Seiko Club Singapore Museum

Timegrapher machine

sellwatch
Timegrapher machine
Anybody interested to pool money to share this machine?



http://www.ebay.com/itm/Watch-Timing-Machine-Multifunction-Timegrapher-No-1000-/280567115857







Not too ex but it would be something interesting to have if there are people willing to co-own this. What you guys say?
lunarin79
Re: Timegrapher machine
is this the same machine that k2 have?
sellwatch
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"lunarin79"

is this the same machine that k2 have?


i nv see the k2 one before leh but i guess shld be similar..
Yeoman
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Big Time has one of these for their own use.



johnwongtw
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I remember seeing on youtube during one of the watch reviews that the guy used an iPhone app called "kello" as a timegrapher. Dunno how accurate it is, but definitely much cheaper than this machine on ebay... USD8.99 on the app store, if you are using iphone.
sellwatch
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"johnwongtw"

I remember seeing on youtube during one of the watch reviews that the guy used an iPhone app called "kello" as a timegrapher. Dunno how accurate it is, but definitely much cheaper than this machine on ebay... USD8.99 on the app store, if you are using iphone.


kello did not work for me though... :?
johnwongtw
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:( wah.... wasted then...
roo7
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It will be very useful if you can regulate on your own...
sellwatch
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"roo7"

It will be very useful if you can regulate on your own...


ai share mai? Put under SCS ownership...
roo7
Timegrapher machine
Hmm dunno how useful is it in the long run. I don't mind actually.



I bet it will give ah goh lots of business as we can identify watches that need regulating haha.





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fireal
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wah my watches no need so accurate , within 10 minutes a day more than enough
oOsiMm
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use timegrapher for a few good wearing watch will be enough...but if have a big collection and esp vintage watches,then IMO for me will be very tedious to check their accuracy...maybe later too into accuracy riao...as long keep reasonable timing den no need check...
roo7
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"oOsiMm"

use timegrapher for a few good wearing watch will be enough...but if have a big collection and esp vintage watches,then IMO for me will be very tedious to check their accuracy...maybe later too into accuracy riao...as long keep reasonable timing den no need check...


Yea, I was discussing with sellwatch offline. I do agree the price is attractive, but in the long term, how useful will it be in our hands...



I think if I have this timegrapher, I will spend a lot of time regulating my Russian pieces :lol:
sellwatch
Timegrapher machine
Anybody use before? Do we need a quiet environment for it to work? What are the range it can regulate?



If share ownership, im wondering if it can work at places like macdonalds.
oOsiMm
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"sellwatch"

Anybody use before? Do we need a quiet environment for it to work? What are the range it can regulate?



If share ownership, im wondering if it can work at places like macdonalds.


actually the co-own idea feasible ? cos the person holding to it must be able to meetup with other member...more than often also dont have that much watch/time to test..





better place to do such test would be public or national library..they have those small private? rooms for studying/reading right? think next time we can have watch meetups there....
softup
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"Yeoman"

Big Time has one of these for their own use.





maybe can do gathering there ...

wait kena chase out :lol:
oOsiMm
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If you been to library,you see those rooms with doors so think make some noise is ok inside...but maybe we tok machima in museum lor...



and got tables and chairs...



If need to book one better still...cos the room will be solely for SCS gathering..
phantom150
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"oOsiMm"

If you been to library,you see those rooms with doors so think make some noise is ok inside...but maybe we tok machima in museum lor...



and got tables and chairs...



If need to book one better still...cos the room will be solely for SCS gathering..


need a power pt to power up.....



the tick tick tick sound can be turn off i think.....



ah goh's set was sold to someone, think that guy is playing it a lot, like obsessed liao :lol:
herzausstahl
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my watch only need to be as accurate as my boss'. I regulate but he never regulate I also fail...
sellwatch
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"oOsiMm"

[quote="sellwatch"]Anybody use before? Do we need a quiet environment for it to work? What are the range it can regulate?



If share ownership, im wondering if it can work at places like macdonalds.


actually the co-own idea feasible ? cos the person holding to it must be able to meetup with other member...more than often also dont have that much watch/time to test..





better place to do such test would be public or national library..they have those small private? rooms for studying/reading right? think next time we can have watch meetups there....[/quote]

i duno feasible or not leh. Unless we have some sort of like regular meetups every month or something. I doubt the private rooms at the library can handle such a big group without complains but it would be good to be away from the prying eyes at CSC.
oOsiMm
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monthly meetups not possible and always subject to changes one....one free the other might not be free.. unless the few bros damm on one..



change of place for next meetups or gatherings would be good...CSC location isnt that suitable



I like the library atmosphere...quiet and cosy
davtse
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i just tried the kello app. got a signal and the app managed to determine the beat of the watch pretty fast and dead on. not too sure about how accurate the readings are, but it appears to at least determine if the watch is going fast or slow.
hwt
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Just tried the Kello app as well. Kello managed to get the correct BPM, but accuracy was all over the place - sometimes fast, sometimes slow.. Wonder if a better mic would help.



Even got timegrapher, stilll need some bro here to provide complimentary watch regulating service.. If got, I don't mind chipping in a little to help finance the purchase.
sellwatch
Timegrapher machine
Looks like there is a high end and low end one. From what i heard, the low end one gives a different reading each time.



Guess im gonna pass on hooting one.
phantom150
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"sellwatch"

Looks like there is a high end and low end one. From what i heard, the low end one gives a different reading each time.



Guess im gonna pass on hooting one.


the real mccoy cost well into 4 digits....



the china mades wans , anything from 280usd i think.....



k2's has some funny readback within the same watch it can go from -ve to +ve seconds (slower to faster)



mechanically, its quite not possible, if a watch is fast, it should always beat faster, same for slower watches, considering the watch is dead fixed on the machine stand.



There's another port for "calibration frequency" , this i believe, is the part that makes the real thing apart from the replicas.



The actual company making this device or any good standard lab should be able to use this port to calibrate and fine tune the accuracy of this machine itself from time to time, esp for companies that bought it, needing to achieve ISO standards, such calibration also easily cost 3 digits per tune/calibration.