I’m a tool watch guy, and I value indicators that serve useful purposes, and a power reserve is very useful. I’d also like to see longer power reserves. 72 hours should be a minimum.
I have a hand wound Grand Seiko reference. The seconds subdial is at nine o’clock and a retrograde style power reserve indicator is at three o’clock. There are no other complications so the dial has both space and balance. I personally enjoy the powevreeeve and find it useful on a hand winder so that I don’t have to guess. I have hand wound Panerai and Habrin2 watches without power reserve indicators and I have to guess when it needs to be wound up. Since I rotate my watches almost daily, these are not big deals.But if I am wearing a hand wound watch several days in a row such as when it is the only watch I have brought on a trip, i miss not having a power reserve. Less complications and more power reserve indicators!
I really like having power reserve meters on my mechanical watches, but I also like having it on some of my solar quartz watches (Citizen Eco-drive and Casio). The quartz watch where it is most useful is on my Seiko Kinetic. Almost all of my Orients have a power reserve meters, but the one where it is most useful is my Arena, which is my only automatic without hand-winding. Ironically, by putting the power reserve on the back of the Credor, you can also view the exposed main spring, which gives you the same information.
Love the power reserve on the back with open case back on manual winds. Very cool. Dornblueth and Sohn has a power reserve where the 12 on the dial goes from red to white. Cool German watches.
My orient Monarch is just perfection. Manual wind and power reserve indicator. No date window. It's a perfect watch. Beautiful numbers on the dial the second and minute hand reach the end of the watch just right for clear legibility.
They need to make a watch with a hidden date window so the dial looks clean. Push a button and the date window opens behind the 3 indice. Push it again and the window closes over and you're back to the clean dial look.
That Zodiac is a sweet piece even if it is probably kind of teeny. I could see myself going for it if it's still around after the holidays. So definitely not on Friday. Anyway, another entertaining show this morning.
I have a Seiko kinetic which has the power reserve scale printed down the right hand side of the dial and uses a pusher at the 2o’clock to change the second hand to a power reserve indicator very discreet 😁 I also have a Dugena M tech with power reserve proving that even affordable watches can have them. Keep up the good work but please no more talk of bagels I’m on a diet😂
My first automatic is a Timex that I still have now and it has a power reserve indicator. So when I got an Invicta automatic that didn't have it I thought it sucked a little bit, but I just sucked it up because many if not most automatics don't have power indicators anyway. And yeah, they're cool but sometimes they're placed in the most awkward places on the dial, like in the Grand Seiko, for example. It just looks so awkward and out of place.
I’d like one watch with a power reserve indicator... I’m leaning towards the Orient Triton $323 or the Orient Star diver (Helm)... $498. When I look at it like that the Triton looks a lot better.
I like power reserve indicators, though, only currently have them on a couple solar watches I have. Still, I'd especially like it on an automatic as, while handwind only movements has a max number of turns you can quickly top off, an automatic on deck to wear later could be at any level and still turn, so now I'm doubting myself. Was that enough, was it too much and I was simply wasting time... I don't know because it doesn't have a power indicator, lol I do have a watch winder, btw, but occasionally switch to one that's not currently in it on the fly and that's when I have to hope it's wound up enough to properly keep time.
Is it normal for the power reserve indicator to lose power even when it's on the watch winder? Does the main spring want to stabilize to the halfway mark? I just got the Frederque Constant Big Date Power Reserve watch, and it seems to be losing power even on the winder. Is this normal?
ok, allow me to express my stupid side , is black friday at the beginning, as in 12 am it turns into black friday ,? and is it 12 am California time ? pacific , or EsT time 0 or 12 am in all time zones? thx in advance uncle time teller
I would love to see a power reserve that sits by the side of the crown somehow. Stealthier than it would be if it was on the dial and more easily accessible than it is on the caseback.
