This Is One of the Most Accurate Watches In the World and You Probably never Heard of It

Welcome to “Watches You Should Know,” a new bi-weekly (the once-every-two-weeks kind) column highlighting little-known watches new and old that have interesting stories or have had a surprising impact on the industry. Accuracy is something enthusiasts laud in mechanical watches but is ultimately irrelevant After all, no one really buys a watch because it’s accurate — for all intents and purposes, your microwave tells better time than a Rolex But that Rolex isn’t just a highly accurate watch — it’s remarkably accurate.

Modern Rolexes, which are certified chronometers, only gain or lose only two seconds per day when properly functioning and they are, as a result, some of the most accurate mechanical watches money can buy. But a Rolex or any other mechanical chronometer is easily dusted by a garden variety quartz watch, which usually gains or loses around 15 seconds a month And even within the realm of quartz watches, there’s . Source