A lot of people wear speedmasters because the Apollo astronauts wore them. This is mostly in jest, but if people really wanted to emulate those Apollo astronaut icons, they would choose the most practical options which would be quartz watches, not mechanical watches. They’d be brighter, have better battery, keep better time, more durable, etc
But in seriousness, I totally respect the history and craftsmanship of these watches, just not their practicality in modern day.
i never find anyone who buys speedmaster because:
“they wanna be astronauts”
they buy it because its the moonwatch, the watch that went to the moon, the history of it.
and 2nd reason is because they like the looks.
So many people are missing the point here
I’m curating a value stack of basic watches.
Basically, field, sport, dress, and workout.
I have the field but more and more I look at it and think “this should be a G shock”
If I ever go camping/skiing/whatever else, I want a g shock.
Hot take: the speedmaster is the most overrated watch of all time.
Commercial Pilots would still use Rolex, its effectively an office job where you sit all day and then use your watch to impress the stewardesses.
i think people that boast about spec on their automatic watch, talk about it and compare them with another mechanical watches. No sane person would compare their mechanical watch to a quartz/solar/smartwatch (unless about history or aesthetic)
If running water existed in Medieval times, everyone would have used it… If cars existed in the 1800s, no one would have used horses… If gun powder had existed, no one would have used arrows… Thanks Sherlock!!!
They would wear the watch that they are given to promote. Same as today.
People forget that the quartz crisis was called a crisis in the swiss watch industry for a reason. They had to go into overdrive with marketing to keep these watches relevant.
But it would it be the full metal G-Shock, yeah? Asking for a friend…
I don’t think anyone nowadays is buying a mechanical watch primarily for its technical performance specs. I think it is primarily for aesthetics and history, also happens to be very practical jewelry.
Now that said, when someone has decided they want a mechanical watch because of the reasons above, then specs do come in to play. It is pretty cool that a machine powered by gears and springs can tell time pretty accurately, and more accuracy is better although accuracy is not the only (or even primary) criteria. Same with other specs like water resistance, antimagnetism etc. None of those are reasons to buy a mechanical watch, but once someone has decided to buy a mechanical watch, those do come in to play. Still for me the looks and history are the most important factors.