3186 Accuracy (Confused)

[postiff]

Although it does not take much to confuse me sometimes this is a little puzzling.

March 20th around 1PM I set my watch to my cell phone. At 10 days it was six seconds fast at 21 days it was six seconds fast and now today 28 days later it is now 3 seconds slow.

It does not bug me at all as this is well within spec. It just strikes me as odd that it would consistently run six seconds fast even as of Monday and now be slow by 3 seconds? This would mean in a 4 day time I lost 9 seconds?

Anyone else notice this?

Danny


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[Esquire]

Maybe your cell phone had some rounding errors?

Set it to the atomic clock and see if you get the same results.

[postiff]

My cell is spot on with Time.gov atomic clock.

I just checked again to make sure.

[Esquire]

Originally Posted by postiff

My cell is spot on with Time.gov atomic clock.

I just checked again to make sure.

I assume you were checking at the same time each day, give or take a few minutes?

Did you do anything different for that last week between day 21 and day 28?

[postiff]

Originally Posted by Esquire

I assume you were checking at the same time each day, give or take a few minutes?

Did you do anything different for that last week between day 21 and day 28?

For the most part I checked on time. At 1:00 it will be officially day 28.

As to doing anything different I do not think so? Nothing that I remember thinking oh dang I should have taken my watch off.

[goduke1]

Originally Posted by postiff

For the most part I checked on time. At 1:00 it will be officially day 28.

As to doing anything different I do not think so? Nothing that I remember thinking oh dang I should have taken my watch off.

How do you store your watch at night (assuming you don't wear it). Laying it dial up will cause it to gain a few sec. laying it vertical crown down, it looses seconds, Crown up it looses even more seconds.

[postiff]

Originally Posted by goduke1

How do you store your watch at night (assuming you don't wear it). Laying it dial up will cause it to gain a few sec. laying it vertical crown down, it looses seconds, Crown up it looses even more seconds.

I only take it off to shower. You never know when a natural disaster may strike and I have to flea the house…

[Esquire]

Originally Posted by postiff

I only take it off to shower. You never know when a natural disaster may strike and I have to flea the house…

OK.

When I said different, I meant winding it after a week or two, setting it in different positions when it is off your wrist, etc.

Maybe...you slept on it in a different way that week?

I have no idea man.

[postiff]

I may have wound it but not 100% sure I do that sometimes.

I set it again at 1:00 PM to the Time.gov so I will keep an eye on it again.

Thanks,

Danny


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