[ti]Rollcall![/ti]Monday 17 August. I put on my Alpina Startimer

Very nice Dan.  Don't remember seeing that one before.

The 1970's continue with this Sept. 1979 Seiko SQ housing a 4 jewel 7546 quartz, a mid-tier in its day. Bought it new for the highly legible poire hands and dial style patterned after the RR chronometers.

Movement has a trimmer capacitor to allow regulating it. I've been tempted to try it, but it's been accurate enough over the years. Has a battery hatch on its snap-on case back. Would be more trouble than it's worth to me. Regulating a quartz (that can be) is a different ballgame. Don't have a timegrapher capable of measuring its accuracy. They are outrageously expensive. I keep putting in a new battery about every five years and it keeps churning away. Lives up to its advertised battery life if you use a fresh silver cell that isn't at the end of its shelf life. I keep 1.55V silver oxide and 3V lithium watch batteries in a sealed container in the refrigerator. Extends shelf life some, but it doesn't stop the clock (freezer is not good; alkalines are in a desk drawer). Biggest benefit is always knowing where they are when I need one.

Running errands at gov't agencies.  I really don't like the auto bureau.  The time of paying the tax has greater value than the actual tax, times a few thousand people per day.  I think they could put the tax thing at the customer service counter of a food store, or maybe an atm style kiosk.  Meanwhile, at the immigration bureau, foreigners giving demeaning advice is not on the menu.

Back with my new ana-digi friend......