{"id":296,"date":"2008-10-29T10:50:31","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T15:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/?p=296"},"modified":"2008-10-29T10:50:31","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T15:50:31","slug":"affordable-mechanicals-in-a-store-near-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"Affordable Mechanicals in a Store Near You!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this day and age of affordable, reliable quarz watches, why would you want to wear a mechanical?\u00a0 Because they are cool!\u00a0 Before Seiko came out with the the Astron in 1969, nearly all watches were mechanical, with a few electrics and tuning fork watches.\u00a0 Seiko and the quartz revolution changed everything.\u00a0 Mechanical watches have made quite a comeback lately, as people realize no matter how neat quartz watches are, a mechanical has properties that an electronic watch does not have.\u00a0 Sadly, most mechanical watches are only sold online or very expensive.\u00a0 Here are a few you can go to the local mall and pick up without breaking the bank:<\/p>\n

Tommy Hilfiger:<\/p>\n

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There about a dozen or so automatic models available from Hilfiger.\u00a0 I have tried a few on.\u00a0 Decent quality, they have a 10 year warranty.\u00a0 They tend to run a little thick for my tastes, and the open front is something people love or hate.\u00a0 I think it was pretty tastefully done, in this case.\u00a0 About $125 5o $135.\u00a0 Available only at Macy’s.<\/p>\n

Swatch:<\/p>\n

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It may surprise some that Swatch makes automatics, but they do own many high end brands which do, and own ETA.\u00a0\u00a0 For this season, there are few for sale and they tend to be open faced like the one above.\u00a0 It looks cool, but it makes it very hard to read the face.\u00a0 It is Swiss made and should be reliable.\u00a0 This steel cased one is $175, but I have seen them as low as $125.\u00a0 I am sure the spring collection will have more.\u00a0\u00a0 Your best best is to visit a Swatch store, but other retailers do sell Swatch watches.<\/p>\n

Fossil:<\/p>\n

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Fossil currently has 30 aut-o-matics for sale right now.\u00a0 They tend to run very large, over 47mm in some cases.\u00a0 If you like living large, they are the watch for you.\u00a0 If you have small wrists, buy a Seiko online \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Can be found at Fossil stores or many other retailers.\u00a0 Prices are usually around $175 and they have a 11 year warranty.<\/p>\n

That’s the roundup for now.\u00a0 There are more out the and I will add to this list the next time I take a trip to the mall.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this day and age of affordable, reliable quarz watches, why would you want to wear a mechanical?\u00a0 Because they are cool!\u00a0 Before Seiko came out with the the Astron in 1969, nearly all watches were mechanical, with a few electrics and tuning fork watches.\u00a0 Seiko and the quartz revolution \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-watch-musings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}