Time keeping!!

[rolexdeepsea]

My rolex deepsea is +2 second a day is that normal for an expensive watch.
My local deal said that normal can't say I was not disappointted in hearing that!
If not normal should I get it look at under Warranty...my Dealer said rolex wouldn't touch it unless it was over the chronometer stand off -/+

[esm]

as long as it is checked against a proper timing source, then it is well with in the COSC standard.

the average daily rate of a COSC certaified movement is -4/+6 seconds

[chris russell]

Rolex advertises their watches will adhere to COSC specs; +6 to -4 seconds per day. If you take it in for adjustment to closer than that, they will set it to run roughly +2 seconds per day. Sometimes overnight resting position can give you a slight improvement. For instance, mine runs a second or so slower if I leave it crown up on the table at night.

Quartz watches run a bit more accurately, within +/- 15 seconds a month, but few mechanical watches are as accurate as Rolexes, and I've never seen one better. Enjoy!

[wuzzzer]

Originally Posted by rolexdeepsea

My rolex deepsea is +2 second a day is that normal for an expensive watch.
My local deal said that normal can't say I was not disappointted in hearing that!
If not normal should I get it look at under Warranty...my Dealer said rolex wouldn't touch it unless it was over the chronometer stand off -/+

The cost of a watch has absolutely nothing to do with the accuracy of it.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by rolexdeepsea

My rolex deepsea is +2 second a day is that normal for an expensive watch.
My local deal said that normal can't say I was not disappointted in hearing that!
If not normal should I get it look at under Warranty...my Dealer said rolex wouldn't touch it unless it was over the chronometer stand off -/+

Your watch is only showing 99.998% accuracy please tell me of any other purely mechanical item that has the precision of a mechanical watch.You should be singing your watches praises thats its showing such accuracy.Now the escapement of a mechanical watch in 24 hours pushes the gears 432,000 times in a 24 hours and a day has 86,400 seconds and your disappointed by a +2 second gain out of those 86.400 seconds.

Originally Posted by wuzzzer

The cost of a watch has absolutely nothing to do with the accuracy of it.

Have to agree if you want almost perfect accuracy buy a quartz or radio controlled.

[Rolexsd4000]

I would keep it the way it is. I like my watches on the +side. My DS was running -2 per day. Went back to RCS NYC. They confirmed it . Now its regualted to +1 to +1.5 per day depending on the dial position during the night.

[mike]

That is excellent accuracy. Keep in mind consistency is the real key. If your watch is consistently +2 a day is as accurate as it can be. I would hesitate regulating it (trying to get it to +/- o). Might find it would be off more.

[rmfnla]

Remember also that this device is in constant mothion as you go about your day. That means all sorts of variable forces are acting on it and yet it still maintains incredible accuracy.

I think you owe your DS an apology and a hug!

[Captainz]

Mine was -5 sec per day when I first got it. Once it breaks in it will perform better.

YOurs seems to be working VERY WELL!!! Congrats

Al

[Rogue884]

That is what mine is keeping

[sailmed]

To gain a few sec, lay the watch dial up overnite.
To lose a few sec, lay the watch vertically on the crown.
To lose a few more, lay the watch vertically, crown upwards.

Comments, anyone?

[Alcan]

Originally Posted by sailmed

To gain a few sec, lay the watch dial up overnite.
To lose a few sec, lay the watch vertically on the crown.
To lose a few more, lay the watch vertically, crown upwards.

Comments, anyone?

You're referring to the card below. Members have commented that it doesn't have as much effect on newer movements as on older ones.

[rolexdeepsea]

Originally Posted by wuzzzer

The cost of a watch has absolutely nothing to do with the accuracy of it.

wuzzer you are correct in what you have said. i was in the impression that rolex quality was prefect in time keep and that the -/+ doesn't refer to rolex.
Rolex quality wise i know it top so you are corrct to point that out!

thank you guy for clearing thing up for me you lot are the best!!

Padi56 i never make it out that i'm an expect in watches so pls don't get on your high horse!

if i have offended people here then my apology it not intension!!

yes i was disappointed in finding out my watch run at +2, now is that disappointment misplaced?... yes as i through -/+ did not effect rolex and other high end watch brand!
I was wrong to belive or think like that!!
i can see IF i made it up or lied about this, then you going into one then fine. but when i'm asking a Q on about something that is a fact, i'm surpraise that you have jumping down my throat!
just because i'm disappointted doesn't mean i do not want my roloex or looking to change it!!

if i cannot ask a Q or voice my opinion without being jump on then all you had to do was to say!!

