Quartz Watches DON'T SUCK: Best Quartz Watches Affordable - Luxury

[@seattlegrrlie]

My quartz GS ran one second fast last year. The whole year. One single second. I can grab it any time, it's absolutely beautiful, and it's crazy accurate. I love quartz and I don't understaffed all the hate

[@mikehowells7746]

I've had my GS quartz since June last year and it's gained about two and a half seconds, I'm still very very impressed and very happy with that.

[@travr6]

No one hates quartz.

[@vavoo4971]

I have mine since December. I'll check in a couple of months 😂

[@Matys1975]

I don’t hate quartz. I respect quartz. But there is something special about a mechanical watch. Perhaps because you can see it “work” behind a display case back ? Perhaps because you can feel the self winding rotor move ? I feel the same about cars. Even though an EV can be better than a conventional car in every way, there is something that I love about firing up an internal combustion engine and hearing it roar and feeling it vibrate.

[@takethecurseOFFwashingmachine]

One second?????? Might be time for a service buddy. Maybe just throw it away and use your cell phone

[@BonDijon]

i'm a watch gal, but 90% of the time i recommend my non-watch friends quartz watches ngl. Cheap, fuss free, and far more accurate - perfect for anyone who isn't in the hobby nor looking for that one luxury piece.

[@scottlalonde2878]

Yep, same. "Hey Scott, you're into watches, what do you recommend?" More than once I've recommended a Ladies Citizen Eco Drive with a mop dial and diamond bezel. No fuss, looks great, reasonably priced.

[@stevenbeattie1137]

I love quartz! Why? Well I was a kid when quartz watches were “the latest thing” and I still remember how exciting they were. I was used to a manual wind Timex(with date!) and suddenly these magical little quartz digital watches arrived with their “floating” digits, buttons, a stopwatch, a backlight, an alarm that bleeped!!! It was like something straight from the future! We take all that stuff for granted now but back then they were just incredible. I’m actually smiling while I type this because all my wonder and excitement and emotions from getting my first (Zeon)quartz digital watch for Christmas are flooding back. That’s what thinking about quartz watches does for me. Quartz crisis? Nope, quartz revolution! :-)

[@lovinglife419]

I enjoy automatic, but man...I bought an Citizen Eco-Drive Divers watch and it is lovellllly! It's very practical and durable.

[@GPMS94]

I only ever had quartz watches, but then I bought my first automatic and fell down the rabbit hole 😅 But then, for my 30th, I bought myself a vintage quartz Omega, mostly because it was what I could afford - then a month or two after I bought a quartz dive watch to supplement it! I'm glad I own automatic watches, and I still wear them and I'll probably buy more; but I'm also glad I've rediscovered quartz! Thanks as always for another great video!

[@mr.powers]

More often than not, I have close to $20k of mechanical watches in a drawer or on winders, but on my wrist… my Bell & Ross Type Demineur. It fits my 6.2” wrist perfectly, keeps almost perfect time, and I don’t care that it’s a 26 year old quartz watch.

[@danielwhite8838]

I have an eco drive and it keeps very good time. Wayyyy better than my auto obviously. Never needs a battery. Love it.

[@ahha6304]

I feel weird Rolex fangirl like you didn't mention OysterQuartz haha and I'm happy you talk about Eco-Drive and Expedition North Solar yeaaaaa

[@nicolasansom2681]

Well said Brit! X Iwas a bit snobby about quartz then totally changed my mind. A spring drive is one of my grails and i now have a mixture of autos and quartz in my collection

[@salty5402]

Bulova has some smooth sweep quartz movements - the latest example being in the newly relaunched Jet Star. Very affordable and worth checking out. Battery life is shorter on these movements - but for me that is not an issue, as I would rather have a smoother second hand sweep.

