Ever listened to your watches ticking?

[Old Expat Beast]

One against each ear is a good sound.

[kboy2379]

Daily!

[LawrenceNightingale]

Originally Posted by Airborne

Sounds amazing through a stethoscope.

Wow. That's beautiful. My hearing pretty much sucks, and there's no way I'd hear that music without a stethoscope. Great idea!

[Bob the brush]

I just think the ticking of mechanical timepieces is lovely. I have a long case regulator clock in my hallway, and I can hear its beautiful ticking when I sit and relax, it's mesmerising and soporific. As with others on this forum, I hear my tog's amplified ticking on the cabinet next to our bed. The tinny clicking air my Timex workwatch, is just horrible.

[HogwldFLTR]

Originally Posted by Doood

My GMT has a hollow pinging....reminds me of the sound of a 67 Mustang. Very nice indeed!

Anyone notice the sound of the date flipping over at about 5 after midnight......?

Your Stang needed higher octane.

[ejvette]

Originally Posted by LuminousMaximus

Being in the US Army, my ears aren't that good.

I just hear a constant ring tone.

Tell me what it sounds like...and use all of your expressiveness...

From years of riding motorcycles and hunting I also have the perpetual ringing in the ears

[ryan.uk]

The 3135 sounds great, and in the DSSD the tick-tocking of the escapement almost has a cavernous echo pinging resonance to it. When it's really quiet you can even hear the hum of the balance spring oscillation.

I also love watching the Daniels' escapement through the case back on my Omega PO 9300 (which you can just about see when you get the rotor out the way and get the viewing angle right).

This is why we have mech watches right? If we're not fascinated by the intricate workings of these tiny machines, tracking the passage of time as the sun rises and sets to within plus or minus a couple of seconds per day out of 86,400... why bother? ^_^

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

One against each ear is a good sound.

Stereo

[kdawg]

Originally Posted by flw

I wear mine at night (if I wake up I have an OCD thing about checking the time), and if I slip my hand under my pillow, I can hear the ticking ... Pretty mesmerizing. My Seamaster 300 is the loudest one I have - even on my valet stand across the room I can hear it loud and clear.

Sorry I'm raising an old post and using the wrong site, but my Omega 300m is really loud and I can't find any explanation why.

This is not a complaint, I love to hear the ticking, just curious why it's so loud on this watch. Maybe because its a big watch?

[billfredericks]

But of course!

[vesnyder]

I need that stethoscope! I know I am losing my hearing but I can barely gear any of my watches. The two watches I have with the ETA 7750 movement are the loudest, but I can barely hear my Rolex's.

[GradyPhilpott]

As an old artilleryman, my hearing isn't so good, but the first time I ever wore my Explorer to bed and put my left arm under my pillow, I heard a long series of gongs that made me get up and look around the apartment for whatever could be making that sound.

Eventually, I figured out that it was my watch.

[bay-dweller]

My Hublot is about 10x as loud as my Rolex. I think the solid caseback and incredible water resistance (SD43) mutes the movement quite a bit.

[kaiei]

My Oyster Perpetual 39 with a 3132 movement makes a cute and rapid tinkering sound that is quite musical and amusing.

[chriswang0130]

Yesss so soothing

[ericinexile]

A few weeks of wearing my new Explorer II and I had never bothered to listen. Until tonight. What a beautiful beat! It’s a rhythmic gong that is much more exotic than the tic of the Valjoux that powers my Tutima. It is embarrassing to admit (outside this forum) how much I enjoy owning this watch.

[locutus49]

Ex-Army, so I hear nothing when placing the Smurf against my ear. Total silence. Too bad.

[Secondhandunwinds]

I enjoy listening to my Daytona with the Chronograph running. The ticking is a “musical” sound as others have mentioned, and I can hear a distinct “click” when the minute hand on the subdial clicks over.

[AJMarcus]

Originally Posted by doubles08

It's like listening to your baby's heartbeat.

[214270Explorer]

Nah. My ears are bad.

Eyes too.

And other things . . . .

[othertbone]

Gotta really stick Rolex in your ear!

[chriswang0130]

Sounds amazing. So soothing

[Laszlo]

Yes, it’s enjoyable. Especially a hi-beat movement.

[Ricky Rolex]

Averaging approximately 700,000 beats per day these amazing little machines are just unreal.

That little heartbeat of your watch going and going after weeks, months, years and decades.

Complete works of art.

[BisonHead]

I used to be able to hear my Sub ticking though the pillow, whilst getting off to sleep. Now i can't hear it even jammed against my lug. Might try stethoscope idea.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Vetracer

Most posts are visual and I admit, this is a geeky observation but I think an interesting one nonetheless. I accidentally started comparing the ticking sound of the watches in my collection and discovered that each watch of the same model ticked with the same sound. Is this possibly a good way of verifying authenticity?

I'm not an expert horologist but I wonder if watch movements have a signature pattern which a timograph could be used to compare.

I wonder how many of you having read this will be placing your watches against your ear listening to their movements

Most all modern day movement now beat at 28800 BPH but as for the resonating sound ,well that would depend on how thick the case, and how much space in the case around the movement to resonate the tick sound..

[Easy E]

The sound difference between my Sub Date and Speedy Pro is fascinating - I enjoy listening to them both.

[skidder]

My explorer ticks about 8 times a second...beautiful noise

[gunhose]

WHAT can't hear you oh thats why I can't hear mine.

[horophile1]

Originally Posted by padi56

Most all modern day movement now beat at 28800 BPH but as for the resonating sound ,well that would depend on how thick the case, and how much space in the case around the movement to resonate the tick sound..

I can vouch for that. My old (sold) 116000 OP (concentric dial) clearly had the metallic 'ping' sound as it ticked away. It had a 36 mm case with the 3130 mvmt. My current Rlx, the 216570 (42 mm with the unique 3187 mvmt) does not have a noticeable ping in its ticking. Well, if it does, I haven't tried listening in a quiet-enough environment to notice it. In fact, it sounds more subdued as a standard 8 bps ticking sound.

Would be interesting to have a sound library of different movements/models.