I want to thank every body that helped me with my question about GPS accuracy.
Based on five private messages and two public messages I think I can summarize
as follows:

1) Internally GPS are very, very precise
2) The time displayed is not as precise but the error is still bellow one-second
3) Accuracy is lost quickly if unit is not tracking and is not locked on.

The last information combines with my observations. If I synchronize my
watch with my GPS clock Saturday or Sunday, next week-end
I can expect them to differ by as much as 5 minutes.

What I did not know was that my watch was so accurate: after several
weeks it is still synchronized (after the unit has synchronized itself with
the satellites).

Thank you all guys.

- fernando


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Fernando Cabral                         Padrao iX Sistemas Abertos
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