If the watch been correctly serviced, it should be very apparent. They are not infallible and some deep-seated issues may be hidden or mis-diagnosed by the timegraphers, however for most watches, few issues can hide behind that little blue screen. The humble timegrapher has the ability to cut through all of the seller’s bullshit and really reveal the internal state of that unpolished, rare one year only watch you are seriously considering. Since that is also the model I have, these will be the screenshots used for the article. * Not all timegraphers have blue screen but almost all the budget ones that are becoming popular do. A timegrapher is a piece of horological equipment that can measure the vital statistics of a watch’s movement by listening to the sounds made by the movement as it runs. Think of it as a summary of both the health and the precision (accuracy) of the movement.
More and more sellers are starting to provide timegrapher results with their listings which, believe me, is a good thing. Hopefully you have already seen the tell-tale blue* screen shot of a timegrapher while browsing vintage watch ads. What do those numbers and the graph mean? Is the watch a good runner? Has it really been serviced as the seller claims and if so, how well? The Timegrapher is Your Friend An example of a budget timegrapher commonly available
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The only nagging question on your mind is how to interpret that timegrapher screenshot the seller posted. You have even emailed the seller a couple of reasonable questions and requested a hi-res photo just to check they have the watch in hand and the seller subsequently proved responsive. You’ve shopped the seller by checking the forums for negative reviews.
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It has the rare dial you have been looking for and you have done your homework and know that this was made for one year only and the serial number is consistent with that year. You have studied the photos online and determined that the case is unpolished with some light scratches consumate with its age. So you have finally found ‘the one’ for sale – the watch you have been searching for, high and low, for months. Collector GuideInterpreting Timegrapher Results
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