Dog Walking changes the Amplitude of a watch.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by CharlesN

Although I admit I did bring my beloved dog into this topic I am actually being serious about how much walking I need to do in order to keep my watch close to fully wound.

Don't forget you have a winding crown to manual wind if needed.

[bp1000]

Originally Posted by CharlesN

I know you are going to think I am nuts ... But I have tried 25 windmills ..... the amplitude went up 2 degrees at the max.

[Brew]

Originally Posted by CharlesN

I know you are going to think I am nuts ... But I have tried 25 windmills ..... the amplitude went up 2 degrees at the max.

Do you think you were sufficiently expressive?


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[HiBoost]

Originally Posted by CharlesN

Sorry !



I am not good with Graphs.



But, Just for you ... Here is the best i can do ..... \

Shouldn't the graph be / if the amplitude went up after the walk?

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[shaunylw]

Originally Posted by CharlesN

I know you are going to think I am nuts ... But I have tried 25 windmills ..... the amplitude went up 2 degrees at the max.

i am dying . Not once have a i ever thought about my amplitude. If you're not moving around enough throughout the day, just wind it. doing armwindmills then pulling out the timegrapher is next level nuts.

this thread is still better than the people that put plastic on their watches.

[MrGoat]

He only wears it on special occasions as he prefers moms old Fitbit, it syncs to his Apple privacy invasion product. I am not aware of him ever checking the amplitude. He was worried about scratches while chasing squirrels but he got over it.


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[7enderbender]

Well, walking a West-highland Terrier will result in even more variance in amplitude depending on how much pee-mail there is to get to on any given day.

[Combine man]

Does frequent maturation,vigorous arm movements,no animals involved,have a similar impact on amplitude,if so there must be a lot of inaccurate watches out there

[t65tampa]

I’m no watchmaker, but I do subscribe to some Rolex blogs and I think you need to make sure you alternate leash holding between both hands to make sure that doesn’t affect the winding improperly on your dog walks.


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[JSolution]

I’m still picturing a man doing 25 “armwindmills” next to the timegrapher

Legend

[Oxfordian]

Originally Posted by JSolution

I’m still picturing a man doing 25 “armwindmills” next to the timegrapher

Legend

whilst walking a dog

[sinkholeninja]

Originally Posted by JSolution

I’m still picturing a man doing 25 “armwindmills” next to the timegrapher

Legend

Me too One of the funniest threads in a while.

[sinkholeninja]

Originally Posted by CharlesN

I am wondering how much effect a walk with arm movements has on the Amplitude of a watch.

Last night at 22:00 I measured the amplitude of my watch at 236 degrees

I left my watch in a 6 Up position.

This morning my watch had decreased to an amplitude of 223 degrees.

I then took my dog for a 30 min walk and on return measured the amplitude yet again.

The amplitude had increased to 230 degrees

Clearly from this a dog walk of more than 30 mins a day is needed to fully wind the watch.

It looks like my dog is going to be very lucky and get plenty of long walks just so that I can measure the amplitude changes.

Mate, is this a wind-up (no pun intended), or are you being for real? I can’t tell any longer on TRF. Either way it had me in stitches

[JonaG]

My first Rolex, a 114270 Explorer stopped dead on a dog walk. Didn’t realize at first I kept seeing the same time! It had to go for a service. I thought good job I wasn’t up some mountain somewhere.

[Thuilln]

Dog theft. That’s a new one! WTF is wrong with humanity..

[Ssunnylee24]

let the dog wear the rolex while walking you.
No change on amplitude, I promise.

[inadeje]

Paw Patrol

[amanbra]

Next time can you please attach a time grapher to your wrist with the watch with a portable battery and report back amplitude on 1 second increments in a graph? kthx

[Societas]

Depending on the leash brand you use, some bracelet stretch might be incurred.

Pro watchmakers also advise to bathe oneself in milk after each dog walk with your watch on your wrist to make sure the amplitude stays optimal

[jimcameron]

Did the amplitude change after the dog did it's "business"?

[CharlesN]

Originally Posted by CharlesN

I am wondering how much effect a walk with arm movements has on the Amplitude of a watch.
Last night at 22:00 I measured the amplitude of my watch at 236 degrees
I left my watch in a 6 Up position.
This morning my watch had decreased to an amplitude of 223 degrees.
I then took my dog for a 30 min walk and on return measured the amplitude yet again.
The amplitude had increased to 230 degrees
Clearly from this a dog walk of more than 30 mins a day is needed to fully wind the watch.
It looks like my dog is going to be very lucky and get plenty of long walks just so that I can measure the amplitude changes.

I am continuing my research into the winding effect of taking my dog for a walk and seeing what effect it has on the amplitude of my watch.

Last night I did a 10 hour static test on my watch and the result showed that the average amplitude was
230 degrees with an error of +/- 5 degrees.




