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In Response To: Auto vs. Quartz Accuracy... ()

Exactly... The entire world seems to run on +/- 1 to 5 MINUTES from actual time.

The entire PRESENCE of a second hand on a watch gives NEEDLESS awareness and perceived importance to the concept of time accuracies of less than one minute.

I went for several years wearing a Breitling Aerospace--a watch with high accuracy, but no second hand. The seconds display was one of several modes on the lower LCD display and I kept that switched to show date instead. During that time, I learned that a second hand was completely unnecessary in daily use. The rare times I needed the seconds were for setting the watch and when using the chronograph.

The only other common use for a seconds hand is to quickly verify that the watch is actually running.

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