These days I too, check the corner of my room like someone there is gonna laugh at my jokes. Ps : Power reserve is probably the complication I like the most, and I don't own a watch with it. Go figure. Need to fix that, but can't decide which one.
Jory, we've been down this road before! It's not pronounced tutor it's pronounce tutor! For the Love of pronunciation can you not get it right? On a serious note I love the power reserve on my Orient Triton / Neptune although I wish you was at the 12 o clock instead of the 1 o clock position on the dial. Thank you for another great video.
That Credor Eichi looks great. FYI, The way in which you had pronounced Eichi will be spelt as Ai ichi. A better pronunciation will be more like airchi.
Nothing cheapens up a watch face like a power reserve indicator. I look at it in the same way as over branding. Power reserve in general is a pointless marketing ploy. Average guy who goes out here baas a watch and gets into watches is gonna in all honesty where 2 or 3 watches all the time. The rest of his collection will be worn on special occasion Zoe or just when the mood hits. So the only power reserve that that individual is gonna need is an 8 to 10 hour power reserve when he takes it off at night. But you say "I don't like having to wind my watch and set the time and date".... Then you shouldn't be into watches cause that's just part of owning a watch. That's like the guy that says I just use my phone if I'm gonna time anything while hes wearing a Rolex Daytona. No, how about you use the actual chronograph it's on your watch??? I mean how cool is that but then again the guy that says that kind of thing isn't really watch guy. People like what they like and I get that in our support that but people just need to quit BS ing and just be honest about things. It's a lot like the guys you always hear running off at the mails talking about how his Porsche GT2 RS Can go 6:40 around Nürburgring. And I always say the same thing, OK go over there and do it then. Thank guarantee that car will not go that fast around that track. I mean poor swing around dozens of times on a closed circuit while sitting around waiting for perfect conditions with a professional driver and they were able to get that time once.
Apparently folks of a persnickety/fastidious nature seem to have an issue with them (yet don't seem to have an issue with some other utterly pointless complications, go figure).
I hate power reserve indicators. It drives my OCD crazy, as if checking the time constantly is not bad enough. I can understand its usefulness in handwind watches but automatics? Pointless. If you are not sure, just give it a few winds and forget about it.
Most useless complication ever. Just takes up valuable real estate on the dial. Example: the GS Snowflake would look a million times nicer without the power reserve.
I’m a tool watch guy, and I value indicators that serve useful purposes, and a power reserve is very useful. I’d also like to see longer power reserves. 72 hours should be a minimum.
I like power reserve indicator, for me it's very handy.
I think you nailed it, Jory - on the dial they're polarizing, but on the back ... Yeah, baby!
in my opinion ... handwind watches need a power reserve gauge more than an auto😉
I have a hand wound Grand Seiko reference. The seconds subdial is at nine o’clock and a retrograde style power reserve indicator is at three o’clock. There are no other complications so the dial has both space and balance. I personally enjoy the powevreeeve and find it useful on a hand winder so that I don’t have to guess. I have hand wound Panerai and Habrin2 watches without power reserve indicators and I have to guess when it needs to be wound up. Since I rotate my watches almost daily, these are not big deals.But if I am wearing a hand wound watch several days in a row such as when it is the only watch I have brought on a trip, i miss not having a power reserve. Less complications and more power reserve indicators!
Totally usefull, especially on automatic watches. I love it
I really like having power reserve meters on my mechanical watches, but I also like having it on some of my solar quartz watches (Citizen Eco-drive and Casio). The quartz watch where it is most useful is on my Seiko Kinetic. Almost all of my Orients have a power reserve meters, but the one where it is most useful is my Arena, which is my only automatic without hand-winding. Ironically, by putting the power reserve on the back of the Credor, you can also view the exposed main spring, which gives you the same information.
