The Longines VHP is a brilliant watch. The accuracy and precision make it a very satisfying watch to own.

Quartz watches , the watch you use to set your mechanicals !

I love the Citizen Eco 1, but they priced themselves out of most of their target market. I'm really looking forward to Citizen 0100 movement.

Another great video thank you. Maybe you can do one about the history of quartz and the different variations like kinetic, solar, etc...

i realy like quartz movements.. im almost allways wears one of my quartz or my digitalwatch.. i like the the no hassle approach of my quartzes. i like mechanical movements, the craftmansship is great.. but i like the accuracy of my quartzes - and also, on my work, there are a lot of electro-magnetic fields, so a quartz is a better choice for me

Nice video. Subscribed :) High end quartz really deserves some attention. Another quartz piece that deserves some extra attention (because it isn't really getting any), is the Citizen Chronomaster. It has finishing competing with that of the 9F Grand Seikos. The new movement they'll probably put in it this year, is rated at +-1s/year, and is solar driven. It needs to be solar driven, because no battery would hold up long enough with the frequency the oscilator runs at. Quite possibly the king of quartz watches. It has been a JDM release till now though, so that explains some of why it has been so absent in the online watch community.

I own Longines Conquest VHP GMT 41mm. Very versatile look. Use it for traveling which I continue despite the pandemic. The flash time zone setting is very quick and convenient.

I have the Longines VHP GMT, it has gained one second in nearly 18 months and the time/date is set using an app on my phone, therefore the perpetual calendar can be set to anywhere in the world and takes into account daylight saving. Love it!!!!! I an not a watch snob, l like quartz (grab-and-go) and autos , but must say the accuracy of well regulated automatic movements these days is very impressive.

As ever, the video was wonderfully informative! I think the Sinn watch would be the one that captivated me most, with its Germanic thoroughness and practicality. Having said that, I also really loved to see the playful heart symbol decorated on the movement of the FP Journe watch.

Now this is a refreshing content instead of "watches under $500"

Many thank for your information. Besides Citizen Eco drive one, Citizen's The Citizen Chronomaster is another good choice. It has perpetual calendar which GS doesnt .

I'm a mechanical watch lover, but I also see the benefit of having at least one quartz in the collection. I picked up a "like new" quartz Omega Seamaster SMP (the Bond watch from Goldeneye) and I absolutely love it. It has become my daily watch due to the fact that I can be pretty rough on my watches at times and find myself around magnetic fields. No issues so far and its keeping excellent accuracy (it's running about 3 seconds off in the last ~4 months, which is much better than listed accuracy). Again, I love my mechanical pieces and agree there is a bond that forms with them in a different way, but that doesnt diminish my love for my Seamaster.

FP Journe has them all beaten because he has mastered both types of watch making. He's the man.

Rightfully so Armand! Quartz is not the ugly stepmother of the watch industry, but is as valuable as other time pieces. We are allowed to evolve beyond mechanical watches, if what we get is anything like the smashing beautifull F.P. Journe... This goes to show that not only beautifull watches can be the result of this, with haut horlogery finishings, but also interesting, usefull and practical technologies that I would wear proudly. Grand Seiko also deserves a lot of respect for raising the bar in quartz movements. I wonder if we see other brands follow suit...? Bravery vs proudness

If you want a watch that can wear up to 10 years with good looking,for dress up or down, formal or casual and absolutely without service or replace the new battery...the answer is Citizen eco drive aw1430-86a, 100m water resistant with date display , +5-7sec/a month, and under $150.

We can agree about the quartz greatness and it and these watches can and are, however we are micro-machinist so making watch movement and watch sized parts is our thing so this is why mechanical movements are the our Thing at this House. Thank you and you make great videos worth watching (pun intended) even when it not on our top interest topic, mechanical in this case (pun intended) . Lance & Patrick.

Another great video, Armand. Very interesting choices. Thank you!

I really enjoyed the programme so thanks. The F. P. Journe is a grail for Me. I have a VHP I bought used as they are a fantastic buy for a quality watch. High precision quartz a a seldom covered subset of watches which deserves more coverage.

Thanks for yet another great video on very hot topic. After buying the 7c46 Tuna I've become fascinated by the precision of quartz (although the 7c46 is far from high precision). I really enjoyed your review but I missed the The Citizen Chronomaster series. Especially the AQ 4020-54Y. Potentially even more stunning than the GS 9F watches!

