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Speedmaster, what do you use the stop watch for?
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Vercingetorix
··Spam RiskDon't worry, I've been there...from either not enough coffee, too much beer, or both! 😀
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Swissmister
·I use mine at work quite a bit. The reasons why, I cannot speak of.
What do I use the "stop watch" for?
Is that what those buttons do? I use mine maybe once a year and then it's just to see if it's still working. For timing things I use what Jim Lovell used on Apollo 13: an iphone.
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FREDMAYCOIN
·To time How much time it takes to bust a nut.
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Flintlock
·861’s time to a 5th. 321 time to a 4th.
On the subject of racehorses I used to break, train and exercise them. When you do a workout as opposed to just and ordinary gallop the time is important. Trainers ask for a certain time. I used to think I could improve on mental processes with my Timex chronograph. Well, it was easy enough to push that button on take off but pushing off at the wire didn't work out.You're a bit busy then and it's easy to forget.That was in the days before digital cell phones. Trainers watching works like to know right then and not need to ask the "clocker." So it was common then to see a wristwatch used.
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Flintlock
·I have spent 60 years at auto race tracks, watching, spannering, driving, holding out pit boards, waving flags. Also rallying: driving, navigating, marshalling, mechanicing, organising, watching. All but the first 10 years as a teen and pre-teen with no watch at all was with a chronograph on my wrist and I have never found a use for a tachy scale in any of these activities.
There is just one use I can think of for a tachy scale at a race track -- the special watches that Heuer made for the Indianapolis track where the readout was in mph for a full lap.
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MRC
·That watch must be a tad old. Indy cars lapped faster than 175 nearly 50 years ago.
Still, the watches would be nice to own.
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mmrols
·I often use mine to mark the day of the month. I've found this quite useful. Does anyone else do this?
Also, I'm a trial attorney, so when in court the judge gives time limits for different things. For example 1 hour for jury selection, 30 minutes for closing argument. It's been very useful keeping track of how much time I have left in these situations.
Also, I'm a trial attorney, so when in court the judge gives time limits for different things. For example 1 hour for jury selection, 30 minutes for closing argument. It's been very useful keeping track of how much time I have left in these situations.
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Vix
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Flintlock
·And so they did. Graham Hill in a Lotus / Pratt & Whitney managed 172mph in 1968. At those speeds hand timing should have been too inaccurate and those watches were museum pieces. So was the engine after USAC bowed to pressure.
Still, the watches would be nice to own.
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Rgonzo
·I find that I use mine for all kinds of things, even rather trivial ones, just because it's so conveniently located on my wrist. Grilling? Got you covered. You say commercial breaks are getting longer? Let's find out. How long does it take me EXACTLY to get up the staircase? Case closed. Wife says she'll be back in a minute? We shall see.... 😀
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krh7
·when standing in line or waiting for food.
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SpeedyD
·Claiming capital expenditure tax relief as ‘specialist timing equipment’ 
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Keef Richards
·Would you say a black face is the most popular on the Speedmaster?
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...Would you say a black face is the most popular on the Speedmaster?
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KAP
·Well, now that we have a list of ideas on what to use the stopwatch for, it may be wise to check on the situations when it is appropriate and not appropriate.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/appropriate-inappropriate-uses-of-a-chronograph.38992/
https://omegaforums.net/threads/appropriate-inappropriate-uses-of-a-chronograph.38992/
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