[@josephgittos3787]

just about to write the same , I used to own the old Bulova tuning fork with super smooth hand to great to see the company that now owns the brand name doing some quartz with smooth running hands or even the new tuning fork they brought out

[@Bhethar]

Absolutely love that movement! The second hand sweep is as smooth as fine vodka. The only issue is that Bulova designers have some weird ideas on how watches should look. They have some amazing watches but they love doing blingy strange designs

[@davect01]

Love my Bulova

[@badprofilepic882]

It's called a mecha quartz movement btw

[@mike15.]

and pay 40€ for battery replacement every 9 months to 1 year ? 😬

[@austingavins9181]

Breitling Aerospace - last of the 38mm models with the HAQ Thermo-compensated Quartz. It has Titanium case and bracelet, bi-bezel, 100m WR, a flipping Minute repeater, 2nd time zone, countdown timer, chrono and alarm. Oh an my 18 year old version is running about 3 seconds a YEAR accuracy. It is now my most warn watch - its soooo damn good

[@jhuggs8840]

Same here. My Aerospace gets more wrist time than all of my automatic watches combined. The usual suspects that hate quartz are the same ones who cry when they scratch thier Rolex as it'll harm its resale value.

[@chriscon8463]

One of my squadron’s Aussie exchange navigators had one of these & I was enamored by it. It seemed like a great watch!

[@amilyester]

Breitling have now made some new HAQ watches in 38mm

[@austingavins9181]

@@amilyester Hey, you mean the Endurance range? They do look very Breitling but not sure as versatile? Sorry if I missed other Breitling models!

[@h111551]

FP Journe’s reimagination of quartz power drain in the Elegante is a testament to his horological curiosity. I am mostly agnostic about quartz versus mechanical and have owned/own two GS 9Fs, two Citizen Campanolas and five G-Shocks. The now discontinued but still available Campanolas were JDM studio products which had amazing finishing and were complication rich. Along with the Elegante, they show the high horology potential for quartz even over and above the GS 9Fs. I draw the line at Cartier because I find it dodgy that a majority of all Cartier watches have been quartz watches made for luxury poseurs (don’t get me started on quartz tank watches with vermeil coated cases) for most of the decades following the sale by the Cartier family. While there were luxury quartz references offered by Rolex, Patek Phillipe (Genta’s Ellipse masterfully designed for PP), Piaget and JLC (the Odysseus), these offerings elevated quartz and were not volume/profit grabs as was the case with Cartier. People are aghast at higher priced quartz titanium and/or carbon offerings by both Citizen and G-Shock but they are wonderfully practical and will not require expensive service every 5 to 10 years. At $1500.00 per service for a high horology watch, even a $3,000 quartz watch like some of G-Shock’s MR-G references will effectively pay for itself in service cost savings in a reasonable period of time (10 to 15 years).

[@ulig12]

You did not hate quartz before somebody told you to.

[@dejuanmcguire9348]

@2:47 I have been eyeing that Timex Expedition Field North Post! Thanks for mentioning it.

[@310765]

It disturbs me when the seconds hand doesn’t line up with the seconds markers 🫣

[@davect01]

16 Quartz out of 26 watches and they all hit the markers. I won't keep a Quartz that misses

[@badprofilepic882]

Get a mecha quartz movement then simple 🤷‍♂️

[@jsusna1972]

Perhaps it's due to the parallax effect?

[@suckmyrockets]

Mine does 🙂

[@timemasterhms]

Most quartz won’t hit the mark perfectly. The torque of the movement has a lot to do with it along with the gear train in smaller movements.

[@lukewalker1051]

I am a senior who comes from the time even pre-dating quartz watches. All I own are quartz dive watches and chronographs. I am also a mechanical engineer. I honestly hate the inaccuracy, maintenance and attention mechanical watches require as a watch enthusiast who never wears the same watch two days in a row. To me, this weird fetish about mechanical movements is analogous to luddites who appreciate vinyl records and kick starter motorcycles. Lost in a time warp...lol. No coincidence that most that own mechanical watches don't have a clue how they even work or ever even changed a watch movement or built a watch from parts. Its magic.

[@freddles2]

My daily is a Breitling Endurance Pro and i love it! Accurate, light and super cool!

[@paulbrown2422]

That watch is cool. My friend has had his eye on one.

