Why Your Watch’s Seconds Hand Is More Important Than You Thought

The mission has been meticulously choreographed — each soldier knows his or her role and the last thing to do is to synchronize watches before going into action. This scene is familiar to most of us from films and TV. Unbeknownst to many watch wearers, however, this exact scenario played a part in why their watches have a certain overlooked feature today. It’s now so common and basic, in fact, that it hardly seems like a ‘feature’: If

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