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06.05.2021 10:51:20
For the 9F series quartz movements that are featured in the following Seiko watches the brand actually grow their own crystals (talk about keeping a keen eye on the quality of parts in your production line).
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For the 9F series quartz movements that are featured in the following Seiko watches the brand actually grow their own crystals (talk about keeping a keen eye on the quality of parts in your production line).
The casing on this accurate Citizen watch is made of a hardened Duratect titanium, same with the strap. A sapphire crystal protects the front of the timepiece from scratching and has a doubled sided anti-reflective coating which is good to have for glare prevention. here
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Above is the Citizen Chronomaster CTQ57-1022 which happens to be my personal favourite variation available. It features a pretty impressive looking dial that I really like the look of. here
Seven years after the release of its Caliber 360 Concept Chronograph, TAG-Heuer did it again: this time it was at the 2012 edition of BaselWorld and the movement was the Mikrogirder . This mechanical watch / chronograph could do timing to 1/2000th of a second. here
Accuracy and precision are not interchangeable terms.
The main problem was accurately determining longitude out at sea. John Harrison , a Yorkshire carpenter, was the first person to devise a clock that was able to do this when he presented his marine chronometer in 1730. It worked by having a pair of counter-oscillating weighted beams connected by springs. This meant the movement wouldn’t be negatively influenced by gravity or the motion of a ship.
Why do we say this? Any ship needs to know its latitude, longitude, and altitude in order to know its exact position on Earth, which is itself the epitome of accuracy. Modern GPS technology does that exceptionally well. However, GPS is only a very recent technological advancement available to shipping. As such, before GPS, ships had to position their routes based exclusively on complex calculations using the sun, stars, and planets in the sky - and precise time.
However, before we continue, it is worth noting that accuracy and precision are not interchangeable terms . Accuracy is the measurement of deviation from a given reference or target. The less deviation from its reference point, the more accurate something is. So, a watch that loses less than a second a day is more accurate in timekeeping than a watch that loses three seconds a day.
The adventurous HAQ collector may try to pick up a Texas Instruments EZ430-Chronos and programme it himself. Reports have suggested that these can be made to achieve sub-5 SPY, even down to 1 SPY. But if you are prepared to take a chance on an independent brand that may not last long enough to support your watch into the next decade, then both Hoptroff and Morgenwerk offer TC watches with stated accuracy of 1 SPY or better. more
1. Hoptroff Atomics (No.1, No.2, No.3, No.10, No.16) - 1.5 seconds per thousand years here
The last of the megahertz-range watches was released in about 1980 and the modern crop of HF movements are either completely unadjustable or can be adjusted only a few times, in crude steps, by pattern cutting. So, what else is available, today, in the 10 SPY (or better) range? Thermocompensated (TC) movements are offered by Seiko, Citizen and ETA in large numbers, whilst Omega and Breilting have their own offerings and small, independent brands such as Hoptroff, Morgenwerk and DeHavilland also have products on the market. Citizen and Seiko both make movements in both 5 SPY and 10 SPY variants, although 5 SPY is much more the 'bread-and-butter' of Citizen than Seiko. For Seiko, 5 SPY movements tend to be special editions. ETA's movements are generally spec'd to 10 SPY, although afer being modified by Breitling to meet the brand's 'super quartz' spec., the stated accuracy drops to 15 SPY. more
If you are interested in high-accuracy timepieces then you probably want to know which is the most accurate watch in the world. That's how my habit / hobby began. And, to be clear, the interest lies in intrinsically accurate watches - not in watches that manage persistently to display the time correct to within about a second or so because of some external time sync.. It is, of course, perfectly valid to argue that most people don't need the intrinsic accuracy of a HAQ over the sync'd accuracy of a smartwatch, but this hobby isn't about 'need' or arguments over the relative merits of this watch or that. This is all about self-contained, high-accuracy timepieces. The 'need' of a HAQ collector may be very real indeed, or may be principally driven by OCD, but no counter-argument or alternative interpretation of adequate, practical accuracy can diminish the hunger for truly accurate watches. After all, how many owners of dive watches 'need' 1,000m+ rating (or, indeed, any water resistance rating at all?). And so we search the web.
Quartz timepieces use the quartz crystals to provide a very accurate resonator which gives a constant electronic signal for timekeeping purposes. Quartz crystals are piezoelectric, which means that they generate an electrical charge when mechanical pressure is applied to them. They also vibrate if an electrical charge is applied to them. The frequency of this vibration is a function of the cut and shape of the crystal. Quartz crystals can be cut at a consistent size and shape to vibrate at thousands of times per second, making them extremely stable resonators for keeping very accurate time. [links]
The standard acceptable accuracy of mechanical wristwatches is as follows:
A typical maintenance requires the watch to be opened, the movement dismantled, and each component cleaned and lubricated. The movement is then reassembled, regulated, the gaskets changed, and finally, tested. here
The cost for a complete overhaul could start at roughly $250 for a simple watch, going up to $500 for a chronograph and into the thousands for a highly complicated watch. here
Mechanical wristwatches, especially modern ones with jeweled movements, can last forever with the right care. They can, as well, be brought back to life if in reasonable condition.
In the world of mechanics, anything assembled of small parts which are capable of maintaining 99% accuracy would be considered a top-tiered piece of machinery. To put things in perspective, if a watch is only 99.9% accurate it would be off by 1 minute and 27 seconds per day, which is unacceptable in the luxury watch world.