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In Response To: Storage query ()

I don't get it. If you stop the movement, the watch will by definition 'lose' time. You'll have to reset it each time you start to use it again. If you're not planning on wearing it occassionally, why not give it some extra winds on that day so it continues to run until you do wear it? Am I missing something here? What are you trying to accomplish?

: How safe is it to store ones SMP with the mov't
: stopped in the crown's 3rd position? My
: reason for that is to prevent the watch from
: any gains or losses for the day that I am
: not wearing it. Is that harmful to the
: mov't? or is it better to just let the watch
: run and hack it accurate?

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0 wallclock secs ( 0.09 usr + 0.02 sys = 0.11 CPU)