Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-14 Thread Tom Van Baak
ge - From: "Bob Camp" To: "'Tom Van Baak'" ; "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 9:14 AM Subject: RE: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch > Hi > > Seconds per 30 day month turned out

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-14 Thread Bob Camp
] On Behalf Of Tom Van Baak Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 8:17 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch > So, does this unit include an input for a external reference? I would > be interested in knowing what they use for a

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-14 Thread Tom Van Baak
> So, does this unit include an input for a external reference? I would > be interested in knowing what they use for a timing reference... > > :) > > Dan Last I checked with Bryan, he has XO and TCXO and GPS options for the Microset timer. Realize that most traditional watch/clock people are c

[time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-14 Thread Dan Kemppainen
On 9/14/2012 8:00 AM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: For those of you interested in timing mechanical clocks or watches, a wonderful site to visit is: http://www.bmumford.com/microset.html /tvb So, does this unit include an input for a external reference? I would be interested in knowin

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-13 Thread Tom Van Baak
The accuracy of 32 kHz-based quartz wristwatches with analog hands can easily be measured with magnetic pick-up. Even if the 32 kHz acoustic or EM field is too low to sense, the tiny 1 Hz stepper motor creates a large sharp spike, which is much easier to detect. Here's an example from my watch:

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-13 Thread Chuck Harris
Hmm, Imagine that! And yet you still can detect its E-M field with a loop of wire, or its sonic signature with a microphone. -Chuck Harris Bob Camp wrote: Hi A magnetically driven tuning fork is a *very* different beast than a modern watch crystal…. Bob On Sep 13, 2012, at 6:15 PM, Chuck

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-13 Thread Bob Camp
; >> -Original Message- >> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On >> Behalf Of Azelio Boriani >> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:45 PM >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> Subject: Re

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-13 Thread Chuck Harris
l Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Azelio Boriani Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:45 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch OK, listening to the 32KHz EM field, not t

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-13 Thread Azelio Boriani
alf Of Azelio Boriani > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:45 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch > > OK, listening to the 32KHz EM field, not to the acoustic 32KHz. > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 8:08 PM,

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-13 Thread Bob Camp
.@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Azelio Boriani Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:45 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch OK, listening to the 32KHz EM field, not to the acoustic 32KHz. On Thu, Sep 13,

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-13 Thread Mike S
On 9/13/2012 4:45 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote: OK, listening to the 32KHz EM field, not to the acoustic 32KHz. I'm impressed by your special powers. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mai

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-13 Thread Azelio Boriani
; From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On >> Behalf Of Christopher Quarksnow >> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 5:39 PM >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch >> >

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-13 Thread Ron Frazier (TImeN)
time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Quarksnow Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 5:39 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch There are many Wave Ceptor LCD versions such as W

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-13 Thread Ron Frazier (TImeN)
You could try listening with an electromagnetic pickup, like the ones we used to stick on telephone handsets to record conversations. Ron On 9/12/2012 5:21 AM, Azelio Boriani wrote: Interesting: trying to "hear" a low frequency crystal using a microphone... it should be hard: the crystal has t

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-13 Thread Bob Camp
om: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Quarksnow Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 5:39 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch There are many Wave Ceptor LCD versions such as WVM120J-1 (

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-12 Thread Christopher Quarksnow
There are many Wave Ceptor LCD versions such as WVM120J-1 (about $27) or WV59A-1AV (about $49) that might not have the spin issue. Chris On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Robert Darlington wrote: > The waveceptor's are okay but I can't wear mine much because I tend to > cross timezones a lot.

