Is it just me or do you guys love the sound of opening a screw back case and the pop of opening a tough snap off watch back?

How's this for "watch love"...pulling out your pocket watch to check the time, only to admire your watch so much that you forget to notice the time before you put it back in the pocket? I've done that. Brad

I do that all the time, sometimes I even open the case back to admire the movement, close it, put it back in my pocket or on wrist and realise 10 mins later that I forgot to check the time

I like the sound of the doorbell when the mailman brings a new box of watches.

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I do that all the time, sometimes I even open the case back to admire the movement,

I too tend to be a bit casual about playing show and tell with my nicer movements... So I got home Saturday after being out and showing off my watch to a couple folks... only to find it had stopped during the trip. I noticed the stop time was equal to the last time I had the back open.

After checking under the hood, (three times)... I finally found the eyelash laying on the escape wheel, interfering with the pallet fork...

I was grateful for the hours we spent playing the board game "Operation" as a kid.

10 seconds later and I was back in business.

I use to open my watches to show them off and admire the works ... after all, only a Watchmaker was the lucky person to see the inards of one of these mechanical marvels. But after working on them I found that I wanted to see how well they were running and things like that. I have since invested in extra bezels to make a few of my watches glass/plastic backs ... no more opeing the case and exposing it to the elements or risk cross threading, or dropping, etc. It is not as protected as a metal back, but I think I will take the risk compared to showing someone how the balance wheel swings only to poke it with a pencil

When replacing a glass crystal that snap sound is music to my ears.

Aside from the beauty that we observe ourselves, I love to see the excitement and fascination that others have when you show them.

I love a loud BIG old 18s pocket watch.....one that ticks so loud you can hear it from across the room.

I have an Elgin KW dated 1868 that does that. Always makes me smile.

Regards! Mrak

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When replacing a glass crystal that snap sound is music to my ears.

I'm with you on that one.

No kidding Lorne,
I've only experienced that one time!
And, I've got spare crystals to prove it. (None the right size.)

I just love to hear a well running watch tick.

I still try to wind my watches once every couple of months.. I still open each one to look at the movement . It sounds really cool when all of them are ticking away!

Great post, one of the first things I do when I'm checking out a watch is put it up to my ear to hear its beat.

Gary