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Is this rose quartz?

Is this rose quartz?

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I like mechanical watches and prefer manual-wind to automatic (I have a number of watches, none worn very often.......the batteries die in quartzes between wearings and the automatics wear down unless you keep them in a winder). SO . . . I prefer manual wind, non-calendar........they're also simpler so fewer problems. Also - I have respect for the prevision of a mechanical movement - - although Omega, Rolex and others sell quartz watches, it's usually in their budget models and have few prospects for future appreciation. I have 2 Omegas at present: a 1955 plain dress watch that was my Dad's - it's never been back for service and is as new...........and a late 1970s Seamaster that I've had serviced once in all those years. I prefer them to Rolex........would be nice to have a Patek or Vacheron but that isn't gonna happen. HaHa . . . . I can remember back in the day when there were many TV commercials for the popular brands back then: Elgin, Bulova, Gruen, Hamilton, Longines and such. Back then, the competition was to make the thinnest, least obtrusive watch so as not to get caught-in and wearout your shirt cuffs. Now they get away with selling clunkie Look at Me things that look like alarm clocks .... I'm guessing the guys who buy those don't have any tee-shirts with cuffs !!!!
Hi here there is issues although the omega has been around for many years it has a problem that it needs to be cleaned every 18 months to 2 years as the oil dries out. so that would be the automatic. the battery quartz also needs a new battery every 12-18 months. so both have issues. the cost of a clean with a an omega is what puts most people off costing sometimes as much as half what it cost to buy when new. so as a horologist there is more to this than you might guess.

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