Orient Monarch/Orient Star Elegant Classic. Love their hands and dials 😍
I have a big pilot homage with the 3 o'clock sub dial indicator and I love it ,it shows me how efficiently the rotor keeps it topped off
Love the power reserve on the back with open case back on manual winds. Very cool. Dornblueth and Sohn has a power reserve where the 12 on the dial goes from red to white. Cool German watches.
Like always, great information and loved the episode. For me power indicators are necessary and I do wish more manufacturers would have them.
I really love the power reserve indicator. I have 5 Orient watches that feature that complication.
I want a Spinal Tap power reserve indicator. They go to 11.
My orient Monarch is just perfection. Manual wind and power reserve indicator. No date window. It's a perfect watch. Beautiful numbers on the dial the second and minute hand reach the end of the watch just right for clear legibility.
Great Video, I really like my Orient Star Classic Automatic's power reserve, love the watch
I love the power reserve indicator on my Orient Triton, it even has lume! Very useful
Happy Thanksgiving to you, T3 - I am grateful for you, Good Sir.
They need to make a watch with a hidden date window so the dial looks clean. Push a button and the date window opens behind the 3 indice. Push it again and the window closes over and you're back to the clean dial look.
Who doesn't like the power reserve indicator?! It's an awesome and useful complication.
My favorite watch with power reserve indicator is on the IWC Portugieser 7 Days.
Have the black dial version of the Zodiac. Had the plating redone on the case. Looks amazing. Still trying to find a new case tube for it though.
That's pretty awesome! I was just looking at a bunch of the Autographics online. May be a nice little pickup😉
I love power reserve indicators. That is the one USEFUL complication on a watch.
Date > Power Reserve > GMT (if you travel) > Day > Everything else
That Zodiac is a sweet piece even if it is probably kind of teeny. I could see myself going for it if it's still around after the holidays. So definitely not on Friday. Anyway, another entertaining show this morning.
I have a Seiko kinetic which has the power reserve scale printed down the right hand side of the dial and uses a pusher at the 2o’clock to change the second hand to a power reserve indicator very discreet 😁 I also have a Dugena M tech with power reserve proving that even affordable watches can have them.
Keep up the good work but please no more talk of bagels I’m on a diet😂
The British accent but was gold. “Its pronounced Chu-dah Noorth Flawg”
I like the power reserve indicator. They are also on some Citizen EcoDrive watches, which is pretty handy there.
I really like the power reserve indicators. Unfortunately I don't own any watched with it.
My first automatic is a Timex that I still have now and it has a power reserve indicator. So when I got an Invicta automatic that didn't have it I thought it sucked a little bit, but I just sucked it up because many if not most automatics don't have power indicators anyway. And yeah, they're cool but sometimes they're placed in the most awkward places on the dial, like in the Grand Seiko, for example. It just looks so awkward and out of place.
Favorite Power Reserve
Grand Seiko, SBGA231
PR indicators are great.
Love them! ❤️
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I’d like one watch with a power reserve indicator... I’m leaning towards the Orient Triton $323 or the Orient Star diver (Helm)... $498. When I look at it like that the Triton looks a lot better.
I like power reserve indicators, though, only currently have them on a couple solar watches I have. Still, I'd especially like it on an automatic as, while handwind only movements has a max number of turns you can quickly top off, an automatic on deck to wear later could be at any level and still turn, so now I'm doubting myself. Was that enough, was it too much and I was simply wasting time... I don't know because it doesn't have a power indicator, lol
I do have a watch winder, btw, but occasionally switch to one that's not currently in it on the fly and that's when I have to hope it's wound up enough to properly keep time.
LOVE ‘EM!
I think the power reserve indicator is much more useful than the date these days.
Is it normal for the power reserve indicator to lose power even when it's on the watch winder? Does the main spring want to stabilize to the halfway mark? I just got the Frederque Constant Big Date Power Reserve watch, and it seems to be losing power even on the winder. Is this normal?
Got a power reserve indicator on my Orient Star World Time. Love it. Why would I not?
