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> if it’s a well-tuned mechanical watch, you can probably reset it once a week or once a month. The watch I am wearing most often with a relatively modest ETA
by DeathArrow 2y ago
> if it’s a well-tuned mechanical watch, you can probably reset it once a week or once a month.
The watch I am wearing most often with a relatively modest ETA 2824-II, is 1 second per day off. Since I am OK with a 30 seconds difference I set it 30 seconds earlier and reset it in 2 months.
- stevekemp 2y agoI switch watches every few days, so my typical routine is either to wind yesterday's watch and trust it kept time, or to go to my watch box and pickout a new one to wear - setting the time/date before putting it on. I know they're not as accurate as quartz/digital watches, but I've never had a watch that would drift too much over the course of a few days so I don't need to reset them other than when changing. (My routine is one of the reasons why I avoid watches with date-complications, it makes it easier to wear a watch that has been in the box for a couple of weeks. That's why I prefer the Submariner original vs. the one with the date for example.)