Dear svorkoetter,
These days with my failing eyes and ears I have given up working on watches and confine myself to pocket watches and clocks. I find that I can deal with the larger components easier than watches now. One thing that has always been very time consuming is the regulation and having come across your site a few weeks ago I sat down and constructed your pre amplifier and microphone. I used RCA jacks instead of the 3.5mm audio jacks as good quality RCA cables are plentiful in my house. I get a very clean signal and all I can say is Wow. The accuracy with which I can regulate a railway grade pocket watch is just phenominal. A Railway pocket is supposed to be good for 5 seconds a day and I have now been able to set one at under 2 seconds per day using your program. I do not post on forums and I have specifically joined this one in order to thank you sincerely for an amazing job that you have done. Not just producing the program but for making it available to anyone who wishes to use it. My tool of choice prior to the advent of Watchoscope was a stethoscope. I would count the ticks over a 15 second period, multiply by 2 and by 4 and then by 60 to get BPH I would then compare that with what the BPH should be, get it as close as I could by ear and then do the fine adjustments over the following 2 or 3 days. Now I can regulate a clock to perfection in under a half hour. Truly amazing so thank you again. I particularly find the Raw field incredibly useful, by observing the variation in the timekeeping ability of the watch, I have been able to diagnose several different problems with multiple watches so I know before I even strip them precisely what to look for. Again, truly amazing. Because I have grown up using BPH as a yarstick for regulation, If I hace a wish list for your program ,it would be to have a field showing real time BPH on the scope page. If you ever make this addition, please post it on this sie so that I can download the upgrade to the program. I see from your profile picture that you are into flying, light aircraft, Even at my old age, I still fly my Titan Tornado at least 4 times a month, It keeps me young. Thanks again.
Best regards
Parrick