[time-nuts] Personal time keeping...

[Burt I. Weiner]

Chuck,

In another post I spoke about spending a few days with a fellow from 
DATUM.  A lot of our idle chit-chat was about accuracy in timing and 
GPS vs.other off-air standards and propagation.  He told me about his 
background in the military and precision measurements and about a 
watch he used to have that displayed in GPS seconds - fascinating 
stuffs.  I noticed that he wasn't wearing a watch and I commented on 
that.  He told me that he'd spent a good part of his life knowing 
precisely what time it was and still does the same thing in his work 
at DATUM.  He then went on to comment that he was tired of knowing 
exactly what time it was and he personally got sick of knowing the 
exact time.  He also said that looking at the kitchen clock once a 
day was close enough for him, that it reduced the stress on him.

Burt

At 07:43 AM 5/19/2011, time-nuts-request at febo.com wrote
>My personal preference is for highly jeweled totally mechanical
>automatic winding  wristwatches.  My hobby compels me to have
>high accuracy time and frequency around, but my life just
>doesn't run with that kind of precision.
>
>-Chuck Harris

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