Barring actual manufacturing defects, the cheapest quartz crystal timing circuit on the market will be far more accurate than the very best Swiss watch movement, by orders of magnitude. A mechanical watch depends on a spring whose behavior is highly environmentally dependent - it will gain or lose multiple seconds per day, being affected by the orientation, vibration and temperature changes it experiences. A quartz watch will drift a few seconds per month.
I think mine was a couple hundred bucks. People mistake it for something fancy, but it’s still cheap enough that I don’t have to worry about damaging it. Also you can get spare parts for Casios!
And it tells the same time as a $5 Casio, but it’s heavy and gaudy. I guess money can’t buy taste.
Assuming the fancy watch is mechanical, your $5 Casio keeps better time with a quartz chip.
If it’s not mechanical then it’s basically the same device with an expensive shell.
Not entirely true. Quartz mechanisms can differ in precision.
They also can have solar charging, atomic clock sync, bluethooth
But mostly true for cheap Casio watches and cheaper lines of G-Shock. They keep the time to a very similar precision.
Barring actual manufacturing defects, the cheapest quartz crystal timing circuit on the market will be far more accurate than the very best Swiss watch movement, by orders of magnitude. A mechanical watch depends on a spring whose behavior is highly environmentally dependent - it will gain or lose multiple seconds per day, being affected by the orientation, vibration and temperature changes it experiences. A quartz watch will drift a few seconds per month.
Hey! My Casio was $21 with free shipping
I think mine was a couple hundred bucks. People mistake it for something fancy, but it’s still cheap enough that I don’t have to worry about damaging it. Also you can get spare parts for Casios!
Some Casio watches from the 1980’s are reselling for a massive premium. In fact, the red led ones are making a comeback.
https://www.hamiltonwatch.com/psr
The $5 Casio is more accurate.