[@freddles2]

@paulbrown2422 I brought a couple of different colour straps too, really gives you a different look and feel!

[@SamP.H-t1r]

Bruno Söhnle Glashütte also finish their quartz movements to a high level. Might be worth checking out for those that don't have anything against quartz.

[@glen193]

Great video Brittany. Agreed, there are some fantastic quartz watches out there. I admit, I've always been partial to - and facinated with - autos...but,....if I had to leave in a hurry in a SHTF type of scenario...I'm grabbing my Omega P.O. and my Seiko panda solar (Quartz) speedtimer. Quartz has earned their place.

[@btm080]

Longines made the Conquest VHP which was the height of accuracy at a reasonable price point. I really wish they bring it back. Such a great concept and great watch!

[@markiangooley]

The PreciDrive movements from ETA are accurate to about 10 seconds a year. A few Swiss watches use them. Certina and Tissot each have some watches with them… they also have versions with automatic movements that cost more and are far less accurate.

[@ge48421]

A few additions to your quartz list: - Bulova's "Precisionist" line has battery powered high accuracy quartz movements that move at 16 beats per second, the movement is smoother than a high beat automatic. Not for small wrists. - Accutron produces quartz watches powered by electrostatic generators. They look interesting (a little like the old Bulova Accutron Spaceview) but they're too large for my wrist. - Seiko makes the VH31 mechaquartz movement whose regular second hand beats 4 times per second. This is not a chronograph. I've seen it used in some watches from Hemel and Dan Henry. - Grand Seiko makes battery powered quartz watches that are accurate to 10 seconds/year (some limited editions to 5 seconds/year) - Citizen "The Citizen" line are high accuracy watches (+/- 5 seconds/year), they also have perpetual calendars and independently movable hour hands. - ETA makes a line of high accuracy movements, Marathon uses them in the SSNAV (Stainless Steel Navigator) watches. The Certina brand uses them as well. - Some quartz watches keep accurate time by using an external reference (long wave radio, Bluetooth, GPS). It was kind of cool seeing a watch automatically switch to daylight saving time at 2AM this morning in the US. I have a watch I have not set in years (a solar Casio). A really good battery or solar powered quartz watch should warn you when the power gets low, not just quit. Look for an end of life (EOL) or low charge indicator in the spec sheet or manual.

[@siglavikingkearns8108]

I bought a Junghans form C chronograph last year and am grateful that they made a quartz for us poor folk. I couldn't afford their automatics.

[@greenbow7888]

Solar powered quartz watches, do not need the rechargeable battery replacing either.

[@anonymohipp9097]

I prefer quartz watches. They're more accurate, they need less maintenance, and they cost less. I wish that more mid-to-high end manufacturers would place quartz movements into their highest quality cases and designs using their highest quality bracelets. I have an old Omega Seamaster quartz, and it is great. If they made the current Seamaster with the white dial in quartz, I'd buy it.

[@LuckyLuchReyes]

I've owned the quartz PRX and thought it punched well above its weight being sporty and dressy. But the tough solar Casioak has been one of my favorite purchases. I call it my adventure watch b/c I take it everywhere.

[@donulldh4785]

Britt!! Love this video, as I am big fan of quartz watches. My Citizen 300m Promaster Eco-Drive has travelled the world with me as a true GADA watch. But day to day. when I take my Tudors off the wrist, they are most likely replaced by a CWC, Elliot Brown, or Sangin quartz models. Keep up the great videos. Long live the Cult(s), and 4:30 date windows.

