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Old 23 July 2017, 07:38 AM   #1
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How often do you...

I do not own a chronograph from any manufacturer .
How often do you use its functionality to its fullest, if at all ?
And , what do you time ?
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Old 23 July 2017, 07:43 AM   #2
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Same thing can go for a sub, many people who have them don't dive (some do)
What does the rotating bezel do on a yachtmaster?
How many people use there GMT function?
How many non scientist wear a milgauss?
I guess what I'm trying to say is, you can like the style but not use its functions.
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Old 23 July 2017, 07:45 AM   #3
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I think only 10% of rolex owners use the true watch functions. And I'm being generous saying that


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Old 23 July 2017, 07:46 AM   #4
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Old 23 July 2017, 07:47 AM   #5
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I used mine to time how long it would take for people to stick up for a chronograph.
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Old 23 July 2017, 07:51 AM   #6
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I use the chronograph function at least 3 times a day on my Speedmaster. I rarely use the diving bezel on my SD though I admit I turn the bezel most of the time on the Rolex just to feel and hear it. No other manufacturer has it just as perfect.
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Old 23 July 2017, 08:18 AM   #7
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I use my chronos for cooking and running, but not as often as I used to.
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Old 23 July 2017, 08:30 AM   #8
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Old 23 July 2017, 08:41 AM   #9
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When I had a chrono (Speedy) I didn't use it too often and honestly what I did use it for was simple stuff like timing a parking meter or a pizza in the oven. For that I actually find the timing bezel of my Sub easier to use. Chrono is great for to-the-second timing but I typically have no need for that.
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Old 23 July 2017, 08:44 AM   #10
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I used my Tag 1000 for scuba diving back before dive computers but too afraid to use my 114060 diving


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Old 23 July 2017, 08:45 AM   #11
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I use my chrono when I'm racing the ponies, and my SD when I'm saturation diving in the nearby lake.


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Old 23 July 2017, 08:46 AM   #12
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I discovered the chrono along with a rotating bezel are really useful tools for running. The bezel time my total time while the chrono time my run time vs warming up/cooling down/taking it easy.

Have not used the chrono for a flying mile yet.
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Old 23 July 2017, 08:59 AM   #13
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I use the GMT function when I travel..
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Old 23 July 2017, 08:59 AM   #14
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One a week or so.
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Old 23 July 2017, 09:07 AM   #15
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I used my Tag 1000 for scuba diving back before dive computers but too afraid to use my 114060 diving


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I think that's an insult to the watch it will be absolutely fine I assure you
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Old 23 July 2017, 09:10 AM   #16
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Very often.

My Submariner or Black Bay's diver bezel is very useful for the usual daily stuff like cooking, parking meters, journey times, work-outs, baby’s feeds/sleeps, long phone calls/meetings in work etc.

My Omega Speedmaster Chronograph can occasionally be used in a couple of slightly less-usual ways though:

- As a date indicator (the Moonwatch doesn’t have a date display) – just stop the Chronograph Second hand on the desired marker corresponding to the date. To be honest, I rarely, if ever, need to do that though.

- In conjunction with the Tachymeter scale, it can of course be used to measure speed & distance, but also to quickly predict production rate per hour. It could be used to estimate factory production schedules, for example, but I most recently used it to let me predict how long I’d have to wait for my music library to completely sync over to my new iPhone e.g. pick a single song (with an average MB size), start the chronograph when the download commences, and stop it once completed – if just over 10 seconds have passed and the chrono hand has stopped at 350 on the tachymeter scale, then that’s the average rate of song transfers per hour.
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Old 23 July 2017, 09:13 AM   #17
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When I had a speedy, I pretty much never used the chrono for anything useful, just to watch the hand spin around every so often. With my sub, I use the bezel quite a bit to time small things in everyday life.

When I was in Hawaii for a week a few months ago, I never took my sub off and we went into the ocean multiple times a day (snorkeling, swimming, ect...). I used the bezel to time how long I was out to make sure I wasn't out for too long at a time (I sunburn if I even think about the sun too long).
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Old 23 July 2017, 09:29 AM   #18
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I use the chronograph on my Speedy at least 5 times a week when I exercise: running and weight lifiting.

Frankly, I don't need to use the chronograph function for those two activities...cause I wear a polar heart rate monitor and use Runtastic app on my iPhone which record time, heart rate and energy burned... but I just love using the chronograph.

Other things I use it for are to time my flight when I travel by airplane, when preheating my iron cast skillet and frying steak
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Old 23 July 2017, 09:31 AM   #19
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Very often.

My Submariner or Black Bay's diver bezel is very useful for the usual daily stuff like cooking, parking meters, journey times, work-outs, baby’s feeds/sleeps, long phone calls/meetings in work etc.

My Omega Speedmaster Chronograph can occasionally be used in a couple of slightly less-usual ways though:

- As a date indicator (the Moonwatch doesn’t have a date display) – just stop the Chronograph Second hand on the desired marker corresponding to the date. To be honest, I rarely, if ever, need to do that though.

- In conjunction with the Tachymeter scale, it can of course be used to measure speed & distance, but also to quickly predict production rate per hour. It could be used to estimate factory production schedules, for example, but I most recently used it to let me predict how long I’d have to wait for my music library to completely sync over to my new iPhone e.g. pick a single song (with an average MB size), start the chronograph when the download commences, and stop it once completed – if just over 10 seconds have passed and the chrono hand has stopped at 350 on the tachymeter scale, then that’s the average rate of song transfers per hour.
Wow , you've got that down to a science . Thanks everyone for your
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Old 23 July 2017, 09:37 AM   #20
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Old 23 July 2017, 09:37 AM   #21
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When I had a chrono (Speedy) I didn't use it too often and honestly what I did use it for was simple stuff like timing a parking meter or a pizza in the oven. For that I actually find the timing bezel of my Sub easier to use. Chrono is great for to-the-second timing but I typically have no need for that.
Hahah I used a chrono for pizza too. I think that's the only time I used it
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Old 23 July 2017, 09:41 AM   #22
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I use my speedmaster to time the pastor's rants during Sunday church sermons....
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Old 23 July 2017, 09:45 AM   #23
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I turn the Bezel on my Sub because it makes a nice clicky sound
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Old 23 July 2017, 09:49 AM   #24
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Old 23 July 2017, 10:39 AM   #25
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client billing is a great use for chronographs.
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Old 23 July 2017, 10:40 AM   #26
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I time my bathroom breaks. I'm not kidding, or am I?
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Old 23 July 2017, 10:44 AM   #27
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I use the chrono on my Speedmaster quite often, although for boring quotidian things like timing the laundry (which I also use my Sub bezel for).
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Old 23 July 2017, 10:46 AM   #28
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I do not own a chronograph from any manufacturer .
How often do you use its functionality to its fullest, if at all ?
And , what do you time ?
Thanks gang .
Use it none stop on race weeks not really at all other times




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Old 23 July 2017, 10:49 AM   #29
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As the owner of a Sub 116613LB & Daytona 116503 I have never used any of their functions beyond telling the time
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Old 23 July 2017, 12:04 PM   #30
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I don't use any functions of any modern watch these days. I buy because of the look and history more importantly. I could care less the Daytona doesn't have the date , I never dove or use the dive bezel on the subs I owned. I wear a Fitbit Alta hr on my right wrist that covers the date and time when in a dark theater etc. come on does anyone here drop 10k plus for a watch for its functionality these days? And rolexes are not tool watches. If I want a tool watch I'll buy a seiko diver auto or Casio gshock
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