Topic: 2012 is here.. The January watch challenge begins.. (Read 3714 times)

anzac1957 · « **Reply #200 on:** January 29, 2012, 07:30:26 PM »

another -8 secs per day.. Variation over the month so far between -17 and -2 secs per day..

Ted · « **Reply #201 on:** January 30, 2012, 01:38:35 PM »

Day 30, -2 seconds off from http://time.is for a total gain of +8 seconds since Jan. 1 and a total loss of -1 second since the watch was last set on Dec. 8, 2011.

DAHASCO · « **Reply #202 on:** January 30, 2012, 01:47:23 PM »

-55 Seconds this morning Jan. 30th, One more day

I am very pleased, The 6105 definetly settled down after a while.

W4watch · « **Reply #203 on:** January 30, 2012, 04:22:57 PM »

Someone here had that beautiful GS, I can't wait to see the official report and list when it all
finished and see if the GS took it home, that's where the safe money is

5seikos · « **Reply #204 on:** January 30, 2012, 05:38:40 PM »

Im out, left the watch in the car and it had runned down.

Rob T

anzac1957 · « **Reply #205 on:** January 30, 2012, 06:50:45 PM »

-6 secs for today. One day to go for me now.

Ted · « **Reply #206 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:44:02 PM »

Day 31 at last!!! Currently +2 seconds off from http://time.is for a total gain of +12 seconds since Jan. 1, and a total gain of +3 seconds since the watch was last set on Dec. 8, 2011.

DAHASCO · « **Reply #207 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:57:16 PM »

-57 seconds, Finally, I must say that I am pleased with the 6105-8000, Really Pleased

Ted · « **Reply #208 on:** January 31, 2012, 05:30:43 PM »

Quote from: DAHASCO on January 31, 2012, 01:57:16 PM

-57 seconds, Finally, I must say that I am pleased with the 6105-8000, Really Pleased

Great results, Dahasco! You up for another month with the same watch? Only 28 days in Feb.
JUST KIDDING, I'm very ready to wear something else!

DAHASCO · « **Reply #209 on:** January 31, 2012, 05:34:15 PM »

Ted, I think I'll wait another year, Thank You... One of our Highly Esteemed Members serviced the 6105 and He should be commended for his fine work

anzac1957 · « **Reply #210 on:** January 31, 2012, 08:22:01 PM »

Challenge over for me.. 1st Feb here in New Zealand..

-2 / -17 secs per day during the challenge.. -311 secs over the month.. -10 secs per day average.. Well within specs for the Orient M-Force..

So now I have changed watches and now have the Royal Calendar Orient on the wrist..

Cheers

Ted · « **Reply #211 on:** January 31, 2012, 10:14:49 PM »

Quote from: anzac1957 on January 31, 2012, 08:22:01 PM

Challenge over for me.. 1st Feb here in New Zealand..

-2 / -17 secs per day during the challenge.. -311 secs over the month.. -10 secs per day average.. Well within specs for the Orient M-Force..

So now I have changed watches and now have the Royal Calendar Orient on the wrist..

Cheers

Hi Tony,

Thank you for proposing the January 2012 watch challenge. It was fun, and a great way to really get to know a particular watch.

serdal22 · « **Reply #212 on:** February 01, 2012, 02:44:37 AM »

I just saw this January challenge, and it was really fun and informative, and yes, you get to know a particular timepiece very well. I missed this opportunity, sorry. We should do this again sometime in the near future.

Myles, I also borrowed your very unique excel/spread sheet accuracy program. It is very well organized and done! Thanks a lot

.

Capt. Serdal

curtisjf · « **Reply #213 on:** February 01, 2012, 07:26:54 AM »

Well, that went by quite fast didn't it? Not fast enough for some of you who no doubt had to use two wrists I bet.
I ended off January the same as I started, 0 sec. Although I'm going to bed a bit early, so I'll presume nothing drastic happens to my poor old sxk in the next half hour.

Night,
Curt

serdal22 · « **Reply #214 on:** February 01, 2012, 08:19:21 AM »

0 sec??? $:-\$

$:-\$ Wow! That's a crazy accuracy! I had a military modded SKX173, after wearing on my wrist 24/7 for 5 weeks, it lost total -1 second! I love the 7S26 movements very much since then. And that's why I always try my very best to wear my watches, either Auto or Quartz, 24/7 to obtain maximum accuracy.

