8
Go on then, thickness 17.7mm
3000m WRAge: 1,000,000+ years
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Deleted, I misread the title
Last edited by leo1790; 22nd November 2020 at 13:08.
Beats per hour: 360,0003000m WR
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No missing pieces of dialBeats per hour: 360,000
I'm afraid you lost this round due to a technical error
Number of hands, 7.
Last edited by deepreddave; 22nd November 2020 at 22:45.
Does it have to be watches that one owns?
I count 6, where's the 7th?
In any event, the Zenith is the current contender and I count 7 hands on that one as well.
Sorry gents, I'm a stickler for the rules!
I don't think so, doesn't say so in the OP anyway. Both the one's I've posted I used to own but have moved on, so perhaps I'm disqualified as well
There are two orange chrono hands on top of each other (seconds and minutes). I maybe should have said 7 hands directly related to time but I find the skeleton dial so hard to read I could be missing half a dozen hands so rule awayI count 6, where's the 7th?
In any event, the Zenith is the current contender and I count 7 hands on that one as well.
Sorry gents, I'm a stickler for the rules!
Last edited by deepreddave; 22nd November 2020 at 23:32.
Interesting RE the chrono hands! That's really cool.There are two orange chrono hands on top of each other (seconds and minutes). I maybe should have said 7 hands directly related to time but I find the skeleton dial so hard to read I could be missing half a dozen hands so rule away
Yes - age 36 years stands
Central seconds and central minutes chronographs are a wonderful rabbit hole to go down. Start with the Lemania 5100 and go from there.Interesting RE the chrono hands! That's really cool.
Yes - age 36 years stands
Phew. As an aside, if you're a 'stickler for the rules' your 360,000 should have been 36,000Interesting RE the chrono hands! That's really cool.
Yes - age 36 years stands
360,000 BPH for the chrono. If you're interested, check out what happens in this video at 1:08!Phew. As an aside, if you're a 'stickler for the rules' your 360,000 should have been 36,000
It may be my ignorance, or we are talking across terms, but I've always understood the El Primero to run at 36,000 semi-oscillations (vibrations/beats) per hour enabling it to measure 1/10th of a second, as per the Zenith website below https://www.zenith-watches.com/en_gb...hoCkWAQAvD_BwE
What metric are you using and can you provide a link to explain your 360,000 beats?
The Defy El Primero 21 has two escapements. A regular time keeping escapement that runs at the usual 36,000 BPM, and a monster for the chronograph that audibly hums like a mini engine at 360,000 BPM. This allows the chrono to record to 100th of a second, which is utterly pointless and yet inexplicably enjoyable to observe. Both escapements have a separate power reserve and wind separately via the same crown. The power reserve you see at 12 is for the chrono.
Check the below video from the 5 minute mark to see a much better explanation
Last edited by M1011; 23rd November 2020 at 14:51.
No surprise it's my ignorance then! Every day's a school day
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