[amelius]

This makes me wonder, if you take the average time of all wristwatches on the planet, accounting for timezones and throwing out outliers, how close would you get to NTP time?

And how many randomly chosen wristwatches would you need to get anything reasonable?

[throwup238]

You’re the person Douglas Adams warned us about.

[Intermernet]

Comment of the year.

[nielsole]

I have a hunch my casio wrist watch is designed to be running a bit too quick to make resetting the seconds easier. Your averaging assumes manufacturers try to make their watches as accurate as possible for average conditions

[amelius]

I think it runs quick to be on the safe side, so you never miss appointments, trains, etc. because of your watch.

But yes, good point.

[raverbashing]

This is the kind of thing that Casio designers would probably come up with (second to have as much accuracy as possible within their budget)

Given two time changes per year I guess something like 1 min per year is acceptable

[varjag]

Close but unlikely to be precise in metrology sense. There's unlikely even a billion wrist watches being worn.

[b112]

One. One watch. POTUS's watch. And in fact, that's why Boulder is currently shuttered... they disagreed.

[usea]

I think this comment is referencing the government's recent announcement[0] to shut down the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder. They do climate research at the Mesa Laboratory there.

It's open to the public for visits. They have a small science museum, offices, a library, etc. I highly recommend anyone with interest and opportunity to visit the mesa lab soon. It may not be open much longer. The view alone is worth the trip, and the building is cool too.

[0]: https://x.com/russvought/status/2001099488774033692