[time-nuts] Best reason
Attila Kinali
attila at kinali.ch
Thu Mar 29 19:20:14 UTC 2012
On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:42:39 -0400
David McGaw <n1hac at Alum.Dartmouth.ORG> wrote:
> Mechanical wristwatches are capable of good precision. I have an
> inexpensive 40-year old Caravelle (Bulova) that with reasonable
> adjustment can still keep to a few seconds per day. I never have
> considered quartz watches to be better unless they can be adjusted,
> which most cannot.
Modern quarz watches use TCXOs and are calibrated. At least my
Tissot keeps time to somewhere around 10-20s/half year.
Attila Kinali
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