Timegrapher

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Agree, the 1900 is the one I've got.

Not something you'll use often unless you mend watches tbh. More of a curio for me - but it's a relatively inexpensive horological toy to gather dust & look trick on the shelf 😉🖖🏻

I like using the Timegrapher app. There’s a stand on eBay and Amazon that plugs into your mic port. Or you can use the mic that comes with your phone. It seems to be reliable in my experience and I like being able to screenshot the results.

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You'll have a happier life as a collector if you don't have a timegrapher.

If you're not OCD, you soon will be.

Valid point about the noise issues. I usually do my work in the middle of the night though.

Also regulating to different positions I could see the need there. I’m not quite there yet. I practically just learned aggressively looking at the adjuster will make it jump 10s 😂

You just saved me alot of money

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It depends on the price difference is for you. I have the 1000 and it is more than sufficient for my purposes. I got a great deal on it from Amazon ($103); it was about $80 less expensive than the 1900 was at the time I made the purchase. I couldn't justify to myself spending almost twice as much on the 1900 when I could instead put put that $80 to another watch!

Either model will be equally effective for identifying issues, adjusting watches, and otherwise wasting time.

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Just get the Weishi 1000, it's plenty good for casual use. I've got one and will never go back to those flaky apps.

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I also have the Weishi 1000 and it's been great.

Another 1900 owner and I am very satisfied. I like the color display and it is a little bigger than the 1000 too. Shop around though. The prices can vary wildly.

I have a 1900 and the display is so much nicer with color and higher resolution. It seems more accurate than my 1000 but that may be my imagination. :)

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You can get the Weishi 1000 for approximately £100 including shipping from AliExpress, e.g. here. [I did buy mine on Ali.] You also can get a variety of other devices, e.g. things that are somewhere in between a full timegrapher and a phone app. For measuring amplitude a normal timegrapher seems to be superior though, and amplitude is often a better indicator when a watch needs a service, or to measure what a watch service actually achieved by comparing the before and after.

AliExpress is a really great source for these kinds of watch paraphernalia (watchbands are a minefield though), you get a much wider choice than on amazon, and that includes very good quality high-end stuff (minus Bergeon).

For everyone saying "just use the mobile phone app, and hold your watch to the internal microphone".

Really? Hold my vintage watch TO A MAGNET? No thank you.

There is a reason the Timegrapher uses a structure-borne microphone. ;)