Mitch K
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I don't have a WT because of the issue with the time change. Most WT watches do not account for the time change to daylight savings. Would drive me crazy
Apr 23, 2024,19:20 PM
to have the time off by an hour. Yes I capital OCD and tend to alphabetize it to CDO.
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Hawhawhaw....
By: InHavenPro : April 21st, 2024-17:40
Vlad years xD....
:)))
By: amanico : April 25th, 2024-20:20
Not to mention that it's of course wrong.
By: fmc000 : April 22nd, 2024-07:51
It may be mathematically accurate for 45 M years but to an astronomical point of view it is not as the watch does not take into account that the Moon is slowly but constantly drifting away from the Earth.
Interesting, I didn’t know that.
By: GWIS : April 22nd, 2024-09:48
I still think the Eternal Calendar looks pretty, apart from the hole in the dial. All the best, Jon
It's a bit off-topic but...
By: fmc000 : April 23rd, 2024-09:24
In this specific case Einstein as little to say. General relativity is not a factor when things are small enough and by "small" I mean the Solar system, where only the Mercury orbit is affected by relativistic effects and everything else is described perf...
I don’t even listen to the hype.
By: gary_g : April 22nd, 2024-00:07
The point of this hobby is that you have to love what you’re wearing / collecting. At least IMO. Many brands from conglomerates have lost their soul. This watch is absolutely beautiful. I have never heard of this before. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks Gary
By: Mitch K : April 22nd, 2024-04:37
So many of the independents fly under the radar and their contributions to the field of horology is either lost or overwhelmed by the hype that consumes much of the public’s time and journalistic space.
To be fair...
By: fmc000 : April 22nd, 2024-07:55
...the IWC is not only a secular perpetual calendar but it's an "Eternal" perpetual calendar and as such not only it takes into account the non-leap year centuries but if works (or should work, as no one would be here to verifiy) until the year 4000, for ...
Point well taken.
By: gary_g : April 22nd, 2024-12:02
But I also think independents (and I am throwing in brands like Patek, AP and Rolex in this bucket) are the driving force behind the industry. It appears that brands that are a part of the bigger groups lag behind and play catch up. There are examples of ...
100%.
By: gary_g : April 22nd, 2024-18:57
In my mind the two most useful features are calendar and gmt. I have never used my chronos to actually measure anything itself 🤪.