What happens if you remove the seconds hand from a watch?

Post by **matt.wu** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:49 pm

Sometimes, I don't care for the specificity of a seconds hand and would prefer the simplicity of a 2-handed watch (ala PAM base dials). If I were to remove the seconds hand from a movement like the ETA 2892, should I expect any adverse effect?

TIA.

polaco23 · Post by **polaco23** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:30 pm

i dont see why not, all it would do is spin the little tube in the center, as if it had a seconds nad. My buddy Diaboliq does it to his quartz watches often, no adverse effects he ever experienced.

which watch you planning on doing this to?

deepcdvr · Post by **deepcdvr** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:00 pm

I have no idea what it would do, but I LOVE to watch that baby go around..

Post by **matt.wu** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:42 am

Sometimes, having no seconds hand makes me a little less anal about timekeeping. It's sort of relaxing in a way.

I'm thinking about removing the seconds hand on the Soarway Diver. It's got such a clean dial already, seems fitting to make it a two-hander. Still debating...

noah · Post by **noah** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:09 pm

Like another fellow said the little pin in the watch just keeps turning ...
But like Panies with no Second hand you can get a little cap for the second pin it makes the watch look cleaner and might just keep dust out of the pin tube

pacifichrono · Post by **pacifichrono** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:34 pm

Yes. The value of your watch drops by 75%.

noah · Post by **noah** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:42 pm

I would have thought 33.3%

vbuskirk · Post by **vbuskirk** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:26 am

Q. What happens if you remove the seconds hand from a watch?

A. You become a Zen master, who stops fussing with all that silly COSC-ness in the world.

noah · Post by **noah** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:19 am

Haiku
Time Flows . . .
a second hand removed
watch ticks

Post by **SCM64** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:41 am

I feel more knowledgeable and serene having experienced this thread.

aikiman44 · Post by **aikiman44** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:28 am

Your watch reverts to a 15th century timekeeping device.
May as well start using a quadrant for longitude.

vbuskirk · Post by **vbuskirk** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:50 pm

Q. What time is it?

A. 10 till 4.

noah · Post by **noah** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:37 pm

For the first 2 hours your always looking at the watch to see if it is running, after than you just use it to tell the time ...no slide rule needed

Post by **matt.wu** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:39 am

Very cool. I may be trying this out. I want to be a zen master.

noah · Post by **noah** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:17 pm

We all want to be zen masters
or afro masters ...

mattcantwin · Post by **mattcantwin** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:34 pm

matt.wu wrote:Sometimes, having no seconds hand makes me a little less anal about timekeeping.

It's sort of relaxing in a way.

You could relax even more if you remove the minute hand.

Take off the hour hand and you might as well be in a coma.

vbuskirk · Post by **vbuskirk** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:45 pm

mattcantwin wrote: You could relax even more if you remove the minute hand.

Yup.

noah · Post by **noah** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:34 pm

That watch is the cats ass ... I love it too much so smooth so sharp ...

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