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-12 Thread Azelio Boriani
The small microphone is not a problem: I've used a small mic from a cellphone to make an audio downconverter used as a bat detector, I can try with that hardware first. On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Randy D. Hunt wrote: > On 9/12/2012 2:21 AM, Azelio Boriani wrote: > >> Interesting: trying to

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-12 Thread Randy D. Hunt
On 9/12/2012 2:21 AM, Azelio Boriani wrote: Interesting: trying to "hear" a low frequency crystal using a microphone... it should be hard: the crystal has to make the case vibrate and this is energy consuming (unless it resonates). I don't expect to pick up nothing, except the step motor driving

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-12 Thread Bob Camp
t: Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch OK, I'll try but I think this is not a dark ages practice: hearing a very small vibration is related to low noise and small signal techniques. It is way easier to hear a mechanical escapement. On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Bob Camp wrote: > Hi &

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-12 Thread John Lofgren
ssion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch If I recall correctly it was in RF Design magazine many years ago that a short article included a schematic for using an ultrasonic sensor and selective amplifier (narrowband PLL?) to pick up the 32KHz vi

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-12 Thread Azelio Boriani
.com] On > Behalf Of Azelio Boriani > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 5:22 AM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch > > Interesting: trying to "hear" a low frequency crystal using a microphone... > it sho

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-12 Thread Robert LaJeunesse
If I recall correctly it was in RF Design magazine many years ago that a short article included a schematic for using an ultrasonic sensor and selective amplifier (narrowband PLL?) to pick up the 32KHz vibration and convert it to a measurable signal. I'd expect a normal microphone to pick up way

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-12 Thread Bob Camp
ehalf Of Azelio Boriani Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 5:22 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch Interesting: trying to "hear" a low frequency crystal using a microphone... it should be hard: the crystal has to make

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-12 Thread Pierpaolo Bernardi
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Robert Darlington wrote: > The waveceptor's are okay but I can't wear mine much because I tend to > cross timezones a lot. The hands only run in one direction so when > going to the west, it has to spin 11 hours forward. This takes 20 > minutes. I guess it's on

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-12 Thread Azelio Boriani
Interesting: trying to "hear" a low frequency crystal using a microphone... it should be hard: the crystal has to make the case vibrate and this is energy consuming (unless it resonates). I don't expect to pick up nothing, except the step motor driving the hands. On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:45 AM, H

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-12 Thread Hal Murray
> I have a $49 Casio Wave Ceptor, white face black numerals, analog hands > including second hand, date, alarm and WWVB syncing in the middle of the > night. Only had to replace the battery once and it ticks are closer than I > can discern when comparing to WWV @ 10or 15 Mhz. Has anybody "listen

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-11 Thread Mike S
On 9/11/2012 11:58 AM, David McGaw wrote: Curious. Civil time is based on UTC, not GPS. Shouldn't the "smart" phones account for the difference from GPS time? We have the technology. The problem is, Google doesn't have a clue. The issue was first reported to them almost 3 years ago - http:

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-11 Thread David McGaw
Curious. Civil time is based on UTC, not GPS. Shouldn't the "smart" phones account for the difference from GPS time? We have the technology. BTW, my Verizon CDMA "dumb" phone is currently only 1 second ahead, NOT 16 secs. David On 9/11/12 11:48 AM, James Tucker wrote: On Mon, Sep 10, 20

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-11 Thread James Tucker
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Mike S wrote: > On 9/10/2012 6:36 PM, Bob Smither wrote: >> >> >> May not be redundant for time nuts! I have an NTP client on my Android and >> it >> shows the network time (Sprint in my case) is often as much as 2 seconds >> behind UTC. > > > So that makes it, wha

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread Michael Tharp
On 09/10/2012 06:36 PM, Bob Smither wrote: May not be redundant for time nuts! I have an NTP client on my Android and it shows the network time (Sprint in my case) is often as much as 2 seconds behind UTC. Anyone else noticed this? It may not really be using network time, or not using it pro

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread Mike S
On 9/10/2012 6:36 PM, Bob Smither wrote: May not be redundant for time nuts! I have an NTP client on my Android and it shows the network time (Sprint in my case) is often as much as 2 seconds behind UTC. So that makes it, what, 21 seconds off? It should be 19 seconds ahead of UTC, since Spri

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread Bob Smither
On 09/10/2012 10:02 AM, Tom Knox wrote: > > I think any Time Nut worth his salt should own a tourbillon watch, or > several. Some would consider these a bargain compared to a new Hydrogen > Maser. If a tourbillon does fit your budget Citizen makes many great watches. > After breaking my third $100