Came just to make sure you mentioned Grand Seiko. Was not disappointed.

I was hoping to see more on the Bulova 262 movements. Good info on the F.P. Journe caliber and case.

I would love one of those FP Journe's. The technology is interesting.

Quartz is practicall and technically amazing. But somehow I can't develop a sentiment towards them or a sense of companionship. They can go on without me because of the battery. But mechanical watches work only under my influence, because of me if you will. I gues I want a watch which is also my pet. You have to feed it with energy and take care of it. You have to think about it and maintain it's accuracy. It's imperfect and that somehow gives it life. The other thing is what I call "what if zombies ?" Mechanical will have no problem with them. Quartz needs new batteries, stops and in some convoluted way contributes to my brain being a meal. Solar watches and stuff like Seiko Kinetic kind of mitigate that so this argument is only half right. If only Sinn UX was solar... that would be "shut up and take my money". A man can dream...

Having owned a Grand Seiko 9F quartz watch I can attest to it's remarkable accuracy. Although I'm very much a mechanical watch lover I can also appreciate having at least one quartz watch in a collection. Something I just saw on Worn and Wound is Quartz Chronograph by Farer that has a split second as well as a fly-back feature. I've not seen both these functions on a chronograph before either in a quartz or mechanical movement. Pretty impressive!

Great video Armand I really like your take on quartz throughout. It definitely has its merits and I set my mechanical pieces to a Seiko Solar as it’s so accurate. My pick would be the Grand Seiko’s as everything about them screams quality, plus at this price point, having a great mechanical horoligicaly fabulous watch is not is not so good if it does not keep accurate time is it? A great many do not unfortunately which is why a GS is very high on my list of attainable grails.

Quartz is the way to go.

Great stuff ATWG, I love all of your videos and really enjoyed this one. I live in Japan so get to see all the Seiko's etc. The best thing about quartz by far that people forget is that you can have a collection of watches and have to constantly reset time and date. Oh and accuracy too! Can you do a video on GPS watch movements?

Great topic! I'm a mechanical lover myself, but I don't automatically put down All quartz movements.

I got the FPJ Élégante and I concur: this is a great and interesting piece. Whilst I am not a fan of quartz there are interesting piece out there indeed. Thank you for this great video.

I've had a Sinn UX for many years now its one hell of a tool watch as most of the Sinn watches are

Quartz beats mechanical in almost every category with price & maitanence being prime. Heritage / prestige in mechanical the price triples. Thanx P.S.

Please do more of these! :)

Interesting and beautifully presented take on the all too easily dismissed world of Quartz watches! Thoroughly enjoyed!

Wow!!! Hugely impressed with that Sinn. The FP Journe is gorgeous and fascinating as well. Great video - wonderfully informative.

There's quartz and there's quartz. The high end quartz are well worth wearing because they bring certain advantages such as accuracy, ease of servicing, cheaper to buy and service, great everyday watches. I've learnt, after acquiring my favourite mechanicals, to appreciate aspects of quartz. What did it for me was my Seiko Flightmaster and a covid lockdown purchase of the Bulova Moonwatch.....I love them... I'm now looking at a Longine...and hopefully call it a day after that 😂

Great video and quartz examples. I like how you highlight each quartz movements unique characteristics and what makes them out of the ordinary. A good and informative lesson on why one should not easily discount and disregard a watch because it is quartz and not a mechanical movement.

Really good video 👍

An interesting video with seldom seen pieces in terms of reviews.

Nice to hear about quartz for a change. Thanks Armand. :-)

Surely the purpose of an oil filled case is simply that it cannot be compressed? Extremely interesting video. Thank you.

Haven't seen the vid yet, but I hope there's a mention of the Citizen Chronomaster. Quite possibly the King of Quartz watches, even competing with the 9F. Get's way too little attention out there in the online community.

I love mechanical but if you check my wrist you'll find my favorite trusty seiko perpetual, never loses a second, literally.

Loved the video. Huge fan of the 9F Grand Seikos. The citizen is also extremely impressive. I was expecting to see bulova. The conquest is also extremely good for the price but it wasn’t of my type. I actually highly recommend Certina Chronometer Quartz watches. Ya automatics are awesome but sometimes a trusty luxury quartz is a mans best friend haha . I used to own a lot of automatics to the point I started missing quartz then I realized a good quartz is important in everyone’s collection

That F.P Journe is Amazing....

