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1 December 2015, 12:18 PM | #1 |
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new "accuracy" device to measure watch performance
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...watch-serviced
device joined by an App to measure your watches performance. a bit less than $600, what do you guys think?
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1 December 2015, 12:34 PM | #2 |
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Seems like a great little tool. I may have to get one for Christmas.
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lets see if the post gets some more traction today, would like to hear some more opinions.
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For the WIS that has everything!!
I am not one that agonizes over the accuracy of my watches. That being said I know that some hold their high end mechanical timepieces to strict accuracy standards and for them this would be awesome. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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I personally would go with this for 1/3 the price:http://www.ebay.com/itm/LCD-Display-...4AAOSwTapV3tKW
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Sounds like a fancy remote mic for an app to me...?
These are much cheaper, though I can't vouch for them:
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I have tried Kello and I would not waste your Money.It kind of works OK on newer fast beat Movements but on older Watches it won't work at all for me.
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very cool. There isn't a lot about it though. Is it available for sale yet?
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And a review: http://ticktickticktick.com/product-...rapher-review/ $159.99 here: https://www.acetimer.com/Watch-and-P...pher-1000.html |
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When it can sync with android, I'll pick one up! :-)
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2 December 2015, 11:23 AM | #12 |
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Interesting info and options.
So it looks cool but it seems there are several ways to get the same job done at a fraction...of course the same could be said for our high end wrist wear
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has anyone tried the apps? I think I might pick up the one in the video but I don't know how I would figure out the lift angles of different movements. I'm kind of OCD about how accurate my watches are and would like to test a watch before I purchase it.
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Take my advice all this sort of stuff can be a Rolex owners worst enemy.I am sure that 98% of all Rolex watches perform to a couple of seconds a day.Now just a simple check with any reliable time source can check watch is within a second or so.And none of these apps are 100% accurate they are only as good as what the microphone is on whatever phone some apple phones are not so good.
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With a timegrapher, you can put the watch in many different positions while measuring. Its not possible when you do that with an app. So when you are a watchmaker, you should use a witshi or timegrapher. Even when you want to measure the accuracy in more than 1 different position you should use one of those. When you just want a fancy gimmick just for fun, you could measure your watch with an app, either with or without an external microphone. |
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I tried the watch tuner app last night and so far I am not impressed....I will keep you guys posted
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I love my ACE TIMER; works great; easy to learn; makes regulating any watch pretty straight forward. And the price was less than $200 delivered...
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After playing with the app for a few more weeks I still can't get it to work. I know how fast my watches run and I can't get data that correlates with what I already know. I have tried using different mics and tried positioning the mic on different parts of the watch. Maybe I'm not using the program correctly but I wouldn't recommend buying the app.
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