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throwawaycanadian2 t1_j4elisf wrote

Reply to comment by WeirdEngineerDude in 1970s Mechanical Timex 🙂 Loses a minute a day, but absolutely bulletproof! by jmp3r96

For an old one maybe. Mechanical is usually accurate to way more precise measurements than that. Even back then it would be measured in a few seconds. Not a minute.

Getting this was serviced by someone who knows what they re doing may make it way more accurate.

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F-21 t1_j4eyxdf wrote

As another guy said, this was one of the cheapest mechanical movements on the market at the time. The shafts run on bearings that wear out and get sloppy...

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RokieVetran t1_j4fut6j wrote

Timex watches of the day were not made to be serviced

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