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Old 26 March 2022, 03:04 PM   #1
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New $1,350 Seiko Diver is +12 per day!! Options

I recently got a Seiko Apocalypse Now - Captain Willard (SPB1151J1) diving watch.

Its a great looking watch but its running +12 per day. This should not be a surprise as the stated Seiko accuracy tolerance is -15 to +25 seconds per day.

Notwithstanding the above, I still am not really happy with a watch that gains double digit seconds per day

So my options appear to be:
1. Go to Seiko Service Centre and just ask them to adjust it to be -12 seconds from what it currently operates;
2. Go to an independent watchmaker and ask him to do the same as in paragraph 1 above.
3. Buy a case opener and a Witchi timegrapher and carefully try to adjusts it myself (watching YouTube videos as a guide).
4. Stop wearing the watch and slap on a Rolex.

I'm leaning to option 3 but it involves spending more money (approximately $150-$200), and it means I have more 'stuff' sitting around which I will seldom use, and take up my time. But it is a hobby and could be fun and satisfying if I can achieve my goal without damaging the balance or in some other way cause a disaster.

What would you do?
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