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...how importantly?
Hi, While I'm sure that's a possibility I wonder how much of a probability it really is... Does anyone have stories of a non-shock protected watch being damaged by a shock and what did it take to actually damage the watch? Admittedly I'm pretty easy on my posessions so the fact that I've never had a problem probably isn't a good indicator... Best, Michael
I don’t think most people today subject a watch to the rigour it would have been put too in the past. We have moved from a society of manual labour to one of service industries where watches do not suffer the shocks they once did. I’ve seen plenty of watches at garage/boot sales with balance damage, etc but their history is rarely if ever known.
Sometimes serious manual work needs to be done and I would NOT have a vintage watch on my wrist for those occasions. Wearing a vintage watch at other times subjects it to some small risk but I tend to worry more about waterproofing than shock damage.
My argument is – wear the watch for the occasion and if the risk is too great wear something else or put it in your pocket or somewhere safe.
Anything can be damaged – I have a TAG quartz that was my beater watch for a ten years but I managed to bend both wheels and shafts. If you are two stories up on scaffolding, tread on a screwdriver that has been left lying around and you feet disappear form under you, when the watch hits a steel beam something has to give.
Hi,
While I'm sure that's a possibility I wonder how much of a probability it really is... Does anyone have stories of a non-shock protected watch being damaged by a shock and what did it take to actually damage the watch? Admittedly I'm pretty easy on my posessions so the fact that I've never had a problem probably isn't a good indicator...
Best,
Michael
...I don't really know. I have seen the results (broken balance staff) but have never seen the accident which occasioned the damage.
what are you prepared to subject a watch too.
I don’t think most people today subject a watch to the rigour it would have been put too in the past. We have moved from a society of manual labour to one of service industries where watches do not suffer the shocks they once did. I’ve seen plenty of watches at garage/boot sales with balance damage, etc but their history is rarely if ever known.
Sometimes serious manual work needs to be done and I would NOT have a vintage watch on my wrist for those occasions. Wearing a vintage watch at other times subjects it to some small risk but I tend to worry more about waterproofing than shock damage.
My argument is – wear the watch for the occasion and if the risk is too great wear something else or put it in your pocket or somewhere safe.
Anything can be damaged – I have a TAG quartz that was my beater watch for a ten years but I managed to bend both wheels and shafts. If you are two stories up on scaffolding, tread on a screwdriver that has been left lying around and you feet disappear form under you, when the watch hits a steel beam something has to give.
Cheers from the cellar
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