What is your loudest watch? (ticking, not beeping)

[Screamer67]

my loudest is my hand wound Pilot, with a poljoot P31681 in it... a clear and loud ticking sound, at night... i can't let it stand on a hard table, or hard surface, as it amplifyes the already loud sound.

i love this watch, though...

[Chascomm]

Sounds like I'm watching the opening of 60 Minutes at full volume on an endless loop.

Another Lapanouse? I think I see a pattern emerging here.

[Foxglove]

I made a video of my Parnis GMT with asian 6497 ticking away. I recorded the audio separately so I could more accurately record the sound. Video recorded with Canon T2i + 50mm f/1.8.



Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYSLovFR-zw&hd=1

~Ross

[lord_rayleigh]

My Poljot 3133 chronograph. Sometimes I think "what is that ticking sound"...oh yeah, its my watch. I don't mind it though.

[JPS3]

My '85 Rolex Datejust can be heard ticking away if you hold it right by your ear, but it's very soft, quite satisfying, and the same with my Bulova BVA 100. None of my watches are audible though unless they are held directly by the ear. My wall clock on the other hand is quite loud, but in a good way

[Chris Hughes]

1883 Hampden 11J keywind. You wouldn't want to sleep in the same room with it.

I have an 18 size Hampden Woolworth (stem wind) that is by far my loudest watch. I can easily hear it 15 feet away. Oddly, it's also my most accurate watch, losing only about 10 seconds a month.

[SwedishElite22]

My Jazzmaster is my only mechanical. I cannot hear it when I stand with my hands down to my side. If I was resting my head on my hand I can hear it, further than that I cannot.

My friend commented that it is more quiet than his Sub Date.

[mjbernier]

It's not a mechanical, but my loudest watch is my Timex Expedition Camper T42571. It makes a very distinctive "click... click... click..." sound as it runs. Of my mechanicals, the rotors on my two Orient Makos are fairly audible when I swirl them around (but not during normal wear), and that's about all.

Mike

[mike120]

By far.... I can hear this on my wrist pretty much all the time and ya know what? I love it!

[Monocrom]

This is an easy one . . . Every Swatch I ever owned. Inexpensive, accurate, reliable to the extreme. And I will never own a Swatch again due to the incredibly loud ticking that nearly drove me insane. Got to the point where I couldn't keep them in the same room I was sleeping in because of how loud they were. Seperate rooms or bury them at the bottom of a drawer with several towels on top to muffle the sound.