Re: [Leica] wristwatches

[John Coan <jcoan@alumni.duke.edu>]

David,
I see that Jeff Moore posted four links.  The place I bought my watch,
and a couple of the old timey wall clocks (with radio controlled time,
of course!) was arctime.
John

David Enzel wrote:
> 
> Who sells Zeit watches?
> 
> DAVID ENZEL
> Chevy Chase, Maryland
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John Coan
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 10:34 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] wristwatches
> 
> 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.