3235 break-in developments (new Sub Date)

[Guybrush]

Just figured I’d share something I’m noticing right now. Know there have been other threads that touch on similar things.

Have had my 126610 for a few weeks now, worn it literally every single day since then up until this past weekend.

So far it’s been consistently about 1.5 to 2 seconds slow, I’d say. Well within range of acceptability. I tend to give the watch a full wind once a week (maybe unnecessarily since I wear it daily and am fairly active), and I usually set it then too, just because.

This past weekend I went camping for two nights with my family and decided to leave the Rolex home and wear something I wouldn’t mind dirtying/scratching/losing. I gave it a full wind and set, excited to put the 72hr reserve stat to the test.

The watch was still ticking away when I checked back on Sunday—not quite 72 hours but > 60. But it was now running a bit on the fast side! Still, by my lights, within the +/-2 spec, so nothing that concerns me, just... interesting. Guess I can’t be surprised that its timekeeping is a little different when it’s just sitting in the box rather than getting worn, but what I think I’m noticing now, since wearing it again, is that it continues to gain now, rather than lose. As though that “weekend off” made some kind of lasting difference. Guess I’ll need a few more days to be sure, and honestly, for ease of setting, I think I’d prefer a watch that’s slightly fast to one that’s slightly slow—another well worn topic, I know. But just curious whether anyone else has had the same experience with a fresh 3235.