Kello

Mechanical Watch Analyzer

Published by: Coldflower Design
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Description

Kello analyzes the precision of mechanical watches against the iOS system clock using a microphone.

How Kello works:
All mechanically regulated watches are designed to start and stop 1000s of times every hour. A portion of the energy used during this starting and stopping motion is released as acoustic energy, resulting in an audible "tick-tock" sound. The regularity of this sound can be measured against the more precise, internal time-signal of iOS devices, such as the iPhone, and the resulting difference in timekeeping is displayed by Kello.

Supported Watch Frequencies:
Kello can automatically determine the frequency of the watch being measured based on eight of the most common frequencies used in mechanical watches. These frequencies are standard among low-, middle- and high-grade mechanical timepieces and will accommodate the vast majority of mechanical watches produced in the past 100 years. The following frequencies are supported:
* 14,400 bph
* 16,200 bph
* 18,000 bph
* 19,800 bph
* 21,600 bph
* 25,200 bph
* 28,800 bph
* 36,000 bph

Recommended hardware:
Kello works best with an external microphone that has an excellent frequency response between 10,000 and 20,000 Hz.

How to know if your watch is mechanically regulated:
There are four simple ways to determine if your watch is mechanical and can be used with Kello.
1. Look at the text on your timepiece. If the word "quartz" is featured anywhere on the watch, your watch is not mechanical. If the words "automatic" or "shock-proof" are written anywhere on the watch, there is a very high chance that your watch is mechanical and its precision can be measured by Kello.
2. If your watch has a hand that indicates the seconds, observe how frequently it moves. If the hand moves only once every second, it is very likely that your watch is not mechanical. If this hand moves several times per second or appears to sweep along in a smooth, continuous motion, your watch is most likely mechanical and its precision can be measured by Kello.
3. Turn the crown, that is used to set the hands of the watch, while it is pressed fully in. If the crown turns smoothly, your watch is not mechanical. If you can hear a ratcheting sound as you turn the crown, your watch is most likely mechanical and its precision can be measured by Kello.
4. Place the watch close to your ear and listen. If you hear a noise approximately once every second, it is unlikely that your watch is mechanical. If you hear a constant ticking noise, your watch is very likely a mechanical watch and its precision can be measured by Kello.
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Kello Reviews

I want my $14 back!

MikeGabriola on

Canada

Bose microphone resting on case back of very loud pocket watch. I get a perfect wave graph but then it suddenly says that the signal is unstable. It also keeps changing it's mind on the frequency. One time it's 16200, then next time it's 14000 on the same time piece! I've tried it with 3 watches and with both the Bose and internal mic and get the same results in a perfectly quiet room. I'm going to contact Apple Store to request a refund.

Unable to to use

Brookieman10 on

Canada

I had spent too much time try to regulate a Seiko 7s26 c movement so I thought I'd try this app. I spent $14 CDN and 2 hours. The best result I could achieve using iPhone 6s headphone/mic was UNSTABLE. I had to manually set the both to 21600. I tried with case back on/off. I could achieve 5 dot fidelity and a saw tooth wave only with back off and mic resting in the movement. Now that the case back has been off for 2 hours and the mic and my fingers have touched the movement I doubt the watch will run for a long time and it is still not regulated. Looks like I'm out $14 bucks for the app and probably $50 for the watch.

Stopped working

~Musashi~ on

Canada

May 2016. No longer picks up mike poor signal. Worked before

Not good

User22223333 on

Canada

15 minutes in a quiet room, two different microphones and no results. Give me my money back!

Great on the go watchmaker app

Minidrey on

Canada

I find the reading from this app pretty accurate when I compared it with a witschi watch expert 2!

Works great for me

Ilikewatches on

Canada

This app has always worked for me. I have been able to regulate my mechanical watches with this. The rate it displays agrees with the rate the watchmaker determines, it also agrees with the rate calculated by measuring how much the watch drifts over a week. It works with the factory mic as well as aftermarket. I have to turn the volume way down to avoid clipping the peaks. It is very usefully for a quick test on newly purchased watches. I have had no problems at all with this app. It is very impressive.

Not work my Rolex

Pelado todo on

Canada

I want m'y Money back

Kello app

Double_Red_Rolex on

Canada

Make sure to adjust your mic volume all the way up or it wont work!!! Wow this app works exactly as they say. I just timed my old Rolex Submariner 1680 with the microphone that came with my iPhone 4. It came back with +4.3 seconds per day. Amazing. It had no problem reading the beat rate even though I wasn't in a super quiet environment for this initial test. If anyone has problems with this app then try a different microphone as the instructions say. This works 100% everytime for me and the results are exactly the same as my friends $1000 timing machine that last time I checked it said +4.6 seconds per day. Awesome!

good beginning but...

joubex on

Canada

Works with difficulty with the external microphone of the iphone, even when you keep it stuck to the watch (or it doesn't work at all)... and it crashes really often !!

Ingenious app

Jgeetoron on

Canada

This app is incredible. It can be a bit fussy if you don't follow the user instructions but as long as you give it the right amount of time in a quiet space it does exactly what it says it will do! Bravo!

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App Info

Category
Utilities
Publisher
Coldflower Design
Languages
English
Recent release
2.49 (4 years ago )
Released on
Jul 11, 2010 (14 years ago )
Last Updated
8 hours ago
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