[@WatchmakerErik]

Hi Britt! Love your channel and love what you do here. I just want to chime in and say that yes, watch collectors have a real blind spot and hate on for quartz and I don't know why. As a professional watchmaker who makes a lot of his money from mechanical overhauls, even I have to admit there are some quartz watches I just adore and will not part with. Also for me collecting is about history as much as it is just having what I like, and ignoring the impact the courts has had on the history of watchmaking or even on the world itself is just unthinkable. I am currently wearing my citizen ProMaster titanium diver while I'm watching your video. Courts is so wonderful for its accuracy and also for how affordable it makes complicated watches like chronographs. I'm also a huge fan of G-Shock and have several. In addition to the titanium diver I have another citizen Eco-Drive and several seiko kinetics in addition to traditional battery powered quartz watches. A spring drive Grand Seiko, particularly the chronograph, is one of my Grails. I love the innovative technology and honestly a GS was the first really expensive watch I put on and thought to myself, "this is really special." Rolexes don't do that for me but a grand Seiko does. Also, I think anyone who says that a grand Seiko spring drive isn't quartz is frankly a little psychotic. Anytime peace with the quartz crystal regulating the time is quartz. Full stop. Having a spring for the power source does not make it otherwise, just like having a battery doesn't make the original Hamilton Ventura or a 1960s tuning fork Accutron a quartz watch. Spring drive is probably the biggest hybridization between mechanical and quartz watchmaking but that doesn't mean it isn't quartz. One final and possibly important question: was your Journe insured and if so did you get any insurance money to help you buy the other one? I think protecting our collections is something that we as watch collectors don't talk about enough. Thanks for a great video and I look forward to more.

[@greenbow7888]

Spring drive is more than just a mechanical power source. It's mechanical drive train too. Quartz only regulates the speed of the (mechanical) flywheel.

[@WatchmakerErik]

@@greenbow7888 I did know that but didn’t articulate it well. Thanks for the reply! 🙂

[@Sandbag1300]

Yes, I do have a VHP Longines quartz watch that I use to set the time on my other watches.

[@nottherealaaron]

Such a well done and much needed video! I’m fortunate to own mechanical watches and a spring drive, but I will never stop nerding out about the GS 9F movements. Absurdly understated accuracy by GS, completely in-house, assembled by hand, and beautifully finished. The coolest part being the nearly imperceptible two ticks per second that allow the movement to provide enough torque to move the gorgeous dauphine hands.

[@managua-san8075]

Britt, you forgot the Chronomaster line of Citizen. They give Grand Seiko some serious competition.

[@jltrem]

This can be related to electric guitar players who turn their noses up at anything that is not a tube amp, ancient technology that requires lots of maintenance.

[@leftpastsaturn67]

Yeah, but you're not a guitarist if you're not plugging straight into a tube amp with no pedals! /s

[@diydad7704]

I have a few quartz watches and i enjoy them as much as the others. When the MoonSwatch and all these other "Mission to (insert planet)" came out it didn't take long 'til everybody complained about these things breaking. I then discovered the Pagani 1701 in red/white that was named "Mission to Alaska" be Jody from JustOneMoreWatch - and that's a really cool piece in stainless steel with a VK 64 in the back! Also there are two G-Shocks and a vintage Citizen with a date pointer that i got for graduation. They're all great and they all get wrist time.

[@robertcapek2425]

I was always attracted to Breitling's thermocompensated quartz. Also: Longines Conquest V.H.P.!

[@watchdogpodcast239]

My "The Citizen" AQ4100-65W with the A060 is a favorite in my collection. Stunningly beautiful watch with a washi paper dial and nicely finished titanium. The A060 is a solar HAQ that is more capable than most 9F movements with +/- 5 seconds per year accuracy and a perpetual calendar.

[@stephenremington8448]

I have heard of Grand Seiko for years and knew they had some specific spring drive movement that people go on and on about, but never knew quartz was involved, you have just blown away everyone else's lack of information in a few seconds!

[@darkeye77]

I think this is intentionally obscured by Grand Seiko and the people who go on about it. It's still really cool, as it uses no battery but instead a miniature generator powered by springs, but fundamentally it counts seconds using a quartz crystal.

[@ge48421]

This is not exactly a secret, here is GS's video on Spring Drive: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIKXqquZbKqpn7M It shows and mentions the quartz oscillator. This video is 7 years old.

[@darkeye77]

@@ge48421 Yet you wouldn't believe the people yelling at me about it on Reddit.

[@jobervelasco8614]

Great video Britt. I have a Bulova JetStar with the precisionist movement. It's amazing. 262,000 Hz movement with a smooth sweep like a GS spring drive.

