timekeeping....

[vliberman]

I own recent model Offshore(42mm version). I am particular about the accuracy of watches and often measure timekeeping performance. Have noticed 15 sec per day slower deviation lately. If i compare that to my other sports watches, like Roles Sky/GMT/Sub, these are within 2 sec per day (actually, better than that). Do people generally find AP accurate? is my experience an aberration?

I stopped by the boutique a few days ago and was told my watch is magnetized. Is this still an issue in 2023? Again, hate to use Rolex as an example but there is never an issue with them (and they don't use silicon hairspring on recent models). By the way, demagnetization didn't really solve the issue as watch promptly resumed to it slower pace ex-post.

Do people generally care about accuracy? Anecdotally, every friend of mine who owns AP complains about timekeeping but they don't generally measure it systematically, so I discount that.