A trip down memory lane...
: I find
: it difficult to believe that Omega would
: design a watch that requires that degree of
: user intervention to maintain any sort of
: appreciable accuracy, though I'm certainly
: no expert. :)
You know, there was a time when we weren't surrounded by quartz watches, atomic clocks, and the ability to get the *exact* time any time we wanted it. In that time, 5 seconds a day accuracy was almost miraculous! I had wind up Timex watches as a kid. I never knew how accurate, or inaccurate, they were. I remember setting it to the big electric clock in the kitchen and then having to re-set it every once in a while. I never thought about how my Timex was losing time. But then came digital watches. I paid the outrageous price of $200 in 1978 for a Seiko LCD Chronograph (which I still have!). It was wonderfully accurate. I didn't own another mechanical watch until a year ago when I bought a mechanical Seiko diving watch. It was only then that I found out how accurate, or inaccurate, a mechanical watch can be. Five seconds a day for your SMP is pretty darn good. My Seiko diver gained 20 seconds a day. I wonder how much my old Timex used to lose each day? Don't let the losing of five seconds a day drive you crazy (BTDT). Enjoy your mechanical watch and try placing it in the different positions at night.
rambo (who owns both quartz and mechanical watches)
