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A theory.
In Response To: omega stopwatch centiminutes *PIC* ()


Maybe this watch wasn't designed to "record" a time, as in press the button (stop the hands) & read the time.

Maybe the main purpose of this watch was to quickly reset & then carry on running. eg at 1 quarter of a minute, hit the reset & immediately start running from zero.

With a normal watch, you'd need to use 3 button pushes for this. 1 stop, 2 reset 3 restart.

I can't think of a real situation where you would need this feature, but I would imagine it is more used for timing machines or work steps.

I assume that the large centre hand rotates exactly once per minute & the smaller dial counts "real" minutes.

I have to admit that I don't usually follow stopwatches, but a watch that break a minute down into 100ths can't have been used for a sprting event ( or similar). I can only imagine it has a purely "industrial" use.

Anyone else ?

Thanks for sharing the watch with us Bert. Have you tried asking Omega Vintage Information ? maybe they can provide some definate answers.

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