Are Mechanical Watches with Basic Functions More Durable Than Complicated Watches?

Watch friends have always had a question: is it better to have a relatively simple watch or a complicated one. Now the watch making mode more, whether it is the appearance of the design or basic functions, or the process has made great progress, some people like relatively simple watch, the atmosphere or with clothes. Some people will like complicated watches, such watches to test the process, wear it can reflect their own taste. In that case, is the watch relatively simple or complicated?

Keep it simple.

Some people believe that the original basic function of a watch was to keep time. There is a dial scale on the watch. The time and second hands are enough. If you have more, add a calendar basic function and it looks good. So does a simpler road. Besides, a simpler dial won't delay. It will look grand. The person wearing this watch will also look competent. In addition, when matching clothes, simpler watches and simpler colors are easier to match clothes, so it is better to keep it simple. , the processing process is refined and the appearance design is distinctive. Skeletonized dial, parts finely polished, each part cooperates with each other to keep the watch running normally. Many people prefer it.

1, complicated mechanical watches are more likely to be damaged:

Whether it's a $20,000+ Longines eight-hand moonphase or a cumbersome $500,000 Jaeger-LeCoultre Extreme Master, their dials are stacked with so many basic functions that they might look cooler. But a mechanical watch is primarily a watch realized through its movement.

Second, complicated mechanical watches are usually more expensive and cost more to repair:

A few years ago, a watch friend started a perpetual calendar watch. He thought that a $400,000 or $500,000 watch had to have more than the basic functions to make it worthwhile. When I got the watch, I kept researching the various basic functions of the watch. As a result, I set the perpetual calendar watch a year faster, but I couldn't set them back. After sending it to an aftermarket service, I learned that annual calendars can only go forward, not backward. If I wanted to set the annual calendar watch back, I would need to remove the cover to adjust the calendar plate of the movement, and the cost to adjust the annual calendar watch would be $1200. If you need to repair or maintain the card pin card calendar, you will feel even more pain. In his words, spend some money on sin.

That's why you'll find watch friends who have been wearing watches for years. Whether they choose a quality brand at a good price or a high end brand like Patek Philippe. It is usually a simpler style. Watches have become a luxury decorative tool, whether it is complicated or relatively simple expensive mainly branded and classic design. Watches are accurate and durable and are bound to worry you more. In that case do people prefer complicated or simpler?