[time-nuts] Tool Needed to Access my Timer Battery

Raj vu2zap at gmail.com
Wed Feb 16 15:27:03 UTC 2011


IMHO, you still can get batteries very cheap by todays standards. My dad's watch was
mechanical! He bought it in 1956. The time line got a bit distorted in my reply to Bob!

>curious
>Can you still get batteries for an omega???
>
>On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Raj <vu2zap at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Many decades ago when digital displays and "quartz" clocks were a novelty,
>> I built a table clock and presented it to my father a watch nut. He
>> regularly teased me that my "digital" clock was slow or fast compared to his
>> 25 year old Omega that he bought when I was born!
>>
>> >When you look at what a very good pure mechanical watch can do it's pretty
>> impressive. Quartz was out for quite a while before it could run anywhere as
>> good as a top notch mechanical. They actually have standardized (had?)
>> yearly testing of watch accuracy. The actual ran for a number months at
>> various temperatures and orientations. The term "certified chronometer"
>> apparently has meaning in Swiss law.
>> >
>> >Bob
>>
>> --
>> Raj, VU2ZAP
>> Bangalore, India.
>>
>>

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Raj, VU2ZAP
Bangalore, India. 





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