Re: Grade of 2824 Effective Differences

Jack, thank you! How about durability and ANY other real world
differences?
Jack Denver wrote:
On the wrist (where positions vary constantly, state of wind is mostly full
in an auto and temperature is moderated by body heat) there may be very
little difference, as the many people who report getting their (non chrono)
2824s to within a few seconds/day can attest. As long as you set the
regulator correctly for your pattern of wear you can get very impressive
results.


CoSC type testing, where the watch is kept in various static postions and
extremes of temperature for a day at a time in each one (and is wound only
once a day) , brings out the weaknesses in a watch (e.g. a lower grade
hairspring material that is somewhat more sensitive to heat) and separates
the men from the boys. In such testing, the differences between a economy
and a top grade 2824 would become much more obvious than they are on the
wrist.

You might say that you only wear your watch on the wrist, so who cares? But
in fact I've found that something that disturbs my normal daily routine (say
an airplane trip) will throw off my lesser grade watches by a few seconds
while the better ones are less perturbed by a deviation from the normal
routine.





"jim" <jimr18@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Tony, those are THE questions that I still don't know the definitive
answer to and I would love to know definitively. What actual difference
these grades make in the real world of accuracy, reliabilty etc. If
they make no difference at all in REALITY , why pay extra for the
higher grade(s) 2824?
I note that the Stowa uses a base 2824 (they confirmed that) and also
sells a chronometer 2824 for considerably more money in the exact same
watch case.
So...should you merely purchase the base one, save money and merely
have it regulated to COSC spechs by a competent watchmaker IF its even
necessary? After all the base 2824 may function within the same COSC
limits even if not advertised as such, or spend the extra $ for the
certified unit that has (better components.????..does that make ANY
real world difference AT ALL?) been well regulated for sure?


Tony Stanford wrote:
Yes, quite. But I thought you might be interested in the accuracy. With
that kind of performance, I don't care what grade of movement is used.
Apart from aesthetics, is the desirability of a higher grade movement
greater accuracy? Or will a higher grade movement last appreciably
longer?

Anyway, I recommend my Singapore very highly. I can't fault it for
quality or performance or finish. And as for value for money, it's
brilliant.

Regards

Tony

On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, at 16:36:32, jim <jimr18@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
That's very good Tony, but it does not tell us if Sandoz is using the
base level 2824 or a higher grade 2824 movement.

Tony Stanford wrote:
On Sun, 24 Dec 2006, at 14:32:31, jim <jimr18@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
Thanks Jack.
I do keep on hearing that the Sandoz uses a 'high' grade' 2824. Has
the
grade of 2824 on the Sandoz been confirmed? Basic, Top etc.

My Sandoz 2836 from pmwf is consistently accurate to a couple of secs
a
week.
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Tony Stanford


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