How do you guys set your watch when your not wearing?

[Lmbeauleap]

Originally Posted by padi56

Well if you got the patience to spend the time to regulated a movement most of today's mechanical any brand or price can be made to perform to the COSC spec.Even a Chinese Seagull ST19 that cost just $60 after regulation has perform well inside the COSC spec for the last 5 years.Although I dont check or position any of my watches when not worn,I set them once a week or so.And they will still be within a minute or so either way, and my life today is not run to the fraction of a second and I would doubt if any ones else's is either.

No I get that but I check mine at the most once a week (usually when one of these threads pop up). My point is with my method I don't even have to take the time to set it, at least for now. I had a Seiko 5 and I quickly lost patience with setting and winding it each day.

I kept track what happened when I rested it different for a couple weeks when I first got it and that was it. No further effort is necessary on my part. Also I know how my particular watch usually works so I'm hoping I'll know pretty quickly when it needs to be serviced.

I imagine the big difference is I only have the one though. My timing is pretty stable because I wear the same one day after day and in the same exact way. I'm guessing I couldn't get such consistent results if I had a nice rotation of watches to wear. Hopefully soon....

[mrbill2mrbill2]

I take my watch off in to occurrences:

1. To take a shower - don't want soap build up on my bracelet.

2. To switch watches.

In both I do not pay any attention as to how it lays.

[Athas]

I usually put it face up on the brick window sill.

[77T]

Overnight is one thing - just face up somewhere convenient. In rotation - on the Wolfie...

[vintagewaferthin]

I dont have a rolex, but i put my vintage watches flat on their casebacks after i take them off and havent had one problem.

[swiss ghost]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

Rolex used to issue a set of direction that was intended to allow the owner to regulate his watch by positioning it overnight to lose or gain time, etc.

I'm personally not at assiduous about how I place my watch at night. Sometimes I sleep in it, sometimes I take it off before bed, and sometimes I take it off during the night.

this dont work for my rolex

i leave it up EVERY night and it gains jacksquat

[Annan]

For me it's a matter of checking/playing with accuracy for lack of something better to do at times and admittedly, mixed with a little OCD. I have two Rolexes and my reference source is time.gov.

MY DJ runs +2 seconds/day. After some experimentation and advice gained on TRF I found that resting it straight up (sitting on the 6) overnight makes it lose those 2 seconds.

My Explorer II 16570 loses 2 seconds/day. Resting it flat on its back, dial up, causes a 2 second gain overnight.

[Mephist]

I don't ever take my watch off, unless I am changing to another watch. I sleep with it, shower with it and everything else. All my watches holds time very good. So I set my watches 1-2 minutes faster then the exact time. This way I will always be 1-2 minutes too early. (Better safe then sorry) Wean I do not wear my watches they usually rest in their boxes or laying around on my bedside table or my desk at home.

[Lagunatic]

I rest mine on a clean handkerchief on a nightstand.


I use my shortwave radio receiver to regulate my watch from a transmitter in Fort Collins, Colorado. My watch is running -3 seconds every 24 hours.

[Lagunatic]

Originally Posted by Lmbeauleap

What is the appeal of a mechanical watch if you don't enjoy checking how it keeps time and farting around with it to make it even better? This is why I wanted one and one that worked well. Just get a cheap Invicta if performance is irrelavant.

[1Daytona]

I store my watches vertical with the crown facing upwards. The side facing down is protected by the soft liner in my safe. I don't lay the watches flat because all my watches have bracelets and I want to avoid the casebacks getting scratched.
There is no right or wrong on this, just personal preferences:)

[Frosty]

I now put mine in the plastic shipping box to be perfectly safe. I was looking for my Casio G-Shock where I usually put the watch that I am going to wear, by the sink next to my phone. It was not there. I then started looking for it and found it on the floor in the bedroom.

I put it back where it belonged and not much later I found JD, our new kitten with it in his mouth, carrying it into the bedroom. I thought fine, I will just put it in the drawer and close it. Well, he is a Flame Point pound rescue and is very smart. I later walked into the bathroom and he had the closed drawer open about four inches with a paw deep inside. I wonder what he was looking for.

[Lagunatic]

Originally Posted by Frosty

I now put mine in the plastic shipping box to be perfectly safe. I was looking for my Casio G-Shock where I usually put the watch that I am going to wear, by the sink next to my phone. It was not there. I then started looking for it and found it on the floor in the bedroom.

I put it back where it belonged and not much later I found JD, our new kitten with it in his mouth, carrying it into the bedroom. I thought fine, I will just put it in the drawer and close it. Well, he is a Flame Point pound rescue and is very smart. I later walked into the bathroom and he had the closed drawer open about four inches with a paw deep inside. I wonder what he was looking for.

I like your cats.

[Jake B]

I wonder if Steve McQueen rested his watch on a little doiley at night

What you think you're like with your Rolex...





What you REALLY look like...

[TARDIS]

Originally Posted by Jake B

I wonder if Steve McQueen rested his watch on a little doiley at night

What you think you're like with your Rolex...





What you REALLY look like...

That's hilarious! Well done.

[ssn767]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

Rolex used to issue a set of direction that was intended to allow the owner to regulate his watch by positioning it overnight to lose or gain time, etc.

I'm personally not at assiduous about how I place my watch at night. Sometimes I sleep in it, sometimes I take it off before bed, and sometimes I take it off during the night.

My 16750 has been gaining about 4 seconds a day since it came back from servicing. Well within COSC parameters, I know, but I like to have it be as exact as possible. This post of Rolex instructions for user regulating is just what I need to fuel my obsessive compulsiveness!