I like that with quartz you have the accuracy and power reserve. Also most times you get better case finishing and things like saphire at a lower price.

Excellent video!, thanks Armand. The Seiko Dolce is also worthy of inclusion I feel, particularly it's price.

That Sinn is bad ass

Longines one would've been a all condition gear if crown was screwed. It's a shame most function relies on it though.

Love the citizen and the fp. Both very different from of watches. Excellent video as always thanks Armand. The new citizen chronomaster with the paper dial Would also of been a nice option

Interesting video and well done for raising the quartz question. IMO and from experience if people want a serious sports or dive watch (ie: one that is going to be uses as such) you're far better off with a high torque and compensated quartz movement. Keep those beautiful but fragile mechanical movements for "desk divers".

the VHP from Longines requires you to to have it reset by Longines ... the Citizen Perpetual which is $250 you can set yourself and never need a battery (and uses atomic time keeping if you're near a signalO

My heart sank when you said the Longines Conquest non chrono was 41mm. I've been looking for an explorer/sinn type watch like that, but 43-45mm. Looks like it's just not happening.

It is the snobbery within the world of horology that almost makes me want out from listening to opinions....Just like music there is no such thing as a bad song, just those you don't like !! Watches are all wonderful old or new, Quartz or mechanical expensive or cheap (Subjective) Quartz are amazing and my Apple Watch is, when it comes to "complications" the most amazing watch on earth. My Sub tells the time underwater but I'm no fish.. My collection has a selection of timepieces, all of which I love because it's mine, not bought for others or even with what others will think in mind. Buy the watch you love and you'll never regret it... Thanks so much for such a great appreciative and non pretensious look at quartz pieces

It was not a video, but a powerpoint slideshow.

My general issue with quartz watches (and I have owned, and still own many) is that they are inherently disposable. If the LCD on your Casio breaks, do you go through the trouble of finding a competent watch repairer that can source a new LCD screen and replace it? Or do you just fork over $10 for a new watch? What if it's a $1000 steel G-Shock? What if the problem is more complicated than simple replacement, maybe the circuit board on the watch shorted out. Would it even be possible to repair? Were they ever meant to be repaired? How many watchmakers can fabricate their own silicone IC components to fix your vintage quartz movement? Don't get me wrong, I respect quartz. As a practical, cost effective tool that will have uses superior to any mechanical watch you can afford (I had one that can time up to 10 separate lap times and it's not a GPS watch, what?!). But once it breaks, outside of battery replacement, it goes in the wastebasket. And that will affect how I perceive value in quartz watches. In my own experience with Casio watches, I haven't had any last more than 4 years before becoming permanently broken. Considering their cost, I think it's rather great that they last that long. But I would think twice spending $100 or more on a watch that can't be fixed. Grand Seiko I think does quartz right, the 9F series of movements being designed to be repairable/serviceable in the way that mechanical watches inherently are (i say inherent because there doesn't appear to be any watch/clock that, with skill effort and proper resources, can't be fixed). Though it still ultimately isn't either but I'll just assume Seiko will be around forever. In the complete other direction, Sistem 51 by Swatch is novel, being the first mechanical watch produced without human hands. Downside is that no one can fix these besides Swatch, so once your warranty is out, it might as well go in the trash.

I would love to peer inside FP Journe and what goes on inside the heads of the design department. Just fascinating engineering.

Citizen Eco Drive One - 😮😍

I love quartz and own one auto out of 15 watches! But out of these id take the Citizen just for the engineering alone...

I wish Sinn made more reasonably sized dive watches..

the deviation in low end quartz watches is something like one in 250 k . to deviate a whole hour would take more than ten thousand days at this rate .

I used to have Longines ,but then I bought trousers which fit me .

The pressure on the outside is not less than the pressure inside the Sinn. The biggest difference is that a liquid is (almost) incompressible compared to air.

My autos get dusty since i daily wear an Casio Oceanus.. i find it fascinating.

Enjoyed watching this presentation; just wondering why you didn’t display the price of the F.P. Journe while all the others had it indicated. Was it to save us from minor heart attacks or the disappointment that it’s that far out of reach? 🙂

I liked your oxymorons of “enormously thin” and “immensely thin” for the Citizen. In the 80s I had a Gucci quartz that was “hugely thin” and a Seiko classic rectangular watch 5Y30-5060 reference that at 5.49mm was only “largely thin.” I wonder what’s the thickness in micrometers of “preposterously thin?” Actually I was wondering if anyone had ever made a watch so small that it had a cyclops over the entire dial? I guess it would look something like the Movado bubble watch my mother had in the 70s!

