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Re: Question to Mr Derek Ziglar
In Response To: Question to Mr Derek Ziglar ()

: i wish to know how you can check the accuracy
: of a watch (chronometer), if it is gaining
: or losing seconds.

Set and compare it to an accurate time source. Such include the time display on certain cable tv channels (like The Weather Channel), clocks on PCS phones or GPS devices, or via websites like www.time.gov.

: do you synchronize the watch with a battery
: operated (quartz) or with a chronometer
: (automatic) watch??

No. Since you don't know for sure how accurate they are, they are not reliable sources for comparison.

: how many should it gain or lose in a day for it
: to be acceptable, for it to have a
: chronometer rating?

It already has a chronometer rating.

But measure the accuracy over a period of about a week. If -- after the watch has been "broken in" by being worn 2 or 3 months since it was bought new -- the watch gains more than 6 seconds per day average or loses more than 4 seconds a day average, then its performance may need to be asjusted.

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