What is the best brand brietling or Cartier or Rolex ?

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#16
I have both Cartier and Rolex, I wear the Rolex more, and I agree with christofle, the Rolex is a good starter watch,
If you are into sporty watches, have a look at Audemars piguet,
 
#17
uhpharm01 said:
I also like the Cartier Tank Francisas two tone in the medium size with the date but without the date is also fine. LOL. I use to work in Fashion jewerlry but I would have to help out with the watches in watch repair.
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Yes I'm quoting my own post. I like watches. That's why I mentioned the fact that I use to work in watch repair
 
#23
Luxelifemomma said:
What about water resistance?
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Water resistance is tied to the gasket seals of the watch, so nothing to do with a service of the movement (where they disassemble all the parts and oil/lubricate where needed). Due to the nature of quartz movements this doesn't need to be done very often (for some Seikos the recommended interval is 50 years). Swiss quartz movements usually costs less than 20$, which is why most watchmakers these days just toss the old one and pop in a new one rather than service it.
 
#25
Brietling are anti-magnetic if that would make any difference and are my fave. Really it comes down to the brand having a model that really appeals to you.


You can't go wrong with any of these brands. Buy from a reputable dealer and get your watch serviced at an authorized workshop and you will be fine.
 
#26
purplepoodles said:
Brietling are anti-magnetic if that would make any difference and are my fave. Really it comes down to the brand having a model that really appeals to you.


You can't go wrong with any of these brands. Buy from a reputable dealer and get your watch serviced at an authorized workshop and you will be fine.
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Breitlings are far from anti-magnetic. They do not have a Faraday cage (Rolex Millgauss), nor are they made out of materials that are highly resistant to magnetic fields such as Omega's master coaxial. Breitlings have been reported as being magnatized by induction ovens for example.
 
#27
Christofle said:
Breitlings are far from anti-magnetic. They do not have a Faraday cage (Rolex Millgauss), nor are they made out of materials that are highly resistant to magnetic fields such as Omega's master coaxial. Breitlings have been reported as being magnatized by induction ovens for example.
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What does ETA in terms of watches mean? Thank you
 
#28
uhpharm01 said:
What does ETA in terms of watches mean? Thank you
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Eterna the watch company used to create movement ebauches under the name ETA. "ETernA" is what people speculate the name to have been derived from. ETA was later sold to Swatch Group who are the current owners and they produce watch movements for numerous companies including Breitling, IWC, etc...
 
#29
Christofle said:
Breitlings are far from anti-magnetic. They do not have a Faraday cage (Rolex Millgauss), nor are they made out of materials that are highly resistant to magnetic fields such as Omega's master coaxial. Breitlings have been reported as being magnatized by induction ovens for example.
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OMG Christofle! I had no idea about this. I have been told this repeatedly, have three right now & love them. I'll be talking to the guys I got my watches from about this. Thanks for the info.
 
#30
purplepoodles said:
OMG Christofle! I had no idea about this. I have been told this repeatedly, have three right now & love them. I'll be talking to the guys I got my watches from about this. Thanks for the info.
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This might be valuable information for you!

A watch can be considered anti-magnetic if it can run within a 30 seconds per day deviation while housed inside a magnetic field of 4,800 A/m. And while that sounds like a lot, consider that even a small magnet, like those found in your iPad cover, stereo speakers or computer monitor, can be enough to throw your fine timepiece out of whack by causing the hairspring to effectively “stick” to itself. Should you find your watch suddenly running wildly slow or fast, don’t despair. A watchmaker can easily de-magnetize it in minutes, returning it to proper working order.

For reference, here are the Amperes/meter ratings of some common magnets.

35 A/m – Earth’s magnetic field at its surface
4,000 A/m – a typical refrigerator magnet
8,000 A/m – a small iron magnet
5,500,000 A/m – an MRI machine
6,600,000 A/m – CERN Hadron Collider magnet
 
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