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Re: Vintage Seamaster Chronometers

In Response To: Re: Vintage Seamaster Chronometers ()

: No.

: When new, the chronometers of the 1960's were
: required to meet the same +6/-4 sec/day
: chronometer tolerances as now. But today it
: is much more common for a fairly new
: chronometer watch to significantly exceed
: the specification. Many Omega SMP
: chronometer owners are enjoying accuracies
: of +/-1.5 seconds per day!

: You are correct in thinking that the accuracy
: of watches deteriorates over time. This is
: mainly due to wear in the mechanism. They
: can be always be adjusted, but are still
: much more likely to vary in accuracy over
: time and positions.

Thanks for your help Derek!! I am considering buying one of these older models and your insights are incredibly helpful.

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Vintage Seamaster Chronometers

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0 wallclock secs ( 0.16 usr + 0.03 sys = 0.19 CPU)