Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howdy A lot of Swiss watch companies have their watches certified by some some Swiss time keeping institute. I'm not sure if the actually send each movement or watch there for certification or certify a batch of movements or watches . Omega also has a certified Seamaster and most other companies do as well It's usually available as an extra cost option. BTW: Did you know that not all new Rolex Submariners are certified! I think most of the NoDate Subs aren't. Wouldn mind having one anyway. The dial looks far less cluttered than the Date Sub with certification logo. The US used to have and may still have a Railroad Certification system. Some of the old Elgins Hamiltons, Illinois, I think Bulovas and others had Rail Road Certified watches. Not sure what this certification consisted of but it probably had something to do with not being 5 minutes late and with engineers pacing themselves through a route so they would arrive at the station at the very second they were supposed to. Very impressive for 1912! If you ever want to get into a fascinating bit of Americana, check out the history of the American watch industry. They made some absolutely outstanding watches for nearly 200 years. See Ya Javier John Coan wrote: > Rolex makes a big deal about the "chronometer" certification, but anyone > who actually owns one will tell you that compared to today's cheap > quartz watches they aren't very accurate. At least mine isn't. Still, > they are a marvel of beauty and craftsmanship and salesmanship and hype > and certainly an icon. > > If I want accuracy in a watch I wear my Zeit model. An incredible > modern marvel, this relatively cheap watch is more accurate than any > quartz watch. It has a built in radio receiver that picks up the time > signal from WWVB, the longwave station of the National Institute of > Standards and Technology. Those of you with shortwave receivers are > probably familiar with WWV transmissions. Same thing, only these are in > digital code. The watch sets itself every evening and is accurate > throughout the day to a fraction of a second. In fact, the watch sets > itself when you first put in a battery. And when daylight savings time > comes and goes it adjusts by itself. There is no way to set it > manually. > > Which is better? If you are worried about getting to a date on time the > plus or minus 3 minutes of the Rolex is satisfactory. But, if you want > to be able to switch your TV to the evening news precisely when it > starts on the hour, the Zeit will do it for you. The Zeit, as one might > expect from the name, is made in Germany. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com