Guys I just ordered the X-33 Skywalker, please give me a good feeling about it. Had mechanical watches all my life and just wanted to try out something different and special. Did I screw up?

Well done. Interesting

if u are good at making cases , the watch will look good no mater waht you choose to put in side to power it

If the Longines vhp had a screw down crown it would be much more appealing

FP Journe.....just intriguing.....

Q has its place I love self wind q has bin handy for me nice waches

I love the character you’ve created with the comedy, effete, RP accent. I dare you to use your character’s voice in any pub 😂👍🏻

I like either one that works for me. There is nothing and no one to impress, because it's a tool to tell time.

which watch it is at 0:02? Does anybody know and reply please...

Always interesting .

Using Timex chronograph watch since long Timex USA since 1854*

As a rule, I would not be caught dead wearing a quartz watch! There are, however, two exceptions: Casio G-Shock and Bulova Precisionist! ( The G-Shock is for hiking and the Precisionist is for when I need to know the EXACT time with a smooth second hand! )

at least in the usa we only need accuracy quoted in half a year or so as we need to re set the time twice a year.

I wonder why the Swiss don't do solar powered quartz. It's so much better than normal quartz IMO. It is because they think it won't sell, because they aren't capable, or because they don't take quartz seriously? I'm guessing it's a combination of all those things, but mostly the last one. I might be uninformed, but the only swiss solar quartz I've seen is more of a smart-watch, the Tissot T-touch.

I would have put money on you mentioning Seiko quartz tunas.

Model T or Tesla something to ponder.

imagine wanting to impress people with your jewelry

Superb episode, great content what are your thoughts on rugged quartz watches such as the Casio G-Shock range?, Saludos

Prices listed for all watches but not FP Journe. Why?

How is a more accurate movement inferior. I love mechanical movements. But rely on quartz.

7:30, no crown on the Sinn?

I have mainly quartz watches around 500€ (plus a few automatics) but I will never get it : how can you justify selling a quartz watch for more than 1000€? The quality and development of an in house movement justifies the high price but for a quartz watch the movement is extremely simple. This makes no sense to me.

There's only one high-end quartz worth owning, which im amazed is missing from this list, but the Rolex Oysterquartz. The movement took quartz to a new level with the Rolex quality build and the only integrated bracelet with genta style case. Absolute masterpiece. Check out the white gold Rolex 5100, its epic.

Citizen chronomaster aq4030-51a

Sound normal in0.75

Where is the Bulova UHF with sweeep second hand?!

It's amusing as I grew up with electro-mechanical and quartz watches. Mechanicals are alien to me. I let the mech folks carry that flag. I really admire the F.P.Journe...

At the start of the video, the presenter makes a huge sweeping, and inaccurate statement - he states that quartz movements are made to a lesser quality than mechanical movements - which is rubbish. Both types can be produced to a greater or lesser quality, depending on many factors. I think it's fair to say that a high end mechanical movement will have more direct human influence in its manufacture then the "equivalent" high end quartz movement.....but this in of itself has no bearing on quality.

If a watch is off by more than one second per day, it is seriously defective and should be tossed in the trash. OK, I’ll compromise a little. If it has a real pretty face I’ll let two seconds a day slide. Too harsh? - - - I obviously do not feel that way, since I would have thrown away all my mechanical watches. When I hear some mechanical watch snob make ridiculous statements about quartz watches, I wonder if they feel the same about other devices. Do they only use mechanical calculators? Rotary phones? Do they bother setting the correct time on their watches or do they figure that if they are ticking, that is close enough? Or if they do set their mechanical watches, to what time are they setting them? The snobs that disparage quartz watches and their owners come across as narrow-minded buffoons.

the only quartz watches that impress me are g-shock digitals

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Citizen cal100......

It is a no brainer. Quartz of course is preferable. I do get the mechanical - in fact I have a mechanical (Seiko SARK 055). I also own three fountain pens, but no manual motor vehicles. I also own a valve pre-amplifier - gorgeous! Time to move on guys.

Please do not speak so fast. Sometimes you trip over your own words. Take your time.

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