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Butik
路Nope, but I like to run it just to see the "big" seconds hand sweep 馃榾
Do you use your chrono?!
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Larry S
路路Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.I find them handy. Mostly for timing things I鈥檓 cooking on the grill.
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Walrus
路I do use it for cooking it鈥檚 also fun to show your coworkers how late they are down to the second. My coworker was one minute and 3 seconds late today, I could have broke it down more but she starting swearing at me when she saw me click my watch, they know me too well.
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64Wing
路Actually, yeah. I time miles on the highway for quick mental calculation for remaining time enroute. Also for timing tasks or turbo cool-down times
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High Hope
路God made Chronographs to keep us happy. It works! Better than Benjamin Franklin鈥檚 beer quotes in any event. I use my chrono for the most inane things, but then again, that鈥檚 why I鈥檓 a member here.
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RI Omega Fan
路I use it occasionally for cooking/grilling. But mostly, like a lot of us, I fire up the chrono every so often just for the sheer visceral thrill of seeing all six hands going 鈥榬ound.
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malilis
路OK, let me set the stage here...I have known many folks who own pick up trucks to rave about how capable they are in terms of hauling gear, pulling trailers, and being an off-road machine. Yet the vast majority of their owners have never towed anything, and the tires have only even met pavement...no off-roading in that rig! I think most truck owners like the idea of having that capability at the ready, if ever called for...
Which leads me to my question: Do you actually use your chronograph function?
I'm going to assume that some enthusiasts are going to hop on and tout that they of course use their chronographs, heck, maybe daily...but I'm suspecting the majority don't use the chrono often.
Be honest with me now folks...
I do utilize my chronos daily, more than once a day actually .. mainly to time the walk I have to do each day ..!! also to check in the kitchen work .. and for many other uses .. most of the time I have a chrono on my wrist, not always the same though. And if I dont have a chrono, I would have a watch equipped with a bezel allowing to keep the elapsed time ...
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Redwes25
路I use it all the time but biggest use is probably a timer for cooking/grilling.
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gbesq
路I use it for cooking and grilling and for fitness (e.g., how long it takes me to walk a mile). I used to use it to keep time during my hours long law school exams - thank God that I graduated and don't have to do that anymore.
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Glederz
路Daily. In the honeymoon period with a new Speedy, so going overboard with it at the minute, and am using it multiple times per day for timing twice daily school runs, cooking, etc., When things 'return to normal, I suspect it will be used in class for activities in lessons I teach, commute times, etc., but I also have also always used the Chrono functions on my previous watches (Tag Heuer, G-Shocks, Swatch) so I suspect I just Chronos and like timing things. Never had a watch with a rotating divers bezel, so quite interested to know if I would find that complication as useful.
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Barqy
路See, to me a lot of these activities folks are describing don't require superior precision.
I use my normal 3 hander to time cooking and I certainly do not need a chrono to do that. Chicken on the BBQ, 7-8 minutes per side depending on thickness. Again, no chrono required here as the minute hand works just fine (dive bezel or not).
Walk/run to school needing to be within a fraction of a second?
Now, I'm not saying that using your chrono isn't fun and exciting - I fully see that angle. But I don't need a chrono to do most activities described.
I use my normal 3 hander to time cooking and I certainly do not need a chrono to do that. Chicken on the BBQ, 7-8 minutes per side depending on thickness. Again, no chrono required here as the minute hand works just fine (dive bezel or not).
Walk/run to school needing to be within a fraction of a second?
Now, I'm not saying that using your chrono isn't fun and exciting - I fully see that angle. But I don't need a chrono to do most activities described.
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MRC
路I would equate a three-hander for timing to a Brumagem Screwdriver 馃槣
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Barqy
路I would equate a three-hander for timing to a Brumagem Screwdriver 馃槣
I had to Google that reference. Regardless, I use the concept of materiality when looking at this topic (i.e. - at what point would my decision making change with the level of detail to the information, or threshold). When I look at my bank account balance, I don't look at the pennies as it makes no difference to me, but is information presented. In other words, it doesn't change my decisions.
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arkman
路There are a lot of activities that you can accomplish without "needing" a specific tool. That does not, however, mean that a good tool will not make the activity easier or more enjoyable.
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MRC
路I do agree with your point, but they do make it easier. For example if you want to cover several minutes, to say 5 seconds, it is much easier to start when the seconds hand passes 12. A chronograph can be started at any time you like. Then there is the angle that if the only watches you have are chronographs then every timing task "looks like a nail". That was me for 50 years -- bar I also had a gold dress 3-hander I very rarely wore.
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Om3ga321
路I use all my chronographs for the BBQ .
Expensive timers but useful.
Expensive timers but useful.
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BenBagbag
路I use my chrono for work quite often.
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Archer
路路Omega Qualified WatchmakerThere are a lot of activities that you can accomplish without "needing" a specific tool. That does not, however, mean that a good tool will not make the activity easier or more enjoyable.
Indeed, this hobby is supposed to be fun I thought. These are all toys in the end, because I could accomplish all that my chronograph does and much more just using my phone. So really if one has a "justifiable need" for one model over another (or for having a watch at all) is kind of irrelevant in the big picture, at least for me. Different strokes...
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Stripey
路Indeed, this hobby is supposed to be fun I thought. These are all toys in the end, because I could accomplish all that my chronograph does and much more just using my phone. So really if one has a "justifiable need" for one model over another (or for having a watch at all) is kind of irrelevant in the big picture, at least for me. Different strokes...
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