Watch Accuracy and Regulation: Why Timekeeping Changes on the Wrist

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Accuracy is one of the first things watch owners measure, and one of the easiest things to misunderstand. A watch gains ten seconds one day, loses three the next, then seems perfectly steady for a week. That pattern can feel like a defect if you expect a mechanical watch to behave like a phone clock. It makes more sense when you remember that a mechanical watch is a tiny regulated machine living on a moving wrist. It reacts to position, temperature, wind, shock, magnetism, age, and the way you wear it.

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Watch Accuracy and Regulation: Why Timekeeping Changes on the Wrist