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    Adjusting watch accuracy?

    It isn't a question of picking up the basic time signal apparently. The Colorado station has a special setup that sends out code the watch picks up. Kauai doesn't do that at all. BTW, I got a shortwave radio which I use to check accuracy. I was surprised to find that I often can't pick up...
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    Watch accuracy

    Okay, 8 days it is off by 1/2 a second, but at 13 days it is off by 2 seconds. I suspect your watch did what mine do - they run faster when not being worn. It will be interesting to see if it changes more slowly again now. Bob
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    Watch accuracy

    [ QUOTE ] AlphaTea said: That little sucker was still running, had the correct date and the time was only off by about 10 seconds or so! [/ QUOTE ] <font color="black"> </font> The bad news is that if you actually were wearng the watch, it probably wouldn't be anywhere near as accurate...
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    Adjusting watch accuracy?

    membr123, I checked my watch, but there is no adjustment screw. Thanks anyway. Bob
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    Adjusting watch accuracy?

    Thanks for that info. I'll look for such a screew today. > Any quartz watch will run a little faster in cooler ambient temperatures, -and will slow a little bit from normal (say 72°F) when it's hot. < > I have about 5 watches that are within 1 second per month, and use this method to...
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    Adjusting watch accuracy?

    > Lots of watches can set themselves from the atomic clock signals. Too bad there's only one emitter, in Colorado. < They won't reach me here in Hawaii. There are also ones in Europe, but even if I had a watch that worked with them, they are too far away too. > However, I can just use my cell...
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    Adjusting watch accuracy?

    Many years ago I bought a Timex Expedition. I'm not sure what the guaranteed accuracy was at the time, but I suspect at least 1 minute/month since I don't recall seeing anything better at the time. Well, this thing was amazing. In the first 49 days it was no more than 1/4 second slow! After...
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    LED reading lamps?

    Geez, that price is amazing, but all too common. I can't see any justification for those prices at all! Bob
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    LED reading lamps?

    I guess the "wiring" part is what worries me, having never done anything like that. I do know that things that seem simple to most people are not so simple for me to grasp. Still, I might try these. I'm rather surprised that there are not things like this you can just buy in a store though...
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    LED reading lamps?

    Thanks, I gave it a quick look. I've never been very good at putting things together, but it might be worth the effort. Bob
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    LED reading lamps?

    My total experience with LED lights is my Princeton Impact. I really like it and I actually use it to read by at night. Darn thing seems to last forever on a set of batteries. So, I got to thinking that maybe there was an LED desklamp or something for reading, preferrably that worked by...
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