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Life's inessentials...

Thursday 08 January 1998 00:02 GMT
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The watch that checks itself ...

This watch has a built-in long-wave receiver which is tuned to the Atomic Clock transmitter controlling Central European Time and it is programmed to "check in" once a day at 2am. This means that the watch automatically resets itself if there is any change in time. Such as? Such as at the beginning and end of British Summer Time or during a leap year.

So that means ... that you no longer wake up an hour early when the clocks are changed. What a great invention.

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