Is it just me or do others not worry

[baldyspoon]

I read a lot of posts from people about their watches being +/- seconds fast or slow, but I have never bothered to check mine. Does anyone else just set their watch and leave it, I've have three Omega's and never worried and now I have a Rolex and not bothered to check it.

[Kyu]

well To be honest, I don't know.
As I only wear my watches on the weekends. all of my collection I have to reset the time/day/date every time I wear it.
so it has never bothered me. the difference start to show after a day or so.

seeing that you have more than 1 watch in your collection, most likely you go through the same phase of adjusting your time/date everytime you wear it

I would get a watch winder but... have you seen the cost of watch winders ?! lol
18+ watch winders = might as well buy another watch

[Ditch]

Currently I only have 1950s watches. They stay on the same minute as my iPhone over 48hr period & that's enough for me.

[caryyee]

When I get a new watch, I do check it religiously for a few days ... when I'm comfortable that's it's generally within specs, I no longer worry about it, and perhaps do a time check on it each few weeks. Nothing in my life demands the level of accuracy that an average mechanical watch is able to obtain. Work meetings / catching public transport / meeting friends etc ... it's all approximate, and with public transport, the only thing you can count on, is that it'll be late! (at least here in Melb anyways).

[Bangel]

I checked mine quite regularly when I first purchased it, mainly out of curiosity and trying to establish a pattern of the behaviour of the watch more than any obsession with timekeeping.

I now know it pretty consistently loses about 1.5 seconds per day so I don't bother checking anymore. i just reset it when I have to adjust the date.

[landroverking]

Not really at all.

[kilyung]

I throw mine on my timegrapher at least once a month to determine service time.

[Bulldurham08]

I'm pretty anal about determining how +/- my watches are...If I'm spending big money, I would definitely prefer the watch to be accurate. Obviously, it's an automatic, but I want a watch keeping +/- 5secs/day or better...I want quartz accuracy with my high end automatics or close to it! I'll be the first to admit that I have a problem.

[77T]

Usually a minute is lost or gained in a weeks time on different ones. Ordinarily don't worry about it.

When I'm at the track then I hack it to Race Control since every second counts then.

[superdog]

Have never checked. Guessing I never will

[George Ab]

I don't bother checking mine.

I usually have my watches looked over by my watchmaker once a year. The watchmaker will put on timing machine and adjust if necessary.

[Chewbacca]

if there's significant deviation (20-30sec plus or minus within 24hrs), on a rolex i service every 5 yrs, i'm not happy.

[SubTTKky]

Nope, never check but after reading this post...kinda of get me going to try n at least monitor it abit...for min accuracy n not secs...

With secs, i m using my iphone5 to check for accuracy...

Thanks bro for stirring my minds...

[James M]

I'm getting pretty OCD about the timing but what bothers me more is finger prints. I find I'm always polishing it every time I notice a smudge, and yes I know I need help.

[grandmasterP]

I check it when I first purchase a watch to see if it's fast or slow and by how much......mine is about 5 seconds fast in 24 hrs

that's good enough for me. it's not a quartz watch, it's mechanical

better a little fast than a little slow

I think anything more than 15 seconds a day would bother me....in 4 days it would be one minute off

[Dr. Robert]

No worries.....I prefer to look at the watch, getting the time is a bonus.

[gwozhog]

Never thought about it until now. I just set the timer.

[Bangel]

Originally Posted by Dr. Robert

No worries.....I prefer to look at the watch, getting the time is a bonus.

Best answer!

[Brenngun]

Originally Posted by Dr. Robert

No worries.....I prefer to look at the watch, getting the time is a bonus.

Nothing in my life needs to be timed that accurately. Even a three minute egg is only a guideline. I've never checked for exact +/- but after a few weeks if it's off a little I just reset. As long as It's not making me late for anything than I'm good to go.

[Hairdude1]

Originally Posted by Dr. Robert

No worries.....I prefer to look at the watch, getting the time is a bonus.

[AmbSteve]

Originally Posted by Dr. Robert

No worries.....I prefer to look at the watch, getting the time is a bonus.

I like this

[bluecollar]

It's really not a big deal to me. I have multiple winders that I keep everything on, usually.

Occasionally I'll just set one of my watches on the bar when I get home and it will sit there for a couple of days. If the time is off, I just set it, wind it, and move along.

[Widows Son]

All of my watches are more accurate than I need them to be. Since I'm not timing an Olympic event or coordinating a land invasion I don't sweat a few seconds here or there.

[Brushpup]

Once in a while I will do a test, always with a new watch. I can tell you from my experience that you won't really know what it does until you run a test for at least a month of your normal wearing pattern. Iv'e had Rolex that I found to average 1.5 to 2.0 seconds per day after a month or more. Same watches showing three or four on a several day average.

[padi56]

I check mine 86400 times a day just encase I loose or gain a second and checked against my 5 radio controlled atomic clocks. And now with a blue-tooth ear piece internet connection permanately connected to time.nist.gov don't want to be .000005 of a second out.

[andyboy39]

Originally Posted by dr. Robert

no worries.....i prefer to look at the watch, getting the time is a bonus.

+1

[Art 1]

I like to check mine from time to time.

[Brushpup]

Originally Posted by padi56

I check mine 86400 times a day just encase I loose or gain a second and checked against my 5 radio controlled atomic clocks. And now with a blue-tooth ear piece internet connection permanately connected to time.nist.gov don't want to be .000005 of a second out.

Once a second, I like that.

[bubble collector]

they are amazingly accurate machines and a few seconds a day does not concern me.

[Kingair]

Originally Posted by Dr. Robert

No worries.....I prefer to look at the watch, getting the time is a bonus.

Great expression Bob !

Congrats

HAGWe