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by somat 1268 days ago
A fair assessment, but I find it funny that 15 seconds per month is considered inaccurate, analog watches would kill for that sort of accuracy, a railroad quality pocket watch for example must loose no more than 30 seconds per week. I would guess that as smartphones are replacement for the pocketwatch, The way their network connected, never drift clock works becomes the new normal.

I have to admit, for my day to day use I am happy if I am less than five minutes off.

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> analog watches would kill for that sort of accuracy

Seiko 5 automatics have been reported to lose 30 seconds a month, even as little as 12 seconds a month.

You mean Mechanical watches, not Analog ones. There are lots of Analog quartz watches with 15s/month accuracy.