[@davect01]

They are great

[@AndrewBarr-k3x]

Love my Tissot seastar quartz watches

[@omegablack80214]

I have 2 quartz divers that are GOD TEIR. Citizen Promaster Diver: I've had very little deviation in time keeping with the eco-drive movement. And the other is the GOD TEIR Casio Duro.

[@nicon.1335]

Gatekeepers can talk about heritage and craftmanship and engineering til they´re blue in the face, but the facts remain: quartz watches are generally much better at timekeeping than mechanical ones.

[@avgvstvs996]

Bro, not everyone you disagree with is a gatekeeper. And literrally no one disputes the fact that a cheap quartz is better at timekeeping. But this is an aweful argument. Wanna know what's even better at time keeping? That's right, your smartphone. It even syncs over the Internet so it always have the correct time. So, if your reasoning to justify a quartz watch is that it's more acurate, you should use your phone instead. Now, if you want to use a watch because you admire heritage, craftmanship and engineering, then you should use a mechanical watch. A Ferrari will always have a shorter maintenance cycle then a prius. But it's a Ferrari, not a Prius.

[@nicon.1335]

​@@avgvstvs996 I´ll do you one better: you know what is better than a smartphone at timekeeping? The several atomic clocks located around the world. Those are AMAZING at timekeeping. But, sadly, you cannot wear them on the wrist, much like a smartphone. Let´s compare apples to apples and leave the watermelons and bananas out of the conversation, shall we?. If you want more reasons why a quartz is better, let´s see: some of them sync with atomic watches, so you can get smartphone-like timekeeping. Also, you don´t have to set them every damn time you don´t wear them for a week. Some of them are solar powered, so you don´t even have to change the batteries. And they are usually several orders of magnitude cheaper than an equivalent-performing mechanical watch. And yes, most people cannot afford Ferraris, so there is that also.

[@AndrewKaiserPhotography]

I've been thinking about buying a Grand Seiko with the 9F quartz movement. The Heritage line with the 9F has case proportions that are pretty much spot on for me and I really like that they have dials with no lettering at all except for the "Grand Seiko" at the top. Very clean and simple.

[@slowbluesmaster]

Have a look at the Casio Oceanus line next time. And when you go quartz, go solar with atomic clock time sync.

[@paulbrown2422]

Quartz fan. In addition to the movement, there are many aspects to the making of a watch, from the face to the bezel to the date window (if there is one), to the hands and the indices and more. I wish for more quartz options from Omega and Tudor and others.

[@skul1974]

Some decent Quartz watches, but can’t believe you didn’t mention a watch with the Bulova HPQ Precisionist movement and 262kHz sweeping seconds hand. It’d be on my list, but I don’t have a great KZbin channel and you do! 😜

[@AlexanderB.]

One of the most valued watches in my collection is a 9F62 powered Grand Seiko. Every watch collector I know has a respect for quartz timepieces.

[@true3568]

Simlar story for me, I have a SBGP007/9F85-0AA0. Love the idea of this in quartz due to less/easier maintenance. I'm fortunate too, the bracelet fits me perfectly (its one of my few watches that do not need to have micro-adjustments).

[@lonewolfemcquade8133]

100p the one's that hate quartz are usually new collectors. Because they think they have to like it's to be expected. The whole quartz analog watches don't have a soul kills me. Especially since quartz analog movement's have alot of mechanical parts. Shit talking quartz is such a cliche. I love both autos and quartz

[@mybrainlikesthings]

About that Journe... Well, it moves like a Seiko, like a Casio, like a Citizen, like a Breitling, Longinges or Omega. In order for the hands to go to sleep, there has to be more than one stepper motor added to them. So in the video you can spot the minute hand jumping every 5 seconds or so. Whereas in a Grand Seiko 9F quartz movement, everything moves mechanically, except for the seconds hand. And because of that, the minute and hour hands sweep smoothly (moving once per second because they're geared with the seconds hand). So that Elegante has a movement with even less mechanical parts in it than some Citizen I can name.The technology of the quartz movement seems unremarkable to me. And I would guess that Journe hasn't invested much R&D into quartz, but just outsourced some of the core movement and then added his visual flair.

