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Android app, WildSpectra Mobile (available on Google Play ), enable mechanical watch regulation in the style of a conventional (and expensive) “timing machine”. The app uses the device’s microphone to hear the tick-tock beats of the movement and subsequently measure the watch’s beat-rate. Specify a beat-rate explicitly, or WildSpectra. Most well adjusted watches (using regulating pins or not) will only have a small increase in variation due to isochronism in the first 24 hours. It's after that when the timing starts to drift more with a watch of a 'typical' reserve is involved (approx. And yes the method of regulation is the timing screws on the balance.

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4. How Does A Timegrapher Work

Jul 18, 2020 But the proper way to diagnose and regulate a watch is by using a timegrapher. A timegrapher is a device that tells you more than just the accuracy of a watch. Through the built-in microphone, it picks up the ticks and tocks of the watch and calculates indicators of the general health of the movement. Watch-O-Scope is a combination of hardware (currently DIY only) and Windows-compatible software for diagnosing, testing, and regulating mechanical watches. It is based on the same concepts as stand-alone electronic watch timing machines, but uses the power of the modern PC to provide features that mid-20th century watchmakers could only dream of. My old Bandolin watch timer is starting to show its age and I'm no longer convinced of the accuracy of the prints, so, I'm considering buying one of the (I assume) Chinese made Timegrapher 1000 machines that are all over ebay for around about £130 sterling (currently around $200 ish).

Apologies upfront - I haven't used a Lepsi. I can see they would be very useful if you're buying a watch face to face to check it out, but a few things come to mind.
If you're going to regulate a watch, you need a microphone stand that lets you hold the watch safely with the back removed. The proper timegrapher microphones do that. The Lepsi device won't I think - it's just like a contact microphone.
Their blurb says it will calibrate your computer/ipad/android device. That's gotta be a good thing, but phones and pads especially aren't renowned for their short term clock accuracy, as it can depend on what other processes are going on - a lot of them being things you have no control over.

Watch Timegrapher Machine

If you want to try out timing stuff before buying something bespoke, one option would be to download TG (https://tg.ciovil.li/) which is freeware, and runs under Windows and a few other OS, (not sure about android or IOS though). Add a cheap Guitar pickup (mine was £2.76 !) and you're good to go.

Omega SM300 165.024 Without Rehaut?

It does more than timing by also showing you the escapement noise graphically. What you do with that as an amateur is moot, but if you're at all geeky it's interesting and it could be useful to snapshot and send to your watch repairer for advice. It also will do calibration, although in a different way, but the issue of clock consistency is still there I think. With that simple setup you still don't have any secure way of dealing with the watch with the back off.

Timegrapher Windows For Regulating A Watch Company

How Does A Timegrapher Work

I wrote the comment about the clarity of the Chinese instructions and to be fair, that is the most impenetrable bit (!) Although those devices are deprecated by some (but not all) professionals who have their uber-expensive Witschi stuff, they do a surprisingly good job and are easy to use. You can't calibrate them yourself, but they have a dedicated processor to do the timing, and mine certainly gives reliable results.