On 26/12/2010, Steve Rooke <[email protected]> wrote: > On 26/12/2010, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> My favorite watches all use the 7T32 calibre from Seiko. I have 4 at the >> moment. This calibre is quite accurate enough (the drift is minimum, >> considering this quartz analog has to be readjusted every 2 months anyway >> (calendar is 31 days/month). It has a second hand, calendar, a very >> convenient alarm and also stopwatch functions, in a very elegant package. >> It >> is the only quartz analog watch I know that has 3 buttons and two crowns, >> so >> the user interface is quite friendly. >> I have never actually measured the drift rate, but it would be >> interesting >> to compare the four and see how well they track each others. > > My Seiko uses the 7T34 calibre and was 3 seconds slow in it's first > year some 25 years ago. I don't have an exact current figure but it's > running 8 seconds slow after having a battery replaced about a year > ago. Now you have prompted me I will set it and record the drift > accurately.
Although, of course, I would have changed the time on it back in October (duh!) when we went to NZ Summer Time down here so that 8 seconds may be the drift in the last 2 months. Steve > What's more it has a slide rule bezel and I'm sure I'm not the only > time-nut who is into slide rules. > > Steve > >> Didier KO4BB >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michael Poulos <[email protected]> >> Sender: [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:00:53 >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency >> measurement<[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: [time-nuts] Us Time Nuts and... Wrist Watches. >> >> We all enjoy good accurate time keeping. :) What is your favorite watch? >> My watch (so far) is a Casio WaveCeptor digital watch that gets the WWVB >> signal and calibrates itself that I bought for $50 at a WalMart - the >> price of one Chicago parking ticket. Less than half a second off at any >> time, it is plenty accurate. The one exact drawback is that during night >> driving, you can't read it when you need to check the time. The lesser >> drawback is that it is not dressy. >> >> A nice "dressy" radio controlled watch would be that Citizen EcoDrive >> watch shown on those adverts during football games. If it has glow in >> the dark hands and 5 minute markers it would be great if expensive. So, >> let's have it with the best watch for a time nut! (not including Tom van >> Baak's REAL "atomic watch") >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > -- > Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD > The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. > - Einstein > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Einstein _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