[@ronron9123]

I personally enjoy quartz watches, they are always ready to go, whenever I open my watch box. Some great watches mentioned in the video, however I feel like Sinn UX and the new U50 Hydro deserve to be in the video as well. I dont understand why literally no one is talking about this series of watches from Sinn with the Hydro technology and quartz movements. They are like the ultimate rugged watches, ready for anything.

[@finesse49]

I have a few quartz watches I like after many years of ownership - A small pre-G all stainless Casio from the early 80's, a 35.5mm Seiko SQ from the same era, a too-big radio controlled Citizen Eco-drive and, of course, a 35mm PRX which gains only 4 sec. a year. The Citizen is nice in that I have an always accurate timepiece to reference in setting the mechanicals.

[@chrisgray4785]

Love a quartz watch! Own both automatic and quartz watches and regularly find myself grabbing the quartz ones for convenience as can’t be bothered having to set the time when my automatic watches have stopped 😂

[@travr6]

Quartz watches are BETTER. I'm just not paying 10k for a quartz watch.

[@randyreynolds1045]

I just went back to high end quartz❤ vhp

[@admarrero]

I love my quartz watches. These are generally my grab-n-go watches for weekend errands, vacations, or travel. My favorites are the Casio Royale, the Duro, the CasiOak (these last three being my travel watches), and the Brew 8-Bit (such a fun watch, the metal bracelet is even better than the PRX bracelet).

[@cannotfinddevice]

Great vid Britt. Eco drive does have a battery, it’s a rechargeable one that is charged by light.

[@MichaelMitchell-vk9lk]

Very nice video Britt,love the F.P Journe. Citizen Blue Angel does it all and sets itself every night using a radio signal to the atomic clock in Denver

[@dunderhay9169]

I used to dislike quartz, but I realized it isn't the movement I don't like, it is the second hand missing the markers that I hate. Digital seconds on a Casioak or digital, sweeping like Bulova or Seiko vh31 are great and I would be happy to buy a Grand Seiko quartz knowing they bother to get it right.

[@TerrySteiner]

The Eco-Dive would still have a battery. It would just be rechargable. If it didn't, it would stop when the sun goes down. I'm obsessed with the Breitling Aerospace. It will be my next watch once I save a bit more. Specifically the older 42mm Aerospace Advantage.

[@KRW628]

I liked the Citizen BN-0151 Eco-Drive diver (0:35) so much, I bought another one. So I have the blue and the black. Best starter watches out there

[@verynormalman]

T4yc. I have a Seiko Landmaster with the Spring Drive movement. It's a very different watch with it's bullnose crown at 12 o'clock. But it's Spring Drive, and I could spend hours watching the second hand sweep around the dial. It's also titanium and has an asymmetric case, therefore wearing brilliantly for it's size.

[@dasein43]

Great topic! After collecting watches for awhile and owning several excellent vintage and modern mechanical movements, I found I don’t need the rest of my collection to have them. Nothing special about mass produced mechanical movements to me. I’d rather save money and buy cool design, fun quartz watches like those from Brew, Citizen, Tissot, Furlan Marri, Mr. Jones, etc

[@andrewderiugin8428]

A mechanical watch can’t be a “tool watch” when quartz exists

[@rolandlickert2904]

I had around 25 Watches during the last 50 Years mostly well-known Swiss brands, Japonise Brands and one German watch . I gave them all to my family and wife. Now I'm 75 years old and I like convenience and accuracy. Solar and Eco drive can provide that and a mechanical watch if you do not use it regularly can cause problems, they need service and sometimes they don't have parts available.

[@chriscon8463]

I love my automatics, but I enjoy my quartz watches, too! From Casio, I’ve got a G-Shock 5610, a Pathfinder, & an MRW-200H. I’ve also got a Garmin Instinct for hiking & exercising.

[@josesaurooo]

That's a video that we all needed, thank you! 🙌

[@denglar]

Great video Britt and agree on the Elegante. It's the grail watch for me and have always to buy one, but shame that I can't even get on a waitlist. Oh well..

[@coreyferreira7160]

Thank you for including the beloved Casio ♥️ thought you almost forgot them 😉

[@TIANWANGWatch]

I’ve watched many of your videos. Recently I discovered a brand that has a tenth. The Chinese brand was founded in 1988. TIANWANG brand of Hong Kong listed company. I ordered a dive watch. 200 meters waterproof automatic mechanical watch. Product quality is very good. the most important is. They provide two years of after-sales service. If there is any problem, just replace it with a new one. Makes me very at ease. I'd love for you to do a video on it. I think it's really worth it

[@davidwarburton8890]

Have both mechanical and quartz and enjoy them all. No snobbery here. Just don't need the word "automatic or quartz" on the dial to remind me of what I am wearing.

[@UltraDoug]

Britt, just feeling grateful for you and your vids. You do a great job and just so chill. I love the peaceful vibe. So, ya know…..thanks 😊❤️

[@guitarcircuit]

I just bought a vintage Longines quartz Moonphase. Loving it. More quartz and you need to do a special on Moonphase.

[@justingalore123]

Love quartz! Particular ones I’ve enjoyed owning are: the high accuracy Grand Seiko, the Cartier Tank, and the Tag Heuer Solargraph. Also my vintage mid sized SMP.

[@fredstahl2823]

Great video! I think the Casio Oceanus line and Bulova make some incredible quartz watches. I'm a mechanical snob and own a Casio Oceanus OCW-T200S-1AJF, GShocks and gift many Bulova

[@asvpxbrendan]

I got one of the old double branded GS quartz models a few years ago and stopped wearing most of my other watches. Pretty much set and forget except for time changes and changing the date over. Plus 200m water resistance on an everyday watch never hurts

[@FatherSonWatchTalk]

Great choices and informative! I love quartz. More than half of my collection are quartz. Love these dependable and accurate beauties.

[@keithb223]

Nice video Brit. Can you do me a favour though, when you start a video can you state what watch you are wearing? You wear some great watches but it's difficult to catch what they are. Please and thank you 😊

[@susokraut]

You also missed the 262 kHz quartz from Bulova.

[@keliacoates8004]

I've got a Timex Harborside in 42mm, blue dial with gold trim. Been a great watch for $40.

[@jasonbrocious3805]

I have a Bulova JetStar. I bought it for under $400 USD on December 4. I had to set it ahead for daylight savings time today. It was still WITHIN ONE SECOND of the correct time, after three months.

[@Timjacks01]

Got my heart set on a Rolex Quartz Day Date 🙂

[@GuyVanderAa]

Great topic! To all collectors, don’t be a snob. Timex is doing fantastic lately. Beautiful watches. And you’re right, Grand Seiko Quartz is sublime, Spring drive is a perfect hybrid. Love it! Tissot quartz watches for me at the best for the entry level price it offers. 😎

[@Dazulolwarrior]

I just cannot be arsed to replace the battery for regular quartz watches But give me solar quartz and we are talking

[@sturmgold]

I love both worlds and own quarz and automatic watches. Still when you have to 100% rely on a timepiece, and don't want to spend 10k+, there is no other way than Gshock.

[@robertmckinlay7242]

I wear an automatic at the weekend, and quartz watches throughout the week. The grab and go element for work.

[@alunjones2550]

I just wish Citizen UK would import some of their high-end stuff.

[@timtim2949]

I would like to add an honourable mention: the Bulova Precisionist (e.g. Ref 98B316). It has a high performance quartz that allows for the second hand to essentially sweep almost like a Grand Seiko, and it has a super-smooth chronograph function to boot. All that for under $1000!

[@beetlefang]

The main problem for most quartz watches is the lack of a screw down crown...I want that.

