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Bill,

If weekly radio time checks can be performed then a good mechanical wrist watch or clock that is rated would work for CN purposes. The Golden Globe Race is an 8 month race so time checks made by radio ( SW, SSB or speaking a ship by VHF ) could become unavailable for many reasons. The quartz watch would be a very inexpensive safety option for continuing the race should the SW/SSB go down.  Something for the GGR racing committee to think about.

Greg Rudzinski

From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2017 Jan 5, 08:22 +0000

Even after it has been fully serviced and calibrated is it going to
get you plus or minus one second a day? Is it really better than a
well chosen modern mechanical wristwatch? Wristwatches also  the
advantage that they are strapped to the best thermal regulation system
you have on the boat - your body.

Golden Globe participants might  be thinking "is it worth spending
hundreds of dollars on a chronometer so that I can get away with not
checking the radio time signal some days?".

Bill