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Does the radio sync work for you? I have a 15 year old G-shock watch and the sync stopped working for me years ago. :(

doodlebugging 4y ago
I bought one of these for my brother when he joined the Army almost 20 years ago - solar with radio sync. I noticed that he was still wearing it a couple days ago. I'll have to ask him whether it all still works. The last time we talked about it he said it had been a great watch and he wouldn't go anywhere without it. I don't wear watches or other jewelry (except wedding band) and haven't worn a watch since the late 1970's when I found a Timex in the dirt while walking a pipeline looking for oil spills in central Texas. I picked it up and cleaned the dirt from it and it started ticking. It was an auto-winder model. I wore that for a couple years and eventually gave it away since my own internal clock keeps me accurate to within 15 minutes all day long and if I really think about it I can be accurate most times to within 5 minutes by mentally replaying my day.
- mellavora 4y ago
  Yes, our own body really is the best timekeeper. Just a little bit of paying attention is all it takes. I learned to time my scuba-diving safety stops by singing songs. Makes for more interesting dive planning, have to choose the right songs for the dive profile. Evidence of accuracy is that I am writing this post.
  - doodlebugging 4y ago
    It's all about feeling the flow of life as it happens in different contexts. Working outside all day long and sometimes all night added to the sense. I've done so many different things over the years that I have a feel for just how long it normally takes to accomplish things and then I use the Boredom Factor along with the Time Flies correction to adjust. It can be incredibly accurate with practice. I haven't needed a watch or clock since I was a teenager.
trillic 4y ago
My solar radio-sync watch is still going strong. Been wearing it for almost 20 years now.
classichasclass 4y ago
Yes. It has a nook in the kitchen window where it gets a reliable signal. I just checked it and it's dead-on as usual.
null_object 4y ago
> Does the radio sync work for you? I have a 15 year old G-shock watch and the sync stopped working for me years ago The radio-sync may have stopped working due to simple geographic limitations? Where I live, I'm on the edge of the Berlin radio-signal, and I find it sometimes fails (atmospheric conditions?), but then you can always try apps that synchronize with a sound signal. I actually have no idea how, but they do actually work! I've used one called Clock Wave from the Apple appstore[0], and it has worked flawlessly. I'm totally loving my G-Shock. Mine is also solar-powered - which is such a liberating feeling. And includes a barometer, thermometer, compass and altimeter (the altimeter is pretty useless unless barometer-pressure is constant, though - but it's incredibly accurate for elevations of short duration). I was using my iPhone as my watch for a while, but each time I took it out of my pocket to check the time, I'd get distracted and drawn into some meaningless cellphone activity. Now I check air-pressure and where North is instead :) [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clock-wave/id1073576068 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clock-wave/id1073576068

I bought one of these for my brother when he joined the Army almost 20 years ago - solar with radio sync. I noticed that he was still wearing it a couple days ago. I'll have to ask him whether it all still works. The last time we talked about it he said it had been a great watch and he wouldn't go anywhere without it. I don't wear watches or other jewelry (except wedding band) and haven't worn a watch since the late 1970's when I found a Timex in the dirt while walking a pipeline looking for oil spills in central Texas. I picked it up and cleaned the dirt from it and it started ticking. It was an auto-winder model. I wore that for a couple years and eventually gave it away since my own internal clock keeps me accurate to within 15 minutes all day long and if I really think about it I can be accurate most times to within 5 minutes by mentally replaying my day.

mellavora 4y ago
Yes, our own body really is the best timekeeper. Just a little bit of paying attention is all it takes. I learned to time my scuba-diving safety stops by singing songs. Makes for more interesting dive planning, have to choose the right songs for the dive profile. Evidence of accuracy is that I am writing this post.
- doodlebugging 4y ago
  It's all about feeling the flow of life as it happens in different contexts. Working outside all day long and sometimes all night added to the sense. I've done so many different things over the years that I have a feel for just how long it normally takes to accomplish things and then I use the Boredom Factor along with the Time Flies correction to adjust. It can be incredibly accurate with practice. I haven't needed a watch or clock since I was a teenager.

trillic 4y ago

My solar radio-sync watch is still going strong. Been wearing it for almost 20 years now.

classichasclass 4y ago

Yes. It has a nook in the kitchen window where it gets a reliable signal. I just checked it and it's dead-on as usual.

null_object 4y ago

> Does the radio sync work for you? I have a 15 year old G-shock watch and the sync stopped working for me years ago The radio-sync may have stopped working due to simple geographic limitations? Where I live, I'm on the edge of the Berlin radio-signal, and I find it sometimes fails (atmospheric conditions?), but then you can always try apps that synchronize with a sound signal. I actually have no idea how, but they do actually work! I've used one called Clock Wave from the Apple appstore[0], and it has worked flawlessly. I'm totally loving my G-Shock. Mine is also solar-powered - which is such a liberating feeling. And includes a barometer, thermometer, compass and altimeter (the altimeter is pretty useless unless barometer-pressure is constant, though - but it's incredibly accurate for elevations of short duration). I was using my iPhone as my watch for a while, but each time I took it out of my pocket to check the time, I'd get distracted and drawn into some meaningless cellphone activity. Now I check air-pressure and where North is instead :) [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clock-wave/id1073576068 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clock-wave/id1073576068