Just wanted to do a little poll on where everyone synchronizes their watches. Whether you're anal about it or not or how much accuracy matters to you or not.. Me personally, I just recently started to synchornize my watch with my computer clock which seems to be "universal" with everything else (cell phone, cable box, etc) so I figured it's a reliable source for synchronizing.
Time.gov since it gives me the "accurate within 0.2 seconds" thingy. Ive had times where im downloading or uploading a lot and it could be off by multiple seconds. It helps a lot to know that ive got a good connection with the server.
I use the clock on my computer as it's the most convenient. I just want to makes sure its some what close to accurate time and more importantly that none of them have suddenly started gaining or loosing a ton so all that I really care about is having a consistent clock to compare it to.
You could say that I'm fairly picky about watch accuracy...I usually use one of the GPS devices at my work to sync with, or my handheld GPS at home. I have some faith in my computer's clock and the internet time servers, but just choose the GPS as a better reference.
I use my computer clock since I've downloaded the tweak tool that allows me to adjust the frequency that it syncs with the time servers. I have it sync once a day.
I synch it to my office clock as that is the most important reference for me. The office clock (i.e. the door access system clock) is always set to the gov.time(IST), so I set all my watches 5 minutes ahead of my office time.
Edit: I like to have a very accurate, (mechanical) watch, but in fact do not care/need to know the EXACT time, down to a second.
Nobody of us need that!!
I sync using my atomic G-Shock no more than once a week. If the watch that I am wearing is within a minute or two of that time, I won't bother to update it. The time that I use when I'm at work is updated by GPS so when I need the exact time I reference that. So if my wristwatch is close, I'm OK with that.
I synchronize my auto's to one of my quartzes i the A.M. if I want to test accuracy for a 24 hour period. I do that every now any then to satisfy my anal-retentiveness, and reinforce the rationalization of spending SOOO much on an automatic watch. :-d (sez to the wife: "see, it's still super accurate, it was sooo worth the $$$!!")
Other than that, I don't really worry about synching my quartzes... I used to have an atomic G-Shock which I considered to be the best source of EXACTNESS. There's way too many things that can muck up a computers' d/l signal on a website.
Should've added cell phone to the poll. And people looking for convenience should use it instead of their computer.(Unless you're updating more often then whatever's allowed in Vista)
my cell phone is always more accurate than my computer. When I "sync now" on my computer it always jumps to the exact time my phone is showing.
Probably coz most GSM phones sync with the service providers automatically.
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