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Old 18 March 2015, 03:42 AM   #1
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Ticking

Hey everybody, I have kinda a weird question. With my 16013 I can hear the thing ticking from 4 feet away out of right ear but can't hear it even when I have it up against my left ear. Does anyone else hear theirs ticking very fast? Or is my one ear bionic or something 🙈
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Old 18 March 2015, 04:08 AM   #2
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I'd get your left ear check...
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Old 18 March 2015, 05:12 AM   #3
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From four feet away, wow,,, I can hear the fast ticketa, ticketa, ticketa only by holding it right up against my ear.
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Old 18 March 2015, 05:28 AM   #4
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Old 18 March 2015, 07:01 AM   #5
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Well more like two feet but still so annoying!
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Old 18 March 2015, 07:42 AM   #6
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Well more like two feet but still so annoying!
You won't always be able to hear so well, so enjoy it while you can, because when you start losing your hearing, you won't like it.
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Old 18 March 2015, 09:04 AM   #7
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You won't always be able to hear so well, so enjoy it while you can, because when you start losing your hearing, you won't like it.

That's what my old man said haha I can't hear his sub until about 6 inches away
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Old 18 March 2015, 07:15 AM   #8
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I can here it up to here . . .

Must be your ear
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Old 18 March 2015, 08:19 AM   #9
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Amazing hearing in that right ear.
I have to put my watches to my ear to hear them ticking.
Watch out for trucks on your LHS.
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Old 18 March 2015, 08:21 AM   #10
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Is the watch sitting on anything that could be resonating? (night table, dresser, etc?)
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Old 18 March 2015, 09:03 AM   #11
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Is the watch sitting on anything that could be resonating? (night table, dresser, etc?)

Nope just sitting on my left wrist on my lap!
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Old 18 March 2015, 10:22 AM   #12
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Maybe you need a quartz watch.
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Old 18 March 2015, 12:09 PM   #13
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Maybe you need a quartz watch.
so you can hear it from 10ft away.
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Old 18 March 2015, 01:55 PM   #14
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I think you should pull out the crown and stop the movement, and see if you still hear the ticking
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Old 18 March 2015, 02:42 PM   #15
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Old 19 March 2015, 08:51 AM   #16
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I think you should pull out the crown and stop the movement, and see if you still hear the ticking
Yep I can still hear it...... JK
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Old 18 March 2015, 02:47 PM   #17
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I'm going to go with bionic ear if you can hear it from 4 feet away
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Old 18 March 2015, 02:50 PM   #18
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Have you tried any other sounds against each ear?
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Old 19 March 2015, 08:53 AM   #19
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Have you tried any other sounds against each ear?
I would if I could think of something quiet enough to test. Its just the weirdest thing.
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Old 19 March 2015, 09:42 AM   #20
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I would if I could think of something quiet enough to test. Its just the weirdest thing.
Just rub your thumb and forefinger together.
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Old 19 March 2015, 10:32 PM   #21
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Just rub your thumb and forefinger together.

Just did it and it's night and day between the two.
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Old 19 March 2015, 09:38 AM   #22
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If it's really quiet in the room I can hear my sub ticking but not from 4 feet away. For example on my wrist with my hands on the computer keyboard I can hear it.

I have a 3035 movement in two different watches and one I can hear like I just described but the other I can only hear if it's super quiet in the room and I hold the watch to my ear.
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Old 19 March 2015, 10:50 AM   #23
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I'm not able to hear my Omega under regular circumstances. If i were to sit quietly with nothing making noise, i could. But when i sleep at night, i count the ticks to fall asleep when it's next to my ear.

Timex's, i can hear from the other room.
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