What time is it? Watches and horology

I've been watch bodging. Homage haters, avert your gaze.

I had one of these;

and never got on with it. I like the dial, but the case is too big and heavy for my skinny wrists. Loads of people love them, but not me.

But I really like this;

(Picture stolen from a proper watch person, http://halfpastthehour.wordpress.com/been-gon/ )

So I got one of these beauties, going quite cheap at 299 euros, ETA 2824, and a 40mm case.

and ripped them both apart. The Steinhart dial had to get smaller, and got filed down between two 28mm spacers;

Cyclops got lopped off;

A generic bezel insert got smallered;

and now I have this, a franken with a personality crisis, but one I like wearing.

good fucking work there.

What's the best way of testing a watches accuracy at home?

Compare it with the clock on Teletext. Teletext takes its time directly from Big Ben so is the most accurate measure.

LOLZ.

I don't have a TV...

Good effort on the Steinmariner.

What's the best way of testing a watches accuracy at home?

are you turning up late or early for stuff? if no, then your watch is accurate enough

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Nah, just got my Constellation, seems fine, just intrigued really.

To test your accuracy, stop the watchby pulling out the crown as the second hand hits 12. Have a look at your phone, if it's 10:47 then wind your watch hands to exactly 10:48 and wang the crown back in as your mobile phone hits 10:48. Boomshanka, you watch matches your phone, which in turn matches ceefax. Have a look at your watch / phone / ceefax tomorrow. How many seconds do they differ by? How much do you care? Divide one by the other for the inverse of the tangent of adjustment.

Download wildspectra mobile, this listens to the beats of the movement and allows easy day regulation:
Using WildSpectra Mobile to Regulate a Mechanical Watch - YouTube

Today's date has a 4 in it which means....its a Junghans day!

Just look at that 4 :O

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Looks like your dates stuck halfway. Besides it's the 24th today not the 20th.

TrollTrollTrollTrollTrollTrollTrollolol ;op

I actually looked you bastard.

Reppered

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24211691

Interesting - Daniels' watch making studio

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24211691

Interesting - Daniels' watch making studio

I watched (lol) that this morning...

This is still one of my favourite web series ever: http://www.webofstories.com/play/george.daniels/1

If you get a chance, I'd recommend hunting down 'The Watchmaker's Apprentice'.

The film will tour the festival circuit in 2013 before looking to broadcast and general release in 2014.

I watched it at SalonQP last year. It's a documentary about how Roger W. Smith became George Daniel's apprentice.

Fascinating.

^^^ just watched that BBC clip... It's actually an excerpt from The Watchmaker's Apprentice.

#fullcircle

Compare it with the clock on Teletext. Teletext takes its time directly from Big Ben so is the most accurate measure.

That's the funniest thing I've read on LFGSS all day.

Bill Amberg

RIP

I've been lucky in my find! Just heard back from the watchmaker in Denmark that my Grand Seiko is in excellent condition and looks little used.

Considering it was made in March 1969 I'm chuffed. Movement has been stripped and cleaned. It's a 36,000 hi-beat.

It's been pressure tested and is holding up fine. Plus time tested and it's gaining 2 seconds a day. Not bad for a 44 year old watch :)

Bastard.... i'm massively jealous.

Bastard.... i'm massively jealous.

Don't be. I'm now on a mission to find a GS buckle from the 1960s. Sad but true.

That is a good result.