Tudor more accurate than Rolex

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Originally Posted by Patton250

Out of the dozens of watches I’ve owned the most accurate by far was my blue Tudor Pelagos. It took 2 weeks to gain 1 second. Remarkable. Unfortunately it was uncomfortable to wear so I sold it.

Originally Posted by Tools

I think that you are confusing "accurate", as if it is an attribute that can be seen on your app.

An "accurate" watch will hold that same +3.1 sec day-in and day-out for a long period of time. This means that you can regulate it more precisely and be comfortable over-time that it is "accurate".

I'm not saying that one is more accurate than the other, only that they have not been regulated to the same spec on your app.

Originally Posted by EEpro

Is this app just a stopwatch calculator that compares your local watch time drift to the atomic clock? That's how watchtracker works. Accuracy is as perfect as physics can make it but precision is based on your ability to click when the time displayed is shown on your watch. The longer you let it go between measurements the more precision you get. 1 second reaction time error per day (extreme example) vs 1 second reaction time error every two days. The latter has 2x the precision.

Human reaction time is 215 milliseconds on average or 0.2 seconds. So if you make a measurement on there once a day and you're an average person your error would be about that. The microsecond of atomic clock error would be 5 decimal places to the right and negligible by comparison.

Originally Posted by Likestheshiny

I have a $45 Seiko that keeps better time than my GMT Master. I think we should definitely assume that a Seiko 5 is more accurate than a Rolex.

(I mean, obviously I'm being facetious about the conclusion, but I do love that my most accurate watch is also my cheapest. With this many tiny moving parts, luck is a meaningful part of accuracy.)

Originally Posted by The Libertine

I agree. Every watch will chart its own pattern of accuracy depending on wear, climate, positioning and activity.

Originally Posted by Jostack

Accuracy is a function of regulation. I assume manufacturers don’t regulate watches to their highest accuracy potential, but get it ‘in the ballpark’, and most of the time it holds to the published specification due to the precision adjustment and quality of the movement.

Originally Posted by JP(Canada)

In my experience with personal recent purchases, the Tudors seem to be dialed in a bit better. Small sample group of 3 Rolex and 2 Tudor over the last year and half.

Originally Posted by Tortora

Their prices seem to be more accurate

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Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Here are some 1960s Seikos regulated to similar or better daily rates than the above: https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=694443