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread David C. Partridge
GUT (Gallifree Universal Time) of course. Dave -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Don Latham Sent: 10 September 2012 18:39 To: Tom Van Baak; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Re

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread Tom Knox
. Thomas Knox > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:39:29 -0600 > From: d...@montana.com > To: t...@leapsecond.com; time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch > > Oh Boy. Just occurred to me; what reference is used in the Tardis > Don > > Tom Van Baa

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread Javier Herrero
Hello! El 10/09/2012 19:33, Tom Van Baak escribió: Ah, "done with it" you say? No, that only begins a whole new set of problems. Setting to UTC begs the question: what time frame are you in and whose definition of a second is your watch counting. Some time ago we supplied a customer in Germa

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread Don Latham
Oh Boy. Just occurred to me; what reference is used in the Tardis Don Tom Van Baak >> Bob; >> >> Being this is Time-Nuts and all, shouldn't you be using UTC anyway? ;) >> >> Rich > >> He's making a joke - If you are traveling across time zones, why not >> just set it to UTC and be done with it

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread Tom Van Baak
> Bob; > > Being this is Time-Nuts and all, shouldn't you be using UTC anyway? ;) > > Rich > He's making a joke - If you are traveling across time zones, why not > just set it to UTC and be done with it? :-) > > David Ah, "done with it" you say? No, that only begins a whole new set of proble

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread Jim Lux
On 9/10/12 6:57 AM, David McGaw wrote: He's making a joke - If you are traveling across time zones, why not just set it to UTC and be done with it? :-) David This is a bigger deal than one might think. Especially since calendaring software tries to be helpful and adjust things. So while y

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread Tom Knox
t; To: n1...@alum.dartmouth.org; time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:04 PM, David McGaw wrote: > > It was mentioned a while back that there are watches that are temperature > > compensated. I would be interested in knowing which are.

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread mike cook
As with the original chronometers, it is not the drift that is important, but the stability of the drift. If you know that then getting the correct time is simple arithmetic. That said, if you want to get low drift numbers, a number of movements have been and are available to improve on the ave

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread Pierpaolo Bernardi
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:04 PM, David McGaw wrote: > It was mentioned a while back that there are watches that are temperature > compensated. I would be interested in knowing which are. The self-setting > ones are nice and I have one, but I am often in places that are not in range > the transmi

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread David McGaw
It was mentioned a while back that there are watches that are temperature compensated. I would be interested in knowing which are. The self-setting ones are nice and I have one, but I am often in places that are not in range the transmitter (Greenland, Antarctica for instance) and I would lik

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread David McGaw
He's making a joke - If you are traveling across time zones, why not just set it to UTC and be done with it? :-) David On 9/10/12 7:57 AM, Azelio Boriani wrote: Precision is precision, whatever time scale you use. UTC, CET, TAI, use what you want but stability and accuracy is the must. On M

Re: [time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread Azelio Boriani
Precision is precision, whatever time scale you use. UTC, CET, TAI, use what you want but stability and accuracy is the must. On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Rich and Marcia Putz wrote: > Bob; > > Being this is Time-Nuts and all, shouldn't you be using UTC anyway? ;) > > Rich > _

[time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

2012-09-10 Thread Rich and Marcia Putz
Bob; Being this is Time-Nuts and all, shouldn't you be using UTC anyway? ;) Rich ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-09 Thread lists
I have a Junghans. I can't say it is easy on the batteries. Otherwise they work. I regret not getting the glows in the dark version. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/t

Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-09 Thread Robert Darlington
The waveceptor's are okay but I can't wear mine much because I tend to cross timezones a lot. The hands only run in one direction so when going to the west, it has to spin 11 hours forward. This takes 20 minutes. I guess it's one way to kill time on an airplane. -Bob On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 1:

[time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

2012-09-09 Thread Rich and Marcia Putz
I have a $49 Casio Wave Ceptor, white face black numerals, analog hands including second hand, date, alarm and WWVB syncing in the middle of the night. Only had to replace the battery once and it ticks are closer than I can discern when comparing to WWV @ 10or 15 Mhz. Rich, W9ENG __