Ha, OK, this is a pretty strange story, but it's bugging me and I want an explanation.

So I got this new watch for my birthday, an analogue watch, very sleek and pretty and - yeah, I like this watch. x)

Last night when I went to bed, it was on the desk about a foot from my head (res room... crowded quarters) and I could hear it ticking, so I moved it. This was at about midnight-ish.

This morning, I left for class. When I was about to walk into the building, I went to check the time. It was somewhere between 8:15 and 8:30, but I only knew this because it was 8:15 when I left and the 8:30 class hadn't started yet when I got in there. My watch, however, was cheerily ticking away, but telling me it was 1:10. I took a good look at it to make sure I wasn't confusing the second hand with something. I thought crap, it must have stopped for a bit. A lot of tech-y devices, battery-powered ones, tend to age quickly with me (they stop retaining charges or mess up or drain fast) so I'm used to the usual bad luck and pinned it to that.

A few hours later, however, I looked at my watch to go and turn it to the right time, and it said 10:30. Funny thing was, it was now actually 10:30.

So what the heck happened?

Edit: tweaked the wording a bit.

sounds like bartonic imitartial

Maybe a stop watch feature or another time zone.

Is it a atomic watch? I have one (its not analog) and it acts weird from time to time but always goes back to the correct time after it gets radio signal straight. I have atomic clocks that are analog also and they do the same thing as you described.

It's not a Rolex - therefore it's inferior quality and will never be a good watch

Well - at least that's what most people who own a Rolex will tell you.

I've mis-read clocks on a quick glance before... maybe that happened to you.

Heh, it wasn't a quick glance, trust me; it's a new watch and I made sure it hadn't stopped already. Maybe I did mistake it but I'd stake a lot on it - the second hand was still moving near the 40-second mark, near the 8 and 9.

There's nothing on the back of the watch (the strap goes under it and it is bolted to the strap), it's a pretty simple design, no date or any other extra features. Below the 12 it says "Osirock" (I think, it's in cursive, lol) and the bottom says "Quartz" then "Japan - MOVT".

What is "bartonic imitartial"? Nothing shows up but this thread when I do a search.

Like Wreck said, some watches synchronize themselves with a server that broadcasts the correct time through a radio signal. Could be that.

if you have had problems with watches before and device batteries draining.
its you, it's not that common an afliction ( there was another thread where someones friend was really bad with it, made her hyper sensitive to electromagnetic fields )
a friend of mine is like that to ( cant carry a cell phone, drains it in a couple of hours not using it )
you have two options.
a watch made with nonferous materials, or not wear a watch, and get used to getting a good guestimate from the sun.

Aren't those synchronizing watches expensive and high-tech though?



High nickel in the blood is what causes it, I think... I don't think I have it, though I do have horrible luck with battery life. However, with me it just seems like they lose the ability to hold a charge. I think I'm just unlucky. =P

Here are the two watches I wear, the one on the left I have had for 5 years and its battery is running low for the second time and it doesn't synchronize. The one on the right is the screwy one... the face is pretty tiny, and I'm sure it was no more than $20, could it still be a synchronizing watch?



(Yes, one is way faster... it makes me get to class on time, I'm a procrastinator. xD)

Edit: Bad code.

cheap watches.
had one a few years back that would just skip around by hours at a time.
similar to the one on the left.
wife boutght me a cool watch that has put up with some seriouse beatings from work and chemicals.
its been flawless for the past 6 years.
i went through about 4 or 5 cheap watches in a year before she got me the good one.

The one on the left cost over $200 and was top-of-the-line when I bought it. =P It's pretty much indestructible.

What do you mean by "skip around by hours"? Like the hands just kind of jump where they want and sometimes it's right? xD

Maybe you glanced at it sideways & it was really reading 8:35 ???

It's been a few weeks since you started this thread, have you had anything strange happen with your watch recently?

you have a pretty hand (IMO)

with cheap analogue watches, the pin that you pull out to change the time tends to be pretty crap. i have one where you don't even have to pull it out to change the time.
maybe the pin is a bit loose, if so then the time could easily have changed whilst on your wrist.
but that doesn't explain it changing back to the right time unless is was sheer coinsidence

Erm... I've never actually adjusted it... not sure if you can see in the pics, but due to the shape of the metal the face is set in you can't actually get to the pin, lol. Just tried now, I can spin it but that doesn't change the hands, and when I tried to pull it off I chipped my nail a bit. >.<

I'm sure of the time, I waited for the second hand to move to make sure. I'll never rule out that I was mistaken even so, for human error is immeasurable, but I think we'll never know. It's been fine since, though I don't wear it often. If it happens again I'll resurrect the thread, but I guess I'll have to accept temporary sensory malfunction and call it a day, however worrying that is. :S.



LMAO! You just made my day.