New rolex lost about 21 hrs over weekend

[overheight1]

Hello People:
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
My new Rolex as of last week was in my drawer all weekend. I put it on this morning and it had lost about 21 hrs. This looks like a problem but what do I know?? Before that, it was keeping time exactly to the second for 2 days. I don't think that these watches should have to be maintained, i.e. shaken,?? to keep precise time do they? What advice anyone??

Thanks

[Welshwatchman]

A possibility is that the power reserve had exhausted over the weekend.

If the watch had been in the drawer for 48/72 hours it would have stopped. Once you pick it up and move it around it starts again.

I suggest you fully wind it and wear it all week. See if there's still a problem. If so, time to go to the AD.

PS - I wouldn't recommend shaking the watch.

[Thomas]

Sorry to hear that. Did it lose 21 hours or did it completely stop running? If it was in a drawer all weekend it was probably near the end of it's power reserve by the time you picked it back up to wear again. Give it a full wind, wear it and see what happens.

[Chris B]

Two very good responses, nothing to add, please let us know how it goes

[JJ Irani]

That watch needs the famous JJ brandy swirl.....and quickly followed by about 40 twirls (of the crown!!)

[DSJ]

99% sure the issue is that the power reserve ran out. Welshwatchman has it right that if you don't wear it for a couple days, the spring is not getting wound, and therefore it's going to stop. As soon as you picked it up, it probably started up again.

I am not saying this to make fun of you or anything, perhaps this is your first mechanical watch or one that is "perpetual." You need to wear the watch at least every 2 days, or manually wind it or put it in one of those watch winders that you might have seen. They slowly spin the watch, thereby causing the rotor to turn, thereby keeping the watch wound.

True mechanical watches like a Rolex Oyster Perpetual are powered by springs. You may have seen a Seiko "kinetic" watch, and think that a Rolex will stay powered for some time, but a "kinetic" watch uses movement to charge the battery - there are no springs involved.

Here are some links that may help you further understand:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_watch
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question285.htm

This is part of the beauty of a Rolex perpetual and other quality mechanical timepieces, it keeps time without any assistance from modern electronics (aside from CAD/CAM engineering and manufacturing).

I hope this helps, and I am not, in any way, belittling your question. The only dumb question is that which is not asked!

[Kevin Barrett]

Your watch stopped,that is all, shaking it is not the same as winding and wearing it. as the state of wind decays the rate
may in fact increase.From fully wound to stopped would be
approx 50 hours, but "shaking" it may only give a few hours.
Again wearing it is best.If your work is not good for fine watches
wear it in the evening.Doing this your watch will indeed be
"perpetual".
Good luck

[marshallr47]

Totally normal if not fully wound. Your watch is fine.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Welcome to TRF!

Well, if your watch loses 21 hours () CONSISTANTLY, your watch is actually precise. It is just a wee bit off COSC specs which are minus 4 to plus 6 secs./day.

[frostie]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

That watch needs the famous JJ brandy swirl.....and quickly followed by about 40 twirls (of the crown!!)