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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 ? Thanks gang . |
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. |
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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23 July 2017, 07:46 AM | #4 |
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Several times per day.
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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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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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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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23 July 2017, 08:30 AM | #8 |
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Not very much
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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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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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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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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. |
23 July 2017, 08:59 AM | #13 |
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I use the GMT function when I travel..
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23 July 2017, 08:59 AM | #14 |
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One a week or so.
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23 July 2017, 09:07 AM | #15 |
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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. |
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). |
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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23 July 2017, 09:37 AM | #20 |
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Hardly ever
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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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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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23 July 2017, 09:49 AM | #24 |
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Sadly never.
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23 July 2017, 10:39 AM | #25 |
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client billing is a great use for chronographs.
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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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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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23 July 2017, 10:46 AM | #28 |
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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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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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