Impossible to choose a favourite...

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[mattk84]

I personally like the skx more

[canberramike]

7548 is the stand out winner IMHO

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Nov 12, 2019 16:49:58 GMT -8 mattk84 said:

I personally like the skx more

Thanks for your feed back.

I too like the SKX173(even better with the pepsi bezel that would make it an SKX175). But, it has a 7s26 movement that is nearly impossible to regulate to anywhere near what the 7548 quartz module can do.

I love that this 2004 SKX still has a nuclear glow to the lume that lasts all night where as the 7548 dial nad hands have little to no lume retention for more than a few minutes(probably due to them being between 20 and 30 years old).

[mikeyt]

I like 'em both.

[HiBeat]

I've had a bunch of 7548s and flipped em all. Blue black and orange dials
Black and pepsi bezeks
Even with NOS dials and bezels.
Just can't get into the seconds hand not moving all the time.

[mikeyt]

In case you haven't noticed, Jon, I seldom wear a quartz analog.  Somewhat more often, a digital.  Usually, an automatic, though.

[saul]

Nov 12, 2019 17:51:40 GMT -8 HiBeat said:

I've had a bunch of 7548s and flipped em all. Blue black and orange dials
Black and pepsi bezeks
Even with NOS dials and bezels.
Just can't get into the seconds hand not moving all the time.

I like how I occasionally look at the watch at just the right instant and it seems to have stopped.  Even though it is a split-second thing, in that instant I find myself as a Schrodinger cat.

[cobrajet25]

Same car with different engines.  One has a carb, the other electronic fuel injection.  They look the same, but one performs far better and requires much less tuning and maintenance than the other.  Of course, there are people who swear by good ol' carburetors...

For me, which is 'better' or 'my favorite' would depend largely on...my mood!

[saul]

Nov 13, 2019 1:50:04 GMT -8 cobrajet25 said:

Same car with different engines.  One has a carb, the other electronic fuel injection.  They look the same, but one performs far better and requires much less tuning and maintenance than the other.  Of course, there are people who swear by good ol' carburetors...

For me, which is 'better' or 'my favorite' would depend largely on...my mood!

Is it really a carb vs fuel injection?  I was thinking more like three pedals vs CVT!  Or would that be if the quartz was digital?  Maybe it's more like mechanical linkage vs drive by wire?

[small]

The edge for me was the seconds hand, don't really care for the dot/lollipop on the backside. That said I have always got my eye out for a 7548, seems like its a "must have" for the collection. 

[pip]

Nov 12, 2019 18:59:00 GMT -8 saul said:

I like how I occasionally look at the watch at just the right instant and it seems to have stopped.  Even though it is a split-second thing, in that instant I find myself as a Schrodinger cat.

That’s a thing called Chronostasis. They think it’s a survival thing that allows the brain a bit more time to process first impressions of a scene. Seems to add a tiny bit of paused time when you first look at something. For years I thought it was just me then I read about it in some random article.

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Nov 14, 2019 2:05:19 GMT -8 pip said:

Nov 12, 2019 18:59:00 GMT -8 saul said:

I like how I occasionally look at the watch at just the right instant and it seems to have stopped.  Even though it is a split-second thing, in that instant I find myself as a Schrodinger cat.

That’s a thing called Chronostasis. They think it’s a survival thing that allows the brain a bit more time to process first impressions of a scene. Seems to add a tiny bit of paused time when you first look at something. For years I thought it was just me then I read about it in some random article.

Chronostasis sounds like your Pogue stopped 

Who says we can't stop time 

[scubarob99]

I'm a sucker for 7548. Have 4 of them. Love them, quartz and all.

Rob

[HiBeat]

Nov 12, 2019 17:51:40 GMT -8 HiBeat said:

I've had a bunch of 7548s and flipped em all. Blue black and orange dials
Black and pepsi bezeks
Even with NOS dials and bezels.
Just can't get into the seconds hand not moving all the time.

Guess I have a bad case of chronostasisitis.

Nice job Zeke adding the Both choice.

[GuyJ]

The second hand IS always moving. It is rotating on a planet at around 1000 miles an hour, which in turn is travelling at around 67,000 mph around the Sun. The solar system is travelling at about 500k miles an hour and your quartz crystal is ticking about 33k times a second. The seconds hand, when it does move even quicker, is probably the fastest thing you'll see on an average day.

Infact....how quick does a quartz second hand move? Is it about 1.5mm in a couple of milliseconds?

I best get some sleep....