That sounds like pretty good advice, thank you.
I think you're saying that I could faff about with a virtual / app based solution but, although there would be a bigger initial outlay, it would be easier and probably produce comparable results to go for a cheap chinese (Weishi?) timegrapher.
I'm thinking that, based on research and advice given on the thread, that's definitely the way for me to go.
You are welcome. I already had a timegrapher when I found out about Tg, and frankly, downloaded it just out of curiosity. It does show you stuff a cheap timegraper doesn't.
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Don't think the Witschi Watch Expert is exactly cheap ;o)
No, but it's far from the most up to date model.
No it is the latest and current model - the G4 version supersedes the G3. Not their most sophisticated device by far, but as a functional comparison with the generic Chinese "Timegraphers" a perfectly valid one.
Not sure what point you are trying to make here... People here aren't buying Witschi machines to just check watches - if you are laying out that sort of money, you will be repairing watches. There are many so called professional watchmakers who use the Chinese machines...
The cheap machines (yes along with 1 "legacy" Witschi model) don't offer the sort of features the PC based timing systems do. But that doesn't mean there aren't professional level machines that can do the things the PC based systems can.
This thread is all about basic, functionally limited & inexpensive software or devices that someone just interested in watches might get, not sophisticated professional kit.
You commented earlier that it's only cheap "timegraphers" that don't do more functionally. Actually, no, you didn't comment - instead you changed the text I wrote to make it sound that I said it.
The "point" was that some expensive professional equipment has similarly limited functionality, not just the cheap stuff, even if far better quality.
Everybody likely to be reading this thread knows that there are sophisticated machines that do much much more. But, they are in no way comparable to what's being discussed in this thread, and, bragging rights excepted, no-one will spend that sort of money unless they need to in order to run their business.
"So called" professional watchmakers can answer for themselves.
