Precision Addiction

[Fred48]

When changing a watch to wear, any of you precision addicted folks (like me) ever get so focused on starting the watch precisely when the atomic or quartz clock hits 60 seconds, that you discover the hour and/or minute hand on your watch has been set wrong?! Ha! Happened to me the other day; rather embarrassing.
Must remember to view the whole picture.

[Malum]

It’s crazy, I do that all the time .

[WatchOut4It]

Yes. I’m right there with you. Sometimes I’ll set the time, engage the movement, and then do it all again after realizing I started things a fraction of a second too early/late. It’s a real sickness. ;-)

[jed11]

Yep. I've even 'restarted' the process if let's say I didn't hack the seconds hand right on 60 and wait other round to set the time. Crazy. Haha. Sounds like i'm not alone.
At the moment, my Speedy is the only watch I have that doesn't have a hacking seconds which I can live with...but if I'm looking at some truly high end watches (ahem, ahem, cough, Patek), it boggles my mind that some ref's don't have this feature.
Don't get me wrong, I get the whole vibe and idea (technical and the romantic) of a non-hacking movement and it wouldn't necessarily keep me from buying one but definitely something I take into consideration.

Now that I think about it, is there anything out there that has a manual wind, zero set seconds hand feature, and a power reserve?????

[Fred48]

Originally Posted by jed11

Yep. I've even 'restarted' the process if let's say I didn't hack the seconds hand right on 60 and wait other round to set the time. Crazy. Haha. Sounds like i'm not alone.
At the moment, my Speedy is the only watch I have that doesn't have a hacking seconds which I can live with...but if I'm looking at some truly high end watches (ahem, ahem, cough, Patek), it boggles my mind that some ref's don't have this feature.
Don't get me wrong, I get the whole vibe and idea (technical and the romantic) of a non-hacking movement and it wouldn't necessarily keep me from buying one but definitely something I take into consideration.

Now that I think about it, is there anything out there that has a manual wind, zero set seconds hand feature, and a power reserve?????

You can actually "backpedal" to hack the speedy, but the small second hand is so hard to read accurately why bother? It's actually rather refreshing; don't worry about things you can't correct. Probably my most used tool watch is a Tissot T-Touch (quartz), and it has no second hand - never miss it.

[Moose500]

Been there!

[EEpro]

No, I focus on the clocking of the minute and seconds hand mostly since any misalignment annoys me. Atomic start time has no value to me. I track the watch against atomic time but the offset doesn't matter to me.

[SDREW22]

Originally Posted by WatchOut4It

Yes. I’m right there with you. Sometimes I’ll set the time, engage the movement, and then do it all again after realizing I started things a fraction of a second too early/late. It’s a real sickness. ;-)

Yup.

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[fskywalker]

Not me!


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[D007]

Originally Posted by jed11

Yep. I've even 'restarted' the process if let's say I didn't hack the seconds hand right on 60 and wait other round to set the time. Crazy. Haha. Sounds like i'm not alone.
At the moment, my Speedy is the only watch I have that doesn't have a hacking seconds which I can live with...but if I'm looking at some truly high end watches (ahem, ahem, cough, Patek), it boggles my mind that some ref's don't have this feature.
Don't get me wrong, I get the whole vibe and idea (technical and the romantic) of a non-hacking movement and it wouldn't necessarily keep me from buying one but definitely something I take into consideration.

Now that I think about it, is there anything out there that has a manual wind, zero set seconds hand feature, and a power reserve?????

the new speedy has hack seconds, still manual round and has 50 hour power reserve

[jed11]

Originally Posted by D007

the new speedy has hack seconds, still manual round and has 50 hour power reserve

Great...do I now need to look at this one!!! Wow...did not know that!


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[jed11]

Originally Posted by Fred48

You can actually "backpedal" to hack the speedy, but the small second hand is so hard to read accurately why bother? It's actually rather refreshing; don't worry about things you can't correct. Probably my most used tool watch is a Tissot T-Touch (quartz), and it has no second hand - never miss it.

Oh yeah, I know how to “hack” the speedy...again, no real concern over it. Just a preference. I bought the speedy knowing full well of the non hacking seconds...still love it.


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[Rebel]

Nope.

[faimag]

Thankfully no! Being addicted to watches is enough!

[Gab27]

Originally Posted by EEpro

No, I focus on the clocking of the minute and seconds hand mostly since any misalignment annoys me. Atomic start time has no value to me. I track the watch against atomic time but the offset doesn't matter to me.

This.

If the minute and second hands are misaligned, it dives me absolutely nuts.

[RKFdds]

Originally Posted by EEpro

No, I focus on the clocking of the minute and seconds hand mostly since any misalignment annoys me. Atomic start time has no value to me. I track the watch against atomic time but the offset doesn't matter to me.

Same..I want the minute marker to split the hand exactly in half when the second hand is exactly at 12. I could care less if this is +/- 30s from actual time


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[Lol-x]

I have been known to do that in the past by setting it 5 or 10 minutes off...

[214270Explorer]

I like to get the thing started exactly at the 0 seconds.
But after that I care not to keep it "on time" for however many weeks or months it is worn.
Weird.

[rallyx]

I sync my watches precisely at 60 secs. faster than my iphone clock. It will be handy if Rolex introduces the zero reset seconds hand so I don't have to wait for the seconds hand to reach zero to pull the crown.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by fskywalker

Not me!


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Same here thank god my life has never been run to the exact second.

[Das]

Recently obsessed with getting the minute hand to hit the marker when the seconds hand hits 12!

Don't know about you guys, but getting this right on a 14060m is almost impossible.

[WalterE]

Originally Posted by Das

Recently obsessed with getting the minute hand to hit the marker when the seconds hand hits 12!

Being there, got the... Wait! I don't think I've ever left!!!

[1William]

I do set the watch precisely when it has stopped or is off significantly. I will wear watches that are off with the time but not by much.

[alweisenberger]

yep same here, one reason i like the jump hour hand watches like my PO

[brandrea]

I just eyeball it to the nearest minute

[rmagoo57]

I admit to having a precision addiction. I'll rest my watches if the minute hand doesn't split the marker when the second hand hits 12 o'clock. Just reset my 14060M and it's looking good!

[Das]

Originally Posted by WalterE

Being there, got the... Wait! I don't think I've ever left!!!

[JodyHighroller]

I personally enjoy setting it to the exact second off an atomic clock when winding up a watch. Part of the fun for me imo.

[Robf52]

I've mis-set the minute hand but never the hour hand. Set the second hand exactly at 60 on my iPhone.

[101031-28]

Originally Posted by JodyHighroller

I personally enjoy setting it to the exact second off an atomic clock when winding up a watch. Part of the fun for me imo.

Agree!