"Eiron" wrote in message
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On 29/01/2011 10:37, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Keith G wrote:
Your understanding of the 'Rolex thing' is on a par with your
understanding of 'high end' vinyl replay.

Rather a good comparison. A much cheaper watch can tell the time as well
if not better than a Rolex. In the same way as a decent CD player (with a
well made CD) p***es all over any vinyl system ever made. The difference
is any fool can tell if a watch is accurate or not. There can be no
argument there.

Any fool with an FM radio. DAB and satellite listeners only have a vague
idea of the time.
It's amusing to ask a few people the time. Those with digital watches are
usually least accurate.
At least the mechanical ones are usually set from an accurate source and
wound up each time they are used,
so it doesn't matter if they keep 'Rolex Time' (a phrase used by a friend
who is a watch dealer.)

I have two watches, a Rotary and a Citizen. Both quartz and the timekeeping
of both is good enough that I rarely need to correct them between the time
changes (GMT-BST). When I do check them I will use one of my MSF controlled
clocks.

David.