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to impress you guys? My SA is perfect through 30 hours now so how much longer does it have to go to start breaking records? Anyone encounter a freakish streak their watch did before it was a second or two out?

And one question... When a watch runs very well does it tend to stay close to as good for a long while?

Power reserve is 42 hours. You can expect to be within a couple of hours of that. Chances of anything freakishly longer than that: 0%.

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-RJ

No, I meant my watch has been keeping "perfect" time for 30 hours and I'm wondering how long it has to be perfect to go into the freak zone.

Bandit........my SA runs at the same rate of time every 24 hours no matter how many times i put it to exact second time within 24 hours it gains 5 seconds on a very regular basis..........this i am informed is within the limits of its capabilities.
Once you know these figures living with the piece is good.
If i need exact time i will buy a quartz cheapo to wear.
The problem with that is who wants to wear a quartz cheapo when you have a beautiful SA Ling to wear?...... :lings rock:

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I have no idea how you guys figure out if a watch is seconds ahead or behind

From almost anywhere in the world with a high speed internet connection, you should be able to find a time site referenced to a cesium beam time standard. It should be accurate to a few tenths of a second. You can set the watch to the correct time and then observe it against the reference at certain intervals, such as 12 or 24 hours. Then you can extrapolate how fast or slow it is per day.

That being said, as the movement settles in over a few weeks the error will change, sometimes better and sometimes worse.

Any sudden departure from observed errors could indicate a need for service.

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(Check out http://www.time.gov, if you are in the U.S.)

Or buy an atomic clock. I use both.

Or use a SuperQuartz. . . . .

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Breanach78

A Few Breitlings.

I may well be mistaken but I noted the time I put away my Chronomat before going on holidays. I noted that it ran for 52 hours. . . .

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Breanach78

A Few Breitlings.

Ah, got it. Im pretty sure ive been dead on for weeks before, but that included positioning it at night to offset daily gains.

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-RJ

Ahh, the simple answer is the correct, thanks guys.

No worries. Sometimes the simple stuff eludes us. It reminds me of when I had my colonoscopy. In the recovery room, there was a sign that said, "It's OK to fart." Who would've thought I'd need to be reminded?

my Chronomat 13356 loose 41 seconds in 30 days, means -1.41 daily.... it's just perfect!

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Breitling Antares B10047
Breitling Chronomat B13050
Breitling Chronomat A13050.1 - pilot bracelet
Breitling Chronomat Blackbird A13050.1 - serie spéciale
Breitling Avenger Seawolf E17370
Breitling Chronomat EVO A13356 - pilot bracelet

But your math isn't! 41 in 30 is 1.37 daily

oh yeah! so even better!!

my excel for some reasons rounded to i.41 but in fact is 1.36666667, yes...

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Breitling Antares B10047
Breitling Chronomat B13050
Breitling Chronomat A13050.1 - pilot bracelet
Breitling Chronomat Blackbird A13050.1 - serie spéciale
Breitling Avenger Seawolf E17370
Breitling Chronomat EVO A13356 - pilot bracelet