Mechanical = "Has Soul"

[I-B]

Anyway, I then explained that my watch is an automatically wound mechanical and his runs off a battery.

he would probably spend the same amount of time replacing his battery (when it eventually dies after 2-3 years that is ) than you spent adjusting the time...

[JAGtime]

One other possibly irrelevant thought...do those who build mechanical watches have greater job satisfaction than those who build Quartz watches?

[shameless]

If you think of "soul" in Buddhist terms, it is recognized as energy. So whether a watch runs from mechanical or electrical energy, it is the product of humans utilizing natural forces for their own ends.

There is probably more craft to creating mechanical watches. And we could argue over which type of watch has the least environmental impact. While disposable batteries have negative environmental consequences, I am not knowledgable enough to know how the metals used in either are mined, processed, and then disposed of after production.

Sorry to take this discussion in another direction entirely.

Jane

Of course being female Jane ,you will have had a great deal of practice with diversionary tactics watches and environmental impact ! food for thought

[JAGtime]

Of course being female Jane ,you will have had a great deal of practice with diversionary tactics watches and environmental impact ! food for thought

Yeah..and that darn focus on responsibility!

[Chronopolitano]

My question was actually more broadly aimed at people's "nostalgia" for machined, mechanical devices of all and any kind.

For example: People like those old metal fans (for decorative purposes, and emotional satisfaction), even if those new turbo fans made of plastic work way better. Typewriters over laptops, etc. Old film cameras over digicams. Etc.
We use what is most efficient at any given time, but nobody wants to collect the kind of (plastic) devices we make today.
Is it the material? That we cannot feel the analogue aspect of their being?

What exactly is the content or substance of this nostalgia?

[pepperami]

My question was actually more broadly aimed at people's "nostalgia" for machined, mechanical devices of all and any kind.

For example: People like those old metal fans (for decorative purposes, and emotional satisfaction), even if those new turbo fans made of plastic work way better. Typewriters over laptops, etc. Old film cameras over digicams. Etc.
We use what is most efficient at any given time, but nobody wants to collect the kind of (plastic) devices we make today.
Is it the material? That we cannot feel the analogue aspect of their being?

What exactly is the content or substance of this nostalgia?

Old things were built to last, so seem to have more effort put in?

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[Chronopolitano]

Old things were built to last, so seem to have more effort put in?

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People like them even if they are broken.

I am thinking it's the "naturalness" of the material: Metal.
We feel affinity for it, as we come from the same place: earth.
With synthetic / electronic anything, it's just not the same. We instinctively feel alienated by it.

[I-B]

My question was actually more broadly aimed at people's "nostalgia" for machined, mechanical devices of all and any kind.

For example: People like those old metal fans (for decorative purposes, and emotional satisfaction), even if those new turbo fans made of plastic work way better. Typewriters over laptops, etc. Old film cameras over digicams. Etc.
We use what is most efficient at any given time, but nobody wants to collect the kind of (plastic) devices we make today.
Is it the material? That we cannot feel the analogue aspect of their being?

What exactly is the content or substance of this nostalgia?

this has "soul"


yet i prefer my s5


from my perspective as a WIS, my love for quartz ànd mechanics gives me double the amount of watches to love and like than people who are "stricktly in to mechanics"

[JAGtime]

My question was actually more broadly aimed at people's "nostalgia" for machined, mechanical devices of all and any kind.

For example: People like those old metal fans (for decorative purposes, and emotional satisfaction), even if those new turbo fans made of plastic work way better. Typewriters over laptops, etc. Old film cameras over digicams. Etc.
We use what is most efficient at any given time, but nobody wants to collect the kind of (plastic) devices we make today.
Is it the material? That we cannot feel the analogue aspect of their being?

What exactly is the content or substance of this nostalgia?

I think your question is a good one. Perhaps the nostalgia is linked to what is perceived to have been a more innocent time, one that held some sense of what was shared, and thus was seen as being more soulful, before we took off on this more individualized and efficient path to fulfilling our needs.

[pepperami]

People like them even if they are broken.

I am thinking it's the "naturalness" of the material: Metal.
We feel affinity for it, as we come from the same place: earth.
With synthetic / electronic anything, it's just not the same. We instinctively feel alienated by it.

Yes I know what you mean.. an open fire is always more appealing than an electric equivalent. .real Christmas tree etc...

I suppose many just want convenience and go for the 'soulless' mass produced things, rather than items that take effort to use and make?






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