Quartz movement loses 10 sec per month.

[fitmic]

Quartz movement loses 10 sec per month.

Is that acceptable and/or normal?

[ximenes]

That's all it loses? Pretty accurate Quartz... indeed!

[Dizzy]

i would assume thats normal.. especially for a battery causing a little crystal to vibrate... I never really thought quartz watches were super accurate but then again i havent owned one in 15 yrs so i dont really remember...

Lonnie

[dec]

Oh dear... two minutes a year... When New Year's rolls around, you'll have to remember to celebrate at 11:58!

[offshore]

@fitmic,

It can probably be pulled in to a fair bit better than that.... but is it worth the time/cost?

Gee my daily beater (mech) is 3 minutes/day slow, and I just reset each morning!

I have managed to get some quartz movements ( Swiss ) to 1-2 seconds a month.

Offshore

[fitmic]

Why I was asking this, is because I haven't bought a quartz for >10 years, so I can't even remember.

My brother is about to buy a brand new watch, and the watch salesman says it loses or gains 10 seconds a month.

Thanks for the replies.

[Corgi]

I had a quartz movement that lost several hours a day... turns out the battery was nearly dead. I think with these types of movements accuracy is directly proportional to battery quality and health. Chinese batteries inside most of our quartz reps are usually very very unhealthy.

[dachshund]

I have never owned a quartz that has been close to 10 seconds off per month, most have been some where around 3-4 seconds per month, others 1-2 seconds per month.

[BobM]

  fitmic said:

Why I was asking this, is because I haven't bought a quartz for >10 years, so I can't even remember.

My brother is about to buy a brand new watch, and the watch salesman says it loses or gains 10 seconds a month.

Thanks for the replies.

I have a $40 casio that is designed to be plus or minus 20 secs a month, less than a second a day. 10 secs a month is pretty good, I think, but not unreasonable.

[JuiceMaker]

just a thought...

what do you guys measure the accuracy of your watches with???

suppose you have a truly "accurate" watch & you measured it against another time-keeper that's NOT accurate, then it will lead you to believe that your watch is NOT accurate, but it reality your watch is truly "accurate"...

know what I mean???

is there some time-keeper that is supposely to be the most "accurate" of all???

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