Setting the time
I saw a post recently about some asking if +/- 15 sec a day was worth $1k. And it made me laugh. I have a very small collection and sometimes I will pull out my atomic clock app and set the time down to the second on all my mechanical watches whether I’m wearing them or not. I like to see how some keep better time on the wrist as opposed to sitting static, or how some run fast even when the reserve is getting low. I just like interacting with watches. Who else is like this?
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Robert Jarboe
I love all thing that are beautiful and technical. Cars, photography, guns, and watches just leave me mesmerized.
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7.00” / 17.78 cm
I wish I had that much…time 😭
Guilty. But a timegrapher is so much better.
Hasn't this poor horse died yet??
Hasn't this poor horse died yet??
Nah…not yet. There are new people coming to the hobby every day.
Guilty. But a timegrapher is so much better.
I want to get one. I’ve been eyeing them.
Even when I was in the military, I never had to be somewhere at a time that was specific to the second.
For me, I wind the watch a few times, set it to the time displayed on my Alexa/phone and screw that crown down.
I then wear the watch knowing that it's accurate to within a minute, and as I'm always early to where I need to be, I never miss what I went out for.
Quartz every day of the week for me, I like a bit of accuracy ☺.
Plus or minus 15 seconds over 24 hours is unacceptable for watches costing $1000 US, imho.
I have many watches that cost significantly less and run within COSC when worn on the wrist yet are not COSC certified. It is all in how much care they take in regulating a watch. For instance, my latest aquistion cost $550 +/- US yet ran within a second on the wrist over 24 hour when worn about 10 hours and left to rest dial up over night.
Why companies refuse to regulate watches is beyond me. Are you listening Seiko?
Very cool..I just hope , even though Im retired, I have more things to do!!! LOL, but Im getting there...Enjoy the hobby...
I ❤️my No.1900