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Calendar types in watches

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179 points farslan | 1 comments | 29 Apr 24 17:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.518s | source
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thristian ◴[01 May 24 05:51 UTC] No.40219953[source]▶
Being used to the world of software, where only ignorant and amateurish systems don't handle the 400-year rule in the Gregorian calendar, it's eye-opening to find out that people are paying thousands of dollars for a time-keeping device that needs the date to be manually fixed five times a year.
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1. omoikane ◴[01 May 24 17:27 UTC] No.40226394[source]▶
I suspect people who buy expensive watches aren't bothered by having to adjust them a few times a year, assuming they didn't buy those watches as investments.

I have a very cheap (~$10) mechanical pocket watch, and it's not all that accurate in keeping time. But to me, winding the watch and adjusting the time is part of the fun. Even more fun is watching the gears and listening to the ticks, and pulling out my pocket watch when my friends started looking at their smartwatches.