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padi56 · 28 October 2005, 08:11 PM

A really good read! I particularly liked:
The Rolex quartz now I can see why the movement is more
expencive than a mechanical
"First introduced commercially in 1974, Omega's 2.4 MHz Marine Chronometer achieved an annual error rate of + - 12 seconds - an unprecedented resolution for a production wristwatch. And coincidentally it is the exact same performance first attained by John Harrison's breakthrough regulator mechanical clocks of the 1720s"

http://www.timezone.com/library/cjrml/cjrml0001

JJ Irani · 29 October 2005, 03:30 AM

Superb link, Padi.....thanks. I've added it to my favourites!!

padi56 · 29 October 2005, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Superb link, Padi.....thanks. I've added it to my favourites!!

Yes thought is was a good read,and to think that a mechanical clock
made 285 years was as accurate as todays quartz watches

28 October 2005, 08:11 PM	#1
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29 October 2005, 03:30 AM	#2
JJ Irani Fondly Remembered Join Date: May 2005 Real Name: JJ Location: Auckland, NZ Watch: ALL SOLD!! Posts: 74,319	Superb link, Padi.....thanks. I've added it to my favourites!! __________________ Words fail me in expressing my utmost thanks to ALL of you for this wonderful support during my hour of need!! I firmly believe that my time on planet earth is NOT yet up!! I shall fight this to the very end.......and WIN!!

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