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What is your most accurate mechanical watch?

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#1 ·
What is your most accurate mechanical watch? Mine is a Rolex OP. Closely followed by several others.
 
#3 ·
Hamilton khaki king. Just a lowly powermatic 80 that on wrist is basically dead on no matter when I check.

My two metas omegas are probably right there as well, but I don’t check them nearly as regularly since I know what to expect. The Hamilton is more surprising.
 
#91 ·
I think all my mechanicals are within 1 min./day as I don't really track them close.
Until quartz watches became a thing most people would have been extremely happy to own a watch that runs within 1 minute per day. These days folks don't realize how awful things were before quartz for the average Joe. Precision came at a substantial price, whereas the "accuracy" of affordable watches was not measured in seconds but more minutes per day. Setting the time once a day was as normal as winding the watch. Unthinkable today.
 
#8 ·
I honestly don't know. If by factory specs, I guess my Datejust should be, but I've never measured any of them. They all seem to be fairly accurate to within a few seconds a day. Beyond that, not really interested.
 
#10 ·
For pocket watches, this, as it's currently keeping the same time as my Citizen 0100 after 5 consecutive months:

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For wristwatches, the non-chronometers tend to do better than the chronometer rated ones in my stable. At the moment, the most accurate is the Holy Grail, though the old Speedy is a VERY close second. I think it's because my watchmaker has seen and attended to both; to be honest, if the movement is good, then anything can be accurate if it's been looked at properly and worn consistently.

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Straight from Omega Servicing: all have been accurate but not 'tight'. Their tolerances are far wider than my own, so I leave them as approximate (i.e. within COSC).
 
#11 ·
The STP-1-11 movement in this microbrand watch is currently at -0.1666 spd with over a week of wearing it.
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Not pictured but my Orient Mako II (F69xx movement) get’s around that mark too with prolonged wear. It has never been opened and running in that manner since day 1 which was many years ago now.