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Hi guys, it's been a month or so since I last picked your brains. During this time I've been beavering away with a few projects & getting my workstation fit for purpose. 50fd1c2977770dafb29367b7a2ba9e1c.jpg

As a few may remember, I picked up a sweat little longines 164c154e8031fd55a174e89ddb07473a.jpgthat was gaining 1hr+ per day & would stop intermittently. After a complete strip down, service & regulating e6bc9aae2cc0d7e3a10a107f30466607.jpgthe beautiful little eta 2671 now runs like a champ. However, I'm wondering on the timegraph I'm still seeing 0.2ms beat error, but 0 s/d gain. Would you guys leave it alone now & say job done or try to get the beat error correct? 7737ca2b9fe621b367241dbae0e0ec9a.jpg

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If the beat error is out significantly, the watch will either not run, be a pig to start and require a shake, or it will be prone to stopping. It can still keep good time provided the beat error is constant.

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Oh OK, I'll leave it alone & let the wife use it, then check it again in a few weeks. Thanks guys

That's a good idea.

What you get on the timegrapher and when your wife is wearing it will more than likely be different due to positional errors. Hopefully it won't be much as worry about. It's not the first time I have had to calibrate a watch to me after setting it up on the bench.

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