[@davect01]

Depends on the model. 16 Quartz and 5 have screw down crowns

[@ignaciopadilla5150]

Right now I am on my Quartz phase..I just purchased a vintage Citizen pro-master with a "paddle" handset.

[@jaymt1982]

My first watches when I was a teenager were all quartz. I didn't know anything about mechanical watches and I looked at watches as a utility and then I saw my friends Seiko 5 and I was flabbergasted by the fact that his watch kept time perfectly well without a battery in it or anything just springs, gears and levers. The engineering is what got me. I think what Grand Seiko has done with the Spring Drive is awesome! I have to own one one day.

[@BruceCross]

Stealing someone's F.P. Journe should be a capital offense.

[@GBIGBIGBI]

I'm very fond of both my Citizen eco-drive and my Seiko solar Padi watch. They are key parts of my collection.

[@josiah566]

Furlan Marri is a great brand using Seiko's VK mechaquartz movements (quartz timekeeping, mechanical chronograph complication) under an obscure vintage sector bicompax Patek chronograph design that is an absolute steal if you don't mind paying CHF 550 for what is basically a quartz piece. They are also using those propositions to better fund their now sector time-only cowhorn lugged mechanical piece, and an all-mechanical column wheel chronograph sector chronograph.

[@davect01]

26 Watches, 6 Automatic, 4 Digital and 16 Quartz What I don't stand is Quartz that does not hit the second markers

[@BenMwatches]

Nothing wrong with that Quartz, just there should be options. Especially in high end pieces. Letting the consumer decide on the same piece - do they want to pay the premium for auto

[@sean301111]

I don't understand the pricing of the Elegante while you can get a Seiko Kinetic which has the same movement function as the Elegante for a fraction of the price.

[@masudashizue777]

I was a Casio salesmen when they first came out with watches and I knew they were a winner!

[@wescobts]

I love watches, quartz included. nuff said

[@Akstergrind]

I’d never heard of F P Journe watches before watching your video, but….wow! Anyway, thanks for another super video, Britt.

[@colinbenfield326]

That FP Journe is sublime. Glad you got another one.

[@rafficrashid867]

Love it when you have a Patron song. Especially this one. Real cute.❤❤❤

[@johnrbh]

Great subject! So many great quartz watches! My fav is my Breitling Aerospace. I like Breitling superquartz. That JP Journe looks so cool, but looked up price…can’t believe you didn’t have insurance???

[@dasc0yne]

"The Citizen" Chronomaster is the perfect marriage of synergistic technologies for the most "set and forget" timepiece anywhere. It is a quartz watch of an even higher degree of accuracy than 9F and is eco-drive powered so there are no batteries to change. For different timezones, you can jump the hour without hacking the seconds, and the perpetual calendar assures you won't need to set the date again in your lifetime. I set my other watches to my "The Citizen" aq4100-57L.

[@ColinRobinson92]

So I guess my comment didn't upload. Long story short, Girard Perregaux was instrumental in the development of quartz, teaming with Motorola to produce the first 32000 Hz quartz movement, but moire importantly the first scalable one. The Astron and Beta 21 were still not ready for full scale deployment when the GP 350/352 came out. One of my favorite qz pieces ever made came out in the 80s, the Laureato Equation. They housed the same movements in cheaper versions, but that Laureato is not only horologically interesting, but just stunning to behold (making allowanced for the two tone look), and they put an exhibition caseback in to show off their movement, which was in gereral a rarity but I'm hard pressed to think of any displayed qz prior to about 2010 (I think GS did some around then). Watches like that are why I tell people I'm not generally interested in anything over $4000, because if I bought those, I wouldn't have the money to pick up gems like that one which are hiding in plain sight in the ~$1500-$3500 range.

[@yigitzeren714]

I have a question I have two watches on my mind one is Citizen NH8393 other is PRX Quartz, Citizen is automatic and the PRX is you know quartz. I can't decide which one to get. Also please keep in mind I wear suits for work so it needs to be a dress watch.

[@spex7503]

Bulova deserves a shout for both the chronograph module in the Lunar Pilot and their Precisionist movement (although both would benefit tremendously from a size reduction).