Sadly in this Auction you were almost definitely out-sniped. How do I know? Well, look at arepechu's winning bid - $51.51 - that's not a full increment above yours. So, it's probable that s/he was also a sniper. Also, when your snipe was placed the auction would have shown a resulting high bid of $42 until the winning snipe/bid arrived so it's unlikely that A. arepechu could have reacted that quickly and B. they manually bid $51.51...
If you were as experienced with AS as you claim then you'd know that it's not the Internal Clock that gets adjusted, it's the lead time which AS adjusts depending on server response times. This is especially so of Auctions that end on the hour (as your one did).
As Rick said, it's supposition that you lost due to the early placing of your bid - still, I hope you feel better after sounding off here. I suggest that you read the FAQs, the Help pages and the forums so that you minimise your chances of losing - from your postings and your ebay feedback and bid history your inexperience is showing! more >>>
Judging by the number of wins in the above list (a few I notice with lead times of 7 seconds!) I'd stick with AS if I was you - just learn to use it properly!
R2