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17 June 2012, 04:59 AM | #1 |
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Does anyone know if Rolex watches take a bit if time to break in and regulate on your wrist? My new DSSD is running 4 seconds slow a day. I rather see it run 2-4 sec fast a day.
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17 June 2012, 05:20 AM | #2 |
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That's within specs but you can send it to RSC to regulate it. ADs don't have the necessary tools to test water resistance to its rated depth.
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17 June 2012, 06:54 AM | #3 | |
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It will not likely pick up 4 seconds though.. Make sure that you are doing a proper check for accuracy though, and using an accurate time-source..
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17 June 2012, 07:01 AM | #4 |
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As well as what the others have said, make sure the power reserve is optimal and you could try different resting positions. Some believe leaving it dial up when you take it off can make it run faster though I haven't noticed it myself.
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17 June 2012, 07:12 AM | #5 |
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Just take it to a RSC, say it's a little slow but you'd rather have it a little fast instead of slow. If it's still under warranty, it'll be done for free.
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17 June 2012, 08:15 AM | #6 |
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Rolex says leaving it rest face up will help it gain time. Try leaving it face up at night every night for a week and see if it has picked up any time.
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4 seconds.....get real
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17 June 2012, 11:42 AM | #8 |
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Some people actually believe that a $12,050 SS diver should keep better than mediocre time. I happen to be one of them. -4 a day is not spectacular, when far cheaper watches can easily do better. -4 a day is not particularly good for a new Rolex, -4 a day isn't just 4 seconds, it's your watch losing 2 minutes in one month. It's ok, but not something I'd be that happy about.
I don't think somebody not being thrilled with losing 4 a day on their brand new Deepsea needs to "get real". Timekeeping is sort of an important thing for a watch to do, right? |
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Anyhow, it magically now +3.72sec per day (12hrs at work) on wrist and 0 gain at night with crown up.
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measure a watch's accurracy Actual Download Link, Excel format
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When I first got my Exp2 it was pretty fast, like 15 seconds a day, after a couple of months it settled on +6 approx a day, and I'm happy with that.
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I'm using that exel sheet linked above. So according to my inputs and against time.gov it's calculating +3.72sec per day.
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