Reply With QuoteThe well-behaved G Shock is now +6
+1 now for the Aerospace. Warmer weather and wrist tend to make my quartz watches creep this way... cooler times bring it back. Overall though, pleased with +1 given that the watch is 13 years old.
Last edited by JohnnyE; 14th June 2020 at 12:55.
The well-behaved G Shock is now +6
In the last fortnight, one week of consistently low PR gaining a second, one normal week losing it. +11s. If I hadn't been a smartarse adding seconds by leaving it crown up, then over the 11 weeks it would be -4. But I did, so....
Currently +32s since we started.
77 days in, and the Snowflake has gained 27 seconds (started 67s slow, now 40s slow).
Really impressed with the timekeeping - overnight positioning helps of course!
Currently at -3 seconds.
Has it been regulated?Originally Posted by BrianR
Really impressed with the timekeeping - overnight positioning helps of course!
Currently at -3 seconds.
I've currently worn my everyday for a week and it's lost well over 2 minutes!
First update for a few weeks, as I have been sulking.
Picked up the watches to take a pic about 10 days ago. Noticed the BB58 was about 0.5s slow, so thought I would wait until the following day for it to catch up. Completely forgot. When I did look it had stopped.
I gave up on the Seiko a few days later.
One out of three still running.
Overall a good experiment that showed just how accurate the BB58 is, with very little positional variation.
No, I think I've just been lucky to get a good example!
It's been over two months we last heard of this pair....would be great if they're still in the challenge....?
Now 27 seconds fast
Excellent example by the sounds of it. Since my earlier post it has lost another 3 seconds!
12 weeks out of the 30 gone: we're 40% through
Last edited by Der Amf; 21st June 2020 at 07:44.
Patek 5146J out of the league - stopped at 07:17am this morning after being popped in the safe a couple days ago
bit annoying
Thanks for this. I'll start a fresh thread soon. In the meantime, the GS remains bang on after 12 weeks:
It has been a while since my last update so here they are, sorry for the poor photo:
The back dial is ahead at +22s.
The white dial is lagging at +29s.
After 84 days the Snowflake has gained 29 seconds (started 67s slow).
FOIS is now at +21s:
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PAM312 at -186s and not sure how much longer I can leave it without putting it right!
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12 week update for the Q Timex. It's 7 seconds fast after 84 days.
+7ish seconds. Sorry for the terrible picture.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
I hate you so much Brian, you can see how my Turtle did...a nightmare!
Bi-weekly check for the Ultronic.
+2.37 so a gain of 24 seconds over two weeks. Pretty consistent +12 second per week gain overall, nicely within spec.
Becoming very tempted to correct it now though, will confirm if I do and remove it from the challenge.
Problem I'm having this week is that the hot weather is making the bracelet sometimes a bit too tight for comfort. I cant remember the PR on it, but I believe it should be good enough to see me through.....
Another three weeks would take you to 15 weeks - half the length of BST. I guess it would be a bit under 3'15" fast by then. Could you make it to then?
Last edited by Der Amf; 25th June 2020 at 10:54.
Yeah that's an idea, half way point would be a nice spot to bow out. I'll go with that.
Sat edit: it's now 90 days gone, 120 to go. If BST is a week, we've done Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Last edited by Der Amf; 27th June 2020 at 08:26.
91 days in, the Snowflake has gained 32s (started 67s slow).
+0.5 at most.
Lost one second in just three days, this is a new and frankly alarming deterioration in timekeeping. I knew banging it into a doorframe wasn't very clever
If I hadn't deliberately added seconds on by leaving it crown up now and then, it would now be about -10s, so not as good as St. Just's Sub.
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Next sunday, 15 weeks in, will be the halfway mark.
Last edited by Der Amf; 5th July 2020 at 17:01.
I'll get a photo next week at the mid way point... But my aerospace is still sat on exactly +1s overall.
14 week update for the Grand Seiko 9F. Whilst the photo suggests that it's bang on, I've noticed that it is gaining fractionally at around +0.5secs
After 98 days the Snowflake has gained 34s (started 67s slow).
14 week update for the Q Timex. It has gained 8 seconds in the last 98 days.
+9s I’m afraid...
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
There's absolutely no shame in that. It's stunning for a mechanical.
Oh, there is no shame. It is indeed very good. I was not complaining
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Have to admit, I'm taking the sudden deterioration from -1/6 s/d to -1/3 s/d quite badly
Sunday morning edit: we're now at the halfway point - 15 weeks gone, 15 to go
Last edited by Der Amf; 12th July 2020 at 10:27.
GLX 5600 is now at +9s.
150th consecutive day of wear
However, I might have to go away for a few days next week, on a trip where this watch wouldn't be suitable. I knew I should have got round to buying a winder....
Last edited by Der Amf; 15th July 2020 at 09:37.
FOIS has been worn a bit recently so has gained far more than normal, now at +87 sec.
PAM312 is out of the race as it stopped last week.
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Here we are, the half way point and final check-in for the Longines Ultronic. You were almost spot on with your estimation there, after exactly 15 weeks it is running at +3.17. Well within the original claims of "accurate to within 1 minute per month" from well over 40 years ago so I'm very pleased with that.
The one and only Tuning Fork in the challenge is now leaving the building as I'm about put it back to correct time.
Once again, I must apologise for the worst photo quality in the world. But the time keeping is on the money!
Saturday edit: This morning it's at +1 seconds, and as I'll be going away for a week, I've put it away, and after 111 days, am retiring it from the challenge.
I wore it 152 days in a row, never winding it, and never correcting the time. This coming week I'll be wearing a 1970 manual Seiko instead, another watch I would happily have as my only watch.
The rest of you: only 99 days to go!
(Later edit: if I hadn't done the crown-up-overnight-thing as and when, it would have about -15 seconds, so -1 second a week over the challenge. Having said that, there's been far more wandering back and forth over the last couple of weeks, so I doubt that would have been replicated over the second half of BST)
Last edited by Der Amf; 18th July 2020 at 16:30.
Sorry to see it leave the challenge but that's just incredible for a mechanical (and better than most HAQ specs).
Now plus 38 seconds for this one
16 week update for the Grand Seiko 9F. We can mark it at +1 seconds now I think:
After 112 days, the Snowflake has gained 39s.
Still a steady +1 for the Aerospace
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