Hi I’ve had the Citizen “Atomic” analog watches for quite a few years. The solar powered versions have gotten a bit better over the years. They nave never had a “hand slip” problem that I have noticed.
Bob > On Feb 25, 2018, at 6:52 PM, Skip Withrow <skip.with...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Time-Nuts, > > For many years I owned a Casio WaveCeptor digital watch and like it a > lot. The down side was that the battery had to be replaced every few > years. And since I had worn it for many years, the plastic case and > crystal had taken quite a beating. Finally, the pin holder that > secures the band broke - end of watch (except as a 'pocket' watch). > > So, I went out and bought a solar powered analog version of the > WaveCeptor (and vowed not to take it caving). However, several months > ago I needed to take an action at an exact time (not ebay) which was a > miserable fail. I found that the watch was over a minute off. > > I went back and explored the watch manual and found that there is a > procedure to sync the minute and second hands. I did this and after > syncing to WWVB all was good. > > Now, a couple of months later I needed the precise time again. > However I checked my watch before hand and found that it was 8 seconds > off. Ahrg! > > It appears that the stepper motor position of the second and minute > hands can be jarred out of sync with normal wear bumps and shocks. > The trouble is you don't know when it happens (unless you check your > watch against a trusted source often). > > Now I'm seriously considering buying a solar version of the digital > watch to get rid of the problem. > > Regards, > Skip Withrow > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.