A lot of people who play with pocket watches or a lot of people who love watches have a very strange habit In addition to wearing original watches, he will also wear one or more watches changed from pocket watch movements, which is called "Huai Gai", and he also wears them every day, why is there this phenomenon?
Tissot skeleton pocket watch movement changed to wristwatch
In fact, there are some complexes for changing our pocket watches to watches, because many original watches nowadays have movements that are not good-looking. And many original watches, its back cover is sealed, not transparent, and the movement is not visible (Omega has more transparent back, and the movement is also beautiful), so for people who play watches, wearing original watches is much less fun.
OMEGA 830 pocket watch movement
Especially for some low-end watches, his movement is simply unsightly, that is, a universal movement with a logo on the rotor, and some even have no logo, which looks ordinary and boring. So what kind of style does a person who really likes to play with watches? Similar to A. Lange & Söhne's style, A. Lange & Söhne is the kind of feeling that you really want to wear that side of the movement on your hand? Other watches don't have this feeling, it's very artistic A. Lange & Söhne.
A. Lange & Söhne watch movement
Therefore, many people who like to play with pocket watches like its beautiful movement, and also like to change a watch to wear it, and appreciate the movement when they have time, which is different from the current movement fraud. There are several popular movements that can be used to change watches: the first is Hamilton's 921, 900, 923, and 945, the second is Longines 878, 17L, 17LU, and Blue Diamond EXTRA, and the third is Omega's. 960, 830, 140, these movements are worn by many people.
The meticulous workmanship of the German movement
And there are many brands of movements used to change pocket watches to watches, many brands that you haven't heard of before, and its movements are very beautiful, in addition to Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, in fact, there are some very beautiful movements, I will also talk about it. The first is Agassi, the movement made by Agassi looks ordinary, but it is also high-end, the board road is simple and there is no pattern, and at first glance, I feel that he will not be very low-level. The second is Toussaint, a brand that many people have heard of, and the pocket watch movement he made is indeed a work of art, and many times it seems that it is a Patek Philippe movement. The third is Melan, which is also a very brilliant brand when it was a pocket watch, and its movement is also very beautiful with Toussaint, so it is also one of the popular brands to change it to watch wearing.
Hamilton Caliber 921
So the person who plays with the watch, the watch he wears is very peculiar, he doesn't like to go with the flow, he doesn't like to buy an original watch to wear, he doesn't like to buy a Rolex, he wears it forever in his hand once and for all. He likes to toss, because old movements like to be broken, and if they are broken, they have to find a place to repair them. Or find a way to buy original parts and come back to repair it, this is all a process of playing with watches, especially playing with old watches, old movements, the older the watch, the more you can't avoid repairing it.
Longines Blue Diamond Snail Fine-Tuning Pocket Watch Movement
So the pocket watch is suitable for some people who like to toss to play, but if you also like to change the watch to the watch, but you don't like to toss, there are two watches I can introduce to you, the first Longines 878. It's no-toss, it's not easy to break, and it's accurate. The second is Omega's 830, this movement looks very ordinary, but this movement is not easy to break, but it also requires a little skill to change into a watch, and it is not something that can be changed casually.
Longines 878
If you come across a watch with these two movements converted into a watch, you might as well buy one and try it, you won't be disappointed.
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