Even though one cannot expect great accuracy from the magnetic sensor in the watch, I recently noticed that my Instinct may be off by almost 20 degrees, which seems excessive. The best way to see the problem without requiring a proper compass as reference is to first point the watch at a given bearing/azimuth and then point it in the opposite direction. The readings should, of course, differ by 180 degrees. In my case, when using an Easy/West axis I get a difference of 145/150 degrees (e.g., 270 and 055), even though in the North/South axis the difference is, indeed, close to 180, as expected (e.g., 0 and 178). To avoid any potential errors introduced by the local declination compensation, I always did this using the magnetic north (and after proper calibration, of course). Are errors of this magnitude the norm with your Instincts, or is it just me? Thank you in advance.
