Best source to set your watch from ?.

[WatchWeb]

As title, where is the best source to get the most accurate current time.

Sounds like a daft question but I know tv stations could be bouncing off a few satellites before I see the time on my screen.

Where do you set your time from ?.

[Micha]

http://www.time.gov/

[SLS]

Originally Posted by Micha

http://www.time.gov/

^^^^

[Doctorsti]

atomic G-shock or iPhone

[BH13GMT]

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.co.uk/t...urope/uk/time/

[Thatguy]

iPhone, I don't feel the need to have it set to the exact second. Nothing I do will be impacted if I am off by 30 secs.

[Dr. Robert]

USNO Clock (US naval obsv.)

[Brushpup]

Originally Posted by Dr. Robert

USNO Clock (US naval obsv.)

This is the only one.

[RolexDivers]

CABLE BOX ...Now days, anything connected to an external server has the most up to date time. U,S Naval Observatories are a thing of the past.

[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by RolexDivers

CABLE BOX ...Now days, anything connected to an external server has the most up to date time. U,S Naval Observatories are a thing of the past.

This is simply not true.

[slcbbrown]

Originally Posted by Dr. Robert

USNO Clock (US naval obsv.)

usno is pretty quick

[sea-dweller]

My atomic G Shocks (when synced), are accurate.

[rohardi]

Originally Posted by sea-dweller

My atomic G Shocks (when synced), are accurate.

Same here, I use my Casio Pathfinder

[james1787]

WWV, NIST Shortwave radio station that broadcasts the time 24/7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWV_(radio_station)

Or nowadays, my G-Shock that gets its time updates from a radio signal

[padi56]

Check mine once or week or so with any reliable time source even my quartz diver is always within a few seconds a month.And today I would have thought no ones life is run to the absolute second. So a few seconds out either way out of 86400 seconds in a day does it really matter.

[QueueCumber]

I just use the cable box or my cell phone. I don't even worry if it is off by up to a minute.

I don't keep them on a winder or anything, since they are stored at the bank except when I take one or two out. I have to set the time so often on them that being anal retentive about it would probably result in an eventual stroke.

[RolexDivers]

Originally Posted by QueueCumber

I just use the cable box or my cell phone. I don't even worry if it is off by up to a minute.

I don't keep them on a winder or anything, since they are stored at the bank except when I take one or two out. I have to set the time so often on them that being anal retentive about it would probably result in an eventual stroke.

I agree with you completely ---- I don't even set the dates on mine because I wear my watch for a day or two and then not wear it for a month .... and as far as accuracy of time, who really cares if it is a few secs ahead or behind...if I wanted an accurate timepiece, Rolex is on the bottom of the list...I would have gone with a cheap quartz watch ....

[QueueCumber]

Originally Posted by RolexDivers

I agree with you completely ---- I don't even set the dates on mine because I wear my watch for a day or two and then not wear it for a month .... and as far as accuracy of time, who really cares if it is a few secs ahead or behind...if I wanted an accurate timepiece, Rolex is on the bottom of the list...I would have gone with a cheap quartz watch ....

I set the date on my watches when I use them, but I stopped setting moon phase on my Glashutte.

[Chewbacca]

my microwave oven and phone.

[beetleything]

What about the time ticking away in red at the top of the post?

[jcd]

I use the Emerald Time app on my phone. All though the clocks where I work are all coordinated so I suppose I could use them too, but since there's an app for that......

[Lagunatic]

I use my shortwave radio.

[T. Ferguson]

Originally Posted by beetleything

What about the time ticking away in red at the top of the post?

I notice that is about 6 seconds faster than the Naval clock, which itself is off about a half second from time.gov.



In any event, I'm not so concerned about having the exactly correct official time as much as I just like to have a reference to see how my watch is running. So any of these is OK with me so long as I'm using the same reference consistently.

[DiamondJack]

A clock updated by radio waves to an atomic clock in Frankfurt.

But it's only accurate to a second every one million years........ So I'm currently looking for something better

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by DiamondJack

A clock updated by radio waves to an atomic clock in Frankfurt.

But it's only accurate to a second every one million years........ So I'm currently looking for something better

You'd better find one quickly! If I ever have to wait a few seconds for you in a million years you'll hear from me!

I set mine with any clock that's around, sometimes I even set one whilst looking at another one of my mechanical watches. As long as I don't get late to school or my job I'm fine!

[threemonkeys]

My phone.

[Monte Cristo]

TRF clock of course

[vintagewaferthin]

i set all of my vintage watches using my atomic g shock.

[Hairdude1]

I just use my cell

[Psmith]

Quartz/electric clock, smartphone, laptop... basically anything non-mechanical