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As some of you may know, I decided 42 days ago to track the precision accuracy of my 2254.50 for a couple of months. Wanted to see how this so-called "settle down" period played out in the real world, as opposed to the merely anecdotal tripe I'd been given from sources that shall remain nameless.

Through the first 41 days, the watch seldom left my wrist. The two of us did a number of things that I've shared here, and there were some things I had to do sans watch, not out of fear, but simply because the watch was not designed for it (and because I was grossed out by that shower story I told you all about).

Yesterday morning about this time, I pulled the 2254.50 and went back to my 2531.80 for 24 hours (mostly social reasons). However, I continued checking the 2254.50 against the USNO atomic clock at the 3 intervals I use (morning, mid-day, late evening). When de-wristed (another new verb I just made up), the watch rests flat, face up -- in the COSC 9-13 test positions, if you follow that.

Now, after 41 days of running pretty consistently between +0.25 and +1.5 seconds per day, it had gained 2.5 seconds at the afternoon test, and 6.0 seconds at the test this morning.

The 2254.50 is back on my wrist until Saturday when I'll need the 2531.80 for family Christmas parties and maybe as much as 36 hours off-wrist. I don't want to say I've drawn any conclusions from this latest news, but I'm sure interested in any thoughts anyone out there might care to share.

Merry Christmas!