hand held deep tissue massager and mechanical watches

[kennethk70]

I am a short time lurker. Was fortuante to have a wife who bought me 14060M as a wedding gift last april. have been learning a great deal through this forum to get a deeper appreciation for the piece. I apologize for taxing all of you with one of these inane "can i wear my rolex while i do..." question but please bear with me. I received one of those high powered hand held massager which i use for my back and arms. I have noticed since i have used the massager, the watch run approximately 10 secs fast per 24 hr period whereas before it was only off by a miraculous 4secs. I will check for another week before taking it in for a regulation but was wondering if that is one of the few activities that might possibly damage the mechanism with the high rate of vibrations. The rolex will not leave my wrist unless stolen or until i stop ticking. thank you in advance for the info.

[rossi46]

Originally Posted by kennethk70

The rolex will not leave my wrist unless stolen or until i stop ticking. thank you in advance for the info.

Or, and stay with me here, you could just take it off for all of those few minutes that you're using the massager.

[dimitros]

Originally Posted by rossi46

Or, and stay with me here, you could just take it off for all of those few minutes that you're using the massager.

Zing! Spoken like a true new yorker,

[chicfarmer1]

Originally Posted by rossi46

Or, and stay with me here, you could just take it off for all of those few minutes that you're using the massager.

Thank you.

[kennethk70]

taking it off would be the logical thing to do but with all the hoopla about the beating a rolex can take i like to live on the edge

[Hazelnut]

Or you can get the pins shaken loose on the bracelet if you are unlucky. Then you might lose your Rolex onto the floor!

[Glidelock]

Whoa...whoa...whoa...hold on a second there Dan. Your not actually suggesting what your response sounds as if you are suggesting are you? Are you in fact intentionally incinuating that Kennethk70 use his right hand to unhinge the flop lock and pop the clasp, allowing him to then slide the Rolex timepiece off of his wrist for momentary storage on a desk or god forbid the safety of a well placed nightstand, all the whilest he receieves the temporary relief that only an electronic vibrating device can help you achieve? I mean this is some revolutionay thinking here Dan...where talking about some really out there stuff!

[George Ab]

You likely magnetized your watch the electromagnetic field of the massage device. Take it to a watchmaker and they will put on timing machine, verify that it is out of specification, demagnetize, and repeat. IT will then likely be in.

Certain activities that cause harm to your watch should be avoided. It seems like you found one.

[1675-David]

Can't you just use your other hand to massage??

[JGX]

It's not April 1st is it?!?!

[kennethk70]

Thank you for the constructive feedback George Ab. Your answer seems like the logical culprit in the daily time variation i have been noting. I was quite perplexed when my watch started to run 6 seconds faster after consistently running 4 secs faster per day for the past 12 months. I had wrongly attributed the variation to the vibration of massager instead of the electromagneticfield created by the powerful electric motor. Mystery solved and much mahalos for the insight.

[Cabaiguan]

I can think of so many inappropriate jokes right now, but I'll refrain.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by kennethk70

Thank you for the constructive feedback George Ab. Your answer seems like the logical culprit in the daily time variation i have been noting. I was quite perplexed when my watch started to run 6 seconds faster after consistently running 4 secs faster per day for the past 12 months. I had wrongly attributed the variation to the vibration of massager instead of the electromagneticfield created by the powerful electric motor. Mystery solved and much mahalos for the insight.

First its very very doubtful your watch in magnetised in any way,signs of a watch becoming magnetised.In general they will speed up and not by a few seconds, they will run very very erratic perhaps gain many minutes or come to a complete stop and refuse to re-start.But with any contact with high vibrations its possible to make the beat rate speed up slightly hence the few seconds increase just take the watch off its that simple.Gravity affects mechanical watches the most thats why they are tested in 5 different positions.And in those different positions there will be slight deviations in the timekeeping.But don't worry over a few seconds gain your watch is fine,just remember this the escapement of a mechanical watch in 24 hours pushes the gears 432,000 times.

And a day has 86,400 seconds,so even a watch that runs six seconds fast or slow each day has an accuracy of over 99.994% Now this is still very high precision, given the fact that the movement is constantly affected by the earth's gravity, metal expansion and contraction, temperature variations, subtle changes in lubrication and friction, shocks, and so on.The fact is that no mechanical watch made will keep perfect time, very close yes but perfect no, just wear and enjoy your watch its fine.

[azguy]

Originally Posted by George Ab

You likely magnetized your watch the electromagnetic field of the massage device. Take it to a watchmaker and they will put on timing machine, verify that it is out of specification, demagnetize, and repeat. IT will then likely be in.

Certain activities that cause harm to your watch should be avoided. It seems like you found one.

I agree, good call George