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I know this is strange, but I prefer loud watches that I can occasionally hear audibly in quiet environments. I find that it’s kind of calming or grounding for me for some reason. One of my cheapest watches (Orient Bambino V2) has gotten tons of wrist time for me, just because I like how it sounds.

What are your loudest tickers?

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[–] Itsgreg80@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Lebo77@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

A keyword pocketwatch built in 1886.

I'm making a watch of my own with a large, st3620 hand woumd movement (with its origins in pocket watches) and with a case designed to magnify the ticking even more, giving it a pocket watch vibe. It also has a dial made of natural Malachite :D

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[–] MrSpindre@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

My stepdaughter ' cheap ass swatch.... I can hear it even when I am in another room

Swatch 1996 Atlanta Olympics. It’s so damn loud

[–] Kookie_B@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Do vintage Accutrons count? If so, sensitive hearing can pick up the tuning fork bzzzzz from across the room. That gets my vote.

[–] toastyavocadoes@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Any manual wind watch. Especially my Zelos Startimer with the 6498 and any seagull st19 powered watches

[–] bigmphan@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I have a vintage Gotham that ticks a 3Hz and literally rings an E like a guitar string when it’s silent in the room. Like there’s someone hammering a little bell inside.

I love to keep it on the nightstand as a white noise device.

[–] PoeticJustice35@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

My Raketa Copernicus watch

[–] DekeCobretti@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

A Swatch I got for being a volunteer in my nephew's soccer team. I like it a lot. Sometimes when I'm knitting, it soothes me. It helps me fall asleep too.

[–] Obsession_seaker@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Seagull st3600 and seagull st1901 Watch with those two chinese movements ate LOUD. Ive got a bambino too but those two are louder. Like you I love it.

[–] old_shows@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve put a swatch in a drawer two rooms away and still heard it ticking. Not sure if it’s still an issue, but this was the MOMA x Swatch Van Gogh collaboration. Couldn’t have been more than 6 years ago.

[–] yaboiadamm@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I can hear a moonswatch across the room

[–] 4SeasonswithTakashi@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

It's a pocket watch from h&cie Moser from 1885.

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