Originally Posted by
pgjackson
I dare you to go over to the watch forums and say that. That is their equivalent of CF vs Steel, or shaved vs no shave. Seriously, every once in a while some guy will post the high-end vs Casio comment and it will go on for 20 pages.
Oh, I think everyone understands that. I mean, how do any of us know how accurate our watches are? We time them against a nonmechanical standard. Ultimate accuracy is no longer why people collect or value watches. I mean, I was reading a thread on Watchuseek where a Panerai owner was crowing about his 8-day that was only off by 11 seconds a day, which was way outside Railroad Standard 120 years ago, and others chimed in that theirs were similar. Hell, I have 70 year old Elgins that I serviced myself that are more accurate than that. I have a 110 year old 7 jewel Elgin pocket watch that's more accurate.