The temperature was a constant 21 degrees Celsius.
The watch was in a 9U (Nine Up) position.

After taking this reading I then took my dog for a walk.
I walked slowly as my dog seemed to need to sniff almost every rock, log, tree and lamppost as well as bushes. I did however swing my arms whilst i was walking in a normal gentle fashion (No uncontrolled windmills).

After returning I measured the amplitude of my watch again and found the amplitude to be
231 degrees with an error of +/- 3 degrees.




The temperature outside was 8 degrees Celsius.
The watch was in a 9U (Nine Up) position whilst being measured.

The time of the walk was 38 mins.
This was the first of 4 walks that my dog will get today.

I can not draw any firm and proven conclusions yet, It is a little too early but clearly I am heading for an “Ig” for improbable research.

[CharlesN]

Originally Posted by amanbra

Next time can you please attach a time grapher to your wrist with the watch with a portable battery and report back amplitude on 1 second increments in a graph? kthx

With pleasure.

Here is a graph showing both amplitude and timekeeping over the 10 hour period of testing last night.




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[amanbra]

Originally Posted by CharlesN

With pleasure.

Here is a graph showing both amplitude and timekeeping over the 10 hour period of testing last night.




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That’s a long walk for a dog. As i feel you’re a good human and not into animal cruelty I think you picked up your dog and walked for 9 hours of the 10 hour walk. This might explain way we see such a consistent unwind of your PR. Great stuff

[CharlesN]

Originally Posted by JonaG

My first Rolex, a 114270 Explorer stopped dead on a dog walk. Didn’t realize at first I kept seeing the same time! It had to go for a service. I thought good job I wasn’t up some mountain somewhere.

I am interested that your watch stopped.
If it was up the mountain it would be easily explained as an Exp II is meant for spellunking, not climbing.

the two are diametrically opposed.

[Brew]

These graphs are great. But I think for a full understanding, we’ll need a pic of the pooch who is taking care of you and your watches so well.


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[saxo3]

Originally Posted by CharlesN

I am continuing my research into the winding effect of taking my dog for a walk and seeing what effect it has on the amplitude of my watch.

Last night I did a 10 hour static test on my watch and the result showed that the average amplitude was
230 degrees with an error of +/- 5 degrees.




The temperature was a constant 21 degrees Celsius.
The watch was in a 9U (Nine Up) position.

After taking this reading I then took my dog for a walk.
I walked slowly as my dog seemed to need to sniff almost every rock, log, tree and lamppost as well as bushes. I did however swing my arms whilst i was walking in a normal gentle fashion (No uncontrolled windmills).

After returning I measured the amplitude of my watch again and found the amplitude to be
231 degrees with an error of +/- 3 degrees.




The temperature outside was 8 degrees Celsius.
The watch was in a 9U (Nine Up) position whilst being measured.

The time of the walk was 38 mins.
This was the first of 4 walks that my dog will get today.

I can not draw any firm and proven conclusions yet, It is a little too early but clearly I am heading for an “Ig” for improbable research.

Apart from the joking part, you are comparing apples with bananas.

Apples: The 230 +/- 5 degrees are the average value from data taken during 10 hours.
Bananas: The 229 +/- 3 degrees are measured over 10 min, after the doggy walk.

Your description suggests that the doggy walk had no impact on the 9U amplitude.
But that conclusion is wrong.

Because the 9U amplitude at the end of your 10 hours test was 225 +/- 3 degrees, look into your Witschi data file.
Therefore, you obtain a net effect of +4 degrees, due to the doggy walk.

Anyhow, all numbers are identical within the measured amplitude errors of your Witschi timegrapher.

[Number3]

Originally Posted by Thuilln

Dog theft. That’s a new one! WTF is wrong with humanity..

It’s a serious thing here in the UK. There’s some real scum out there unfortunately.

[CharlesN]

Carrying on from my previous reports I have just taken my dog for her second walk.
We walked for 49 mins.

But ...

The starting amplitude was 263 with an error of +/- 3 degrees.
The finishing amplitude was 263 with an error of +/- 4 degrees.

This has got me somewhat perplexed.

I know I swung my arm gently whilst walking.
I held the dog lead in my right hand.

What this seems to show is that my watch did not wind at all whils walking.

Is it possible that my watch and watches in general show a higher amplitude when manually wound via the crown as opposed to natural wrist winding.

Yet anoither little item to be looked into !!!
My watch is on my left wrist.

[Thuilln]

Originally Posted by Number3

It’s a serious thing here in the UK. There’s some real scum out there unfortunately.

Not that I care since I hate dogs, I just don’t understand why in hell would someone steal someone else’s dog…? That baffles me.

[CharlesN]

This is
IMPORTANT

NO dogs are being hurt or mistreated during these tests

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