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Here is the recipe, Neil (simpler than you expect, but remember that this will WIDELY vary from auto to auto):

1. Synchronize your watch with a good, reliable watch (in Telecomm buzz, we wall this Stratum 1)I use TWO sources, from TWO different countries at the SAME time (US Naval Observatory and VENEZUELA's Naval Observatory. Their minimalistic difference is the propagation delay over a TDM connection between my local carrier's network and the US PSTN network, rated at 8 ms/1000 miles, plus the 64 Kbps analog-to-digital conversions made at each of the extremes, plus any compression incurred along the path. I have tested with two phone sets, at the same time, to each of this Sources)

2. In my case, I will use the watch (careless positions) for 12 hours. Outside temp range is 22 to 28 C., FYI.

3. I will leave the watch crown-up (resting on its left side), during the night.

4. When it loses some time, I compensate by leaving it horizontally, one night, once in a week. In this way it brings the watch +1.5 sec forward (aprox).

5. Check your time, against your source, and Voila. That's it. It is actually funny! Believe it or not, this thing is just "beating" (relatively speaking, of course) all my Quartzs, my computer, my Two-Way pager, My Palm Pilot, you name it (I suppose they are rather low-cost implementations, rather than top-of-the-line quartz electronics)

6. This will not necessary work for everyone, but you have got to experiment a little bit.

Furthermore, please check out Derek's anwer on my "SMP Inside" post. THAT is what I was referring to aesthetics and finishing. NOT the outside, my friend.

Very best regards, and thanks for your feedback,

Ferenc