curious Can you still get batteries for an omega??? On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Raj <[email protected]> wrote:
> Many decades ago when digital displays and "quartz" clocks were a novelty, > I built a table clock and presented it to my father a watch nut. He > regularly teased me that my "digital" clock was slow or fast compared to his > 25 year old Omega that he bought when I was born! > > >When you look at what a very good pure mechanical watch can do it's pretty > impressive. Quartz was out for quite a while before it could run anywhere as > good as a top notch mechanical. They actually have standardized (had?) > yearly testing of watch accuracy. The actual ran for a number months at > various temperatures and orientations. The term "certified chronometer" > apparently has meaning in Swiss law. > > > >Bob > > -- > Raj, VU2ZAP > Bangalore, India. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
