What makes a watch - 'a good watch'?

December 17, 2024

A great watch means following:

Long lasting watch case [round part where the machine and dial sit]

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– ideally it should be made of stainless steel or a good quality brass.

World Class Movement

The machine is the heart of the watch. Depending on how good the movement is – it can work well over few years and continue to work well over few decades. Swiss movements, or Japanese Movement are usually the baseline.

The dial design

– depending on complexity of design –production cost [of a dial] can be Rs 50 and go up to Rs.700 per dial. A lot about look of the watch depends on the dial design.

Glass

– a sapphire coated glass will not get scratched and will survive flawlessly over the years. A cheaper glass will break into pieces in a meter of a fall.

The chain

– it should be made of high grade of stainless steel, which gives you great protection against corrosion as well as has a great life.

Plating

ION plating is a vacuum plating process which has significantly longer life. Plating is a process of depositing different metals on the metal surface of a watch. This is how stainless-steel watch case gets gold or rose-gold color.

Watch strap

– a well finished leather strap is fundamental to a good watch. The leather strap needs to be leather on top as well as bottom and needs to come with layers of interlining materials which is what will translate into a great life for the strap. It should be well finished with even stitch lines and smooth edges.

Water proofing make

– a watch needs to be ideally water proof but water resistance is hygiene criteria. This is somewhat complicated and output of precision in designing and manufacturing process.