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> A Rolex is an incredible engineering marvel and is in fact very high quality and durable. But it's fundamentally worse at being a timepiece than a digital wa
by msla 3y ago
> A Rolex is an incredible engineering marvel and is in fact very high quality and durable.
But it's fundamentally worse at being a timepiece than a digital watch synchronized to an NTP time server.
- badpun 3y agoIt's a Rube Goldberg machine.
- Our_Benefactors 3y agoThis is a completely different device than a mechanical watch. Nobody cross shops GPS watches with a Rolex. Maybe a grand Seiko.
- CPLX 3y agoNot after a nuclear war.
- Kirby64 3y agoSure it is. Even a relatively poor quality Quartz watch is higher accuracy than a mechanical watch, without any sort of synchronization. Really good ones are accurate to one second per year. No need for NTP at all. If you're thinking about EMPs or something: well, I'd consider extremely accurate timekeeping to be the least of your concerns if no electronics work anymore...