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cgalny
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Nov 1, 2017
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AvionNDVR
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Nov 3, 2017
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cgalnyIt's a chronograph. That's how it's supposed to work, think of less like a second hand, and more like a stopwatch. I thought the same thing with my Waterbury I bought a few weeks ago 😂
Cloaca
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Nov 6, 2017
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cgalnyYeah, that's one reason I don't like chronographs: The not-a-second-hand just sits there unless you're timing something, which I never do, with my watch anyway. Meanwhile, the seconds are relegated to a little complication where you can't really get a good look at the smooth movement, if it's an automatic. And finally, the whole watch face is too busy and harder to read the time off of, and the complications are often obstructed by the time hands.
AvionNDVR
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Nov 6, 2017
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CloacaEhh. I like them, if the face is more on the muted side. I posted a pic of my timex Waterbury in wrist check, and that's as busy as I'd want my chronographs.
Cloaca
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AvionNDVRAnd another reason is that I like automatics, not quartz, and chronograph features tend to increase the price 500 percent in an automatic because there's more stuff jammed into the same sized space. And the stuff is smaller and thus more delicate and prone to problems.
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I can't tell if there is a problem with the watch I received from Massdrop, which I like very much, but am not sure if there is something wrong with the seconds hand movement.
Is the large seconds hand supposed to move constantly, along with the time, like nearly all quartz watches? I realize this model is part quartz and part mechanical, but the only time the seconds hand moves is when I begin the timer. It stops after one hour, until started again.
Can someone please let me know? Thanks.