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View Poll Results: Where do you keep your chronograph seconds hand? | |||
At the 12 o'clock as it should be | 51 | 75.00% | |
I keep it running | 9 | 13.24% | |
6 o'clock or other position | 4 | 5.88% | |
I really don't care | 4 | 5.88% | |
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10 December 2019, 09:39 AM | #1 |
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AP Chronograph owners: where do you keep your seconds hand?
I'm not too fond of the seconds hand at the 12 o'clock since it blocks the "view"
I don't want to keep it running either, so now I just keep it at the 6 o'clock. How about you? Photo: my 25860 |
10 December 2019, 12:15 PM | #2 |
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Same! I like to see the AP logo on my 26300st
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10 December 2019, 02:38 PM | #3 |
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Straight up for me. Doesn’t bother me. Only watch that did was an old Glashutte Original that had the date at 12:00. |
10 December 2019, 03:07 PM | #4 |
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I keep all my chrono zero’d out at the 12:00.
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10 December 2019, 08:01 PM | #5 |
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10 December 2019, 09:03 PM | #6 |
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I thought I was the only nut case. I used to keep it between 35 and 40 seconds. I think I finally got over it and now just leave it at zero.
Good thread :)
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10 December 2019, 09:14 PM | #7 |
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I think we're all nut cases! But strategically positioning the quite large hand is in effect a contributing factor to the dial design.
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10 December 2019, 11:07 PM | #8 |
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It sure does!
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10 December 2019, 10:33 PM | #9 |
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Fun thread, I'm the same, I keep my Daytona at 6 because I just love all the reading you can do on that dial and at 12 on my ROO as the logo is at 3. I let them run every couple of weeks just to clear the cobwebs and see the watch in action.
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11 December 2019, 06:01 AM | #10 |
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On my Daytona I'd start the chrono when the small seconds hand reached 12 o'clock. Then I'd have 2 seconds hands spinning around, which is visually more interesting to me then letting the big seconds hands just sit stil.
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11 December 2019, 06:29 AM | #11 |
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I did it on my ROC too. staying at 12 blocks the AP logo
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11 December 2019, 06:39 AM | #12 |
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I use my daytona as a GMT since it has a 12 hour counter. Have to keep it running though otherwise it's a pain to reset.
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11 December 2019, 08:06 AM | #13 |
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Lol at some of the replies! Mine stay at 12.
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11 December 2019, 08:59 AM | #14 |
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Straight up at 12 for mine
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11 December 2019, 10:11 AM | #15 |
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11 December 2019, 01:16 PM | #16 |
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This is so funny I never thought to pause the seconds hand out of zero. It would drive me nuts not having it reset.
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12 December 2019, 09:11 AM | #17 |
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11 December 2019, 03:05 PM | #18 |
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12 December 2019, 01:39 AM | #19 |
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After years of angst, I've found peace with the second hand at exactly 8. It most closely follows the visual rule of ten and two without encroaching on the subdials. Simply put, there is no better way.
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12 December 2019, 09:14 AM | #20 |
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I keep it between the 7 & 8 hour markers
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