Re: [Leica] wristwatches

[Dennis Painter <dpainter@bigfoot.com>]

If it set itself to the time zone, then, I'd be impressed ;-) 

gps, someday it will be in everything. imagine a toaster that knows
where it is ;-) what you want it toasted right too!!!

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.