Watch Tuner User Reviews

Watch Tuner
Watch Tuner
Bartlomiej Swiatek

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Einwandfrei

Da kommt Freude auf!
Ich konnte einige meiner Uhren auf einen höheren Standard einstellen.Die 28800er laufen jetzt als ob sie das 20igfache gekostet hätten!
Das Mikrofon der Kopfhörer mit etwas Spannung auf die Krone legen, Empfindlichkeit auf 90%
einstellen und es gibt klare Ergebnisse wenn man alleine im Raum ist.
History ohne Zuweisung,
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doesn’t work

can’t get a consistent reading on iphone 15

Long Case Pendulum Clock

Seams to have worked well in setting the beat using the beat error and rate measurement functions. Supposedly anything between 10 & 20 ms beat error is acceptable on a long case pendulum clock but I was able to get down to an avg of 7ms with 10200 samples.

App is useless at measuring BPH due to the lack of a decimal reading in the BPH measurement. Had to use a stopwatch and manually count them. Changed the pendulum nut three full turns but BPH never changed. Read 3600 then entire time although manual measurement started at 3660 and ended at 3600.

Please update app to add two decimal places to the BPH measurement.
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Works very well

Some experimentation will be needed to get the phone to best be able to hear the watch, i touched the crown to the phone mic, but once that is figured out it will read sufficiently well enough to get your watch regulated. Mine was slowing several mins daily and the beat error was hight (it gets roughed up). Now it is +/- negligible. Pretty surprised at the apps utility and effectiveness.
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Needs a reset button and better accuracy

Couldn’t get a consistent Bph. Registered as high as 66600 and I know that’s not possible especially on a simple manual wind caravelle.
Ok value for the money but I’ll have to get an electronic one if I really want to regulate a watch
Needs a reset button!!!!!!!

Useful software

I used this utility to adjust my seiko 5 automatic movement. Initial testing indicates that it is now down to 7 seconds a day.

Tips for others.
Only use in a quiet room. Silence is best.
I used the built in mic on my iphone 8 but had to look up exactly where the mic was.
I found that sitting at a table covered with thick cloth, i was able to hold the crown against the mic and got good results.
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Love this app!!

I use a headset with a boom mic and it’s awesome!! So simple and accurate, best 10 $ I ever spent , Thanks!!!!

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Fonctionne plutôt bien, mais nécessite une environnement silencieux, fonctionne mieux avec le kit main libre !
Seul problème, j’aurais aimé une fonction permettant d’upgrader vers la version supérieur !

Funktioniert gut

Ich verwende die App zum Regulieren von Vostok-Uhren bei offenem Gehäuseboden. Der Raum muss allerdings absolut ruhig sein.
Die Genauigkeit ist dann gut.

It works!

Yes it works using standard Apple wired earphones with mic. H not compared with a timegrapher. Needed to play around a bit to get good pickup - adjust sensitivity but check correct BPH is detected. Worked very well with watch open while I was adjusting it - located mic close to balance wheel to check between adjustments. I have a cheap GMT “homage” with DG5833GMT movement. It was running fast 60-90 secs per day. Tried to fix by trial and error: hand timing over a few hours after adjustment, but found I had moved the beat error lever instead of the rate lever. Easy to fix with this app and now have good beet error and good rate. Thanks!
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How does this work? 10 mins for nothing

I paid for this app and went to cook an omelet for about 10 minutes while my phone measured over 500 samples and this yields absolutely zero info.
Avoid the expense.

App ist super! Auf das Mikrofon kommt‘s an!

Ich wollte mir schon für 200 Euro eine Zeitwaage kaufen, was viel Geld für ein Gerät ist, dass ich nur gelegentlich für den „Gesundheitscheck“ meiner Armbanduhr brauche. Ich bin dann aber auf diese äußerst kostengünstige Lösung per App gestoßen.

Die App funktioniert perfekt, wenn sie das Ticken hört. Was nicht geht, ist die Verwendung des Handymikrofons. Das ist zu unempfindlich! Man erkennt das schon daran, dass nicht einmal die Frequenz der Unruh richtig erkannt wird. Gut funktionierte es (wie auch in der Hilfe empfohlen) mit einem Headset-Mikrofon, das ich gegen den Gehäuseboden presste.

Zur Messung der Amplitude muss der „Lift Angle“ richtig eingegeben werden. Hierzu findet man Tabellen im Internet, die alle wichtigen Uhrwerke abdecken.
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Quick and easy

I just strap on the watch then slide the wired EarPod microphone between watch and my wrist. This gives instant readings of rate with my arm in each position - as if walking, reading, driving, typing.

For what it’s worth, it works

If you just want to regulate a fast or slow watch, it’ll help. The readings can be inconsistent, definitely to do multiple tests to see if the app is reading correctly.

Use the mic on Apple EarPods headphone. The developers must have tuned the app for the Apple EarPods mic specifically. It did not pick up my lav mic at all, even when the mic was placed directly on the movement. Switched over to the EarPods and it started reading immediately.

Best results came from opening the case, and laying the mic directly on top of the movement.

Accuracy? Not sure, as I don’t have a timegrapher. From watching comparisons, seems to be in the range of the real thing. Probably say you’d want to add +/- 3-8 seconds to any reading.

In the end, it helped regulate a 1971 movement to within +/- 1.2 seconds (probably +/- 5-10 sec on a timegrapher) and now the watch actually keeps decent time.
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Man muß wissen was man tut...

Ich habe diese App getestet, die anderen werden ähnlich sein.

Ich habe drei Citizen Automatic Werke 8200 gemessen. Alles mit dem Apple Headset, Kontakt mit den Uhren am Mikrofonesymbol am Lautstärkeregler.
1. Mikrofon an der Krone mit direktem Kontakt, Impulse sind schwach, App kann auswerten. Mikrofon außen am Uhrengehäuse geht nicht!
2. Mikrofon an der Krone oder auf dem Gehäuse: bei beiden Methoden reicht die Lautstärke der Impulse nicht zum Messen aus.
3. Werk ausgebaut, Mikrofon an der Krone oder Werk auf Mikrofon aufgelegt: sehr gute klare Impulse, Messung funktioniert schnell und zuverlässig!

Meßergebnisse: ein Werk sehr gut, läßt sich auf 5 sek einstellen, sehr stabil, das zweite nur auf +- 20 sek einstellbar, Lauf nicht sehr stabil, drittes Werk schwankt sehr stark zwischen + 300 und - 200 Sekunden pro Tag, Beat Error sehr groß

Tipp Mit der App SPRACHMEMOS kann man überprüfen, ob die Meßlautstärke aus dem Mikrofon ausreicht: sieht man einen leichten Ausschlag in der Lautstärke bei der Aufnahme, können die Watch Apps messen.
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Works Great!

With this App I could adjust 2 time watches very fine.

Non funziona

Ciao ho appena acquistato l'app no funziona giusto voglio i miei soldi indietro.

Update?

It's been a year since the last update while the developers other 2 watch timer apps received numerous updates, the latest 2 weeks ago. Maybe the developer forgot about this paid app?

Works!

Great App.
Works best in quiet room.

Gives wildly different results for the same watch!

I placed the Apple earbud microphone against the watch crown in a quiet room as instructed, and adjusted the sensitivity slider until the measurement "quality" readings were 100% before saving the results. I did this four times for the same watch, which is only a couple of months old, and got rate readings of -5.9, -2.3, -4.4, and -1.6 seconds/day.

I don't think that this app is accurate enough to be useful.
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