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Re:How Watches Work by SilverRed on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:49PM (#28124407)
Especially as mechanical watches drift a few minutes each day.
Re:How Watches Work by Erik816 on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:11PM (#28124522)
A few seconds each day, unless you have a really bad or poorly maintained watch.
Re:How Watches Work by desine on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:57PM (#28124447)
It must be exceptionally bad mechanical watches you are used to
Re:How Watches Work by SilverRed on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:01PM (#28124467)
The drift is affected by movement right? I imagine sitting on a table they are much more accurate than swinging around on an arm all day.
Re:How Watches Work by desine on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:44PM (#28124687)
Perhaps, but they're engineered to minimize such effect. I noted in another comment I started with a Seiko 5, one of the cheapest, most inaccurate movements (being the name for the timekeeping mechanism itself), and I see multi-minute differences after weeks without adjustment. I'm not a daily runner or anything (in which I'd use my smartwatch anyways), but my job does involve a fair amount of getting up and walking between places, as well as the temperature shift of controlled environment rooms for computers and SoCal outdoor heat.