This is my one watch, a Sinn U1 I have had for coming up on 15 years. Up until a few months ago I wore it ~everyday regardless of the activity. I like the overall look of the watch and the simplicity of the face. After having it for about 6 or so years it stopped keeping time. I sent it in for repairs and it basically needed cleaning and overhaul. I think it was ~$400 at the time. It came back keeping noticeably better time than it did when it was new.
Fast forward to a few months ago and it started losing "charge" overnight. I reached out to the Sinn US authorized repair center and was told that the overhaul costs were now ~$700 and a YEAR backlog before they could get to it. I checked with sending it to Sinn in Germany but I can't remember now what dissuaded me from that at the time. Needless to say this was both frustrating and unacceptable so the watch has been sitting in my safe since last fall and I'm not sure what I am going to do with it. Perhaps this is the norm with mechanical watches and my expectations are not in line with reality. Based on my experience with this Sinn I hope I never end up on a German submarine!
So while this is my one watch I would not recommend it to others if you plan to wear it daily.
I would like to get a similar "clean" looking watch for less money so I will be checking out the posts in this thread. What is the Glock 19 of watches (that doesn't look like a 1980's calculator)? At this point I don't care if it is quartz or mechanical?
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