Please help-broken rolex

[Sjcoelho]

I am new the forum,I purchased a used rolex from my local jeweler yesterday.
At around 3pm I noticed it stopped I shook it and it worked again...at around seven pm I noticed it did it again and did the same thing it started working and then did it for the third time I woke up this morning after I shook it one more time it worked again.now today the same thing happend two times and now I have wound the watch and tried snacking it...the watch seems dead it is a date just...any in site on what I can request from the jeweler would be great.

[sleddog]

First, welcome to TRF!!

Now to your watch...
A Rolex (or any mechanical watch), is not designed to run by simply shaking it!!!

It needs to be manually wound to produce tension on the mainspring. By shaking this watch while there is no tension on the spring, you could possibly damage the watch!

Unscrew the crown, wind the crown clockwise a full 40 turns. This will fully wind the watch, and if left untouched on a table, should allow it to run for very near 48 hours.
By wearing the watch, your kinetic movement will help keep the wind up and depending how active and how long you wear the watch, the watch will continue to run.
Give it a try, and let us know how it goes!

[matt4hand]

Originally Posted by sleddog

First, welcome to TRF!!

Now to your watch...
A Rolex (or any mechanical watch), is not designed to run by simply shaking it!!!

It needs to be manually wound to produce tension on the mainspring. By shaking this watch while there is no tension on the spring, you could possibly damage the watch!

Unscrew the crown, wind the crown clockwise a full 40 turns. This will fully wind the watch, and if left untouched on a table, should allow it to run for very near 48 hours.
By wearing the watch, your kinetic movement will help keep the wind up and depending how active and how long you wear the watch, the watch will continue to run.
Give it a try, and let us know how it goes!

What he said X2

[43builder]

X3

However, if this is not the issue, most jewelers provide a warranty with the watches they sell.

Welcome to TRF and good luck with your watch

[wokafu]

had the same prob on my omega seamaster 300..i think its about time to send it in for a service..most probably there's something lose in the movement ...however what Rob said is the 1st thing you should try before send it in..

[Sjcoelho]

I have wound it, and still nothing I have let it sit how much damage could I have done I shook it a few times and nothing...should I request that they service the watch?

[SoftLink]

Same happened to my XX when I got it fresh out of service. Something was messed up, wasn't told what exactly, and back to service it went. This time FOC, of course.
IMO, you need to bring it back to the seller and ask them to fix it under warranty or refund your money.

[SoftLink]

Test. Why is it that a simple post needs "approval" by a mod?!?

Edit: Well, with an earlier one it said so. Plus the post isn't appearing either. Hm...

[Rikki]

You cannot damage a Rolex watch or any other automatic watch by shaking it it is designed to be shaken to wind it. The Seiko auto has no manual winding and only shaking it will wind up the mainspring. So don't worry you didn't hurt anything if after manually winding it it still has problems then hopefully you have some kind of warranty if not send it down I'll take care of it. Thanx Rikki

[pdoukas]

This happened to me the first time I bought a used 14060. I got the bug last year and bought the first, cheapest thing I could find. Come to find out that the rotor than spins around had broken. I was offered a free repair and service but I opted to return it because it was an impulse purchase of something that I really didn't "desire".