[MaPham]

i've read that the new omega 8500 movement is more accurate and seiko spring drive is the gold standard :)

[docmarioce]

I read somewhere that Rolex watches have a bad reputation in regards of their accuracy but I have Omega and Hamilton and have had Breitling and all are the same. mechanical watches are not as accurate as digital but at 2 seconds a day are pretty close. Don't send your watch to calibration because you might end with a worse performer watch in the end.

Regards

[Chipmunk]

It's all good. Nothing's wrong with your watch. Wear it in good health.

[mfer]

+2 seconds. OMG, return it. Better get a quartz.

[rolexdeepsea]

i had a speedmaster that i really loved but that was always ten minute fast after 3 month and it stay 10 min fast it wouldn't go faster then 10 min....that put me off omega...on reflection 1 min a month it bloody excellent then

[dddrees]

Most of the time when I look at my Rolex it is to look at the watch and not to check the time anyway.

Plus or minus a couple of secs daily doesn't really bother me. So if you reset it once monthly it generally won't be that far off anyway.

Just look at your Rolex and smile, I know I do.

[lch6257]

Originally Posted by dddrees

Most of the time when I look at my Rolex it is to look at the watch and not to check the time anyway.

Plus or minus a couple of secs daily doesn't really bother me. So if you reset it once monthly it generally won't be that far off anyway.

Just look at your Rolex and smile, I know I do.

I am with this guy....I can't count how many times I stare at my Rolex and then realize, I forgot to check the dang time!! LMAO!! They are so beautiful....and not just for the wearer. I was out talking to my neighbor the other day, a UPS international pilot, and he kept asking me the time. Like 3 times in a 5 minute conversation. By the third time, I realized and kind of smiled cause I discovered that he just wanted to see that gorgeous Explorer II as I let him look....Next time I see him and a sunny day, wait till he gets a load of the black dial on the Sub in the sun....SIMPLY STUNNING!

[bayerische]

Better than normal almost! Enjoy!

[Dan Pierce]

Originally Posted by rolexdeepsea

wuzzer you are correct in what you have said. i was in the impression that rolex quality was prefect in time keep and that the -/+ doesn't refer to rolex.
Rolex quality wise i know it top so you are corrct to point that out!

thank you guy for clearing thing up for me you lot are the best!!

Padi56 i never make it out that i'm an expect in watches so pls don't get on your high horse!

if i have offended people here then my apology it not intension!!

yes i was disappointed in finding out my watch run at +2, now is that disappointment misplaced?... yes as i through -/+ did not effect rolex and other high end watch brand!
I was wrong to belive or think like that!!
i can see IF i made it up or lied about this, then you going into one then fine. but when i'm asking a Q on about something that is a fact, i'm surpraise that you have jumping down my throat!
just because i'm disappointted doesn't mean i do not want my roloex or looking to change it!!

if i cannot ask a Q or voice my opinion without being jump on then all you had to do was to say!!

No need to accuse people of being over sensitive by being over sensitive. You asked and they answered. It's all good, my friend. You've got a great running watch in top condition. Wear and enjoy.
dP

[padi56]

Originally Posted by MaPham

i've read that the new omega 8500 movement is more accurate and seiko spring drive is the gold standard :)

Dont forget the Seiko spring drive is part Quartz,but for any mechanical watch to run too or inside COSC spec IMHO is a marvel.Now when you consider what a mechanical watch has to put up with daily while on wrist.Gravity is the main enemy of mechanical watches,so today no purely mechanical watch is going to be 100% accurate any brand any price.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by rolexdeepsea

Padi56 i never make it out that i'm an expect in watches so pls don't get on your high horse!

Well not on any high horse as you put it, just stating the simple facts of the workings of any modern day mechanical watch.

[Watch Professor]

+2 is excellent. I definitely would not have the watch opened.

[chris russell]

Originally Posted by MaPham

i've read that the new Omega 8500 movement is more accurate and Seiko spring drive is the gold standard :)

I have several Rolexes and two Omega 8500 movements. I find them to be equivalently accurate, and they are both remarkable. The Seiko spring drive is a purely quartz/electronic timing system, so it is not comparable.