it really bothers me that i recently, like 2 weeks ago purchase my aquaterra 8508, but it gains a second everyday, im so annoyed, i know its within the cosc certified. but it shouldnt be a second a day. is something wrong with it? does anyone else own a at 8500 and have this issue?

 

So basically once every two months you'd have to adjust it, realistically? Not seeing the big issue, tbh.

 

And after about your 10th one you don't even care if the date is a week out of whack

 

+1 per day its knackered mate, ill chuck you a couple of hundy for it as ill need to send it off for a full service and possibly a movement replacement by the sound of it! +1 per day is superb friend, if thats still not good enough for you im afraid you need you get yourself a spring drive quartz or a HAQ. for me anything under +20 a day is fine, i can be hours late for things without the aid of my watch!

 

27 years ago I bought my first "proper" watch, a Rolex and if bothered me that it didn't keep as good time as the Seiko quartz I had before it. 10 years later I bought a Breitling and it bothered me that it didn't keep as good time as the Rolex so I exchanged it with the shop for a Breitling quartz that keeps amazingly accurate time and is still on only its second battery. 6 years after that, I bought a Cartier and it bothered me that it didn't keep as good time as the Breitling quartz, but probably as good as the Rolex. Over the following couple of years, I realised that a few seconds a day means absolutely fcuk all - and then I started collecting vintage.

Now I more often look at my wrist to admire my watch than I do to see what time it is.

 

Very true, Jim...never thought I would hit so low

 

Older but wiser!

 

You can not be serious!

 

i know that its as accurate as it could get. but it still bothers me lol. im sure everyone here had this feeling at some point or another, that you spend a good amount of money for a good watch, and it gets you by a second a day. its funny but its true.

 

Love the fact you used the word Pedantic.

 

Let's see.....there is 86,400 seconds in a day and your watch has 86,401. That's like .99999 % accuracy. That is pretty F'ing amazing if you ask me.

 

He could always buy a quartz watch and not worry about it.

 

I remember a cool phrase about this issue and I'm probably butchering it: "People don't buy nice watches to tell time, but to keep time."

 

Nope, never had that feeling.

Cheers, Al

 

Funny, a similar discussion is taking place on Siac's "why do we do this" thread, including the 1 sec a day calculation. Its all about precision engineering and human accomplishment. For telling time we can always look at the sun, if its not raining that is....been raining here for three days now...today is Thursday, right?