Hey y'all, Interesting site but he's kinda behind the times, so to speak :-) about what modern, more pedestrian watches can do.
Back around Christmas I bought a Luminox dive chronometer, model 3HMBM. This is the one with the chrono functions in the form of a little LCD screen under 12 o'clock. I got this one for two reasons. First and foremost, it has tritium-illuminated hands and dial. Second, it's waterproof which means it's also mostly "me-proof".... The analog and digital sections are separate and get set separately, strangely enough. Even more strangely, the analog part keeps better time. When I got the watch I spent a bit of time getting it exactly synced with the NTP-controlled system clock on my computer. I observed it for deviation daily for awhile but it became evident that this frequency wasn't necessary. This is an amazingly accurate watch. I just checked it and it's almost 4 second fast. That works out to about a second a month. This is by far the most accurate watch I own, including my WWVB synced watches. I have two, a G-shock and a combo analog/digital chrono similar to the Luminox. Both drift worse than a second a day if they don't receive a signal. I don't know if there is anything out there any better than the Luminox but I kinda doubt it. A second a month is superb performance for a wristwatch. John On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:20:12 +0200, Sebastian Stolp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >hi jim, here's the thing you were asking for: > >http://home.xnet.com/~cmaddox/omega_megaquartz_2400.html > >as for myself - i do rely on a seiko 7548 reference quartz watch with >a 'drift' of +/- 15 sec. per month. >noz bad for a unit used for boiling eggs on a sunday morning ;-) > >best regards, sebastian > > > >Am 17.04.2007 um 01:11 schrieb Palfreyman, Jim L: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> What is the most accurate wrist watch you can purchase? Obviously the >> radio controlled ones are the best, but I'm curious as to the fully >> self >> controlled units. >> >> Oh and yes I have seen the photo of the caesium clock attached to >> someone's wrist! >> >> Also, on the NIST website they talk about a new development - the >> atomic >> clock the size of a grain of rice. I see this as having huge future >> potential. Does anyone have any news on this development? >> >> Oh and yes I want one! >> >> >> Jim Palfreyman >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list >> time-nuts@febo.com >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list >time-nuts@febo.com >https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts --- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.neon-john.com Cleveland, Occupied TN All great things are simple and many can be expressed in single words: Freedom, Justice, Honor, Duty, Mercy, Hope. -Churchill _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts