OT: World’s most accurate clock – yours for $3.3m

Notable enough to have featured on a news bulletin on the radio this afternoon.

Japanese firm Shimadzu Corp. has put the “Aether clock OC 020” on sale for $3.3m. Apparently accurate to one second every 10 billions years. It’s 100 times more accurate than caesium atomic clocks.

They’re aiming for 10 sales over the next 3 years.

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Japan Puts World’s Most Accurate Clock On Sale For $3.3 Mn

Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world’s most accurate clock went on sale for $3.3 million in Japan on Wednesday.

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HAQ?

I have a Bulova JetStar and a Certina DS-2 Precidrive chronograph and they both keep time to with 1s between going in/out of Daylight Savings Time (the stupidest idea ever). Anyway, I was wondering if either of these watches are considered "HAQ&q…

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Thermocompensated chronograph function in a HAQ

One of my earliest posts to this forum asked, “Is chronograph of a HAQ necessarily also HAQ?”

@gaijin replied that his X-33’s MET (mission elapsed timer) had not varied from the timekeeping of the watch for over 900 days.

@Tom-HK said, “Given that we assume a count correction application after a particular inhibition period, as being the TC method that ETA uses, I cannot…

Thermocompensated chronograph function in a HAQ

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Finally, the Grand Seiko GS SBGP017G that belongs to me has arrived.

Ever since I gave up on an SBGP017 with not-so-good condition last time, I have always been obsessed with this watch. I can’t think of any other reason，I just simply want to own it. It has so many features that attract me: the specially adjusted 9F85 movement with an accuracy of ± 5 seconds, the light blue dial with rich texture, the blue second hand, the golden star, the blue GS logo, and the transparent case back. This might be the most beautiful quartz watch from GS. When I got this watch…

Finally, the Grand Seiko GS SBGP017G that belongs to me has arrived.

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Poll: should I stay or should I go now? You guys decide.

I don’t point out misconceptions about HAQ as part of some diabolical plan to make people lose face. I point them out so that the forum as a collective can come to a better shared understanding. But it seems my efforts are unappreciated. So I will hold a vote, so all the lurkers can speak their mind. Should I stay or should I go?

Considering the views in this forum, I will consider less than 50 total votes as a majority vote for option 4, which will have the same outcome as a majority vote…

Poll: should I stay or should I go now? You guys decide.

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