Anal accuracy (again!)

[entropydave]

No, not what you think you naughty people... just the usual update I feel obsessed to post regarding the accuracy of my AK - which was set precisely 2 weeks ago...and I come out with an accuracy of 0.00016%!!
In other words it is 2 seconds behind in two weeks.
I think that for a piece of mechanics that is quite remarkable!
(I worked out the accuracy by dividing the number of beats the watch "missed" ie 16 for the 2 seconds with the number of beats made in 2 weeks then multiplied by 100)

[frostie]

That's phenomenal accuracy

[Trurolexer]

So accurate!!! Congrats!!!

[Scarface]

That 's great!

Mine too, if I tell you that my Datejust is +0.5" every 7 days, would you believe it?

[frostie]

Originally Posted by Scarface

That 's great!

Mine too, if I tell you that my Datejust is +0.5" every 7 days, would you believe it?

Yes i would

[Scarface]

Hi Frostie, why don't you go out for a nice frappe in "Ladadika" or by the White Tower?
You lucky guy in sunny Greece with all these gorgeous Thessaloniki girls around ....
I am in a rainy clouded London working on a project but you should log off and go out

Now, in order to stop being off-topic (and stop thinking of sun + beauty girls), what about your GMT - did u measure it?

[frostie]

Originally Posted by Scarface

Hi Frostie, why don't you go out for a nice frappe in "Ladadika" or by the White Tower?
You lucky guy in sunny Greece with all these gorgeous Thessaloniki girls around ....
I am in a rainy clouded London working on a project but you should log off and go out

Now, in order to stop being off-topic (and stop thinking of sun + beauty girls), what about your GMT - did u measure it?

I am not a huge fan of coffee or frappe

The weather though is very nice here i know that you are jealous

Yeap i did measure mine after 66 days of constant wearing 14 seconds slow

Yesterday it was 16 seconds and it gained 2 seconds last night

[Scarface]

I am jeallous, I admit

That's an average of -1" every 5 days, fantastic score as well

But, then, it gained 2" in one night - so this means that a watch has variations in the way it runs and is not smooth all the time, right?

[timackerman]

Wow! That is amazing accuracy!

I wish mine was that spot on. I am about -2 sec/day. I wish it was gaining, but I guess there is not much I can do!

[frostie]

Originally Posted by Scarface

I am jeallous, I admit

That's an average of -1" every 5 days, fantastic score as well

But, then, it gained 2" in one night - so this means that a watch has variations in the way it runs and is not smooth all the time, right?

It's not smooth all the time that's true. I remember once it lost 3 seconds in one night and after that it was not losing any seconds for 15 days or so. It does have variations. My watch was not able at gaining any seconds but living it dial up during the night it just helps it stick to those seconds lost in my case 17 seconds. I think that my watch is losing seconds when i wear it and not when i leave it next to my bed during the night. My activities seem to affect it

Now the think about yesterday is that i left my watch dial up for 14 hours maybe that's why it gained 2 seconds JMO

[Scarface]

I have noticed that people prefer their watch to gain slightly but not to stay behind - even if less than gaining for me it doesn't really matter.
So, generally, someone would prefer a +2" than a minus 1.5" ...
That 's a very interesting psychological mechanism inside us; why do you think it happens?

[frostie]

Originally Posted by Scarface

I have noticed that people prefer their watch to gain slightly but not to stay behind - even if less than gaining for me it doesn't really matter.
So, generally, someone would prefer a +2" than a minus 1.5" ...
That 's a very interesting psychological mechanism inside us; why do you think it happens?

It's much better to gain because you know that you will never be late

[Scarface]

That's true, but it is mostly in our minds....

I mean, ok, how late can you be? Minus 14" in 66 days?

[chunala]

Originally Posted by frostie

It's much better to gain because you know that you will never be late

"Precisely"

[frostie]

Originally Posted by Scarface

That's true, but it is mostly in our minds....

I mean, ok, how late can you be? Minus 14" in 66 days?

My watch is an exception cause it has an extra ordinary performance

But if you look at it in the long term let's suppose that a watch loses 4 secs daily. After 66 days you are going to be 264 secs behind. That's like 4 minutes behind. It's much better to be 4 minutes ahead of time JMO

[daveathall]

It would have taken me more than 2 weeks just to work that sum out.

[Scarface]

In Greece, 4 minutes behind schedule is EXTREME ACCURACY
And if we regulate our watches every 33 days, say once a month, we can reduce this to being late for just 2 mins which will increase productivity in our country by a huge % ...
So, maybe, the solution to Greece's competitive improvements is that everyone gets a Rolex

PS: Here in the UK, we have to be accurate; 4 mins late is probably marginally acceptable but still better to avoid; that 's why we 'd better regulate our watch every few days

[frostie]

Originally Posted by Scarface

In Greece, 4 minutes behind schedule is EXTREME ACCURACY
And if we regulate our watches every 33 days, say once a month, we can reduce this to being late for just 2 mins which will increase productivity in our country by a huge % ...
So, maybe, the solution to Greece's competitive improvements is that everyone gets a Rolex

PS: Here in the UK, we have to be accurate; 4 mins late is probably acceptable but still better to avoid.

I know how the british work cause i am in a british institution here. Greeks are something else. They think that 1 year is phenomenal accuracy

But men we are in the mediterranean here. Things and deals are done in a different way and we are more relaxed and live much longer. We just enjoy life

[Scarface]

Originally Posted by frostie

But men we are in the mediterranean here. Things and deals are done in a different way and we are more relaxed and live much longer. We just enjoy life

I agree and prefer this way ... just that I have to comply with "quality standards" here

[frostie]

Originally Posted by Scarface

I agree and prefer this way ... just that I have to comply with "quality standards" here

Same for me here

But i have the choice and chance to enjoy greek life during the weekends

[Scarface]

Originally Posted by frostie

But i have the choice and chance to enjoy greek life during the weekends

Now, that 's really nasty Frostie
... you just like to torture people

Ok, I have to take a deep breath and say 100 times:

" I will NOT think of the weather here and of the weather where Frostie is...
I will NOT think of the weather here and of the weather where Frostie is...
I will NOT think of the weather here and of the weather where Frostie is...
I will NOT think of the weather here and of the weather where Frostie is... "

and

" I am NOT jeallous
I am NOT jeallous
I am NOT jeallous ..."

[frostie]

I don't like torturing people i just like telling the truth

[cmr]

Originally Posted by frostie

It's much better to gain because you know that you will never be late

most prefer it to run a little fast so you can just hack the movement and when the correct time catches up with it you just push the crown back in. if it is slow you have to completely reset the watch.

[frostie]

Originally Posted by cmr

most prefer it to run a little fast so you can just hack the movement and when the correct time catches up with it you just push the crown back in. if it is slow you have to completely reset the watch.

Exactly

[Scarface]

Originally Posted by cmr

most prefer it to run a little fast so you can just hack the movement and when the correct time catches up with it you just push the crown back in. if it is slow you have to completely reset the watch.

That's true, never thought about it this way

[Norm]

I'm losing about 0.25 seconds per day on Bluesy. I find this very acceptable.