Same with my Orient Triton, I happen to like it. It depends on the dial and style.
ok, allow me to express my stupid side , is black friday at the beginning, as in 12 am it turns into black friday ,? and is it 12 am California time ? pacific , or EsT time 0 or 12 am in all time zones? thx in advance uncle time teller
I would love to see a power reserve that sits by the side of the crown somehow. Stealthier than it would be if it was on the dial and more easily accessible than it is on the caseback.
love em! that zodiac is lit
Can you explain how it works?
In a mechanical watch, it's just based on the tension of the mainspring.
These days I too, check the corner of my room like someone there is gonna laugh at my jokes.
Ps : Power reserve is probably the complication I like the most, and I don't own a watch with it. Go figure. Need to fix that, but can't decide which one.
Jory, we've been down this road before! It's not pronounced tutor it's pronounce tutor! For the Love of pronunciation can you not get it right? On a serious note I love the power reserve on my Orient Triton / Neptune although I wish you was at the 12 o clock instead of the 1 o clock position on the dial. Thank you for another great video.
That Credor Eichi looks great.
FYI, The way in which you had pronounced Eichi will be spelt as Ai ichi. A better pronunciation will be more like airchi.
I wish that all my watches had them, and on the front!
What purpose does it serve on an automatic?
Precisely the same purpose it serves on a hand winder. What's so difficult to understand?
I call dibs on that Zodiac Friday.
@Jami Davis I forgot to set an alarm. Wear it in good health Happy Thanksgiving.
As you have said in the past videos, this watch was made by the Swiss cults. So I really have second thoughts in purchasing this watch:(
Nothing cheapens up a watch face like a power reserve indicator. I look at it in the same way as over branding.
Power reserve in general is a pointless marketing ploy. Average guy who goes out here baas a watch and gets into watches is gonna in all honesty where 2 or 3 watches all the time. The rest of his collection will be worn on special occasion Zoe or just when the mood hits. So the only power reserve that that individual is gonna need is an 8 to 10 hour power reserve when he takes it off at night. But you say "I don't like having to wind my watch and set the time and date".... Then you shouldn't be into watches cause that's just part of owning a watch. That's like the guy that says I just use my phone if I'm gonna time anything while hes wearing a Rolex Daytona. No, how about you use the actual chronograph it's on your watch??? I mean how cool is that but then again the guy that says that kind of thing isn't really watch guy.
People like what they like and I get that in our support that but people just need to quit BS ing and just be honest about things. It's a lot like the guys you always hear running off at the mails talking about how his Porsche GT2 RS Can go 6:40 around Nürburgring. And I always say the same thing, OK go over there and do it then. Thank guarantee that car will not go that fast around that track. I mean poor swing around dozens of times on a closed circuit while sitting around waiting for perfect conditions with a professional driver and they were able to get that time once.
Sir love your accents.
More complications, the better…more reasons to look at your watch and enjoy it. 😅
I love power reserve indicators but I don’t often see them on ladies watches. Otherwise I’d want them on all my mechanical watches.
Hate the Horological version of the Nike swoosh
I like em...what is there to hate
Apparently folks of a persnickety/fastidious nature seem to have an issue with them (yet don't seem to have an issue with some other utterly pointless complications, go figure).
I hate power reserve indicators. It drives my OCD crazy, as if checking the time constantly is not bad enough. I can understand its usefulness in handwind watches but automatics? Pointless. If you are not sure, just give it a few winds and forget about it.
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...Bobby Boucher?
Some Grand Seikos have the PRI on the back.
Glashutte Original Panoinverse
Credor Eichi II
apologies , you answered here already
imagine not liking a power reserve indicator.
Watches not food !
Most useless complication ever. Just takes up valuable real estate on the dial. Example: the GS Snowflake would look a million times nicer without the power reserve.
pointless complication for the sake of a complication. Ugly & unnecessary- unless you're lazy 😱
Can’t stand them.