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: Are there any owners of the quartz Bond SMP
: that have kept accuracy data on their watch?
: I'm crazy about the Bond SMP but also anal
: enough that I want the most precise watch
: available and, if actually buying one, would
: favor the quartz over the automatic. I'm a
: medical physicist who works regularly with
: split-second timing. TIA.
It sounds to me like you may need a chronograph if you need split-second timing. On the other hand, if all you need to do is be able to look at your watch and time something to the nearest second, there's no reason the automatic wouldn't suit your needs. The automatic Bond SMP beats at 28,800 beats per hour, which is 8 times per second. The "sweeping" second hand actually moves in 1/8 second increments. So, in 24 hours, your watch has beat 691,200 times. Let's say it is off by 4 seconds per day. That is only 32 beats. That comes out to one missed beat for every 21,600 beats. If all you need to do is time something to the nearest SECOND, this is absolutely no problem for a COSC certified Omega like the Bond SMP. With the quartz watch, you are only getting a "jump" at every full second, while the auto is giving you 8 "micro-jumps" per second.
I posted some of this over on timezone but I wasn't sure which site you'd visit first.
-John
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