Watch Timing Machine Explained

He sent me a video that explains it well.

Watch timing machine explained. Introduction to using a watch timing machine for fault finding duration. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Witschi x1 g2 in use. To do this it needs a sensitive microphone that will detect the sounds of the watch while ignoring ambient sounds.

Being someone who likes to really set up shop in my hobbies and having already started the tz watchmaking course i thought a timegrapher would be a great addition to my watchmaking desk and a useful tool to determine how well my watches are running. I was talking to duncan today after he sent me a timing chart for my 1972 speedmaster and to discuss finishing the case for 48. This thread is archived. Witschi x1 g2 in use.

A timing machine gives a lot more information than just the rate and getting one set up to read correctly requires a decent understanding of what s actually going on in the watch. Watch timing data explained. I love the way when he s got an omega running at 1 second a day he says he may regulate it again he is definitely a watchmaker who does a good job. Building a microphone stand watch o scope works by listening to the watch being tested measuring time between and within ticks to determine rate beat error and amplitude.

Back in the day or in the present for me since my machine is from the 1970s you would only get dashes on a paper strip and couldn t even read the rate directly you have to determine the rate from the slope of the line. Gruen pink gold vintage pocket watch restoration duration.