On 2 Apr 2005 08:35:18 -0800, "John S." wrote:

"Those circular displays with the pointers are pretty anachronistic"

JS In what way are analog displays anachronistic. They are much
easier to tell at a glance whether the target location is in darkness
or light.
A twelve hour dial is easily read at a glance, a 24 hour, not so easy.
" and beset with problems such as lack of shock resistance"
JS Are you aware that for the past half century almost all mechanical
watches use shock absorbtion devices like Kif or Diashock. Modern
mechanical movements are surprisingly robust. If the last new watch
you tried was in the 1940's, then I could understand why you might make
such a statement.
How many G's will such a device withstand?

"A twelve hour dial is easily read at a glance, a 24 hour, not so
easy."
JS A 24 hour rotatable bezel with dark and light hours shaded as
Seiko has used for years is exceptionally easy to glance at and tell
whether the target zone is approaching evening, entering dawn, etc. It
takes no conversion of 24 to 12 hour time...just knowing dark means
dark, etc.

" and beset with problems such as lack of shock resistance"
JS Are you aware that for the past half century almost all
mechanical
watches use shock absorbtion devices like Kif or Diashock. Modern
mechanical movements are surprisingly robust. If the last new watch
you tried was in the 1940's, then I could understand why you might
make
such a statement.

"How many G's will such a device withstand?"
JS Well, since Omega sent it's chrono with a shock absorption
escapement to the moon several decades ago, I would estimate that it
would withstand several "G"s. And China's first astronaut wore a
mechanical chinese-made chrono into space recently. Actually the valuf
of Kif-like shock absorbers is mostly in absorbing sudden shock from
being banged or dropped.
I do have to ask...why are you asking about the number of G's a watch
could withstand...is there some relevance to keeping track of time for
swling or internatonal travel?

On 2 Apr 2005 09:39:10 -0800, "John S." wrote:


I do have to ask...why are you asking about the number of G's a watch
could withstand...is there some relevance to keeping track of time for
swling or internatonal travel?

Some people work with their hands for a living.

I am only staying on topic,that's all.Page 26 in my snail mail Popular
Science magazine.A spinning sphere is the secret to precise time.A
$325,000 Jaeger-LeCoultre (there was a guy who went to the same public
school I went to back in 1940's,his name is Claude Coultre)
Gyrotourbillion wris****ch and some articles about www.yeswatch.com
and fossil.com and suuntowatches.com www.dogpile.com Web
Anywhere Wris****ch and www.gizmodo.com There is a fancy Pimp
wris****ch available (I am not jokeing) and wris****ches that run on
beer too.
cuhulin

Yes, people do work with their hands for a living. Presumably a
blacksmith would not have need to tell time in 3 zones at one time and
would remove any watch, electronic or mechanical. I know guys that
golf with their automatic watch with no ill effect. Most of us who
work with our hands but in less strenuous activities should not have to
worry about their watch failing. And since the original thread asked
about a 24 hour watch for swling, I'm still not clear how a G rating
would come into play.


David wrote:
On 2 Apr 2005 09:39:10 -0800, "John S." wrote:


I do have to ask...why are you asking about the number of G's a
watch
could withstand...is there some relevance to keeping track of time
for
swling or internatonal travel?

Some people work with their hands for a living.

All you need to know is how many hours ahead of your time zone it is in
London.If where you live and y'all do change your clocks twice a
year,(England does) then you will always know what time it is
GMT.Otherwise,you will have to think that one hour difference.England
does change their clocks twice a year like some parts of America.UTC is
the same as GMT is the same as Zulu
cuhulin

On 2 Apr 2005 13:25:30 -0800, "John S." wrote:

Yes, people do work with their hands for a living. Presumably a
blacksmith would not have need to tell time in 3 zones at one time and
would remove any watch, electronic or mechanical. I know guys that
golf with their automatic watch with no ill effect. Most of us who
work with our hands but in less strenuous activities should not have to
worry about their watch failing. And since the original thread asked
about a 24 hour watch for swling, I'm still not clear how a G rating
would come into play.


David wrote:
On 2 Apr 2005 09:39:10 -0800, "John S." wrote:


I do have to ask...why are you asking about the number of G's a
watch
could withstand...is there some relevance to keeping track of time
for
swling or internatonal travel?

Some people work with their hands for a living.

The point is that a virtually indestructable, impeccably accurate,
perpetually powered, and foolproof to read timepiece can be had for 75
clams. And it shows 2 time zones at once in 24 hour format.

It's a digital world.

Actually the display is a numeric analog display....