[time-nuts] New precision watch

Attila Kinali attila at kinali.ch
Tue Dec 20 07:01:49 UTC 2011


On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:12:43 -0500
Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com> wrote:

> There is nothing inherent in temperature correcting a clock
> that should take significantly more power than would be used
> in a normal watch chip.  Measuring the temperature would be
> the most power hungry operation, I would suspect... but
> fortunately that doesn't have to be done all that often,
> perhaps once per minute.

Juup, it definitly should not draw much power.
I own a Tissot T-Touch (first gen) that goes wrong
less than 5s/y, ie it's definitly temperature compensated.
Battery lifetime is several years (i actually dont know
because i had to bring it back for repairs in shorter intervals
than the battery holds)

			Attila Kinali

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