What is a your "I can't take it any more" accuracy limit?

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pIoNeErOfThEnILe

·Apr 19, 2020

with close to 30 watches i only have a lil idea which ones keep time better than one another.

and out of the 30 something like 15 never get worn.

yeah,..it's time to consolidate..and not look at and say wow, i really like this and then throw it back in the drawer

 

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JwRosenthal

·Apr 19, 2020

pIoNeErOfThEnILe

yeah,..it's time to consolidate..and not look at and say wow, i really like this and then throw it back in the drawer

When I do a closet purge I take the attitude that if I haven’t worn it in the last 2 years, I’m not gonna.

 

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queriver

·Apr 19, 2020

Don't bother with accuracy because my watches aren't mission critical to my work/life and my phone is usually in my pocket if I need precision. A couple of my watches don't even have running seconds hands so I wouldn't be able to tell anyway.

 

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TraderSantiago

·Apr 20, 2020

I think it largely depends if it's used as an everyday watch, or must be reset every time on the rare occasion the watch is used.

If an everyday watch, a minute is about my limit. If not, I'm not super bothered by the accuracy...

 

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brownwld

·Apr 20, 2020

Because I have too many of them I have no idea which one keeps what time. 😁
I just wind it, wear it for 1-5 days, give it back, take another one.

But if some was really off i would probably be able to tell after few days 😀

 

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140dave

·Apr 20, 2020

I want them all to hold “railroad time” of +/- 30seconds per week. BUT accept a whole lot less in actuality, especially on vintage, have the phone if I need really accurate time. To really answer the question, keep it to within 10 seconds per day and I am perfectly happy with a mechanical watch.

 

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Canuck

·Apr 20, 2020

My best mechanical timekeeper is my 30-year old Rolex Date-Just with the calibre 3035 movement. It is consistently within 15 seconds per month (it loses), on the odd occasion when I wear it for a month. Fifteen seconds in a DAY would bother me. Fifteen seconds per month, not so. That’s the difference between a variation of 1/2 second per hour compared to 1/2 second per day.