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I'm wearing my beloved Rodina automatic, the first automatic wristwatch out of the USSR with 22 jewels and a bolt on automatic works using a ratchet mechanism allowing the weight to spin in both directions while charging the mainspring.

It isn't the best time keeper as is with many mid range watches of the 1950s but it has character with its odd crab style case and military style dial. Mine has a cracked crystal which will be repaired in the coming months.

Look forward to seeing what the community has.

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[โ€“] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is advertised as up to 2 years, and from reddit threads it actually seems to deliver on that 1.5-2 year mark, but it probably depends how many notifications have you enabled and how often you get one + if you use a stronger vibration, but let's say 1.5 year. It has a standard CR3032 battery which can be easily replaced.

[โ€“] Comrade_Squid@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

CR3032 and it does all that! that got me very interested! does it count steps?

[โ€“] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Actually it does! This watch has a gyrometer, which is the only sensor it has afaik. (My right actually display how much steps I have taken in percentage to 10k steps)

You can set from some options on what to display on these 2 subdials. The left one only allows time of day and second timezone, but the right one can display steps, temp (probably from phone ig), phone battery and date.

The crown can be set to 2 type of actions like these: stopper, countdown timer, second time, date, dice etc.

The top and bottom pushers has a bunch of options, like assigning any API calls for example.