Capt. Serdal

Ted · « **Reply #215 on:** February 01, 2012, 09:47:30 AM »

Quote from: curtisjf on February 01, 2012, 07:26:54 AM

Well, that went by quite fast didn't it? Not fast enough for some of you who no doubt had to use two wrists I bet.
I ended off January the same as I started, 0 sec. Although I'm going to bed a bit early, so I'll presume nothing drastic happens to my poor old sxk in the next half hour.

Night,
Curt

Awesome, Curt! I took my SKX171 off at 6:30 last night and it had gained a total of +3 seconds since I last set it on Dec. 8 (it fluctuated a few seconds per day, but seemed to gravitate towards the time it was originally set to). Now I'm letting it wind down for the first time since I've owned it, and am wearing my quartz SBBN007.

curtisjf · « **Reply #216 on:** February 01, 2012, 03:45:34 PM »

Quote from: serdal22 on February 01, 2012, 08:19:21 AM

0 sec??? $:-\$ $:-\$ Wow! That's a crazy accuracy! I had a military modded SKX173, after wearing on my wrist 24/7 for 5 weeks, it lost total -1 second! I love the 7S26 movements very much since then. And that's why I always try my very best to wear my watches, either Auto or Quartz, 24/7 to obtain maximum accuracy.

Capt. Serdal

This is my daily beater, so I'm used to how it behaves. It certainly didn't stay at 0 seconds throughout January though, it usually lost about 4 seconds while on wrist and then gained it back while off. It was a pretty tight plus/minus except for one night I left it face down and it gained 7 seconds overnight!

Curt

curtisjf · « **Reply #217 on:** February 01, 2012, 03:48:58 PM »

Quote from: Ted on February 01, 2012, 09:47:30 AM

Awesome, Curt! I took my SKX171 off at 6:30 last night and it had gained a total of +3 seconds since I last set it on Dec. 8 (it fluctuated a few seconds per day, but seemed to gravitate towards the time it was originally set to). Now I'm letting it wind down for the first time since I've owned it, and am wearing my quartz SBBN007.

I think it's a great movement for the price. I'm very happy with my 009, which I purchased from a forum member two years ago.

Curt

bur · « **Reply #218 on:** February 01, 2012, 07:21:33 PM »

Quote from: TheTigerUK on January 01, 2012, 10:55:08 AM

I am going with the 8000 for the month and in all honesty no great hardship

[IMG]http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll171/TheTigerUK/6105-8000/28122011.jpg[/img
Cracking watch

nikidasi · « **Reply #219 on:** February 02, 2012, 12:45:00 PM »

I failed miserably in this challenge. Wore my 6139 for few hours on the weekends.

Anyhow, the GS SBGA011 performs very well by gaining 3 seconds/month. That makes it roughly +0.1 second/day which is much better than the factory spec of 1 second/day.

Lesson learnt. Never promise to wear just 1 watch for a month.

Regards,
Indera

jkchua · « **Reply #220 on:** February 02, 2012, 12:52:08 PM »

Same here, wore my 6309 for a week then can't help wearing my other watches

Great job for those who've done the challenge

hankaarons · « **Reply #221 on:** February 24, 2012, 04:46:19 PM »

Quote from: hankaarons on January 08, 2012, 06:08:58 PM

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiXSgeVe_kM_dDNrSHN6SDQtWEkxa3EwSGxJY0dqNUE&hl=en_US#gid=0

My update - it looks like this 31 yr old workhorse is sitting at an almost metronomical +21 seconds a day. The last day was a short one for me since I started it in PST and ended it in EST so it gained 3 less seconds on the day. I may open it up to regulate at the end of the month to see if I can get it closer to 0.

As promised, I opened 'er up and gave it a slight nudge to slow it down. It's been running a very consistent +4 to +6 second a day and have less variation based on wrist time. I'm thinking I'll leave it as is instead of gambling on making it better. This 6309 is running very nice considering its 31-yr age...

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