My new toy—Timegrapher 1000

[BillA]

So all of us on this site are enthusiasts and we demand some good stuff from our watches like running within COSC spec.

So I was curious to see how my watch was running, so I bought one of these Timegrapher 1000 machines. Please do not confuse with another one of my posts about being scammed by buying it directly from China, that is another issue and another day.

So I unpacked it, it really is substantial, it does have some heft to it. I bought this one from Amazon, it was delivered the next day being a Prime member. There is a manual but it stinks. Thanks to YouTube I was able to set it up and use it.

I am still learning the different names like Lift Angle (which is important). So I proceeded to mount my watch on the unit. You can time it at many different positions. I just did at 2 positions, the dial up and the dial down.

It does take a while for the watch to settle in, table vibrations and other distractions are very sensitive to the machine.

I have no interest in opening up the watch to re-calibrate, but I thought it was fun. I took pictures of the watch on the machine and the display. After about 5 minutes, it stayed constant in both positions of losing 2/3 seconds per day.

One more point, I am bringing this machine and my demagnetizer to the NYC GTG in March, so anyone who attends can see if their watch is magnetized and wants to check the timing of their mechanical piece.