Does A Longer Power Reserve Really Matter?

Does A Longer Power Reserve Really Matter?

Lately, it seems that the offered length of power reserves has become a hot-button topic in watch-related discourse – but what do you need all those hours for? Are ~38 hours really not enough, especially in a casual or everyday sports watch? I never give total power reserve that much of a concern when it comes to divers and the like, but it's clear that the spec is of growing interest among watch enthusiasts.

I asked Jack and Danny to plug in their mics and help me talk over this novel need for more and more hours. And from early 8-day Cartiers to Hublots that boast 50 days of power reserve (and require a drill to winding) we dig into the need for a longer power reserve, some of the bigger PRs in watchmaking history, and some of our favorite power reserve indications.

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Show Notes:

00:30 Hodinkee Insurance

5:55 Powermatic 80

9:00 Vertex M60C Aqualion

10:43 Cartier 8-day Tank

12:56 Oris Caliber 400

14:18 Ulysse Nardin Freak

14:25 IWC Big Pilot

14:31 Jacob Quenttin 31 days

14:36 Lange 31

15:28 Richard Mille UP-01 Ferrari

15:44 Hublot MO-05 LaFerrari (it was 2013, I'm not getting younger)

17:55 New Breitling SuperOceans

21:50 Tudor North Flag

24:00 Maltese Cross Stop-Work (aka. Geneva Stop-Work)

25:01 Nomos power reserve

25:25 Journe power reserve

26:10 Oris Big Crown ProPilot Caliber 114

27:00 Breguet Classique

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