Watches - another OCD problem
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@Filthy:
@Filthy:
Me+ alcohol+ this phone with internet are bad news. I almost blew my savings just now to buy a Tag Heuer Calibre 12. It's like the nicest watch I've ever seen. It's so blue and pretty. I've had one on twice at the Duty Free at the airport… Maybe next year. I need to save more money...
At $5400 retail, I think this one belongs in the other watch thread, Filthy. lol
Yes you're right. I was loaded yesterday. Sorry.
No sweat. I was merely speaking in jest.
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I usually post about G-Shock in the other watch thread but…
https://www.g-central.com/solid-18k-gold-g-shock-g-d5000-9-now-offered-in-5-countries/
$70k
What in the actual fuck
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^ i already struggle to find reasoning to pay 2k for that GPS watch. i know they're brilliant watches and one of, if not, the most accurate watches around..
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Since bezel screws always mess with people's OCD, here's another article on them.
https://timeandtidewatches.com/the-problem-with-bezel-screws/
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As long as it doesn't turn up looking like this poor Speedy!
And make sure that the GMTs aren't sitting on the desk next time I visit.
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Since bezel screws always mess with people's OCD, here's another article on them.
https://timeandtidewatches.com/the-problem-with-bezel-screws/
We can detect gravitational wave perturbations that are less than the width of a proton. I don't understand why aligning screws is such an engineering challenge. That screed would have been much more interesting and productive had it explained why that challenge is so insurmountable.
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I agree with @mclaincausey . Given the tolerances required to make tourbillons, bridges, etc, I don't see why the screws can't be timed.
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To be clear, I'm strictly speaking of case-constructional screws, particularly if they are part of the watch's aesthetic, and to a lesser degree screw-down crowns. Movement screws being aligned? Not so much, I understand why that would be very difficult and not worth the effort.
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Exactly–and to people who deride or dismiss this as a pointless conceit (as if a flying tourbillon is comparatively tame) or OCD (if they're highly visible in the case, why wouldn't you want them aligned?), we're talking about watches with highly, intricately decorated movements, oftentimes not even made visible through the case and dial, so not paying similar attention to exposed elements doesn't make sense to me. To others who say it's too labor-intensive or time-consuming to do it, that's a slap in the face to someone paying 5, 6, or even 7 figures for a timepiece.
Richard Mille's approach of a proprietary star-shaped screw is an interesting fix, reducing the visual jarring of independently-adjusted screws. Countersunk bolts is another way (Royal Oak) way to solve it that I find a bit goofy (why make it look like a screw when it's countersunk into a bezel and thus couldn't rotate in the first place?).
I'm a bit surprised given the attention to detail, precision, and general engineering achievement in the industry that no one has solved for this–at the least as a differentiator against the status quo, since novelty sells at all levels of horology.
