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A thermally compensated crystal is one or two orders of magnitude more accurate than a ten dollar Casio or Timex. Less than one second per year. That said, mos
by galangalalgol 8y ago
A thermally compensated crystal is one or two orders of magnitude more accurate than a ten dollar Casio or Timex. Less than one second per year.
That said, mostly you are right, a 5 million dollar patek will sell a few copies to someone...
It's good to be king I guess.
- wbl 8y agoYour body heat makes an excellent oven for a wristwatch.
- galangalalgol 8y agoI've found the opposite. A cheap Casio lost less than a second in two years sitting on my desk, but a whole second in the month I wore it.
- SamReidHughes 8y agoWhat. Both of those are insanely good numbers.
- anthonybsd 8y agohttp://www.sapphytimes.com/movement/ephoto_show.asp?PhotoID=1405 http://www.sapphytimes.com/movement/ephoto_show.asp?PhotoID=... This is just "normal" price. For a large production you can get an even larger discount. It's still a cheap movement.
- ljcn 8y agoAnd that's a standard quartz; the specs say -10 to 20 s/month. Still ~10x more accurate than a mechanical watch, but not ~200x more accurate as thermocompensated ones are (as mentioned in the message you were replying to).