Clearaudio Weight Watcher Touch Electronic Stylus Gauge

Self-Calibrating, Reading to a Hundredth of a Gram, Sized for the Platter

The Clearaudio Weight Watcher Touch is a digital tracking force gauge that measures to within 1/100th of a gram. It is self-calibrating, battery powered and small enough to sit on the platter, with a large numerical display you can read from standing height.

Tracking force is the setting that decides how a stylus sits in the groove, and it moves without being touched. Counterweights creep and suspensions settle, so a cartridge that was right when it went on may not be right a year later.

Accuracy, Range and Fit

What It Reads and How Far

The Weight Watcher Touch resolves to 1/100th of a gram — the same hundredth-of-a-gram figure that separates a properly set cartridge from one that is merely close. The display is large and numeric, which matters on a tool used at platter level rather than on a bench.

The electronics are self-calibrating. There is no zeroing routine to remember and no reference weight to keep track of: switch it on, let the display settle, and take the reading. That is one less thing to get wrong on a tool you may only reach for twice a year.

It is battery powered, so nothing trails across the plinth while you are working. The compact footprint sits on the platter alongside the arm rather than forcing you to work around a bench instrument balanced somewhere awkward.

Who Is the Weight Watcher Touch Best For?

• You want a hundredth of a gram — the resolution that lets you set a cartridge to the middle of its range rather than near it
• You would rather not calibrate anything — the electronics self-calibrate, so there is no reference weight to lose
• You work at the turntable — a large display and a compact body, meant to be used on the platter
• You change cartridges regularly — every swap needs force reset, and a gauge you trust makes that routine
• You are after a full setup kit — this measures force alone; overhang, offset and azimuth need a protractor from cartridge alignment tools

How Do You Set Up and Use It?

Place the gauge on the platter and switch it on. Let the display settle to zero — the self-calibrating electronics handle that themselves. Lower the stylus onto the pad and read the figure. Lift, adjust the counterweight, lower again, and repeat until it matches the manufacturer's recommendation. Take a confirming second reading before you finish.

Pairs Well With

What most owners of a force gauge shop next.

• Cartridge alignment tools — force is one setting; a protractor covers the geometry
• Phono cartridges — a gauge turns a cartridge swap into a five-minute job
• Test records — for checking the result of what you have just set
• Stylus cleaning — the other job that changes how a cartridge tracks

Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate is it?

It measures to within 1/100th of a gram. That is the resolution needed to place a cartridge precisely inside its recommended range rather than somewhere in the vicinity of it.

Does it need calibrating?

The electronics handle it themselves. There is no zeroing procedure to follow and no reference weight to store alongside the gauge.

Does it need batteries?

Yes — it is battery powered, which keeps cables off the plinth while you are working around the tonearm.

Will it work with my turntable?

It sits on the platter and takes the stylus, so it suits any turntable with a conventional pivoted arm regardless of make.

Does it measure anything besides tracking force?

Force is its single job. Overhang, offset angle, azimuth and vertical tracking angle are all geometry, and they are set with a protractor and a level.

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