Do you always set your watch to the correct time? (To the second or minute? Or at all?)

I set my watch in the morning to the exact time just to see how accurate my watch is throughout the day. I’m not obsessed with being on time down to the exact second though.

I also set my watch before wearing every time, unless it’s my 9F quartz.

To the second with world time.

I set my Quartz and digital watches accurately (those that aren't Multiband 6, that is). I use those for work when accuracy is important. But my mechanicals just need to be reasonably close enough.

Not so much now. But when was active duty, during underway at sea, we would have time checks in which a person on the 1MC (ships intercom) would tell the crew "at my mark, time will be xx:xx:00". The person would count down 3..2..1..Mark!!! , time is xx:xx:00. This was often down because of passing of time zones, GPS timing and equipment having their own clocks. Watch have not outlived their use. The GQ writer has a narrow view of who works how they get work done

Depends on the watch. If I know it's one that's not that accurate +/- 15 sec a day, then I just set to the minute. If it's one of my high accuracy watches then I set it to the second via atomic time.

I set it to about a minute accurate. Means I look what time my cell phone shows and then adjust the minutes hand to between this and the next minute.

To the second. And when the 2nd hand gets to 12 I like the minute hand to be exactly on the relevant minute marker.

I just take a guess TBH. Quick glance at the phone or a quartz watch and set it to something similar.

Mechanical watches yes, unless it’s a Seiko SKX or SNKK52.

You can’t wind the movement. So I don’t even set the time.

Who cares about the time right? Just chill and relax.

I set my watches to the exact time (according to my mobile phone) if I put on a new watch, when changing the date after a month with less than 31 days or when changing from standard time to DST and back (+ when travelling to another time zone, but I haven't in years).

I like to be early to appointments anyway and whenever I asked my late father for the time he'd answer "Who knows? It keeps changing from second to second", so I don't have an accuracy fetish.

A majority of my watches are MB6 capable. The set themselves each night right after midnight my time. Most of my other watches are quartz or solar quartz. I don’t ever set them until they get more than 30 seconds off. That usually means when DST ends or begins and I check them. But yeah I won’t wear a watch that is more than 30 seconds out.

I set it to the exact second when I put it on in the morning unless it's the same watch I wore the day before. I have prioritized accuracy in my collection, so I need to take advantage of it!

I set the exact time only on my highly accurate watches (Tudor BB58, Grand Seiko Spring Drive, and my quartz watches), but for the other it's pointless, since they will be off in a couple of days anyway. (And I don't use winders so they'll stop in 2-3 days.)

And also I live in Hungary, not Japan or Switzerland; seconds, or sometimes minutes don't really matter. 😂

Yes I set mine to the exact second before I put my watch on.

To the second, only my spring drives - I barely lose a second over a month or two lol. Everything else is to the minute, and I’ll adjust every other week.

To the second lol OCD

1-2 minutes ahead, i am never late somewhere.

I set my mechanical watches to the second (to match my phone’s time) whenever I have to set my watch. Given that I tend to wear a different watch every day, that’s most days. With my quartz’s, though, don’t bother since they’re perpetually running, and only update them at daylight savings changeovers. The last DST change, there was no more than a 20 second variance from my phone with any of them.

When I set my autos again, I've got atomic time saved on my phone. It often tells me that my cell phone time is off. I know they won't keep perfect time, but they start out that way.

When I put on a stopped watch, I set it to exact atomic time (via an app on my phone). I then leave it be unless/until it drifts a minute off. All of my watches run within COSC, so that rarely happens -- usually the watch stops because I haven't worn it in a while.

I set my watches precisely when I put them on punctuality is everything to my personally but then I'm ex army but I agree with what he thinks and I look forward to making more wild stories and experiences when wearing my watches 100%..

To the SECOND. It’s a sickness, I’m sick. I’ll wait a whole extra minute too.

Down to the second on the day i use it, then check for deviation the following morning before i change it out for the next watch on the rotation

Yes that's the main reason i don't wear my seiko 5 so often... my 2nd mechanical watch will definitely have hacking

Time.Gov Atomic Clock, I sync it to the second when I put it on

I set my watch every three days or so to the atomic GMT clock. I know it's taking nerdness and obsession to another level but I like to see how each piece performs.

I keep my watches 1 minute ahead

I tend to set to within 3 minutes (tending fast) but never sweat seconds in the least. Don't get the people who have big issues with "hacking seconds" or the "+/- x seconds per month" stats.

I use the time on my phone to set my watches when I put them on and I do so to the second on a whole minute. My assumption is that my phone time is within a second or so of the "actual" time (remember, it's all made up anyway).