Timegrapher Windows For Regulating A Watch

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Pros And Cons Of Using A Watch Timegrapher And How To Read It ...

Download the Timegrapher app from your smartphone app store. It costs £12.99 (UK) but is well worth it. Measure the beat of the watch using the mic on your headset or even just by holding the watch to your smartphone works in a very quiet room. Take the back off of your watch using the appropriate tool bought for a few quid off Amazon. Tg is a timegrapher program: a software used to regulate mechanical watch movements and evaluate their performance. Tg detects the noise produced by the mechanism of a watch, analyzing that noise it computes real-time readings of the rate (i.e. How fast or slow the watch runs) and other operational parameters (beat error, amplitude).

Watch-O-Scope is a combination of hardware (currently DIY only) andWindows-compatible software for diagnosing, testing, and regulating mechanicalwatches. It is based on the same concepts as stand-alone electronic watchtiming machines, but uses the power of the modern PC to provide features thatmid-20th century watchmakers could only dream of. Watch-O-Scope is comparablein features to very high-end dedicated watch timing machine costing thousands,but at the price point of introductory level hobbyist watch timers.

Lite and Pro Versions

Watch-O-Scope has both basic features found in entry level stand-alone watchtimers, and advanced capabilities normally only found in high-end models. Whenfirst downloaded, all features are available for evaluation for a period of 60days from the date of first use. After that, Watch-O-Scope will continue towork, but with only its basic features enabled (the 'Lite' version), and maycontinue to be used this way in non-commercial settings (for example, by awatch hobbyist).

How Does A Timegrapher Work

Those users who wish to have continued access to the advanced features (the'Pro' version) after 60 days, or those who will be using Watch-O-Scope in acommercial endeavour (for example, a professional watchmaker) mustpurchase an activation key for the Pro version.

Feature Overview

Watch-O-Scope is very easy to use. For basic watch timing operations, one needonly put the watch into themicrophone stand, turn on theamplifier, and click one button. When needed,an intuitive user interface also gives access to a variety of more powerfulfeatures.

Numerical display of daily rate error, balance amplitude, and beaterror.
Horizontal 'paper tape' mode with sub-pixel vertical resolution thatcan show fluctuations that are too small to see on a typicalstand-alone timing machine.
Scope mode to aid in diagnosis of various watch faults.
Raw watch sounds mode, where the paper tape shows all the sounds madeby the watch during each complete tick interval, giving unprecdentedinsight into the performance of a watch.
Long term testing to show long term fluctuations and perform powerreserve tests (Pro version only).
A simple yet powerful and flexible report generation facility(Pro version only).
Export of timing traces and long term tests as PNG image files(Pro version only).
User selectable averaging period.
Rate determination using linear least squares, giving a moremeaningful reading than just naively averaging the rate.
Automatic signal and noise level determination. Usually, there'snothing to adjust, although manual adjustment is possible.
Aggressive noise filtering in the software to keep the hardwaresimple for those who wish to build their own.
Automatic detection of common rates (18000, 19800, 21600, 25200, and28800 beats per hour), with support for manual entry of any rate from300 to 43200 beats per hour.
Simple, uncluttered, fixed-size display (1024 × 600).

How To Read A Timegrapher

The complete manual for Watch-O-Scope is on-line,where you can read about all the features and how to use them.

System requirements can be found on thedownload page.

Timegrapher Windows For Regulating A Watch