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0 pointsmsla2y ago0 comments

> A Rolex is an incredible engineering marvel and is in fact very high quality and durable.

But it's fundamentally worse at being a timepiece than a digital watch synchronized to an NTP time server.

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This is a completely different device than a mechanical watch. Nobody cross shops GPS watches with a Rolex. Maybe a grand Seiko.

badpun2y ago

It's a Rube Goldberg machine.

CPLX2y ago

Not after a nuclear war.

Kirby642y ago

Sure it is. Even a relatively poor quality Quartz watch is higher accuracy than a mechanical watch, without any sort of synchronization. Really good ones are accurate to one second per year. No need for NTP at all.

If you're thinking about EMPs or something: well, I'd consider extremely accurate timekeeping to be the least of your concerns if no electronics work anymore...

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