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I’m just saying that if you’re choosing a lower-tech time piece so that you’re ready for an apocalypse you might as well know all your post-apocalyptic options like a sand timer for your boiled eggs.

> everything is emotional

I guess I “emotionally” choose the most precise tool for the task of telling time.

> You must be fun at parties.

My favorite thing to do at parties is to poke fun of hobbies in Hacker News comments.

You can make a solar clock in your fictional scenario.

> there's something about Seiko designs that just doesn't do it for me

Totally agree. When it comes to solar-radio the best looking I've found is this, which I bought:

https://www.seikowatches.com/jp-ja/products/seikoselection/s...

Junghans released a solar-radio version of their Max Bill:

https://www.junghans.de/en/collection/watches/junghans-max-b...

... but apparently the hands aren't self-correcting like the Seikos and Citizens and that would bug me way too much because they wouldn't line up perfectly with the markers.

> I still think you get more for your $7,500 from a luxury mechanical watch

I used to agree and then my mind changes; can't say exactly why but I sold my 2 Rolexes and haven't wanted a mech. since.

Anyhow, all my teasing of mech. fans aside, it's all frivolous fun!

Longines makes a high-accuracy (± 5 seconds-per-year) quartz watch called the Conquest V.H.P. that is respectable. Both your mechanical and their quartz movements are produced by ETA (Swatch Group).

For those who are interested in superior technology, start reading about quartz movements and the piezoelectric effect. Citizen Watch Company recently release the most accurate quartz watch ever, accurate to 1 second per year. Contrast that to the mechanical watches that Rolex—one of the best mechanical manufacturers—produces and the best they can do is an accuracy of about 1 second per day. Hundreds of times less accurate. Yikes! And then you can get into radio-controlled and GPS-controlled solar watches that you literally never have to set or change the battery. So neat!

Mechanical watches are an emotional rather than rational technology, and hey if that's what you're into: mechanical watches and horse-drawn-buggies and gas lanterns then that's totally cool.

What about your job hunt status, openings you've applied to, DMs?

It’s good to hear that it hasn’t affected you personally, but the severity of the leak must be assessed based on the privacy that was reasonably expected by users. LinkedIn has not met their duty to protect their personal information and that alone is enough to say: yes, it’s a problem.