#DIY WATCH TIMEGRAPHER MANUAL#

For the trained eyes, these information is very beneficial as they can quickly decipher if something is wrong with the watch and it needs service or not. There was probably another problem with your watch as demagnetizing didn't help and it needed service anyway. The timegrapher is a nifty tool that allow us to know the important parameters of an automatic watch such as accuracy rate, amplitude, and vibration rate almost immediately. You could magnetize your watch in a different way.

The ear pod microphone has a magnet in it but it is NOT strong enough (~200 microTeslas) to magnetize the watch nor to affect the watch magnetically. I'm sorry that the app doesn't work for you. I would encourage the developers to revise their instructions to specify use of the earbud microphone only, and not the built in microphone. Timegrapher No.1000, Multifunctional Watch Tester, Watch Timing Machine for Watchmaker, Watch Calibration Tool for Mechanical Watches 4.9 out of 5 stars 41 1 offer from 188. Also, keep in mind that the earpieces of the earbuds emit a strong enough field to affect a compass needle, so keep the earpieces away when using the microphone. An iPhone appears to be a bit safer since the speakers and microphone are on opposite sides of the device, but caution would still be wise. The watch movement will be checked on the timegrapher and the movement will be regulated if necessary. Although microphones do not create strong magnetic fields, speakers do create strong fields, and the speakers on an iPad are directly adjacent to the built in microphone. Mini Steel ultrasonic cleaning basket parts holder mesh watch tool 20mm x 13mm (10) alfindingsltd 5 out of 5 stars (5,648) 5. Use this application in a quiet environment. Timegrapher (171 Results) The Etsy Gift Guide. The application uses the build-in or headsets microphone to record audible ticks of the watch. It displays a frequency diagram of the watch and measures rate, beat error, amplitude and beats per hour.

#DIY WATCH TIMEGRAPHER MANUAL#

I also purchased an earbud with a microphone, and am having more success obtaining reasonably accurate results, keeping in mind that this is an inexpensive hobbyists tool rather than a professional tool costing hundreds of dollars. Watch Tuner Timegrapher is a mechanical (automatic or manual winding) watch testing application. After purchasing a demagnetizer, my watch now appears to be back to normal. Even worse, when using the built in microphone of my iPad, it magnetized my watch, causing a watch that typically runs at -1.1 sec./day to gain about 40 seconds in a day, and then to run about 5 sec./day slow.

Initially, I had far more failures than successes in trying to obtain good data from this app.

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