Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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.